Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1006

Chapter 997, Breach of Trust

. Qi Bodu hated Gu Hang.

He still remembered Gu Hang’s promise to extend his life. Their deal was the thing he cared about most in the dying days.

He tried again and again, using every possible means, sending messages to the easternmost reaches of the empire, requesting Gu Hang come and perform the promised improved life-extending surgery.

But he never received a response.

Was it because of the astropathic isolation caused by the appearance of the Scarlet Scar?

Yes, that was certainly part of the reason.

Ordinary, common means of communication were indeed useless in the midst of the Cataclysm.

But he was the Prime Minister of the Empire. He had more than just “ordinary” means at his disposal.

Across the Scarlet Scar, on the other side of the empire, they had established contact.

While the connection was spotty and intermittent, it was still a connection.

But the Alliance, for one thing, was unreachable.

Gu Hang, a man of extraordinary powers, how could he be unreachable at this very moment?

During those days, Qi Bodu could calmly and rationally realize that Gu Hang was deliberately refusing to respond. After all, with the Scarlet Scar separating them and the impact of the Cataclysm, Holy Terra’s influence had been unprecedentedly confined to its own territory. It couldn’t even guarantee control over the Holy Territory, let alone the vast, distant Eastern Territory. On the other

hand, his hopeful mentality led him to hope until his death that the message had simply gone unanswered, that Gu Hang, still trying to contact Holy Terra, would eventually fulfill his promise and perform life-extending surgery.

What else could he do?

Could he truly face his impending, inevitable death calmly, then properly handle his affairs, handing over power so that the Empire’s political landscape remained stable after his death?

Don’t be ridiculous.

After I’m gone, who cares about the turmoil?

And in the end, his loving father offered him redemption.

But his hatred for Gu Hang, far from diminishing, intensified.

“You… you pushed me to this point.”

“And now, it’s you again, standing in my way of becoming the true master of the Imperium…”

“You will not succeed! I am the ultimate victor!”

With this conviction, he sat upon his rotting throne. As the Alliance army descended, he summoned round after round of Plague Cannon, destroying Titan after Titan.

He also called upon the Warp’s evil magic, attempting to infect all Alliance soldiers with a poisonous mist. But this effort had little effect. An additional divine power continuously purified all Alliance soldiers.

Qibodu understood the source of this power, and it only intensified his rage.

Furthermore, he tore open numerous Warp rifts, allowing more demons to swarm into the real universe.

However, there were no more Great Unclean Ones among them.

Great Demons were not just street vendors. Seventy-seven of them were already the limit for the battlefield. Trying to summon more was impossible.

However, these newly arrived mid- and low-level demons had little impact on the battlefield situation.

And then he saw the arrival of Robert and the Imperial Guards.

That made him a little worried.

Although the enemy’s Titans were being decimated rapidly, his own Great Demons were also falling one after another. Most importantly, the enemy’s most threatening individuals were still alive.

Not only that, but Robert and Yan Xinzhen were also among them.

If he continued to fight at this rate, victory was far from guaranteed.

And as long as he couldn’t secure victory, Qi Bodu would feel uneasy and tempted to do something.

Personally participate in this battle?

No, no, no, Qi Bodu wouldn’t do that.

He was the focal point of this war. If anything happened to him, the entire battlefield would collapse. His father had invested so much blessing in him, and it was precisely this strength, long since stored within him, that supported the entire region’s semi-warp transformation, allowing so many Great Demons to exist simultaneously.

If he died, the semi-warp transformation would cease, and the remaining Great Demons would quickly dissipate due to the loss of support.

While his current form possessed greater power than that of an average Great Demon, it was by no means invincible.

He was unwilling to risk his life.

This was his hard-earned eternal life; he couldn’t afford to lose even a single moment.

And what else could he do outside this place? Yes,

there was.

He tore the veil of reality even further.

Although there were no more Greater Daemons in the Warp beyond for him to summon, it was still meaningful to push this area of reality further into the Warp, especially to bring it closer to the environment of Nurgle’s Kingdom. Even if the humans, blessed by the deceiver and the faithless, were immune to Nurgle’s toxins, the demons on his side, especially the Great Unclean Ones, would be further strengthened.

This would also increase their chances of victory.

On the battlefield, one lesser demon after another was sacrificed, roaring in terror as

they turned into a pool of mud. The power within them was drained and transformed into pure evil magic, flowing through the yellow-green air into the bodies of the Greater Daemons.

In any case, these lesser demons could not provide much help on the battlefield. Throughout the entire battle, only a handful of Titans were crushed, crushed, or exploded by the crushing crushers. They could only fight futilely against the ordinary human forces, unable to even reach the Titans.

Since it was useless, they might as well sacrifice themselves, allowing the Great Daemons to grow even stronger.

Qibodu’s move brought a significant change to the battlefield. The stronger Great Daemons made the humans unprepared. Their sudden attacks repeatedly dealt heavy blows to human masters who had thought they had opportunities.

Several Chapter Champions were killed in quick succession. Even Raymond Weiss, the Chapter Master of the Saints and a Chosen Champion, was struck down in a single attack. His lightning shield surged, but it couldn’t fully protect him from the blow. The massive scythe blew his body away, and he lay on the ground, his life or death unknown.

Several Blessed Sons of the Saints desperately came to protect the Chapter Master’s body, but they were unable to drag him to safety—there was no such thing as safety on this battlefield!

But at this moment, Gu Jing, who thought he had seized the opportunity, suddenly activated.

Lightning flashed around him, and with a light transmitted by his hand, forty “Space Warriors” dressed in silver and blue, wearing phoenix-wing blue crowns, appeared beside him.

(End of this chapter)