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"Immediately inform all Gods to go on an expedition with me, and also send people to Duat to have Anubis return with his army of the undead!" Osiris immediately ordered in a clear voice.
A moment later, when Osiris led the Gods to the city wall of Sun City, they saw a scene outside the city that resembled a living hell.
The battlefield was strewn with corpses, and the bodies and severed limbs of Heavenly Realm Warriors were everywhere.
Occasionally, a few tall corpses of Gods, stained with golden blood, could still be identified among them.
At this moment, the remaining dozens of Heavenly Realm Warriors, led by a miscellaneous God, were huddled in fear in front of the city gate.
Seeing the ferocious Bloodletters Legion slowly approaching, the miscellaneous God, who had long been scared out of his wits, disregarded his status and, along with the Heavenly Realm Warriors, desperately pounded on the tightly shut city gate, crying out for help with all his might:
"Open the gate quickly, let us in…"
"Those demons are too terrifying, we don't want to die!"
"Open the gate, open it quickly, don't leave us outside the city…"
Due to the obstruction of these people, the energy barrier in the area near the city gate could not be opened for a long time, causing the defenders on the city wall to fret, as the city gate could be breached by the demon legion at any moment.
Osiris's face immediately darkened at the sight. He never expected that his soldiers would be so useless… No, it should be said that they were worthless. They were completely defeated on their own territory?
"Why aren't you opening the gate to let them in?"
"This…" A God responsible for defending the city immediately showed a difficult expression.
My Lord, does this even need to be asked?
Didn't you see that the enemy has already reached the city walls?
If I hadn't ordered the city gates to be closed in time, they would have probably already entered Sun City, okay?
However, before he could explain, a tall golden figure in the sky outside the city rapidly fell like a meteor.
Boom—
The ground was directly smashed into a radial, huge deep pit by this impact, and the entire area of the ground trembled violently.
"Damn demon, my father will never let you go…"
Horus, dragging his heavily injured body, struggled to climb out of the pit and staggered towards Sun City.
Golden blood continuously flowed from the dozens of wounds piercing his body, quickly leaving a very conspicuous trail beneath him.
That's right, in the battle against Great Demon Brias just now, he lost… and it was a crushing defeat with no suspense!
Horus had never imagined that he would one day be defeated in the sky!
His proud absolute air supremacy was virtually nonexistent in front of that fallen Angel, and even his indestructible Hawk God Armor became vulnerable!
The enemy's strength was clearly much greater than his, a newly appointed member of the Nine Pillars Gods. Perhaps only the veteran Gods of his father Osiris's generation could match him.
So Horus no longer cared about the dignity and prestige of the Nine Pillars Gods. After a difficult escape, he fled directly towards Sun City.
Only by surviving first could he hope for revenge!
Fleeing to survive, there was nothing to be ashamed of…
"My Lord Father…"
Horus, limping and struggling forward, suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure on the city wall during his escape. He was immediately overjoyed and couldn't help but wave and call out:
"My Lord Father, come save me!"
However, at this moment, Great Demon Brias's figure suddenly descended from the sky like a black lightning bolt, blocking his path.
Bang—
Great Demon Brias said nothing, simply raised his foot and kicked Horus to the ground, then stepped on his back, grabbing his golden wings with both hands, and with a fierce pull outwards amidst Horus's panicked wails.
Rip—
Golden blood immediately splattered out, and the golden wings on Horus's back, which countless people envied, were actually ripped out by the roots.
"Ah, my wings, what have you done, you damned demon…"
Horus let out a mournful wail. Because his symbolic animal was the falcon (or hawk), his eyes and the pair of wings on his back were crucial to him.
If he lost his wings, his divine power would no longer be complete, and his strength would be at least halved.
However, if the severed wings could be reattached in time, his divine power would quickly recover to its original state.
But Bruise clearly wouldn't give him that chance.
"I told you, you can't escape."
Great Demon Brias did not directly deliver a fatal blow. Instead, he grabbed Horus's head and brutally gouged out his eyes.
At this, Horus completely lost all his divine power.
The Hawk God Armor, forged from magic gold, automatically fell off as it lost the blessing of divine power.
Even Horus's tall and strong physique instantly shrank back to the size of a normal human.
And Horus's eyes, after leaving his body, directly transformed into two ice-blue crystals shimmering with faint divine light—these were the legendary Horus's Eye, possessing the ability to keenly perceive all things and see through an enemy's weaknesses!
"Is this the source of your power?"
Great Demon Brias's face showed a sneer of disdain, while Horus, as if anticipating what would happen next, screamed hysterically in impotent rage:
"You can't kill me, my father is the God King Osiris. If you dare to kill me, he… he will definitely not let you off."
"God King? Does he… even qualify?!"
Great Demon Brias let out a disdainful scoff, then said with an incredibly firm tone:
"There is only one true God King, and that is Karl Merks, the great Lord of the Warp who personally created the Four Gods… And you so-called Gods are all nothing more than a bunch of arrogant and incompetent trash heretics."
With that, he no longer paid attention to Horus, who was screaming mournfully and cursing incessantly from fear. He turned around, picked up Horus, and faced him towards Sun City, saying cruelly:
"Now, say goodbye to your father!"
Pfft—
The next second, a sharp hand directly pierced Horus's chest and crushed his heart.
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prestige points + 888, + 888, + 888…
Detected high-level soul available for collection, Warp soul count + 1
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"No!!!"
On the distant city wall, Osiris first saw his noble son being cruelly tormented by that lowly winged demon, and he was immediately enraged.
