[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-490":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1510953,1962,"Chapter 490 - 489: Shadow Shaping","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-490",490,"\u003Cp>The Legio Cybernetica units crouched among the furnaces, staring in horror and despair as the God-Machine was destroyed by the bizarre creature, toppling like a mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They refused to believe a God-Machine could be destroyed, unless they were in a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a nightmare, one they desperately wanted to wake from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They raised their weapons, firing at the monster, trying to break the ridiculous illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores's crown was scorched black. Enraged, it disdainfully turned its attention to the insignificant insects, unleashing a dense salvo of energy beams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beams slammed into the furnaces being used as cover, vaporizing them instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rising clouds of vapor made the organic parts of the Legio Cybernetica feel as if they were plunged into a furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not far away, Ramsey, hidden in the shadow of a human slave, looked back. He saw industrial dust swirling in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk's Vostroya-pattern Rhino command vehicle burst through the dust curtain, speeding forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of armored vehicles followed their Lord, racing along the highway, unleashing dense barrages at the enemies blocking their path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey's comm buzzed. He activated it, and Falk's voice came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Librarian, report status.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Titan breached the Osseivores's energy shield. It likely cannot be reactivated for some time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey spoke, his eyes deep, his bio-lightning extending towards the towering creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving feedback, he continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Osseivores is lightly wounded, but it's not significantly affected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several seconds of silence on the comm channel, then Falk spoke decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We cannot waste this opportunity. Target: the Osseivores. Attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Vostroya-pattern Rhinos and Gabriel-pattern Predators swiveled their guns, aiming at the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cannons roared in unison. Tongues of flame swept across the Osseivores's body, turning patches of it to green mist. Broken branches rained down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores grunted in pain. It abandoned the insects, turning its body and aiming its arms at the black armored vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black armored formation scattered, swerving left and right to evade the attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Gabriel-pattern Predators veered off the highway, searing light immediately chasing after them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Monster,\" guided by psychic intuition, worked the controls with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black vehicles weaved recklessly between the furnaces, like a drunkard out of control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ramsey saw clearly: not one black vehicle struck a furnace. As they dodged, they never stopped firing at the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hail of shells struck the Osseivores. Green mist billowed and churned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores let out a sharp roar. The beams of energy suddenly split into dozens of fist-sized orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The Osseivores can manipulate the form of its energy weapons?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey frowned. He saw a Gabriel-pattern Predator barely dodge a beam, only to be immediately hit by dozens of orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Monster\" yanked the controls. The machine-spirit roared in anger, engines screaming for more power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black armored vehicle lurched out from among the orbs, leaving a trail of pockmarks on the steel roadway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furnace after furnace was destroyed. The Gabriel-pattern Predator's room to maneuver shrank rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an explosive roar, two orbs struck the black armored hull simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orbs tore two large holes, their remaining force piercing through the vehicle, leaving two devastating wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four more orbs struck. The Gabriel-pattern Predator was hurled into the air, crashing against a towering furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I must do something!' Ramsey thought, stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" surged forward, moving swiftly through the shadows of the xenos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foul odors swept past his nose. The \"Shadow Ascetic\" did not shut off his senses, lest a perceptive xenos suddenly detect his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ramsey felt a dissolving sensation within him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the nutrient porridge he had drunk today, rapidly dissolving in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More pronounced than when he had moved through the ranks of the Shadows of Order earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A xenos with a trunk like an elephant's twitched its nose, sniffing around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed something had infiltrated their ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as it stepped forward to search, it heard the rustling and trembling of branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack! Destroy the human armored vehicles!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The xenos immediately halted, following the Osseivores's command, and charged at the black armored vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the tactical hololith, Falk saw countless red dots converging on his force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evade!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can't evade, ram!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Continue attacking the Osseivores! Don't let its energy shield reactivate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver jammed the controls forward. The sharp spikes on the Vostroya-pattern Rhino's prow snapped a xenos' legs, viscous liquid splattering the black hull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the orders, the gunner's storm bolter roared, firing mass-reactive rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To increase firepower, another gunner popped up through the top hatch, firing hunter-killer missiles from the second pintle-mounted storm bolter at the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames from the mass-reactive impacts scorched the Osseivores's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hunter-killer missiles streaked through the air, accurately striking the branches atop its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the sustained barrage, the Osseivores's body swayed, tilting backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk watched the tactical screen, capturing the moment. He clenched his gauntlet. His decision to strike while the Osseivores was weakened had been right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, sensors suddenly emitted a piercing shriek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of energy orbs shot towards his command vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Abandon vehicle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk had concluded from the earlier battle that even split, the energy weapons that could destroy a Titan were not something armored vehicles could withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few orbs would heavily damage an armored vehicle. A dozen would destroy his command vehicle. Hundreds would erase it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Barbarian,\" wearing the Saturnine-pattern Terminator prototype, leaped from the command vehicle faster than his Honor Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave from behind slammed into his conversion field, producing a series of piercing cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk was hurled forward, slamming into a furnace with a crash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG! The furnace crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though disheveled, he was unharmed. He pushed off the furnace with his right hand and stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After jumping down, he immediately checked his helmet's display.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five of his Honor Guard members had survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk raised his arm, activating the 10th Chapter's only heavy conversion beamer, mounted on the Saturnine-pattern Terminator prototype.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding beam of light flared, its brilliance surpassing even the orbs emitted by the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversion beam struck the Osseivores's crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The layered crown was blasted open, a hole larger than an Shadow of Order torn through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores roared to the skies. The remaining branches trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four of its arms swiveled, aiming at Falk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four blinding beams illuminated the gloomy sky, temporarily blinding the Shadows of Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seconds later, the light faded, vision returning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10th Chapter's comm channel filled with the sorrowful voice of the Honor Guard Captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lord is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falk was not just dead; he was utterly annihilated, erased without a trace, along with his armor and the surrounding furnaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In grief, the 10th Chapter unleashed a furious barrage at the Osseivores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" slipped into the green mist. He immediately felt his armor grasped as if by countless slime-covered tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gas seeping into his rebreather was foul, pungent, and coppery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Toxic!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Librarian's eyes deepened. Bio-lightning infused every cell of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In seconds, Ramsey expelled the invading toxins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" moved through the Osseivores's vast shadow. He saw a colossal foot, formed of branches, lift and sway backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branches of the foot slapped down, crushing the corpse of a Legio Cybernetica unit beneath, turning it to pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" didn't stop. Reaching the Osseivores's back, he extended half his remaining psychic energy, touching that immense shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black cat emerged from the shadow, each paw gripping a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Shadow Ascetic\" using Spirit Vision, staring at the cat. He noticed it and its daggers were more solid than the shadow-shaped panther and blade from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The stronger the shadow's owner, the stronger the shaped animal or weapon?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black cat climbed the branches, ascending swiftly. Each time its paws landed, it stabbed the shadow-shaped daggers into the branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Osseivores didn't notice at first, until one leg failed to move as commanded, while other parts of its body functioned normally, causing it to lose balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The branch-joints on its other two legs bulged, trying to stop the backward slide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late. The off-balance Osseivores crashed heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black armored vehicles scrambled to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Rangdan xenos, caught off guard, were crushed beneath the falling Osseivores, reduced to pools of gore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1391,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.771Z",1,"novelbin.me","18dd5bafe9f8e1b691ce17e0a6f4a2d366589d6e1fc2acec2d15953ad06222c7","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-165","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-164",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]