The restoration of the Han Dynasty began with the Horus Rebellion.

Chapter 44: One wave subsides, another rises

"I possess the strength of ten thousand men; you are all but rats!"

Amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Sun Qian vaguely saw a figure from behind.

mortal?

No, it's impossible for an ordinary human to be so majestic and imposing, with a body nearly three meters tall like a towering mountain.

Like a demon lord descended from heaven, he is truly a god of war on earth.

"I will kill gods if they stand in my way, and I will kill Buddhas if they stand in my way!"

Astartes?

No, what he was wearing was not power armor, but black iron armor in the style of the Han Dynasty, only his body was covered in blood and bits of flesh.

Even more striking were the brass spikes erected behind him, pierced with countless heads.

"A true man is born between heaven and earth; how can he remain subservient to others for long!"

demon?

No, although he could sense the chaotic power emanating from him, Sun Qian felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity with him...

Just then, "he" seemed to realize Sun Qian's presence and slowly turned around.

Sun Qian instinctively tried to dodge, but it was too late.

He rushed to within inches of Sun Qian at almost instantaneous speed.

Sun Qian's mind went blank for a moment, but it wasn't because of fear.

Because although that face was twisted by a frenzied killing intent, and although the flesh around its right eye had mutated into keratinized demonic skin...

"Do you have anything to say?"

But Sun Qian would not mistake his own appearance.

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"Huff, huff, huff..."

Sun Qian suddenly woke up with a start, his heart pounding rapidly in his chest, and the clothes on his back were almost completely soaked.

His first reaction was to check the system panel.

As you can see, the cards he has already acquired are all quietly arranged here. Among them, the [Standard Version Liu Bei] has also become usable again because the cooldown of has ended.

However, Sun Qian's attention was focused on the new card he had unexpectedly obtained after fighting the demon two days ago.

【Demon Lu Bu】

This card is significantly different from the others. Besides the ominous black background and red border, the most bizarre thing is its skill description—

Skill 1: Qi Stealing (LV1)

Effects: plunder...devour...dominate...■■...

Skill 2: Berserker (LV1)

Effect: You have become a demon.

Skill 3: Gangquan (LV1)

Effect: Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill kill

Although some of the skills in the previous cards were already quite complex and required Sun Qian to analyze and study them carefully, this card went to a completely different extreme.

It's almost like a programmer accidentally wrote the wrong text-related code, resulting in garbled text being output.

However, it's actually quite simple to find out how effective it is.

All you need to do is try it yourself.

Sun Qian slowly stretched out his hand, as if a voice within him was calling to him, urging him to accept this powerful force—

"Although I don't really care, I still have to remind you that due to the physical differences between Space Marines and ordinary people, if someone finds out that I was taken from your room to the medical room, it could cause a lot of bad rumors."

Upon hearing this sound, Sun Qian was suddenly awakened. He casually waved his hand, and the system panel in his field of vision disappeared without a trace.

Then appeared Euphrates Kira, who was sitting on his lap, holding an open copy of the Book of Words, and looking at him with great interest.

"Thank you for reminding me, Ms. Qile, otherwise I might have accidentally thrown you out of the room in a very undignified manner because of my morning grumpiness."

After pushing Qi Le away with what appeared to be a rough but actually controlled motion, Sun Qian took a deep breath to compose himself and got out of bed, where he had been lying all day.

The first thing Sun Qian did after taking off his sweat-soaked clothes was to stand in front of the full-length mirror and carefully examine his Astartes body.

This wasn't narcissism, but rather because he clearly remembered how severe his injuries were two days prior in the battle against the demon Samus.

His right eye was blinded by a combat dagger, with the blade penetrating deep into his brain.

His left shoulder was torn open from the shoulder to his chest by a chainsaw blade, and both lungs and his heart were severely damaged.

In addition, he had hundreds of fractures and muscle ruptures, but these were said to have been caused by the trio, rather than by Samus losing control of his body and struggling in his power armor with its energy cut off.

According to Qi Le, given Sun Qian's dire condition at the time, Grell almost fought to the death with the three Lokens. Fortunately, Qi Le vouched for them as a living saint, thus preventing a conflict.

However, now...

From shoulder to chest, only a barely noticeable scar remained. The damaged organs of the Astartes superhuman were now functioning normally, and there was no trace of the fractures and muscle injuries that had ever occurred.

Even if Astartes' healing abilities are exceptional, they shouldn't be able to reach this level.

Therefore, Sun Qian arranged for Qi Le to be his attendant so that he could spend time with her day and night, and used her "miracle" as an explanation for this unusual situation.

Even more incredible was the eyes. At first, the pharmacist was considering whether to install a mechanical prosthetic eye on Sun Qian. However, before they could even order one from the mechanical priest, Sun Qian's eyeballs had already grown back on their own.

The only problem is that the right eye seems to be slightly different from before.

Sun Qian looked at Qi Le beside him. Although he could see the woman with both eyes, his right eye's vision was noticeably blurry.

My eyesight has deteriorated... but that doesn't seem to be the reason.

He closed his left eye and observed carefully. He realized that the reason his right eye was blurry was because he could see the bright golden halo around Qi Le's body.

"What's wrong, Captain? This flirting style of winking has been out of fashion since the time of Ancient Terra."

To be honest, Sun Qian was starting to miss the Qi Le that Sams had disguised himself as.

According to what Sindman said when he visited her yesterday, this current Qile is closer to the photographer Qile who was the chronicler before the Whispering Mountains incident.

Sharp-tongued, lively, and inquisitive, she's practically a Louise Lane from the 30K era.

However, I've heard that she still presents a composed and dignified image as a living saint in front of other believers, but I don't know which face is a disguise.

But neither of them really pleased Sun Qian.

Sun Qian ignored Qi Le and turned his attention back to himself.

He could see that most of his body was only covered by a faint white halo—similar to how he observed others.

Only the right hand.

In the field of vision of his right eye, his right arm was almost completely covered by a blood-red halo.

Although it appears to be an arm without any abnormalities now, it is said that during Samus's possession of the body, this arm was regenerated as a demonic claw. Even after the battle, Loken and the others considered whether to help them cut off this twisted monster limb.

However, when he regained consciousness, his right hand had completely transformed back into human form.

But these characteristics made Sun Qian somewhat uneasy.

It can freely switch between demon and human forms;

An extremely unusual ability for the body to heal itself;

Like the special vision possessed by a demon;

This sounds like I'm already—

dong dong.

At that moment, a crisp knock on the door interrupted Sun Qian's thoughts.

"Captain, the strategic command center requests your presence."

"I still need to rest to recover from my injuries. Just let Loken and the others decide on anything."

Although he held the position of captain, Sun Qian didn't particularly like complicated management work. Since he already had those top talents, Sun Qian was naturally happy to be a hands-off manager.

Although their injuries are now far more serious than Sun Qian's, it doesn't affect their paperwork.

Furthermore, Sun Qian also wanted to take this opportunity to figure out the new card and the changes in his body...

"No... Lord Loken insists that you go there in person."

However, the news he heard next completely thwarted Sun Qian's plan to slack off.

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

"The commander of the Eighth Company of the World Eater Legion... the traitorous Commander Kahn, demands a direct meeting with our leader!"