Chapter 1057: Repent! Tomorrow is the Day of Your Death!

From the ice wall sliding open on the side of the great hall, six Frost Warriors over three meters tall, wearing deep blue ice crystal armor, walked out.

The leading Frost Warrior raised an arm, and the muzzle of their Frost Sprayer began to condense a white, cold light.

Sergeant Safo raised his Bolter, but the layer of ice on his right arm joint was too thick, and his movement was a beat slow!

"For the Emperor!!!"

A battle cry roared from the mouth of a Dark Angel!

This Dark Angel Space Marine forcibly overloaded the servo systems of his shoulder and arm armor, raised his right arm, and the Bolter fired.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three bolts shot toward a cluster of ice crystal stalactites hanging above the heads of the Frost Warriors!

"Boom! Crack!"

The cluster of ice crystal stalactites, weighing several tons, was blown off and crashed down toward the Frost Warriors who had just stepped out from the ice wall!

The Frost Warrior preparing to fire the Frost Sprayer only had time to hold the sprayer horizontally above his head!

"Boom!!!"

The ice crystal cluster smashed down, and the ice shards mixed with the leaking energy light, submerging the Frost Warrior leader and the two companions closest to him!

The shockwave sent several nearby Royal Guards flying!

"Power Armor, maximum power!"

Sergeant Safo immediately ordered.

Scorching air erupted from the heat dissipation grilles on the backs and shoulders of the five Dark Angel Space Marines' Power Armor!

The built-in emergency heating systems overloaded, and powerful thermal energy was injected into the interior of the armor.

"Hiss!!!"

White steam burst from them, and the purple hard ice covering the surface of the Power Armor began to melt under this high temperature!

Although they could not immediately return to their best state, the ice sealing the joints was significantly relieved, and the sluggishness of their movements was clearly reduced!

"Counterattack! Prioritize clearing long-range threats and psionic units!"

Sergeant Safo ordered.

The Bolters roared again, focusing on the surviving crossbowmen above the great hall and Grand Duke Moge, who was channeling a new round of Psionic Attack.

"Protect the Grand Duke!"

General Hanyin roared, swinging his sword to parry the bolts aimed at Grand Duke Moge; the impact of the explosions made him stagger back several steps.

Count Kainuo led a squad of guards to launch a fierce attack from the side on the Dark Angel Space Marine who had just forcibly broken through the ice!

This Dark Angel Space Marine swung his Chainsword with his still-flexible left arm, fighting against the guards led by Kainuo.

Where the ice crystal cluster had smashed down, broken ice surged, and the Frost Warrior pushed aside the debris on his body and stood up!

One of his arms was twisted unnaturally, and the surface of the Frost Axe in his other hand flickered with blue psionic light.

Seeing the Frost Warriors thwarted, his own guards suffering heavy casualties, and the "iron cans" of the Xiuluo Holy Star still able to counterattack, Ailamande condensed psionic energy in the Crystal Core on his forehead once more.

Just then, the ground began to shake!

Inside Sergeant Safo's helmet, the communication signal became intermittent amidst intense interference.

"... Orbital... bombardment... authorization... countdown... thirty... seconds..."

Safo looked up at Ailamande, whose figure was somewhat distorted on the throne due to the gathering of psionic energy, and shouted.

"Alien King Ailamande! And all Saikeshan aliens! Listen clearly!

The Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance fleet, the 'Loyal Soul' and its attached strike fleet, orbital bombardment authorization confirmed! Strike coordinates, Yongshuang Star!"

Sergeant Safo's voice, amplified through his external speakers, echoed throughout the great hall.

"Thirty-second countdown!"

"Thirty seconds?!"

The Ice Crystal Spear in Count Kainuo's hand almost slipped from his grasp.

A bolt flew past General Hanyin's helmet, blowing a large hole in the ice wall behind him.

The Frost Staff in Grand Duke Moge's hand fell to the ground with a "clatter," his mouth agape, but he could not make a sound.

The psionic energy condensing in Ailamande's hand froze, and dark purple light darted within the Crystal Core on his forehead.

Surrender? The Saikeshan race never yields! But resist? In thirty seconds, Yongshuang Star might be reduced to scorched earth! Was he to lead his entire race to total annihilation?

Time ticked away, second by second.

... Twenty seconds...

... Fifteen seconds...

Some Saikeshan guards began to retreat, their weapons hanging low.

... Ten seconds...

... Five seconds...

Ailamande opened his mouth.

"Sur..."

The terrifying bombardment expected to wipe out the entire palace and even the surface of Yongshuang Star did not descend when the countdown reached zero.

"Whoosh... Boom!!!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh... Boom boom boom!!!"

The explosions came from outside the palace! From the surface of Yongshuang Star!

The light of the explosions shone through some high ice windows, casting a pale glow into the great hall.

"Not... not here?"

Count Kainuo muttered subconsciously.

General Hanjian rushed to an ice-sealed window and looked out.

He saw that the area surrounding the royal palace—other ice-crystal buildings, fortifications, and Energy Nodes—was currently being Devoured by searing beams of light descending from the sky and dense, exploding Fireballs.

"It's an orbital strike... but... they avoided the core area of the royal palace?"

What General Hanjian did not understand was why the Asura Saint had not directly destroyed this place, but was instead purging the outskirts of the royal palace?! What were they trying to do?

Sergeant Safo spoke again.

"It seems you have temporarily escaped total purification. But this is not mercy, Alien.

The orbital bombardment has already paralyzed all the defensive facilities, communication nodes, and any potential heavy weapon emplacements on the outskirts of your royal palace. Now, Yongshuang Star is an isolated island."

A deeper roaring sound came from high above, approaching rapidly!

"It's Thunderhawk Gunships! Many of them!"

A Dark Angels warrior reported.

Dozens, then hundreds of black dots on the outskirts of the royal palace broke through the atmosphere of Yongshuang Star and dove toward the royal palace area!

These gunships used their onboard Laser Cannons and Missiles to clear away any organized or potentially hidden Saikeshan resistance forces within the royal palace area.

At the same time, more gunships made forced landings in the plazas and courtyards surrounding the main building of the royal palace!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Thunderhawk Gunships landed on the ice one after another; as soon as the hatches opened, Dark Angels Space Marines, wearing the same deep green Power Armor as Sergeant Safo's squad but marked with different company symbols, poured out!

"Repent! Tomorrow you shall die!"

The newly arrived Dark Angels Space Marines formed combat squads as soon as they exited the hatches and launched an assault on every entrance of the royal palace!

The sound of Bolter fire grew dense once again, but this time, it came from organized Dark Angels companies far greater in number than before!

The remaining Saikeshan guards inside the royal palace attempted to resist, but in the face of these high-morale Dark Angels Space Marines, their resistance was quickly dismantled.

Bolters easily tore through ice-crystal armor, and Chainswords and Power Swords cut them down like chopping melons and vegetables.