Chapter 591 White Templar
The White Templar is a very mysterious war group. Not only is there no record of its establishment time, but there are even very few combat records. It seems that the entire war group has been squatting all year round. On the home star, on the Sanctuary Star in the Sun Star Domain.
As a "stay-at-home" chapter, the style of the White Templars is very puzzling, because even if the Astartes are not performing tasks, they will go on their own to protect the empire and seek glory.
But most of the time the White Templars only respond to calls from nearby areas and rarely appear outside the Sun Star Territory. The few large-scale battles they have recorded were fought against the Greenskins.
It stands to reason that such a battle group with a low intensity of war should have many veterans who have been hundreds or even thousands of years old.
But in fact, every time the White Temple attacks, a large number of new recruits appear in the battle group, and many of the previous veterans disappear without a trace - in the eyes of outsiders, the entire White Temple rarely sees people who have served for more than 10 years. Four hundred years of warriors.
This is a very strange phenomenon. The Inquisition even suspected that the other party did not follow the holy scriptures and investigated it, but did not come up with any results.
Soshiyang is also quite interested in such a battle group.
When it comes to the top 8, it is no longer the previous model. All the redundant arenas have been removed, leaving only a large arena where 8 groups of players compete on the stage one after another.
With the removal of the redundant arena, the viewing platform also moved, becoming closer than before. It can be seen very clearly even without a monitor.
Ustad and Mutali were the second group to fight, and the first group was the Black Templars versus the Tianshi Chapter.
After the Horus Heresy, Dorn, the Primarch of the Imperial Fists, agreed to Guilliman's plan for a second army formation, and his beloved Legion was split into several sub-legions.
Among the new battle groups born this time, the most powerful is the Black Templar.
Dorn gave the most essential power of the Imperial Fists, including his flagship, to his beloved son Sigismund, who was also the first Grand Marshal of the Black Templars.
Sigismund refused to abide by the Codex Astartes, believing that the code written by the Ultramarines Primarch was an insult to his own Primarch's teachings.
So he chose to lead his warriors into the depths of space, dedicated to defeating the enemies of the empire, and began the greatest expedition in the history of the empire - this war has not ended yet, and has lasted for ten thousand years.
The Black Templars abandoned their homeworlds for founding sub-chapters, and instead of founding a single monastery like most Space Marine Chapters did, decided to establish a Chapter garrison on each conquered world , to recruit new comrades in future expeditions.
It is said that only the Grand Marshal knows the full number of Black Templars, but according to the Inquisition, their actual number is close to six thousand Space Marines, which can be said to be the most powerful chapter in the Empire at present.
So Soshiyang had to admit that as the most powerful force in the Imperial Fist system, the Black Templar was indeed full of talented people. The champion of the Tianshi Chapter only lasted five minutes and was defeated in the Holy Temple. Defeated at the hands of the knight.
Soon, two players from the second group appeared on the arena.
Mutali, the champion of the White Temple, also looks like a young face, but he is a little more gloomy and calm than Ustad, giving him the characteristics of some experienced warriors.
His armor is milky white, his shoulder armor and chest are black, and his coat of arms is an eight-pointed white cross, which is somewhat similar to the Black Temple.
Mutali held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, looking at Ustad without saying a word.
Ustad then slowly drew out his sword, held it upright in front of his forehead, and nodded lightly at the other party - this was the most basic battlefield etiquette that Thor taught him.
“Start!”
After the referee gave the order, the two began to circle each other elastically, trying to find an opportunity in their opponent, a weakness that could be exploited.
Suddenly, Ustad swung his sword, drew an arc, and attacked downwards.
Mutali blocked the sword with his shield, and then launched a counterattack.
With the instantaneous interplay of attack and defense, both sides of the battle are testing their opponents' combat skills.
In just this round of fighting, Ustad knew that the opponent was very difficult to deal with. If it dragged on, he would have more flaws than the opponent without the protection of a shield.
"Coming!"
So he roared, rushed over, and stabbed at Mutali's lower body, trying to catch him off guard. Mutali easily blocked the blow, then turned from defense to offense and slashed towards Ustad's abdomen.
Ustad raised his sword and reluctantly took the move, but at the same time his body lost balance at that moment. The opponent quickly caught this mistake and used his shield heavily Slap Ustad on him, knocking him to the ground.
But then Mutali did not pursue the victory, but stopped the attack, allowing Ustad to stand up again.
"You are indeed very powerful, brother."
In fact, this fall is actually a trap set by Ustad. If the opponent dares to pursue him, his second sword will take the opportunity to sneak up from below. .
This technique is called "hiding the sword" by Thor. It can only be tried when facing a powerful enemy that is extremely difficult to defeat.
But Ustad did not expect that the opponent actually saw through it and did not launch a reckless pursuit.
So he could only hold the second sword in his hand and use another tactic.
"Your swordsmanship is very strange."
At this time, Mutali, who had been silent, suddenly spoke with a clear voice.
“It’s hard to imagine that this kind of swift and elegant swordsmanship, with a hint of sinisterness, was inherited from the Imperial Fist.”
“Oh, times will change, and people will change, too. Swordsmanship will naturally change."
After saying that, Ustad rushed towards his opponent.
The next moment, their swords collided with each other, and the hilts were locked together.
But when Ustad wanted to swing out his secondary sword, he was once again pushed away by the opponent's shield.
He waved the sharp sword in his hand and struck forward, but his opponent still easily deflected the attack.
But Ustad did not put away his sword and stop. Instead, he launched another attack at a dizzying speed. The two swords drew confusing sword shadows on his hands. Each attack was faster than the last one. It was even more fierce, and Mutali couldn't tolerate a moment's delay.
This is Ustad's second tactic - saturation attack.
In a short period of time, at the cost of consuming a huge amount of physical energy, attack as many times as possible to pressure the opponent's defense, forcing the opponent to reveal flaws.
Sure enough, Mutali began to retreat step by step. He was already unable to parry Ustad's attack like a violent storm, and he could only huddle behind his shield.
Even so, many scars began to appear on his power armor.
On the many viewing platforms, the chapter leaders or chapter representatives also sighed after seeing Ustad's violent double-sword combos.
“What a fast sword!”
"A very rare master of double swords. I haven't seen such a master in about two hundred years. The last time I saw him, it was the second company commander of the Ultramarines."
"And look carefully, He seemed to be hitting hard, but in fact the angle of each attack was very tricky, and it was already difficult for Mutali to cope. He could block nine out of ten swords before, but now he can't block even five out of ten. . ”
“But doing this requires a lot of physical strength. I don’t think it can last long.”
But among the many spectators, Huber, the leader of the Sons of Dorn Chapter. Thomas Silver looked puzzled.
(End of this chapter)