Chapter 120: The Strongest Being on the Planet?

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Hisssss—

Dozens of Genestealers lunged forward.

Eden stood firm, raising his hand as golden psychic lightning crackled and formed.

In an instant, the lightning surged outward, burning the oncoming tide into charred corpses.

Thud, thud, thud!

Several Aberrants, wielding massive iron hammers, charged at full speed.

"Damn humans! You'll all be turned into pulp!"

Eden narrowed his eyes, recognizing these hulking figures.

With a smirk, he ordered: "Carter, take care of them. Make it messy!"

"Yes, sir!"

Carter stepped forward, his face resolute.

He quickly unstrapped a mechanical device painted with a skull from his back, unfolding it into a cannon.

In one swift motion: load, crouch, fire.

The projectile split mid-air, piercing directly into the Aberrants' chests.

Boom!

A muffled explosion turned the Aberrants into a spray of flesh and gore, coating the tunnel walls.

One remaining head rolled to Carter's feet, which he crushed under his boot with satisfaction.

This weapon was Carter's brainchild, custom-built by the Tech-Priest Kaul.

It was designed for maximum efficiency in eliminating enemies.

Turning back, Carter reported confidently:

"Governor, the enemy is down!"

Eden, suppressing a sigh at Carter's usual flair for bloodshed, gestured for the team to press onward toward the sewer chamber.

Through the Hive Mind, Eden sensed more and more Genestealers converging on their position.

Time was running out—delaying further would trap the strike force in a sea of xenos.

"You never fail to surprise me, Carter…" Eden remarked.

The team reached a towering wall of pipes, and Eden halted.

Taking out his data slate, he marked an "X" on a section of the wall.

"Demolition team, breach it!"

Following his command, several Guards moved swiftly to set up explosives.

Boom!

The explosion created a large hole in the wall, revealing another pipe beyond.

The blast knocked over an Aberrant, which roared and scrambled toward the opening.

"Praise the Emperor!"

A booming voice echoed as a massive power axe cleaved the Aberrant's head in half.

Doni, clad in holy power armor crafted by the Ecclesiarchy, shoved the corpse aside.

With the obstacle cleared, the team advanced into the next tunnel.

As they moved deeper into the pipes, more Guards branched off to defend strategic points.

Fully armed, these Guards were prepared to hold back the Genestealer swarms at any cost, even activating self-destruct devices if necessary to ensure their mission's success.

At the end of the pipe loomed a massive archway. Eden's expression grew heavy—beyond this gate lay their target.

The Patriarch was close.

As the team approached, the sound of blades slicing through the air filled the tunnel.

Elite Genestealer guards, each nearly two meters tall and wielding four blades, emerged to intercept them.

Ten Guards rushed forward to engage, holding back the xenos while Eden led Carter, Doni, and the others through the archway.

The scene beyond was grotesque.

The chamber stretched dozens of meters high, with pipes crisscrossing the space. The ground was littered with bones.

At the center, the enormous Genestealer Patriarch sat atop its rusted iron throne, crushing cultists in its claws and greedily drinking their blood.

After finishing, it tossed the mangled corpses at Eden's feet, looking down on him from the throne.

"Pitiful humans…"

Bang!

A shot from Eden's golden bolt pistol struck the Patriarch's head.

Though the damage was minimal, the insult was unmistakable.

The Patriarch's expression twisted with rage as smoke rose from Eden's pistol.

"You dare—"

Bang!

Another shot interrupted its growl.

"Damned human, I'll—"

Bang! Bang!

Eden, seething with fury, fired repeatedly without a word.

The Patriarch roared, clutching its head in frustration.

How dare a human humiliate such a supreme being!

Pointing at Eden, it bellowed:

"Kill him!"

Dozens of Aberrants and Genestealer guards charged forward.

Carter and the Guards were ready, launching rockets designed by Kaul.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rockets split mid-air, embedding themselves into the xenos before detonating, reducing over half of them to shreds.

As Carter prepared to reload, a massive psychic force surged through the chamber.

"Dodge!"

Eden's warning came just in time.

Carter evaded, but several Guards were crushed along with their rocket launchers by the psychic attack.

Eden turned to the source—a black-robed Genestealer High Priest levitating beside the throne.

The Priest radiated overwhelming psychic power, the pressure causing Eden's golden armor to groan under the strain.

Raising his bolt pistol, Eden aimed at the Priest, but under the psychic assault, his weapon sparked and crumbled to the ground.

Hovering in mid-air, the Priest sneered:

"Praise the great Devourer! You cannot escape!"

As it intensified its psychic attack, the Priest suddenly screamed, clutching its head in agony.

Eden had countered with his own psychic power, channeling it into the Priest's mind.

The pressure increased until—

Boom!

The Priest's head exploded, leaving its corpse to crumple beside the throne.

With the Priest eliminated, Carter, Doni, and the others finished off the remaining enemies.

Only the Patriarch remained.

The team closed in on the Patriarch, which casually brushed the Priest's corpse aside.

With thousands of offspring, the loss of a few was insignificant.

Rising from its throne, the Patriarch stepped forward.

"I admire your futile struggle, but it's all in vain. You cannot kill me…"

As the Patriarch approached, Carter and Doni activated the power fields of their weapons and struck.

Buzz!

The Patriarch's psychic barrier deflected them, sending both men crashing into the chamber walls, coughing blood.

The Patriarch loomed over Eden, lowering its head to glare at him.

"Because I am unstoppable. I am the strongest being on this planet!"

(End of Chapter)

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