Chapter 581: Battle of the Legions (5)

"These humans are truly insane! They have actually started a counterattack?"

Inside the Hatchery, after the Dominator Bug saw this scene, the tentacles atop its head began to sway rhythmically; it felt disbelief at the humans' actions.

"Should they not be taking this opportunity to rest and reorganize in batches? Why! Why launch a charge?"

The Dominator Bug had considered various methods the humans might use to deal with its war of attrition, but it had never imagined the humans would actually launch a counterattack against it; this completely disrupted the Dominator Bug's plans.

Through the perspective transmitted back by its children in the Insect Tide, it discovered that this human force had essentially mobilized in full; as long as they still had the strength to fight, they all followed behind those 10 tall humans clad in blue and white armor, charging toward the Insect Tide.

On the battlefield at this moment, the War Dog Space Marines were continuously hacking and killing aliens within the Insect Tide, the chainaxes in their hands carving out scarlet arcs.

Severed limbs of the Zerg were scattered everywhere, and viscous blood stuck to that blue and white Power Armor.

When several Giant Pincer Bugs lunged simultaneously, Tolemi met them head-on with a direct collision of his shoulder armor; the impact between the shoulder armor and the carapaces erupted with a shattering sound. The carapace of one Giant Pincer Bug was crushed directly by Tolemi, while Tolemi's chainaxe severed the head of a Giant Pincer Bug beside him, and his free hand simultaneously gripped the pincer of another Giant Pincer Bug, his arm erupting with powerful torque to rip the insect limb out by the root and plunge the severed limb into the Giant Pincer Bug's head.

The War Dog Space Marines were harvesting the lives of the Zerg before them using various methods.

They used bolters to blow apart the compound eyes of Swift Bugs, leaving only half-bodies twitching on the ground; they used their palms to crush the brains that burst forth when smashing the skulls of Spike Bugs; they used chainaxes to sweep and sever the waists and abdomens of five Zerg, and while the upper halves of the insect bodies were still sliding from inertia, they were trampled into meat paste by ceramite boots.

Soon, the figures of armored units appeared on the battlefield; 10 Leman Russ Tanks crushed over the remains of the insect swarm, the shockwaves raised by the simultaneous volley of main guns tearing open a brief gap in the dark green thick fog.

Chimera Armored Vehicles charged ahead of the Leman Russ Tanks, their heavy flamers spraying scorching tongues of fire, burning the incoming Insect Tide into ashes, or using heavy bolters to blast those Zerg into fragments.

"Go to hell! You aliens!"

"Feel the Emperor's wrath!"

"For the Emperor!"

Inside the armored vehicles, the Valhalla soldiers used gruff voices to vent powerful firepower at the aliens outside.

Before the charge, Private Second Class Li Chengyi had discovered a flamer equipped by a fallen comrade; after checking that there was still Promethium remaining inside, he carried this flamer to follow the charge. Upon seeing several Spike Bugs not far away, he pulled the flamer's trigger without hesitation, watching the Emperor's Fire burn through the three lunging Spike Bugs.

"Watch your heads!"

The Valhalla Lieutenant's bolter pistol continuously pierced the skulls of three Zerg, then he turned to cleave open a Swift Bug attacking from the flank with his chainsword.

The heavy flamers on the side armor of the 10 Leman Russ Tanks spat out scorching flames, turning the Insect Tide in front into ashes.

The driver looked at the thermal signals on the tactical screen and growled.

"Full speed ahead! Clear the field for the Astartes!"

A whistling sound came from the sky; 6 Valkyrie Transports swept past, the rocket pods mounted on their wings rapidly pouring out firepower to provide fire support for the ground assault troops.

The pilot watched the kill count constantly refreshing on the projection, and after manipulating the Valkyrie Transport to exhaust its firepower, spoke into the communication channel: "Coordinate area fire coverage complete, strafing the area ahead."

The heavy bolters on both sides of the Valkyrie Transports began to strafe the Insect Tide below, and the laser cannons at the nose were also firing.

In the Insect Tide, other types of Zerg began to appear gradually; clearly, the Zerg had no choice but to commit these Zerg to the battlefield again.

Regarding this situation, the Dominator Bug could only pin its hopes on these humans being submerged by the Insect Tide once they lost the protection of their cover.

"Kill all these aliens!"

Tolemi used his chainaxe to cleave open the sacs of three Toxic Burst Bugs, the dark green acid hissing on the surface of his Power Armor.

Suddenly, Tolemi only felt a massive, high-speed alien lunging toward him.

"For the Lord of Red Sand!"

Tolemi roared as he dodged the impact of this Death Servant Bug, his chainaxe disemboweling the Death Servant Bug rushing at him from bottom to top, its foul-smelling entrails raining down onto the swarm of Scythe Bugs following closely behind.

"Watch three o'clock!"

The gunner of the Leman Russ Tank looked at the red dots suddenly emerging on the holographic projection and spoke quickly.

"Self-detonating alien swarm! Load white phosphorus shells!"

Amidst the roar of the main gun, five silver-white fireballs bloomed within the insect swarm.

The ignited aliens twisted and collided with their own kind, spreading the seeds of death to the entire formation.

As the armored tracks crushed over the charred remains, the vehicle-mounted heavy flamers continued to spew flames.

The armor on Private Second Class Li Chengyi's body had already been riddled with holes by the pale blue acid, but he still gripped the flamer's trigger tightly.

"For... for the Emperor!"

Li Chengyi's feet were stuck in the viscous insect blood, and the straps dug into the wounds on his shoulders.

The Promethium fuel tank of the flamer was hot enough to sear a steak, but the young man only bit his teeth tighter.

It was the Emperor who saved him from the Zerg Breeding Ground! If not for the Emperor, he might have already become the excrement of some Zerg.

It was the Emperor! It was the Emperor! Who let him know the dignity of humans, let him know that humans were not the spoils of other alien races, but the masters of this planet!

Three Spike Bugs twitched in the sea of fire, the crimson firelight shining on Li Chengyi's face.

"Come on then! You dog bastards!"

The Zerg carapaces curled and burst under the high temperature, and the air was filled with the scorched smell of protein.

Just at this moment, Li Chengyi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his left leg; a plasma bomb the size of a thumb hit his left leg, the intense pain nearly causing Li Chengyi to stumble and fall.

Relying on his loyalty to the Emperor and his hatred for the Zerg, Li Chengyi endured the pain coming from his body; from bone to muscle, all were sending signals of agony.

Li Chengyi looked down at the fuel gauge; the red light was flashing frantically.

"Is... is it gone?"

When another plasma bomb hit Li Chengyi's abdomen, Li Chengyi powerlessly released the flamer in his hands and fell directly to the ground.

"Ha... ha... looks like I'm going to die here, phew... it was worth it!"

Several Swift Bugs rushed toward Li Chengyi, tearing at his body.

At this moment, Li Chengyi could no longer feel this pain; the images appearing before his eyes were all of the most beautiful days he had lived after returning to the Human Alliance, under the Emperor's leadership.

Although he could not witness the arrival of the Emperor's great ideal, he was honored to be a grain of sand realizing the Emperor's great ideal.

He always heard those Cadian instructors say that after they died, their souls would receive the Emperor's protection; he didn't know if it was true or false...

"Em... peror..."

After the young man who had been rescued from the Zerg Breeding Ground said those two words in a weak voice, he himself turned into a ball of explosive fire at the final moment of his life.