Chapter 212: Winged Figure: I Did It

The bodies of the Norn Envoys and Norn Assimilators turned into a series of afterimages, becoming a series of afterimages on the desert before the Angel Fortress,

Defensive lasers behind the Void Shield converged into beams, transforming into azure blades that shot toward the three giant beasts,

Yet the Norn Envoys and Norn Assimilators displayed speeds completely inconsistent with their size, flickering effortlessly between the lasers,

And while the artillery fire and heavy explosives released by the garrison inside the Angel Fortress could sometimes hit the three giant beasts, they were utterly insignificant before the psychic shields raised by the Norn Envoys,

A burst of psychic sparks erupted from the massive brain tissue beneath the chitinous crown of the Norn Envoy; two scorching psychic lances tore through the battlefield smoke, piercing straight into the Void Shield,

For a moment, waves surged across the Void Shield; the surging heat flow from the High Heavens exploded upon the violet Void Shield,

Upon the city walls, mortals behind the Void Shield screamed in terror; the Void Shield shook constantly, looking exactly like a bubble about to burst,

"Do not panic! This is technical force dissipation! The Void Shield will not collapse!!" Lag felt the morale wavering and immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.

As a gang thug who survived the Underhive, Lag understood better than anyone what people feared——————

Boom!!!!

The ground suddenly trembled; a snake-like giant head suddenly reared up from outside the Void Shield, its viper-like tongue hissing with a "hiss-hiss" sound,

Taking advantage of the waves raised by the psychic lances on the Void Shield, which obscured the defenders' vision, two Norn Envoys forcibly used their powerful psychic abilities to teleport the massive Norn Assimilator to the front of the Void Shield.

"Concentrate fire!!!" Dante roared; in an instant, the entire firepower of the Angel Fortress vented upon the Norn Assimilator,

But this giant beast, disregarding everything, forcibly withstood the constantly venting fire using its massive body and thick carapace,

Sharp spikes on the Norn Assimilator's chest transformed into tentacles that thrust out, effortlessly piercing the Void Shield; these tentacles, tipped with sharp spikes, suddenly sprayed out streams of dark green pus,

This toxic solution carefully formulated by the Tyranid swarm splashed upon the city walls; in an instant, even the power armor of the Astartes was dissolved; the sons of Sanguinius screamed in agony, their flesh and blood dispersing and rotting, and even their bones turned into pus,

The entire city walls of the Angel Fortress were crumbling; the Norn Assimilator drove its claws into the Void Shield, drilling into it bit by bit.

The Void Shield is essentially a warp field, not a physical shield; it can absorb thermal energy, transfer kinetic energy, and annihilate artillery fire,

Any creature can cross the Void Shield; they are simply swallowed by the Void Shield of most of their kinetic energy during the crossing process,

But this kind of attack by the Norn Assimilator is exactly what the Void Shield finds difficult to defend against.

In an instant, the line began to collapse, and those two Norn Envoys also reached the front of the line.

Dante let out a sigh; no wonder, in Zhou Yun's description, the Norn Envoys and Norn Assimilators were the most terrifying units,

Just three of them had nearly shattered the entire defense line of the Angel Fortress.

"Overload the Void Shield!" Dante issued the command without hesitation,

Streams of hot light erupted from the Void Shield power group, injecting energy far exceeding normal values into the Void Shield,

In an instant, the entire Void Shield turned into a dazzling bubble of light, almost no longer transparent; the Norn Assimilator trapped within was almost swallowed by the light.

Crackling and popping explosion sounds rang out, as if reality itself was wailing,

Then the entire Void Shield crumbled under the overloaded energy, exploding into a warp torrent; the shockwave it raised directly whipped up a sandstorm near the Angel Fortress.

The Norn Assimilator let out a wail; such intense warp power was released, and trapped between the Void Shields, it was almost torn apart; its broken body fell heavily onto the city wall, crushing a section of the wall; poison constantly flowed from its heavily injured body, forming a bubbling poison pit on the ground,

Many mortals and Astartes were either crushed by the Norn Assimilator or covered by the poison,

But regardless, this giant beast had lost combat capability; only those two would not be so easy to deal with.

The Norn Envoys roared, releasing streams of psychic pulses that bombarded the damaged city walls; the entire Angel Fortress shook,

The insect swarm also began to move again, surging into the Angel Fortress behind the Norn Envoys.

