The battle on the vengeful spirit's bridge finally subsided under the suppression of the Imperial Army. Abaddon had been surrounded by two Primarchs and hundreds of Space Marine, kneeling in the center of the bridge, covered in wounds.
The claw of horus had also been precisely knocked away by Chagatai's strike, embedding itself in a distant wall.
Leman Russ panted, resting his power axe on his shoulder, his voice still booming: "How about it, First Captain of the Sons of Horus! Can you shout 'I'm angry' now? Or should I clean out your teeth for you first?"
Chagatai was calmer, approaching step by step, gently swinging his curved sword: "Surrender, Abaddon. Your Chaos Master has abandoned you. Accept reality, and you might just keep your life."
Abaddon looked up, his eyes flashing with anger, struggle, and a hint of unwillingness, but he said nothing. He had already sensed that the Chaos powers residing within him were rapidly fading, unable to even restore their former strength.
However, just as Russ was about to move forward and capture Abaddon, the atmosphere on the bridge suddenly shifted. An unsettling whisper emerged in the air, as if every inch of space was permeated by some bizarre will.
The shadow of the Warp suddenly seeped into reality, and the surrounding lights twisted, emitting an eerie blue-purple glow.
"Heh heh heh heh..." A sharp, contemptuous voice rang out, accompanied by discordant laughter, echoing in everyone's minds.
Tzeentch, the Lord of Change, one of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods of the Warp, finally appeared. Although in a phantom form, his will was powerful enough to suppress the breathing of everyone present.
If Li Feng hadn't still been on the ship, Tzeentch would probably have appeared directly, which would have caused unimaginable consequences.
The air on the bridge became heavy, as if everyone was bound by invisible chains.
"My poor Abaddon, how can you be caught by you mortals?" Tzeentch's frivolous voice mocked.
"He still has a more important mission to complete, and he cannot be abandoned now."
With that, a dazzling blue-purple energy erupted from the center of the bridge, instantly forcing Russ and Chagatai back several meters. Abaddon's figure was enveloped by that energy, as if trapped within a giant, shifting crystal.
"Don't let him escape!" Russ roared, swinging his power axe to slash at the energy barrier, but the axe blade was repelled the moment it touched the energy, even causing him to stumble backward.
Chagatai immediately commanded calmly: "Snipers, fire!"
In the distance, an elite Imperial sniper had already locked onto the target. When the fluctuations of the blue-purple energy slightly weakened, he decisively pulled the trigger.
A high-velocity armor-piercing round, imbued with surging kinetic energy, accurately shot towards Abaddon's head.
"Bang!"
However, just as the bullet was about to hit, Tzeentch's shield appeared once again. The bullet did not penetrate the target but was deflected to the side.
However, in the aftershock of the energy fluctuation, Abaddon's famous topknot was severed, his hair scattering loosely in the air.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!" Abaddon let out a roar filled with extreme humiliation.
"Enough." Tzeentch's voice became sharp, full of mockery, "A topknot? What a foolish mortal adornment... A little less superfluousness might help your future performance, Abaddon."
The next moment, the energy fluctuation in the center of the bridge reached its peak, and with a dazzling blue light, Abaddon's figure completely disappeared.
He was directly teleported to an unknown location, and then all anomalies gradually dissipated, and the bridge returned to calm... At the same time, inside a Blackstone Fortress countless light-years away from the vengeful spirit, Abaddon fell heavily onto the cold floor.
He gritted his teeth, shakily stood up, and touched the top of his head, only to find that his iconic topknot was no more.
"Tzeentch... you...!!!" Abaddon's roar echoed in the empty hall.
However, before he could vent his anger, the whispers of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods entered his ears, clear yet cold.
"Remember, Abaddon, you are not our avatar, you are merely a chess piece on the board. You should be grateful that we did not abandon you today... But next time, it may not be so."
Listening to this harsh reprimand, Abaddon clenched his fists, his eyes burning with anger and unwillingness. Suddenly, within the Blackstone Fortress, a psychic video call came through. On the surface of Cadia, Magnus's large face appeared on the screen:
"Tzeentch just told me to project something up here, said it would help you. What happened just now?... Uh? Where's your braid?"
At this moment, Abaddon was so angry his teeth were almost shattered: "Damn Leman Russ! Damn Chagatai! I'm really angry!"
Hearing Russ's name, Magnus's eyes suddenly widened, and his back began to ache fantastically. During the Burning of Prospero, Leman Russ had directly broken Magnus's spine, and the immense pain even caused Magnus's soul to split.
Now his spine was a "psychic spine" that was reconnected with psychic power after his ascension to daemonhood. He had to face that Wolf Cub and avenge that "broken back"... On the vengeful spirit, Chagatai and Russ exchanged glances. Russ was full of chagrin: "He escaped?!"
