Chapter 146

The Celestial Orrery on Tartarus roared, releasing scorching light.

The light of the profane twin stars of Hades was condensed into one, using Ashford and Laixi as relays, and the high-energy particle beam bombarded the atmospheres of the two planets, setting off bursts of gorgeous auroras drifting.

Under the precise control of the C'tan shard of the Deceiver, this scorching star energy beam shot straight toward the gas giant Eros; the thick atmosphere of the entire planet was ignited, burned, and exposed the solid, flammable star core inside the planet...

Above Ashford, Dante on the Blade of Vengeance gazed at this scene.

He knew that this gas giant was about to explode, releasing a powerful shockwave to sweep across the entire star system.

On various planets, there were still many surviving Astartes, Astra Militarum, and Battle Sisters who had not yet evacuated or found cover; they would also become victims of the explosion...

Dante waved his fingers gently to give the order.

He still had one last gift to leave for the swarm on Ashford.

The Blood Angels' ships standing in orbit above Ashford poured all their macro-cannons, torpedoes, and lance batteries onto this planet already occupied by the swarm.

Everything was burning under the orbital bombardment; the hive city, which was already tottering, began to collapse inward.

One by one, the spires that had accumulated over ten thousand years collapsed with a thud; the luxurious palaces in the top hive and the spacious streets in the upper hive all turned into dust in the bombardment; the underhive of Ashford saw the sky and sun again after ten thousand years.

The towering stone statue of Sanguinius still stood at the crossroads of the underhive, holding a sharp spear pointing to the ground.

Its sharp spear seemed to have merged with the orbital bombardment falling from the sky, turning into a spear of light sanctioning the xenos enemies.

Subsequently, in the scorching light beam of a lance, that stone statue that had stood for ten thousand years also dissipated.

Dante watched the planet under his feet, watching the hive city on Ashford turn into completely collapsed ruins.

The surviving swarms stood in the ruins, roaring loudly at the Blood Angels' ships in the sky.

And Dante's ships quickly hid on the far side of the planet.

At the same time, the surface of the gas giant Eros began to burn under the light of the Celestial Orrery; the surface of the gas giant, vast as the sea, was forcibly burned out with a hideous opening, burning into the star core within it.

The entire planet exploded after a violent tremor; countless gaseous substances were ignited and thrown into the Hades system; the entire gas giant turned into a scorching nebula in the blink of an eye, mixed with a powerful shockwave that swept across the entire Hades system.

The bio-ships in space let out silent wails; their chitinous carapaces were not worth mentioning in the high heat released by the planet's explosion, and together with flesh and blood, they were burned to black charcoal.

Millions of Tyranid bio-ships turned into charcoal in the explosion, and when the shockwave enveloped every planet in the Hades system, the swarms gathering like tides on them also evaporated and dissipated rapidly like morning dew meeting the sun.

On Laixi, Seth and Arch-Sister Magda looked outside the abbey of the cathedral; the entire star system was surrounded by scorching flames.

The sea that had chased the herdsmen on Laixi for thousands of years evaporated, and the Tyranid organisms on Laixi were also burned into steam and disappeared without a trace.

"It's over," Arch-Sister Magda said exhaustedly; her face was full of pain and sorrow.

"Over?"

Gabriel Seth opened his mouth slightly, spitting out a breath of blood; fangs vaguely extended from his mouth.

How many of the remaining Flesh Tearers died on this planet? How many people fell into the Black Rage because of this?

If it weren't for the fact that the abbey's void shield was activated by chance, almost all the Flesh Tearers would have turned into dust and dissipated.

Gabriel Seth had only anger and an uncontrollable bloodthirsty urge.

"By the blood of Sanguinius, this has only just begun."

"Only blood can repay blood."

Gabriel Seth's roar was low and cold, filled with uncontrollable bloodlust.

Arch-Sister Magda nodded stiffly; ten thousand Battle Sisters had followed her to Ashford.

Arch-Sister Magda looked behind her and only saw a few dozen Battle Sisters still standing beside her.

"May the Emperor forgive my sins..." Arch-Sister Magda said almost like a wail.

Tartarus was bathed in a sea of fire; dark red sunlight, the contents of the ejected gas giant, and scorching impact force swept across the entire planet's surface.

Chaplain Arophin and Captain Karlean on it had evacuated urgently, entering the ship and hiding on the far side of the planet.

On the scorching burning planet, only one golden figure and one blue fat man still stood.

Sanguinor, wearing a golden mask, hovered in the sea of fire; the scorching firelight produced by the planet's explosion slightly ignited his feathers, bathing his whole body in dark red light, and his mask also shone brightly accordingly.

The Adaptation Lamp in Zhou Yun's hand dissipated with the wind; this gadget from the 22nd century gave him unparalleled environmental adaptability.

Let alone the scorching shockwave produced by the planet's explosion, even if he walked on the surface of a star, he would not suffer the slightest harm.

