Chapter 474: Tyranid Swarm, the Gathering of the Holy Blood Angels' Progeny

In the dark void of cosmic space, a huge war planet carried several moons, and a massive fleet was swiftly advancing.

When constructing this battle planet, Luode used some surface-fold jump technology from StarCraft, and also some technology mastered by the Xel'naga, making the battle planet full of sci-fi style.

Although it was built by green-skinned orcs, its technological feel was completely unlike the orcs' style; a huge steel Dyson sphere enveloped the entire planet's surface.

Four massive stellar energy devices provided the planet with continuous power; the stored stellar energy was enough for this war planet to operate for several decades.

The huge steel Dyson sphere fortress housed endless orc infantry; Luode equipped these orc infantry in various ways, first giving each a simple set of armor, at least comparable to that of a human imperial infantryman.

The equipment of the Human Imperial Star Realm Army's infantry was already quite good among all races.

After these orcs put on armor, they also took up their respective weapons: the assault troops liked various firearms, the close-combat troops liked various energy swords, and chainswords.

On the huge war planet, divided into several layers, various weapon workshops were set up here, providing Luode's orc army with all kinds of weapons and equipment.

Besides Luode upgrading the equipment of the ordinary orc army, he also formed an elite orc unit.

This orc unit was composed of war chieftains from the various tribes, each of whom was a hulking figure about three meters tall.

They wore heavy powered armor and held various weapons: some wielded energy swords, some giant powered axes, and some massive powered claws.

Besides that, these orc war chieftains' hands were also equipped with various thermal weapons, such as grenade guns and laser guns.

It can be said that all the orcs on the planet were armed to the teeth by Luode.

Besides the orcs inside the planet, the other four combat moons were also remodeled into extreme war fortresses, with large numbers of orc star fleets docked on them.

After entering outer space, these orc technical masters, as if unlocking a switch at the genetic level, gained knowledge of various methods for constructing star warships and circuit diagrams.

All of this appeared in their minds out of thin air, and then these orc technical experts began to manually craft various weapons and equipment.

That day, Luode was sitting calmly in his Demon King's Castle when an orc messenger ran in.

In Luode's Demon King's Castle stood many orc war chieftains, or war bosses; only the highest-ranking war chieftains could enter Luode's Demon King's Castle, and these fellows were all hulking figures five to six meters tall.

"Great Demon King, we have detected the enemy's trail, right in that star system ahead—large numbers of shrimps, they have built a solid defense line and various kinds of spacecraft." An orc exclaimed excitedly.

After sailing through the universe for so long, we finally caught the enemy's trail, and it is the shrimps that the orcs love to fight most.

"Is that so? Besides these shrimps, what other opponents are there? These shrimps aren't much of a fight; our current army just needs to charge over and we should be able to crush them." Luode said.

The battle at the Underworld Gate initially was between humans and the Tyranid swarm; finally, the space-undead would also join in, using an ancient space-undead civilization relic from the star system.

Then they fired a kinetic energy beam, directly detonating the gaseous giant planet in the star system, and then blew up the entire star system to deal with the Tyranid swarm.

But unfortunately, even after blowing up the entire star system, they still couldn't stop the Tyranid fleet's advance, which led to the ensuing Bar Defense Battle.

The Underworld star system, or what should now be called the Underworld Shield.

The Human Empire established an impregnable defense line here to resist the Tyranid swarm's invasion.

"Great Demon King, we also discovered some strange bug warships; these bugs seem endless, and they too have come to fight the human shrimps." The orc war chief responsible for communications said.

"We can't let these bugs take the lead; we must fight the shrimps first."

"Yeah! Yeah! Let's fight the shrimps first." A bunch of orc war chieftains said, cracking their knuckles.

"What are you thinking? Do you think those shrimps can beat those bugs? The end of those shrimps will be to be devoured by those bugs." Luode shook his head helplessly and said.

As for this Tyranid swarm, in terms of ferocity and population, they are far stronger than the alien bugs of the StarCraft world.

In the StarCraft world, the bug swarm is merely a weapon of war; although its numbers are also astonishing, humans and the protoss can still cope with it.

But the Tyranid swarm in the Warhammer world is completely different; the strength of this world's Tyranid swarm is simply heaven-defying, except for the galactic overlord humanity.

Warp demons, space undead, greenskin Orks, the Eldar craftworlds, and even the Titanic Empire just rising—none have escaped being beaten by the Tyranid swarm! The Great Devourer's power likely already surpasses the concept of a god, exceeding some other races' gods, and its level is only slightly inferior to the Four Chaos Gods of the Warp.

Even several invasions of the galaxy were merely some tendrils and a misaligned vanguard; the main body of the bug swarm is still encircling the galaxy.

