Chapter 32: System Enhancement—Golden Radiance, the Imperial Lord’s Divine Miracle
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A little over ten minutes later, Rhodes led the others beneath the second tendril of the hive fleet. Countless Tyranid aerial units were circling above them.
Besides the most common Gargoyle units, there were also Harpies, Hive Crones, and even large units such as Flying Warriors.
There was even a thirty-meter-long Harridan, an enormous and terrifying Tyranid beast. These creatures were tremendously powerful. One had been deployed earlier when dealing with Red King, but the creature had been unable to land on the ground.
It could only keep sending out the Gargoyle forces it carried to attack, yet they posed no great threat to Red King.
However, Red King had lacked any decent long-range attacks at the time, leaving him unable to deal with the massive creature either.
But against King Joe, this enormous Harridan could play a crucial role.
Clearly, the previous assault on the first tendril had put the hive fleet on alert. The Tyranid forces had begun gathering a large number of aerial units here for defense.
Rhodes frowned at the sight. In this situation, he had no choice but to call for reinforcements. The Tyranid forces truly were not easy to deal with!
Rhodes opened the system panel and directly released the Pega spacecraft.
Since they were sitting inside King Joe’s cockpit, Rhodes was the only one who could see the outside world through the system.
The others could observe the situation outside only through some gaps in King Joe’s chest, so they did not see the gigantic spacecraft appear out of nowhere.
The moment the Pega spacecraft and King Joe appeared, countless expendable Gargoyles and Harpies slammed into them like a dense swarm of bees. Everyone could even hear the loud pounding of the creatures striking King Joe’s chest compartment from outside.
The frenzied roars of Tyranid beasts rang out beyond the hull. They were using every means at their disposal to try to break through King Joe’s defenses.
The beams fired by King Joe could clear away only some of them. Many of the creatures clinging to King Joe’s body could not be removed at all. Their numbers continued to grow until they densely covered King Joe from head to foot. If no action were taken, he would eventually fall once their combined weight exceeded his limit.
The Tyranid hive fleet possessed an abundance of combat experience and knew how to deal with large aerial units.
Rhodes immediately spent 2,000 system coins to upgrade King Joe with Pendanium cannons and reinforced armor plating.
King Joe’s artillery power increased slightly, and he gained a rapid-fire mode. His reinforced armor also increased his height to fifty-seven meters, while his weight surged to fifty thousand tons.
King Joe’s metallic armor changed from its original bronze hue to a brilliant gold, making him look even more magnificent and imposing.
The effect of strengthening him from outside was basically identical to what had happened with Red King: a burst of golden radiance enveloped his entire body and burned away every Tyranid clinging to him.
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A wave of golden light enveloped King Joe’s body, illuminating the Space Marines and Imperial Battle Sisters seated inside the cockpit.
They were all so astonished that their mouths fell open. The dazzling golden radiance wrapped around them, while the creatures outside let out shrill screams and suddenly fell silent.
From within that golden light, they felt an excitement impossible to describe in words. Their hearts even seemed to receive some kind of encouragement.
“This golden light! It is the Emperor’s miracle! The Emperor’s miracle!”
“It is the divine sign of the God-Emperor! The God-Emperor is blessing us. We will surely win this war!”
“Cough! Cough! Long live the God-Emperor!”
Rhodes did his best to suppress his laughter and shouted along with them.
What the hell? I only upgraded a monster, and you immediately decided it was the Emperor’s miracle?
When I upgraded Red King earlier, there was golden light then too! You didn’t get this excited!
Although, Red King’s upgrade seemed to have produced an ochre-yellow glow, not one that glittered quite so brilliantly.
That was probably why these people had not reacted much. But now they were sitting inside King Joe, bathing in golden light as the creatures outside were annihilated, so they assumed the Emperor himself had manifested!
After the upgrade, King Joe was even sturdier. Rhodes shook his head and manipulated him to combine directly in midair.
King Joe transformed into a gigantic robot. The Pendanium main cannons mounted on his arms immediately took aim at the thirty-meter-long Harridan flying through the sky.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The enormous Harridan let out a series of agonized shrieks in midair before plummeting straight down. Three gigantic holes had been blasted through its body.
It crashed toward the ground amid its screams, crushing countless Tyranids beneath it.
“This is the Emperor’s miracle! This Golden Age creation was surely researched by the Emperor himself. He may even have been its designer,” said the commander of the polar warriors.
After King Joe completed his combination, a virtual display also appeared inside the chest compartment where everyone was seated. It provided a real-time view of the scene in front of King Joe.
“That is correct! And have you noticed? After receiving the Emperor’s blessing, this Titan creation seems to have become even more dazzlingly golden,” said the Canoness.
“This is the Emperor’s divine miracle!”
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The corner of Rhodes’s mouth twitched.
Damn it! From now on, I won’t even need to explain when I upgrade King Joe. All I’ll have to say is, “It’s the Emperor’s miracle!”
“That is correct. This is indeed the Emperor’s miracle,” Rhodes said with a nod.
King Joe’s enormous body charged toward the opposing hive tendril. Every Tyranid he encountered along the way was crushed beneath the feet of the steel monstrosity.
Even when a Tyranid bio-Titan, a Hierophant, stood in his path, King Joe blasted it to pieces with his Pendanium cannons. The rapid-fire mode of the Pendanium cannons was truly devastating.
Under Rhodes’s control, King Joe began bombarding the hive fleet’s tendril with his own Pendanium main cannons.
Meanwhile, the Pega spacecraft rose to an altitude of one thousand meters and launched an attack against the hive tendril above.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Tyranid hive ship tendril a thousand meters above was severed as well. The enormous tendril cluster split into two and came crashing down from the sky, crushing countless Tyranids along the way.
This assault brought Rhodes more than 5,000 system coins. He now had over 13,000 system coins remaining.
The King Joe controlled by Rhodes flew into the sky and headed toward the next target. He then spent 4,000 system coins to choose the Pendanium cannon enhancement and another armor upgrade for King Joe.
The Pendanium main cannons gained a charging mode, while King Joe’s height and weight increased to sixty meters and fifty-two thousand tons respectively.
The armor also gained a new color option: black. Between that and the brilliant gold, Rhodes decisively chose gold. Only an idiot would choose black at a time like this. In any case, the color had no effect on performance.
Once again, everyone inside King Joe was bathed in golden light.
“The Emperor is guiding us toward victory!” shouted one of the Battle Sisters, her entire body trembling with overwhelming excitement.
“Great God-Emperor! Great God-Emperor!”
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