Zhou Yun glanced at the golden-armored warrior beside him who was obviously tainted with the Warp.

He seemed to be standing in the flames by relying on his own Warp characteristics, having never suffered real harm.

He and Zhou Yun were both watching the scene in the sky.

Above the sky of Tartarus, three suns were burning scorching hot: the two profane twin stars of the Hades system, and the C'tan shard of the Deceiver.

The shard of that ancient material universe deity was using His own power to control the Celestial Orrery to release scorching star light.

But with the shockwave produced by Eros's explosion, even the Celestial Orrery itself was cracking bit by bit under the impact of the planet's explosion.

This ancient Necron creation capable of utilizing star power turned into pieces of pitch-black metal fragments and cracked.

What followed was that a ripple was set off by the reaction on the two profane stars of the Hades system; the scarlet corona was ejected, falling into the C'tan shard of the Deceiver like blood-stained ribbons.

No sound rang out, but whether it was Zhou Yun or Sanguinor, or even everyone in the entire Hades system, they all heard a roar filled with joy.

That was the satisfaction of a hungry vampire tasting blood again; that was the joy of a confused person suddenly seeing the light; that was the joy of a shard of an ancient deity slightly realizing its own existence.

The entire Hades system trembled accordingly; everyone felt almost at the same time that the air had become much hotter.

The sentient beings on the ships all couldn't help but instinctively look in the direction of the stars of the Hades system.

On the barge used by the Blood Angels to rescue the residents of Ashford, Xiang Xiang Leina, with the badge of the Cadian Shock Troops pinned to her chest, stood before the porthole, looking into the distance at the three suns burning hazily...

Behind her, countless Ashford refugees were also looking at this scene in bewilderment.

But only Xiang Xiang Leina knew what that was...

She learned of the existence of the C'tan from the mouths of the Blood Angels.

That was a deity of the ancient material universe, a pure energy organism that fed on star energy...

The C'tan shard of the Deceiver roared, grabbing the energy of the twin stars of the Hades system; the light of these two stars seemed to have dimmed significantly.

The star radiance like blood merged bit by bit into the body of the C'tan shard of the Deceiver, and also burned His body into the color of blood.

The energy ribbons like solar prominences beside Him intertwined, forming a pair of huge wings like membranes.

The thin wings sufficient to cover the entire Tartarus unfolded accordingly; the flames burning fiercely on Tartarus gathered into a scorching fire dragon in the blink of an eye, merging into the Deceiver's body.

He was burning, He was the Lord of All Flames, He was the raging fire that burned the pride of the Old Ones.

He roared silently; the material universe part of the entire Hades system seemed to submit to Him.

The scorching firelight thrown out by the planet's explosion gathered rapidly from all directions of the star system, surging into His body...

Zhou Yun waited calmly, waiting for the power of this C'tan to recover to its peak.

He knew that the C'tan shard before him had almost broken free from the restraints imposed by the Necrons, and had found a bit of self in the broken personality and memories.

An ancient material universe deity was trying to return; He was also becoming powerful bit by bit.

The entire Hades system had become His feeding ground; the stars here, the flames, the burning, and even...

The C'tan shard of the Deceiver gently vibrated His membrane-like wings.

Star light, although sweet, could no longer satisfy Him.

In the broken memories, the C'tan shard of the Deceiver recalled something more delicious.

In the ages before time, in the era when the Necrons were still called the Necrontyr,

The C'tan discovered something more delicious and powerful than star light in the Necrontyr.

Souls, the souls of life, were more attractive to the C'tan than the stars themselves, and made the C'tan drool even more.

So the C'tan wove the lie of biotransference, promising to let the Necrontyr be immortal in living metal bodies, and taught the Necrontyr to build furnaces that forged life.

However, Zhou Yun knew,

The so-called biotransference was the dining table and kitchen of the C'tan.

The C'tan ate the Necrontyr soul desserts that they had processed to be sweet.

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The kitchen waste they left over was the Necrons.

What was injected into the metallic shells of the Necrons was just a copied data personality.

This was one of the stupidest mistakes in the entire galaxy; the Necrontyr destroyed themselves.

Now, the Deceiver's consciousness was gradually awakening; His desire for souls was awakened again.

And the barges in this star system that carried countless humans became the dinner plates in His eyes.

The Deceiver let out a silent roar; flames burned inexplicably in the void.

Then He gently vibrated His wings, and His body, burning with flames, surged toward the starry sky like a bird, flying toward the ships floating on the far side of the planet.

But this deity of the material universe did not notice,

Standing on Tartarus, greed also surged in the eyes of that blue raccoon cat, similar to His.

That was the look of wanting to eat, regarding Him as food.

"Brother, brother, don't run, you smell so good."

Zhou Yun grinned and grabbed the Anywhere Door out of his fourth-dimensional pocket.

(End of chapter)