The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Don't stand there! Get out!"

Hearing Yifan's roar, the Aeldari reacted extremely quickly, immediately leaving their original positions like lightning. However, one was too slow. Then, a massive wave of plasma fire engulfed him. The ignited body staggered a few steps before finally melting into the fire.

As the plasma flames rolled, a rumble echoed from the sky. Squadrons of battlesuits reappeared, their sharp, angular lines outlining forms twice the size of the Aeldari. They soared through the sky amidst the roar of plasma fire, surrounded by swarms of drones and an unknown number of Hammerheads.

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In addition to these large Tau battlesuits and drones, one could also see strange groups of three to five creatures. They were tall, winged humanoids, similar to certain insects, with chitinous shells covered in barbs, towering heads with three pairs of eyes, twitching antennae, and wings that emitted a piercing buzz.

These insectoid creatures hovered and swerved through the air with incredible agility, seemingly guarding the surrounding airspace for the Tau. Their chitinous wings beat so fast that they could only be seen as a blur, emitting a piercing noise that was unbearable to the Aeldari. They also wielded Tau-style firearms.

These were the Vespid, one of the Tau's most important client races.

But at this moment, the Vespid seemed restless, perhaps sensing the surrounding Aeldari's hostility. They had received special attention from the Aeldari in this battle, suffering enormous casualties, and had therefore refused to enter low-altitude combat.

Above these individual flying units, if one's vision could penetrate the smoke, many aircraft silhouettes could be seen in the higher sky.

The Prince lowered his head. In front of him, the dense footsteps signaled that the Fire Warriors were launching another charge.

Roar—

Accompanied by roars and the trembling of the earth, the Krootoxes carrying turrets emerged from the smoke, along with the charging Kroot Riders, and the militia, armed with various weapons, fighting for their homeland, even women and children.

Yifan was expressionless, his heart as cold as ice. They had lost nearly twenty thousand loved ones, and most of them were young and middle-aged. This was a near-devastating blow to the Wild Kingdom, which had a population of only one hundred and fifty thousand. The Pteraxii Riders were almost all dead, with only a few wounded recuperating in the rear.

Although the world spirit was constantly creating storms with its psychic power, its strength was gradually weakening as the planet was ravaged by the enemy.

And the reinforcements...

Would they arrive in time?

Although he didn't want to admit it, they had only held out for a day since the start of the war. The enemy's surprise attack, coupled with the lack of air power, had made their resistance terrible from the start. Especially after realizing that they were not as agile as the Aeldari warriors, the Tau chose a large-scale carpet bombing tactic, using a large number of incendiary bombs to limit the Aeldari resistance fighters' space for movement, and launching continuous charges regardless of casualties, immediately pushing the unprepared Liral'suss Kingdom into a desperate situation.

It was not until this time that they thought of asking the Eternal Court for help, but in such a short time, could the other party arrive?

No one was sure...

Yifan wasn't either.

"Prince, reinforcements have arrived."

One of his childhood friends rode a Carnosaur to his side, excitedly saying:

"The Eternal Court's army has emerged from the webway!"

This news made Yifan overjoyed, and he quickly grabbed the other's arm.

"Really!"

"Yes! I even saw the Phoenix King, he was quite huge, just like the rumors said. Oh, I almost forgot, the King has summoned you back."

Although he wanted to participate in the revenge against the enemies who invaded his homeland, Yifan knew that as the heir to the kingdom, he had to carry out his political duties at this time, so he sighed softly and whistled.

The next second, accompanied by a sharp cry, a huge shadow pierced through the smoke and came to the top of his head, and slowly fell.

This was a giant Pteraxii with a wingspan of nearly ten meters, but unlike other Pteraxii, it was covered with cyan-black scales. It also had a long, narrow head, but its mouth was a beak-like barb. Its hind limbs were strong and powerful enough to allow it to maintain a standing posture, its grim claws like daggers buckled into the ground, and its tail was thick and long, with a scorpion-like stinger at the end.

It was a rare Venom Pteraxii, a product of the ancient empire's biotechnology. When Yifan came of age, his father specially bought him this gift from Commorragh at a high price. This thing could not only enter space for flight, but also generate venom specifically targeted at the creature based on the prey it ate. It was a mobile poison factory, and even had a record of poisoning a Tyranid Tyrant.

Just as Yifan patted the drooping head of his mount, preparing to jump onto the back of the other party, the roar in the sky made him turn his head.

In the dim haze, the wreckage of a huge Tau aircraft was slowly falling in slow motion. One of its huge wings had been broken off from the root, and flames and debris were dragging behind it - this was the Tau's main bomber, the Manta, and also the culprit that forced the Wild Aeldari to such a desperate situation so quickly.

As the Manta bomber, like a small ship, disintegrated during the fall, things continued to fall from the mist. Among them were Tigershark bombers, Barracuda fighters, and Orca attack craft, and a series of other Tau aircraft.

Previously, the web of these aircrafts had been shrouded over the sky of the Liral'suss Kingdom, and no matter how hard the Pteraxii Riders tried, they were unable to resist, until they were strangled to death.

Now, this ethereal web was ruthlessly torn apart, and the haze covering the sky gradually dissipated in this "Tau rain."

"This is—"

Yifan blinked, he caught something in the instant the sun pierced through the clouds.

It was a touch of bright red that flashed across the sky at an extremely fast speed, so fast that even he couldn't see it clearly.

Suddenly, a Tau Barracuda rapidly swooped towards the ground, and quickly veered to the right, seemingly trying to get rid of something, but just as it almost reached the height of the highest peak in this valley, it suddenly exploded in mid-air in a flash of light!

It was not until this time that Yifan finally saw clearly, it was an Aeldari fighter painted blood red all over!

"An offering to Khaine! The 23rd filthy soul!"

Sitting in his beloved aircraft [Burning Dagger], Crimson Hunter Exarch Inarrek whispered his dedication to Khaine the Bloody-Handed, while controlling his Nightshade Interceptor back to the battlefield in the sky as if controlling his own body.

At this time, the Crimson Hunters of the Khaine's Forge Shrine had cleared this airspace. None of the 12 Nightshade Interceptors were damaged, and through their mental connection with each other, Inarrek knew that they had shot down a total of 114 enemy aircraft.

This record can only be said...

So-so.