Moreover, the Tyranid swarm has excellent tactical understanding, and when its fleet approaches, it also generates a massive Warp shadow that envelops the entire star system, driving some psykers mad and even weakening the daemon armies from the Chaotic Realm.

A Tyranid fleet specially named Cronos was organized to specifically hunt and kill some Warp demons.

Because, in the view of the Grand Envoy, these Warp demons, even if killed, cannot yield biomass for the Tyranid swarm to replenish, since these Warp demons have no biomass at all.

The Warp demons' goal is also clear: to obtain the souls of intelligent life in the galaxy.

Therefore, the Great Devourer judged these demonic creatures to be the Tyranid swarm's predatory competitors and thus specially organized an army to deal with these Warp demons.

This Tyranid army is completely different from other Tyranid armies; it seems prepared specifically to hunt demons.

The force contains many psykers and can also use the Tyranid-specific psychic Warp shadow to weaken these demons, thereby killing them more effectively.

"I think the Demon King wants to fight these bugs; these shrimps are fun, but they aren't as strong as the bugs, and the bugs are stronger." An orc war chief said.

"What the boss said is right; perhaps we shouldn't fight the shrimps, we should fight those bugs, to avenge past grudges, to avenge Octarius." An orc war chief said.

The planet where Luode resides. Some of the orcs there also come from the Tia region; where did they come from? That is the Ork Empire Octarius.

This is a prosperous Ork star system, inhabited by many orcs, but for some unknown reason, one day these Tyranid offspring came. For opponents who come to their door to fight, the Ork race is ultimately very pleased.

For these enthusiastic bug opponents, the Ork units immediately launched a WAAAGH, and the two sides fought fiercely without respite.

But unlike the savage, battle-loving Orks who only know how to fight, the Tyranid swarm has clear objectives, definite tactics, and even decapitation strikes.

They carried out decapitation operations on the Ork war bosses leading each planet, as well as the Ork Demon King who ruled the greatest world.

Although the war once reached a stalemate, the Tyranid swarm ultimately, relying on its endless insect-sea tactics, gradually overwhelmed all the Ork planets, looting them in an almost destructive manner.

All organic matter on those planets was extracted by the Tyranids, even the planetary core's thermal energy was not spared, turning those planets into dead stars. In this crushing defeat, many Orks fled and began to wander among the various human empires to re-propagate their kind.

And this humiliating war of the Ork race was also spread, letting all Orks in every star system know of this defeat.

"Yes, we want revenge; we want to fight these bugs and make them know our strength."

"Fight the bugs! Fight the bugs!" A large group of Ork war chieftains excitedly waved their weapons and then slapped their chests.

"That's right, we want to cleanse the Ork Empire's humiliation; once our empire was destroyed by the Tyranid swarm, they shamefully used decapitation tactics to wipe out all our war chieftains."

"This enraged the two Ork gods, Gork and Mork, so I appeared; I was born a war chieftain. It only took a short time for me to become the Demon King, because I bear a mission: I must defeat the Tyranid swarm." Luode said.

At this moment, in the Warp, the two Ork spirits fighting wildly had no idea that beneath them a god stronger than them was borrowing their names to launch a war.

"But those shrimps are all petty villains; every time we fight up front, they might come to ambush us."

The Ork race is not without cooperation with humans, but such cooperation is seldom pleasant; in most cases, after Orks eliminate a shared enemy with humans, they immediately turn around to ambush humans.

To the Orks, this is perfectly normal; although we just teamed up to fight humans, now that we're done, we can only find you to fight.

Even when humans have finished fighting, the orcs will still fight among themselves.

Over time, if the human empire chooses to join forces with the orcs, it will eventually turn around and stab the orcs in the back.

"Don't worry, this time we have a battle planet, as long as we can defeat those bug creatures."

"If those humans still want to fight us, we'll just use the battle planet to fight them." Luode said.

Come on, the orc forces amassed on his planet now can't even be described as terrifying, right?

Moreover, as long as the bug swarm cannot attack the planet's core, the orcs' farms have newborn orcs every day who can join the war effort.

The orcs' troop production speed is not much weaker than the bug swarm's; it's just that this bunch fights in a rather scattered manner and cannot form a unified effective force.

"Fight! Fight! WAAAGH!"

As the orcs' massive fleet gradually approached the Underworld Planet, the human side, which was preparing to defend against the bug swarm's invasion, also saw this enormous fleet.

In order to respond to this Tyranid bug swarm invasion, protect the homeworld of the battle group's gene-primarch Sanguinius, Baal Planet.

