A buzzing Static Field erupted from Alexander's fingertip, almost instantly enveloping most of Khârn's body.
Khârn's movements slowed, as if he had fallen into a viscous swamp of time, unable to move.
Mechanizer: Static Field.
The ability copied from the Tomb Guard relic took effect, and this field distorted time, momentarily turning Khârn into a statue frozen in mid-air.
According to the Mechanizer's effect, Alexander could at least control Khârn with the Static Field for one minute—
Bang!!!
The entire tomb chamber suddenly shook violently, and the roar of the Blood God seemed to echo in everyone's ears.
The Lord of the Red Sands let out a roar, suddenly extending his body from the Warp rift.
Mephiston's body let out mournful wails, and blood continuously flowed from beneath his power armor.
Angron's ferocious beast eyes stared intently at Alexander, and the strong scent of blood continuously surged towards him.
Just then, Khârn, trapped in the Static Field, let out a low, slow roar.
Khârn moved, not quickly, but he did move.
Alexander's Static Field was copied from a miniaturized relic of the Tomb Guard, generating quickly but with a smaller range, and its stasis ability couldn't achieve the almost complete time-stopping effect of a large Static Field.
If a person moved fast enough, he could move within it. As the Blood God's power continuously permeated reality, Khârn's strength also increased.
He let out a low growl, suddenly burst out of the Static Field, and his sharp axe directly chopped towards Alexander.
Alexander's figure flashed, dodging, but Khârn's speed was extreme; before Alexander's nerves could react, Khârn's axe chopped down hard on Alexander's body.
Fortunately, Alexander still managed to dodge a little at the last moment, and the axe, which was originally aimed at Alexander's head, landed on his shoulder.
A dull sound of metal cutting rang out, a strong vibration came from Khârn's bloodson, followed by a popping sound, the transmission mechanism exploded, and the sound of blade chipping also rang out on the power axe.
Khârn was stunned for a moment.
The bloodson had indeed cut open the silver-white metal on Alexander's shoulder, but its transmission mechanism was damaged as a result, and even the axe blade, forged from the teeth of a mica dragon, had developed cracks.
What exactly was this silver metal?! It actually broke the bloodson's axe blade??
Back then, the Primarch Angron used the bloodson and bloodfather power axes to literally dig himself out of the ruins, and only the chain-saw transmission mechanism was damaged.
But this silver metal was actually strong enough to break the teeth of a mica dragon, not to mention that over the past ten thousand years, the bloodson had followed Khârn, seizing countless amounts of blood and drinking countless deaths, making its strength even greater than ten thousand years ago.
But Khârn didn't hesitate too much; his instinct as a Khorne God-chosen made him pull out the axe blade.
No matter how sturdy it was, this armor had already been damaged, and the bloodson without a transmission mechanism was still a dangerous weapon, enough to cleave open the flesh of the person in front of him.
He just needed to chop into the gap he had just made.
This would be extremely difficult for an ordinary person, but for Khârn, a chosen of Khorne, it was effortless.
He suddenly raised the axe blade and chopped at Alexander's shoulder again—
"Khârn!!"
Alexander's voice suddenly rose, filled with sincerity, as his finger subtly swept across the hot clapperboard & robot director.
Khârn didn't stop his movements because of Alexander's shout; he was the Blood God's chosen, the embodiment of rage and slaughter, and his axe allowed no hesitation. Nothing and no reason could stop him from taking skulls—
"Do you want to know where Erebus is?"
"Do you want to kill Erebus to avenge Angron?"
Khârn's axe froze in mid-air.
Got him! Seeing Khârn's axe hanging in mid-air due to hesitation, Alexander knew he had successfully swayed Khârn.
Erebus of the Word Bearers, one of the first Blessed Sons, an Astartes warrior coexisting with Chaos daemons, was one of Lorgar's most beloved sons in the past, a symbol of human and Chaos coexistence, and also Khârn's good friend.
However, this Word Bearers warrior died due to Erebus' trickery.
Simply because in every future Erebus saw, Angron would save Khârn, change Khârn's destiny, and prevent Khârn from fully falling into Chaos.
After Khârn learned the cause of Angron's death from Lorgar, he challenged Erebus to a Blood Duel in the arena. However, Erebus feared death so much that at the moment of near-death, he teleported away via a Warp spell, escaping from Khârn's axe.
Presumably, after that, Erebus, who styled himself the Hand of Fate, had always avoided Khârn, and Khârn was unable to find him, protected by the Four Gods.
Alexander's words, amplified by the hot clapperboard & robot director, were full of sincerity, and he wasn't lying. With the help of the searching staff, Alexander could truly find Erebus; even if the searching staff failed, there were still the anywhere door and the Truth and Falsehood Divination Machine, which would eventually track Erebus down.
Khârn's axe hesitated in mid-air, and he also sensed the truth in Alexander's words.
The hatred from ten thousand years ago flashed across Khârn's face, and the rage within him seemed to momentarily cease its surge towards Alexander.
Alexander seized this moment of Khârn's hesitation, his finger suddenly sweeping across Khârn's exposed arm.
His bare arms were both an imitation of the gladiators of Nuceria and a memorial to Angron.
But now this had become Khârn's weakness.
Alexander's other hand pressed the button on the Mechanizer.
"Water of Thirst."
A whisper sounded, and crackling noises emanated from Alexander's fingertips. The moisture within Khârn's body was suddenly drawn out, and his arm instantly became wrinkled.
"Damn it!" Khârn roared, the intense pain and the feeling of weakness in his arm making him momentarily remember that this was a battle to the death.
His figure transformed into a crimson storm, and the chainaxe, irresistible, chopped at the crack in Alexander's Phantom Thief DX Suit on his shoulder.
