"You're right. I can now use psychic powers—and they're unimaginably strong.
I'm not much weaker than Sanguinius now. That guy isn't dead.
His soul has always been in the Warp, and it's still extremely powerful! I can sense him now," Guilliman said with a smile.
What makes me different from Sanguinius is that he doesn't have a matching physical body anymore. He can't return to the material universe—only wander the Warp and assist his genetic sons.
But I have a body that matches my soul, so I can directly interfere in the real universe.
"So, your current psychic power is stronger than Mephiston, the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels? Or how do you compare to the Grand Master of the Grey Knights?" Rhodes asked.
The most powerful psykers in the Imperium are probably the Blood Angels' Chief Librarian and the Grand Master of the Grey Knights.
Even Tigurius, the Chief Librarian of the Ultramarines, is a bit weaker than those two.
But Mephiston hasn't yet fully evolved; he only reached his ultimate state after being transformed during the Primaris surgery, when Sanguinius split off a portion of his Black Rage avatar.
Speaking of which, the Blood Angels' Astartes transformation is quite different from others—they skip all the complicated surgery.
Instead, they select suitable mortal candidates, have their special apothecaries and the Sanguinary Priests implant Sanguinius's gene-seed, then inject them with Sanguinius's blood.
These recruits are buried in the Blood Casket and injected with nutrients to keep them alive.
After a year, they re-emerge, developing other superhuman organs just like Sanguinius grew from an infant, and finally have the black carapace implanted.
This bizarre transformation method is unique among the Astartes. Other Chapters use sci-fi style mechanical surgery, but the Blood Angels' method is almost magical.
Also, these modified recruits don't have the scars of regular Astartes, and all have fair skin and handsome faces, just like the Archangel Sanguinius once did.
That's why the Blood Angels always shout about being worthy of Sanguinius's holy blood in battle.
Of course, the gene-father's blood isn't drawn from Sanguinius himself—it's a specially cultivated and diluted version.
After Sanguinius's death, his Sanguinary Priests injected the gene-father's blood into themselves, keeping it alive and passing it on over generations.
"Haha! Rhodes, you're underestimating me! You can't just compare me to the Grand Master of the Grey Knights or other Chapter Librarians.
"So you mean—you could even enhance my psychic power?" Rhodes asked, surprised.
"That's right. Your soul is already extremely powerful—perhaps the strongest among mortals!
Father's power protects you, but if I add my protection, you'll be able to draw even more power from the Warp," Guilliman replied.
Rhodes' body and soul are far stronger than ordinary people!
Otherwise, his gene-seed couldn't create Astartes. The Emperor can grant him some psychic protection—and so can I.
Just then, a group of Ultramarines burst in and saw Guilliman, who had suddenly shrunk to normal human size!
The Ultramarines were stunned. What's going on?
Wasn't the gene-father just a towering giant?
How come in the blink of an eye, he's now normal-sized—smaller, even, than a Primarch!
Yet their gene-blood told them he was stronger than ever!
Only Tigurius looked especially shocked—he could sense how much stronger the gene-father's soul had become.
Guilliman used to be like a lighthouse, but now he's a blazing full moon!
Tigurius couldn't even look directly at the soul-light.
"Primarch, what happened to you?" Calgar asked.
"I've received father's blessing and grown even stronger. Now I can freely change my size.
Whether I want to be a 60-meter giant, a 3.6-meter Primarch, or just an ordinary human—it's all possible."
Guilliman explained, demonstrating his new transformation ability—true divine power.
"As long as you're alright, great gene-father—we were worried something had happened!" Calgar breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't worry, Calgar. And you too, Luxi—you can now show your blessed battle-form in front of your brothers!
Don't worry about anything. Your gene-father can transform too. Becoming huge isn't a curse, it's a blessing—use it well," Guilliman said.
He'd worried his sons' transformations wouldn't be accepted, but now that he could do it, there was no problem.
"Thank you for your blessing, great gene-father!" Luxi knelt, overcome with honor.
"Alright, you can all leave now! I'll meet with you later—I have things to discuss with Rhodes," Guilliman waved his sons out.
Once they'd left, Guilliman immediately prepared to enhance Rhodes' psychic power.
"Are you ready, Rhodes? I'll boost your psychic strength.
I'll use my power to shield your psychic force, so you can draw more energy from the Warp," Guilliman said.
A cosmic phantom beast had brought him immense benefit, and Guilliman wanted to boost Rhodes' Warp power too.
"Forget it! I don't want to deepen my connection to the Warp right now. It's not like I lack power," Rhodes shook his head, declining.
The Emperor had already awakened his psychic powers and blessed him with the Emperor's light.
Guilliman's shield would just be icing on the cake, but Rhodes didn't want to use Warp energy.
In battle, he preferred using monster power and his physical strength—he only used psychic power if necessary.
"The Warp is dangerous, but not as terrifying as you think!
Otherwise, the Imperium's constant Warp travel would have been wiped out by the Chaos gods by now.
My brother Sanguinius wouldn't have wandered the Warp for so many years either.
And what I want to give you is a shield—a blessing, a divine grace.
It'll let you use psychic power free from Warp corruption and demonic notice—better protecting yourself," Guilliman shrugged.
There are indeed many demons in the Warp, but there are also true gods.
Rhodes' caution is good, but Guilliman's blessing is something else!
This special blessing is something Guilliman can only use a few times—for truly important people.
It's a super-strong divine grace. Guilliman plan to shield Rod, and also Tigurius, boosting their psychic power and Warp resistance.
"If you put it that way, then no problem. But let me further strengthen my body and soul first, then I'll accept your blessing," Rhodes said.
A stronger body and soul can carry more psychic power.
Right now, Rhodes is as strong as three kaiju, plus some cosmic phantom beast power—he's at ordinary Primarch level physically.
His plan for his fourth monster enhancement was Mefilas, but maxing out Mefilas' psychic power would cost five million system coins.
Saving up that much would take ages. He'd only used one free enhancement from his transmigration and one from a lottery.
So far, he'd only paid for one enhancement—two thousand coins. Maybe he'd win another free one in the future.
Now, with a kaiju under his command, he was ready for the fourth enhancement.
That was Miclas—the thermal ray could boost Gomora's super shockwave power.
A million horsepower of strength isn't Miclas's physical stat, but a special ability Rhodes could gain.
Combined with Red King's brute force and Gomora's berserk form, Rhodes' combat power would become even more terrifying.