Chagatai calmly shrugged, picking up Abaddon's topknot from the ground: "At least we cut off his braid. This kind of humiliation is probably worse than death for him."
Russ looked at the fragments of Chaos symbols on the ground, then at Chagatai: "Fifth Brother, what do you say... what do we do now? Clean up this broken ship?"
Chagatai patted his shoulder, a slight smile on his lips: "No hurry, wait for Uncle Li to arrive, he might already be thinking about what's next."
...Soon, Li Feng, protected by the others, arrived on the bridge of the vengeful spirit. At this time, the Khan and Russ looked embarrassed; two Primarchs had actually let the "First Captain of Changshu's Son" escape, which was too shameful.
"Uncle Li, it's our fault..."
Seeing the two children, who had been around for millennia, looking guilty, Li Feng wasn't angry at all. After all, the Imperium had achieved a complete victory strategically and tactically. So what if Abaddon escaped?
Meanwhile, Sevatar quietly threw out Kalyan, who was already beaten beyond recognition and had his hands and feet tied up, then silently departed, deep in his accomplishments and fame.
At this moment, Li Feng looked at the Space Marine in front of him, whose face was covered in blood. He saw the other party raise his head, look at the mortal in front of him, and then say:
"Kill me! But! Don't touch my sister!"
"Your sister?" Li Feng was puzzled.
Kalyan was originally a warrior of the Thousand Sons Legion, a native of Prospero. Early on, he experienced a family tragedy: his biological sister, Izzara, was attacked by a space brain parasite, losing most of her brain tissue.
After realizing that Izzara had no hope of recovery and little time left, Kalyan decided to entrust his sister to the Adeptus Mechanicus, who were then engaged in advanced machine spirit research, to become an experimental subject in search of a glimmer of hope.
After the careful "repair" by the Oil Man, Izzara indeed survived, but due to the addition of a large number of mechanical attachments and multiple secondary brains for auxiliary thinking, she lost her own personality and was thus installed as a machine spirit on the Thousand Sons Legion's cruiser, the 'Tlaloc'.
Kalyan's initial intention was to find an opportunity to install his machine spirit sister onto the vengeful spirit, so as to claim one of the Imperium's strongest warships for himself.
But after meeting Abaddon, he immediately understood. Brother Dun, who was wise and mighty, brave and resourceful, pure and kind, moved Kalyan with his dreams and righteousness. Looking into Abaddon's innocent eyes, Kalyan, who had drifted for half his life without finding a worthy master, finally found his home.
At this point, Li Feng realized, so... it was Kalyan in front of him. Li Feng immediately pointed at Kalyan, who was tied up, and said to Russ and the Khan:
"He's Kalyan!"
Hearing this name, Russ and the Khan pondered for a moment, and then their Primarch-level memory immediately recalled:
"He's that Kalyan from Magnus's household? How did he get mixed up with Abaddon?"
Li Feng also explained: "His biological sister is now the machine spirit of this ship... Oh right! He also has an Eldar girlfriend, you might have something in common."
Suddenly, the entire cabin fell silent, and the Khan broke out in a sweat. He hadn't sweated when fighting Abaddon, but now he was truly sweating.
Just then, Azrael, who had heard the "secret," walked over and quietly leaned into Li Feng's ear, preparing to whisper some "little secrets"... A 2-3 meter tall man bending down and whispering into his ear made Li Feng very uncomfortable. Li Feng directly said:
"How many times have I told you to put things on the table and discuss them, stop forming little cliques and keeping little secrets all day. There are no outsiders here, we are all our own people."
Hearing Li Feng's words, Azrael was a bit flustered. He stammered... "Um... we... ah this... mm... please, adults, follow me."
With that, Azrael led Li Feng, Russ, and the Khan to a hidden room on the Vengeful Spirit. This room was tucked away in a corner, with multiple mechanisms guarding its exterior.
But next to those mechanisms stood the Inner Circle of the Dark Angels, guarding the "secret" inside like sentinels.
Soon, a stasis pod appeared before the three. Russ and the Khan were stunned. They looked at the giant human figure floating inside the stasis pod... that heroic face, that strong and solid body... that shining bald head... Russ & Khan: "Horus!"
Li Feng, meanwhile, had already walked to the stasis pod and began to examine Horus inside. If Li Feng was not mistaken, this should be the clone made by the Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Fabius Bile.
Li Feng had originally thought that Abaddon must have destroyed all of the Horus clones made by the Old Chinese Medicine Doctor, but he didn't expect one to be left behind... Then he turned his head and looked at Azrael over there... "You Dark Angels, assign personnel to transport this stasis pod back to Terra. The Custodes will assist you in your work... Remember, this is a secret..."
When Azrael heard Li Feng say "This is a secret," his eyes lit up:
"Sir! We will absolutely not fail our mission!"
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