However, what happened next once again exceeded Khârn's expectations.
Alexander's body transformed into a liquid, and Khârn's axe blade passed through this silver liquid, all the blood on it becoming dry.
The ability copied from the Water of Thirst allowed Alexander to transform into a liquid weapon composed of nanomachines, and his fingers suddenly turned into liquid water splashes, stabbing at Khârn's exposed arm.
Khârn let out a dull grunt, his arm almost shriveled like a corpse in the desert.
But Khârn's arm still wielded the bloodson, and the sharp blade, almost without hesitation, chopped towards Alexander's chest.
The Blood God's wrath seemed to be upon it, and Alexander felt a dull pain in his chest.
As the shattered axe blade of the bloodson splattered, the part of Alexander's Phantom Thief DX Suit on his chest was also cut open, and drops of blood flowed out.
Angron's roars were becoming clearer; his body was almost in reality.
Mephiston almost collapsed to the ground, and Seth, covered in wounds, led the few remaining Flesh Tearers warriors to block the Bloodletter and the World Eaters.
Khârn abandoned the almost shattered bloodson axe blade, raising his plasma pistol and aiming it at Alexander's chest.
Should it be said, as expected of Khârn? The Khorne God-chosen who once contended with Sigismund and Abaddon.
Alexander pressed the button on the Mechanizer again, and a scorching laser converged at his fingertip.
Copied from the defensive laser within Angel Keep, according to the four-dimensional pocket's assessment, this thing was actually designed by Perturabo ten thousand years ago, a gift he gave to the Archangel before his rebellion. Its power was strong enough to shoot down a Tyranids bio-ship.
Such a laser was enough to instantly kill Khârn, but the overflowing energy would also simultaneously kill the other people in the tomb chamber, and even cause the entire tomb chamber to collapse.
Under these circumstances, Alexander could only gamble that Sanguinius' remains were still intact, or that they were already so shattered that a few more impacts wouldn't affect his resurrection.
But now, Alexander couldn't care about so much anymore—
It was better than letting Khârn bypass him and corrupt the resurrecting Sanguinius with Khorne's power.
Bang!!!!
Before Alexander could fire that laser, the entire tomb chamber suddenly shook violently for no apparent reason.
The plasma pistol in Khârn's hand fired a flash of light, but due to the shaking of the entire tomb chamber, it didn't hit the crack on Alexander's chest, but grazed Alexander's cheek.
Dante, while controlling his flight pack to evade the Norn Emissary's incessant attacks, looked on at this scene in confusion.
The Norn Emissary had breached the city's defenses, and The Emperor's Cursed Legion had joined the battle.
Seth and Dante, coordinating with the still-operational defensive firepower within Angel Keep, temporarily held back one Norn Emissary.
But another Norn Emissary still broke through the defenses like a hot knife through butter, leading a massive Tyranids swarm into Angel Keep.
Dante saw deep darkness and ravenous hunger in the eyes of that Norn Emissary; the hive mind was residing within that Norn Emissary, which was why it was so powerful.
Their target was obvious: the Sanguinius' tomb deep within Angel Keep.
However, just then, the sky over Baal suddenly erupted in flames.
A fiery meteor shot from Baal Prime, like a shooting star, directly smashing into Baal's atmosphere and plummeting into Angel Keep.
The entire Angel Keep trembled as the impact occurred, and raging flames ignited in the center of Angel Keep.
The Khorne Greater Daemon Angron descended into Angel Keep.
Then, the Norn Emissary, possessed by the Great Devourer's consciousness, roared and became entangled with Angron, causing chaos and continuous tremors throughout Angel Keep.
"Angron! You idiot!!!"
Khârn, sensing the source of the tremor, let out a sharp curse.
The tremor caused by Angron's fall into Angel Keep was so intense that everyone in the tomb chamber almost stumbled.
Mephiston's already unsupported body collapsed directly to the ground, and Angron swung the Slaanesh daemon greatsword named Zandiares, and Mephiston was instantly flung away like a rag.
Without Mephiston's cooperation in reality, the white power-armored warriors in the Warp were also unable to restrain Angron's steps into reality.
This former Lord of the Red Sands, the slave of Nuceria, entered reality even earlier than Sanguinius.
Khârn also seized this fleeting opportunity, suddenly rushing past Alexander and lunging towards the Time Cloak behind Alexander and Sanguinius beneath the cloak—
Alexander suddenly threw a certain instrument, and a Static Field was instantly released, enveloping Khârn.
Although the Mechanizer's copied effect had ended, Alexander still held the relic from the Tomb Guard in his hand.
"Is that all you can do, you bastard?" Khârn cursed slowly.
Khârn's speed suddenly slowed by a degree, but even with the Blood God's power, the slowing of time couldn't hold him.
He angrily kicked away the Tomb Guard relic, breaking free from the Static Field.
But this time, Alexander didn't stop Khârn again, because Alexander saw that the clock on the Time Cloak had quietly stopped moving.
"Finally alive!!" Alexander shouted.
Khârn only saw the Time Cloak in front of him slowly arching up, then silently transforming into a faint light and dissipating into the air.
Divine radiance enveloped Khârn, and that sacred face, which Khârn had seen many long years ago, seemed to emit a faint and ethereal glow.
"Ten thousand years…" A clear voice echoed in the tomb chamber.
Mephiston, slumped in the corner, shed tears of joy, Seth knelt trembling on the ground, Khârn, for the first time in ten thousand years, recalled the feeling of fear, Angron let out an angry roar, and Jaghatai Khan, who had beheaded eight Bloodthirsters in the Warp, curved his lips into a slight smile.
Then
"Ten thousand years… I! Horus Lupercal am finally back!"
The air instantly fell silent.