Dante let out a sigh; the power axe in his hand ignited,

For a giant beast like this, at least a Knight House should be required to serve as Dante's aid to fight it,

But now, all Dante could rely on was the power axe in his hand and the Wrath of the Archangel.

In Dante's eyes, the figure of one of the Norn Envoys gradually overlapped with Horus————

A silver long sword swept through the air; pure feathers scattered on the ground; Bai Guang flickered like morning light.

In an instant, Dante almost thought Sanguinius was standing beside him, but when he raised his head, he saw a golden mask.

Sanguinius descended upon the sky above the Angel Fortress.

"Finally here!!!" But before Dante could get excited, the scene below surpassed his imagination,

He had witnessed Sanguinius's descent several times before, but the scene before his eyes was the first time he had seen it.

People were dying; the insect swarm roared as it rushed into the Angel Fortress through the cracks in the city walls; in an instant, the entire area near the city walls turned into a slaughter zone,

Lag and the other Asford people beside him vented their laser rifles, but once the distance was close enough, the speed at which mortals pulled triggers simply could not keep up with the Tyranid creatures,

Lag watched with his own eyes as the bodies of Asford people one by one were torn apart by the insect swarm, and saw the Lacio troops being drowned by the insect tide,

The Lacio herder elder detonated a Glory Bomb before being drowned by the insect tide; the herders followed him, launching a suicide-like attack,

Their sacrifice temporarily bought a little opportunity for other mortal troops to retreat,

But this was far from enough; the insect swarm almost immediately surrounded them,

Lag's squad and Old One-Eye's squad were thus scattered; Lag now didn't even know if he was still alive.

A knife-beast leaped up, effortlessly tearing apart an Asford person very close to Lag,

That Asford person had once been a worker in Fudia City; he had beaten Lag up at the entrance of Old One-Eye's bar.

Lag tightened his grip on the laser rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger at that knife-beast, but the Tyranid creature was so fast that before he could pull the trigger, the knife-beast was already before him,

A biological blade swung down; Lag almost saw death approaching him,

Finally, it was

The sound of a blade cutting through the air rang out; a slender blade Lag had never seen flashed by, wrapped in fire; it effortlessly severed the knife-beast's biological blade and cut through its body,

That sword lay horizontally before Lag; the blade possessed an elegant curve and was carved with strange runes; it was beautiful and sharp.

"The name of this sword is Ao Shun."

The owner of that sword seemed to be speaking, yet seemed to have said nothing, but Lag vaguely heard the voice:

"In a language that has already perished, its meaning is Dragon Sword."

Lag held his breath, watching the scene before his eyes,

A skeleton clad in armor stood before him, holding back the swarm of bugs,

And all around him, warriors resembling the dead materialized from thin air,

Purple-painted warriors bearing the double-headed eagle sigil, berserkers in crimson Terminator power armor, warriors in unpainted power armor wielding massive power swords, shadows in raven helms with sniper rifles, and librarians bearing power axes and scrolls.

Their bodies were all wreathed in raging fire, burning across the battlefield, pitch-black armor covering their pale bones, flames bursting from the corpses' frames and coiling into halos above their pure skulls,

The sovereign of mankind sounded the horn of war, and the dead returned from the past to fight for humanity once more,

The Legion of the Damned descended upon the battlefield of Baal.

Angron's blood-axe split open a Blood Knight's power armor, and the corpses of those in silver-and-red power armor piled into mountains of flesh and blood beneath Angron's feet.

Only seven or eight warriors still followed at Yorrick's side, gasping for breath as they faced Angron's fury head-on.

But Angron felt the will of the Blood God, and above Baal, the warp was stirring,

A powerful warp entity was about to gain a corporeal form in the material universe, and Sanguinius would return in the process,

Just a little more. He had to reach Baal Primus as quickly as possible and plant the Blood God's fury before its resurrection.

No more time could be wasted on Baal Secundus

Angron violently beat his wings, nearly taking flight into the void.

"No!" Yorrick roared, his chainsword howling as it hacked toward Angron, bellowing: "Fight me, Angron!!"

Angron cast a mocking, derisive glance at Yorrick, and in the blink of an eye his whip lashed viciously across Yorrick's body, shattering the silver-and-red power armor apart.

"Look at the face beneath your helm — you stopped being human long ago, born to kneel before the Blood God."

Angron let out a sharp, mocking laugh, began beating his pitch-black flesh-wings, and said:

"You and we were meant to be together — submit to me, Yorrick!"

Yorrick collapsed to the ground, the pain in his chest unbearable; Angron's whip was so sharp that even an Astartes' superhuman body would not stop bleeding beneath it.

