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Chapter 1742: Chapter 989: Jian Qi Eliminated (Part 2)

But what can be done?

He couldn’t think of a way.

He was like a trapped beast in a cage, fiercely roaring, intimidating, endlessly exerting his strength towards the empty space and cage beside him.

And Gu Jing was like the seasoned hunter outside the cage holding a spear. Constantly provoking, enticing Galaraldo to waste ’stamina,’ and then occasionally seizing the opportunity to stab him hard.

Not deep, not ruthless, but every time it drew blood.

Constantly bled, Galaraldo became weaker and weaker, even his howling and intimidation became feeble.

Is he pretending?

Gu Jing saw through it—indeed he was. This guy seemed to be using this way of feigning weakness to set a trap, trying to deceive Gu Jing and take a swing back at him.

But... he really lacked competence.

At least, in this current level of battle, his plan was easily seen through by Gu Jing.

Moreover, Gu Jing could further see that the flaw left by Galaraldo was a pit he couldn’t fill himself; that so-called reserve was also very minor.

Since that’s the case, what’s the hesitation?

From behind Gu Jing, emerged pitch-black wings.

No longer the appearance of the Magic Lord of Thousand Changes, but the ability from the God of Despair—Komodo of the Spirit Race.

These wings took him speeding toward Galaraldo.

Thousands of eyes mutated all over Galaraldo’s body suddenly opened wide, radiating light.

Millions of beams twisted Gu Jing’s figure into fragments.

But before he could rejoice for a moment, he saw another Gu Jing charging at him.

The smile on his face froze, trying to summon strength to block, but it was already impossible.

In Gu Jing’s hand, appeared a divine sword.

Its form was identical to the past revered treasure of the Dark Spirit Race—Komodo Divine Sword!

With one slash, Galaraldo’s body was cleaved vertically into two halves.

The two pieces of the Demon Prince’s body wriggled on the ground, attempting to reattach.

However, the despair annihilation power on the cut surfaces hindered their fusion, and under Gu Jing’s chanting from not far away, continued to erode in the opposite direction.

In just a few breaths, the newly ascended Demon Prince completely vanished from this world.

Vaguely, Gu Jing also heard an unwilling scream echoing from the Subspace.

Jian Qi lost and was the first to exit from this grand drama of Holy Terra.

...

Jian Qi symbolizes conspiracy, change, the thirst for knowledge, curiosity as a deity.

But that does not mean he is rational.

Is there such a thing as rationality in Subspace?

It doesn’t exist.

Even knowing there’s no chance to turn the tables, Jian Qi who has exited the game without any pieces left to play on the board, still roared with rage, wanting to overturn the whole board amidst the malicious laughter of other Evil Gods.

Gu Hang felt tremendous pressure.

Every time he confronted these four annoying entities directly, he was educated over and over again, knowing he hadn’t reached the same level as those four.

No matter how close, that threshold hasn’t been crossed, simply means it hasn’t.

Here, Jian Qi obviously wasn’t going all out.

On the other side, the eternal war between him and the ’kind Father’ Nagor never ceased. At the border of their Divine Realms, the Nagor Demon Army jubilantly mocked Jian Qi’s failure, intensifying their offensive; Jian Qi’s Demon Army roared to redeem their Lord’s disgrace, fiercely counterattacking. The two Evil Gods have never relaxed their grip over each other.

Across the whole universe, countless conspiracies and schemes embracing the will of the Lord of All Changes are either happening or brewing, with many capturing Jian Qi’s attention.

The grand drama of Holy Terra, although important, won’t nor could it draw Jian Qi to exert all his effort.

But even so, Gu Jing struggled to deal with it.

Despite appearing so ragged, no second individual in the tangible universe could endure an Evil God’s rage, persisting until finding it dull, boring, or meaningless enough to let go.

Anyway, the result turns out to be good.

Though Jian Qi was the first of the Four Gods to exit the drama of Holy Terra, Gu Jing actually believes his setups and schemes are the most dangerous among the Four.

The primary arrangements of the other three Evil Gods mostly focused on the surface. Although Terror Demon infected surface forces, Nagor’s plague spread widely within the civilian class, and Slaanesh corrupted many dignitaries, wealthy merchants... this equates to overall destruction for Holy Terra.

But ultimately, these problems can be solved as long as sufficient strength and resources are deployed.

And must act fast enough.

However, Jian Qi’s corruption of the navy, the orbital level, his disruption of negotiations between the Solar Fleet and Expeditionary Force pose the greatest threat.

If he succeeds, it’s over.

Holy Terra boasts the most powerful orbital defense system and naval cooperative defense force in the universe designed to counter humanity’s deadly foes. If they are to direct their firepower towards the Expeditionary Force, big trouble begins.

Despite the moon’s fall, the Imperial Palace still under the Imperial Guard’s control, and many loyalists and other factors causing the constructed orbital defense system to unleash only thirty to forty percent of its might, it’s already terrifying enough.

The Expeditionary Fleet might plunge all in without knowing if it could even take it down.

Over a protracted period, allied forces’ support on the ground would turn uncontrollable, and Terra’s situation even harder to anticipate.

Now, this crisis has finally passed.

With Galaraldo’s death, with Jian Qi’s retreat, the remaining Jian Qi’s corruption isn’t much of a threat anymore.

The important Space Fortress Base Holy Grail, after the powerful assault by a hundred Grey Knights and the Black Cross Army, was brought under control, and with more landing crafts arriving, has fallen entirely into allied control.

Post-success, after persuading or forcibly controlling many surrounding fortresses, Armed Space Stations, Starports, the entire expanse of orbital airspace can be regarded as secure for the allies.

A few days later, those ships of the Solar Fleet which departed with Marshal Song Min, assembling at designated coordinates, all underwent Robert’s inspection, restructuring the entire command and operational system, and received a loyalty check at key positions, as well as personnel assignments to ensure the whole fleet could be integrated into the allied command chain.

Then, they were redirected to engage in the task of controlling the orbit of Holy Terra.

This entire process resembled fallen domino pieces, or rolling snowballs.

The start was the hardest, but as more and more Imperial Navy sided with Robert; more and more orbital defense forces switched allegiances; more and more obstructing Chaos Traitors were arrested, killed, purged...

The remaining unclear ones, undecided ones, ambitious schemers with personal agendas... gradually became clearer, knowing what choices to make next.

Though in the recent days on Holy Terra’s orbit, everyday death looms, everyday skirmishes break out, even quite a few allied fleets or unaware Solar Fleet, or orbital space stations were destroyed...

Overall, the battles, however intense, remain brief, localized.

Compared to launching a full-scale orbital naval war, this cost is negligible.

Moreover, it was quick.

In less than a month, the entire outer orbit was under allied control.

As for ground support, it began even three weeks earlier.

Robert and Gu Hang did not forget their promise to the Imperial Guard.

Without waiting to fully control the planet’s orbit, they took risks to deploy substantial reinforcement forces to the ground swiftly.

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