But before he could act, he saw the other party provocatively pick up Horus and kill him right in front of him, facing his direction.
"Unforgivable, you damned demons are absolutely unforgivable!"
Osiris activated his divine power, forming a giant, pitch-black bow in front of him. He then drew the bow and nocked an arrow, firing a Cursed Necrotic Arrow, composed of countless vengeful spirits, towards Bruise in the distance.
As the God of the Underworld, he possessed the extraordinary authority to control all souls in Duat, able to decide which souls, after death, could go to Celestial Heliopolis to gain 'eternal life' and become eternal servants of the Gods.
He could also use the power contained within souls as a means of attack.
Whoosh—
The Necrotic Arrow cut through the sky, appearing in front of Great Demon Brias in the blink of an eye.
Bruise's face uncharacteristically showed a hint of tension. He instinctively felt the terrifying power contained within this pitch-black arrow.
If he were hit head-on, even he would most likely die instantly!
However, the arrow's speed was simply too fast, so much so that he had no time to dodge.
But at this critical moment, a bloody greatsword suddenly descended from the sky, blocking his path.
Clang—
The Necrotic Arrow struck the bloody greatsword, instantly transforming into countless clawing vengeful spirits, seemingly trying to devour the greatsword obstructing their path.
But they were immediately incinerated by the crimson flames rising from the bloody greatsword.
"You are not a Hell Lord; I cannot sense any hellish aura on you… Who exactly are you?"
On the city wall, Osiris looked at Khorne with shock and anger, because the greatsword that had just blocked the Necrotic Arrow came from his hand.
One must know that the curse he had placed on the Necrotic Arrow had the effect of corroding all things, yet it failed to inflict any damage on that greatsword. Instead, it was incinerated by the crimson flames burning on the sword.
This was enough to show that Khorne's strength was not inferior to his, and might even be stronger!
Thinking of this, Osiris involuntarily glanced at the Warp Rift spanning between heaven and Earth in the distance, and his heart sank.
According to what the previous priest said, there was still a powerful entity within that rift that could easily bypass Isis's magic and abduct her, but had not yet appeared.
This also made the war full of unpredictable variables.
Could it be that this time, Celestial Heliopolis would truly fall?
However, Khorne did not directly answer his question. Instead, he strode to the city gate, raised his hand, and pointed at Osiris and the others, saying:
"Enough talk, dare you come out and fight me one-on-one… I will fight all of you by myself!"
"What did you say?"
Osiris could hardly believe his ears. This dog-headed bastard below the city was so arrogant, wanting to challenge all the Egyptian Gods by himself?
Who was he looking down on?
There's no way to bully people like this, alright?
Facing Khorne's blatant provocation, even a mud figurine would be stirred to three parts of its blood, let alone Osiris, the God King.
Moreover, he couldn't tolerate it now.
Because others had already jumped to his face and unleashed their ultimate move. If he didn't respond and retaliate, then his position as God King would be at its end.
"Since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish."
Osiris immediately pointed at Khorne and instructed the Gods behind him: "Everyone attack together, prioritize eliminating that demon god, he is the greatest threat!"
"Yes, My Lord God King!"
As the order was given, the tightly closed city gate of Sun City quickly reopened, and a Heavenly Realm army led by dozens of Gods surged out of the city, like a steel torrent, meeting the Khorne Legion outside the city.
Unlike the previous batch of miscellaneous Gods that were annihilated, this time, among the Gods who came with Osiris, there were many special Gods who, although not members of the Nine Pillars Gods, possessed extraordinary divine power.
For example, Atum, known as the Sun God of Twilight, Toth, the God of Wisdom, hailed as the Heavenly Realm's strongest intellect, as well as Amun and his wife Mut from the Theban Triad, and Ptah, Nefertem, and others from the Memphite Triad.
It is worth mentioning that Amun and his wife Mut are the parents of Khonshu, the Moon God.
However, at this time, they still did not know that Khonshu, the Moon God, had already been eaten by Khorne… Otherwise, they would have rushed over to seek revenge on Khorne without waiting for Osiris's order.
And the mother of Nefertem, the God of Plants, was Sekhmet, the Lioness Goddess, one of the newly appointed Nine Pillars Gods.
At the same time, Sekhmet had another identity: she was the daughter of the former God King Ra.
If ranked by seniority, Osiris would have to call her great-aunt (this deformed system of close relatives…).
"Consciousness Resonance!!!"
Toth, the God of Wisdom, released his divine power, using a mental chain imperceptible to the naked eye to link the consciousnesses of tens of thousands of Heavenly Realm Warriors in front of him.
All the linked Heavenly Realm Warriors had their perceptions, actions, and thoughts uploaded to Toth's brain.
And Toth's brain was like a computer server with high-speed processing capabilities, capable of performing high-speed synchronization and sharing of external information and combat intelligence "uploaded" by the Heavenly Realm Warriors in real-time, and also capable of issuing commands and providing information feedback to a single individual in the shortest possible time.
(Its actual effect is somewhat similar to the Hive Mind Network used by the Chitauri Legion invading Earth in the New York War.)
"Plant's Protection!!!"
Nefertem, the God of Plants, "enchanted" each Heavenly Realm Warrior with a layer of "bark armor" possessing formidable defensive power.
However, while the Gods were continuously applying buffs to the Heavenly Realm Warriors, the several Warp demon legions on the opposite side, under the command of Great Demon Brias, retreated rapidly like a receding tide.
This was, of course, a direct order from Khorne.
Because if he personally entered the battle next, his own army, if too close, might be affected, causing unnecessary friendly fire…