He recalled the words Zhou Yun had spoken to him on Baal Primus when he handed him the holy relic at his waist.

"Mephiston and I are going to deal with Kabandha. If we fail, Kabandha will probably be tossed into orbit around Baal Primus — your job is to hold him off."

Yorrick's fingers rested lightly on the cloth-wrapped holy relic at his waist; the relic was faintly burning hot, and it was precisely this that kept Yorrick from succumbing to the fury Angron unleashed.

"We agreed on Kabandha — how did Angron show up instead?" Yorrick cursed, struggling to his feet.

The cloth at his waist fell away, and a dull, gray toy sword was gripped tightly in Yorrick's hand.

"Angron." Yorrick raised his head, fixing his gaze on Angron's face: "In the name of fury. In the name of the fury Sanguinius granted me. You will not leave."

Yorrick raised the toy sword toward Angron; it might have been utterly meaningless, but Yorrick could now only hope this holy relic would grant him strength.

Ssshk——————

To the astonishment of both Yorrick and Angron, the power of Sanguinius flashed across the toy sword,

The short sword ignited, and thunderous golden light burst forth from it

"Named Blade. Dian Guang Wan charging: 15%"

A strange notification suddenly flashed through the four-dimensional pocket. Zhou Yun glanced at it, paused for a brief instant, then realized it must be referring to the named blade Dian Guang Wan he had given Yorrick.

"That was me." The winged figure within the Bai Guang gave Zhou Yun a slight nod as he spoke,

In Zhou Yun's vision, the figure was gradually becoming clearer, as if a mass of light were gaining a corporeal form in the material universe.

But Zhou Yun paid it no further attention — a terrifyingly dangerous opponent still awaited him ahead

The chainsaw-axe named Blood Son roared, hurtling toward Zhou Yun with unstoppable force, devouring breath like a predator's maw.

This great axe had once been wielded by Angron, forged of adamantium, its blade set with a wyrm's jaw tooth, its grip wrapped in the flayed skin of a weakling slain by Khorne himself — it could tear flesh apart without any need to activate its power mechanism,

A weapon once used by a Primarch was oversized for Khorne's frame, yet Khorne seemed completely unburdened by the weapon's weight, moving at a speed beyond any mortal's comprehension,

He was nearly the fastest Astartes warrior Zhou Yun had ever seen — far faster than Yorrick, and Dante was fast too; other Astartes warriors went without saying.

He was Khorne's mortal chosen, blessed by the Blood God.

The iron chains wrapped around Khorne's arm creaked and groaned; contrary to Khorne's expectation, Zhou Yun had nimbly blocked his Blood Son with a toy sword.

Khorne immediately launched his next attack, bracing on one leg, spinning his body, and swinging the back of the axe like a hammer straight at Zhou Yun's head.

The named blade Dian Guang Wan in Zhou Yun's hand abruptly blocked Khorne's strike, but Khorne quickly realized melee combat was useless against Zhou Yun,

A plasma pistol aimed at Zhou Yun's head,

But Zhou Yun's figure flashed violently, vanishing on the spot in the blink of an eye,

Khorne followed his combat instincts and turned, squeezing the trigger of his plasma pistol,

Yet the plasma pistol that had accompanied Khorne for years inexplicably jammed; he felt his weapon resisting him.

Before Khorne could be surprised, the psychic hood on Zhou Yun's head jabbed sharply toward Khorne,

A powerful telekinetic force slammed directly into Khorne's chest, but Khorne took the psychic strike head-on,

Then Khorne used his own wrathful will to overpower the machine-spirit within the plasma pistol, and searing plasma fire roared toward Zhou Yun.

Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!

The searing plasma light exploded across Zhou Yun's body; though its power was far less than normal, the intensity of plasma fire — so long as it hit——————

Zhou Yun's figure instantly appeared before Khorne,

His skin and flesh were blasted open by the plasma, yet no blood flowed out — only clumps of scorched clay flew about,

And beneath the clay was exposed a layer of silver metal; this silver power armor had been scorched with black marks by the plasma, but no real damage had been done.

"A hateforged intelligence? Or something else?"

Khorne growled low, and Blood Son carved an arc through the air, hacking toward Zhou Yun's head,

But Zhou Yun swiftly stuffed the named blade Dian Guang Wan into his four-dimensional pocket and instead drew out a mechanized instrument,

Then simply extended his finger toward Khorne——————

(End of chapter)