This time, the captain of the Blood Angels battle group, Dante, recruited all of Sanguinius' bloodline, calling on them to return to their homeworld to participate in the defense battle.

Even some Space Marine chapters expelled by the Empire came to the homeworld to join the defense; just in the Underworld star system, about fifty million Astra Militarum were gathered, plus an Imperial Navy fleet of equivalent scale (here the Navy equals the Astra Militarum). In addition, there were tens of thousands of Battle Sisters, the Adeptus Mechanicus also sent some armsmen and Titan legions to assist, and other knightly families also dispatched their own knight mechs to join the fight.

Even the Astra Militarum's Imperial Fists and other Space Marine units dispatched a certain number of reinforcements; this time, the number of Space Marines assembled in the Underworld star system reached over twenty-nine thousand.

This is the largest gathering of Space Marines since the Horus Heresy, after the Space Marine legions were reorganized into thousand-strong chapters; essentially all of Sanguinius' bloodline have come.

Because of the emergency, the Blood Angels' Space Marines have returned to legion-level strength; it can be said they are united as one, defending their homeworld and protecting the homeland of their gene-primarch Sanguinius.

If it weren't for the battle still ongoing at the Eye of Terror, the reinforcements arriving would be even greater.

"Sanguinius' bloodline! Do not disgrace Sanguinius' holy blood! Swear to resist to the death, defend our homeland, defend the homeland of the gene-primarch!" Blood Angels battle group captain Dante raised his weapon high and roared.

"For Sanguinius, do not disgrace Sanguinius' holy blood!" A large number of Space Marines raised their weapons and guns high and shouted! "We are all of the same bloodline, our gene-father is Sanguinius! Cheers, we are united as one, all hearts as one!" Dante once again began to boost morale.

In this defense of the gene-primarch's homeland, all the high lords of the Imperium have achieved unity, sparing no cost to defend the Baal star system, blocking the bug swarm at the gates of the Underworld, and utterly annihilating them.

Blood Angels battle group captain Dante looked at the roaring Sanguinius gene-seed descendants before him and revealed a relieved smile.

The Blood Angels' descendants, these Space Marines all have a genetic disease called the Red Thirst and the Black Rage.

Sanguinius' gene-seed descendants have a very obvious flaw: during battle, they develop an irresistible craving for fresh blood, desiring to drink it.

Just like the vampires of legend, this is unacceptable to those who inherit the Sanguinius bloodline of the great angel.

While the gene-primarch was still alive, those Space Marines who manifested this blood disease were disposed of.

And after the gene-primarch, the great angel Sanguinius, was killed by the traitor Horus in the Horus Heresy, those Space Marines of the loyal Angel battle group who contracted the blood disease were instead imprisoned.

They become members of the Death Company, and are only released when the Sanguinius bloodline suffers a catastrophe, to be used as a secret weapon.

As for the Black Rage, it causes all Blood Angels Space Marines to fall into an ancient echo, imagining themselves as the great angel Sanguinius fighting Horus, unable to distinguish between my attack and everyone around me.

This also gives the Blood Angels battle group a poor reputation; currently, all of the Blood Angels' gene-seed is simply gathered together.

Many of them hold the same position as I do, being battle group captains, although they are splinter chapters that split off from the Blood Angels.

On the surface everyone's status is the same, but for this war's victory, Dante must seize the true command authority of the Blood Angels.

Therefore, Blood Angels battle group captain Dante held a grand banquet, at which, in the name of the gene-primarch, he gifted some important battle group captains with relics left by Sanguinius, even Sanguinius' feathers.

Just as the banquet was lively underway, a Blood Angels Space Marine rushed anxiously into the room, came before battle group captain Dante, and whispered in his ear.

"Battle group captain! It's terrible, our radar detected a massive fleet suddenly sailing in from the outer reaches of space, and moreover, they are also bringing a celestial‑sized fortress, as big as a planet, a planet‑sized hunk of steel." The Blood Angels Space Marine, face pale, spoke.

When seeing that orc fleet, he could not even imagine the immensely huge war planet, nor the enormous battle moon. This is a terrifying construct they had never heard of or seen before.

This Ork army appears to be equipped to the utmost extreme, completely different from the Ork armies they have fought before.

Dealing with the Tyranid invasion has already stretched the Blood Angels thin; if another batch of Ork forces shows up now, things will become a big mess.

In humanity's view, this bunch of extremely barbaric orks and the Tyranids are no different; they are just a bunch of war‑mad fanatics.

Upon hearing this, Blood Angels battle group captain Dante directly crushed the wine cup in his hand, his face turning extremely grim.

"I will personally go to the command room later, but I have to wait until the banquet ends; I must obtain all command authority." Blood Angels battle group captain Dante said. (End of chapter)