The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Grenades, blow it up!"

Under Jacob's command, the Space Marine recruits immediately threw a series of fragmentation grenades. As these grenades filled the enemy's fortifications with orange and blue light, deafening explosions, and a storm of shrapnel, Jacob charged towards them.

Desperate screams and roars echoed around as Jacob stormed into the burning ruins of the fortifications, wielding his blade to cut through corrupted weapons and bodies, sending fragments and severed limbs flying.

The smuggling black hold was plunged into darkness due to the power being cut off, but Jacob could see clearly. These small fries were not his target.

He charged and fought his way through, stepping over the corpses of enemies, searching among scattered containers and machinery.

No, the Patriarch isn't here!

Suddenly, Jacob noticed a large hole in the distant wall—

It knew that whoever came would seal off the storage area doors, so instead of choosing to escape upwards, it directly凿开舱壁!

"Sergeant! The target is escaping! Tell the other squads not to reinforce! Secure the key positions!"

Jacob pinned a Genestealer to the wall with his sword and quickly sent a communication to Bakhram.

"Received. Which direction did it escape to?"

"Direction C11!"

"That's the escape zone! It's going to escape in an escape pod! We're close to the planet; the escape pod can safely enter the planet's atmosphere. I'm bringing people over there immediately. Jacob, follow and pursue it, but don't get too close! Damn it! That person! Stop him! Kill him! He's going to seal the bridge doors!!"

Suddenly, Bakhram's roar came from the other end of the communicator, followed by a series of explosions.

Jacob realized something was wrong and immediately roared into the squad channel:

"Everyone! Follow me! We must stop that beast! We can't let it reach the planet's surface!"

Realizing that Jacob and the others were turning towards the large breach, the Genestealers erupted with a frenzied combat power, desperately trying to use their lives to delay the Angels of Death from carrying out their judgment.

A large number of mutants with three arms rose from behind cover and pounced on Jacob. They twitched their muscular tentacles, the ends of their chitinous limbs bearing constantly snapping pincers. They were taller than ordinary Genestealers, better equipped, and their heads were protected by sealed, jagged helmets.

"For... the Emperor of Mankind!"

They hissed, their words slurred, as if their lips were not meant for speaking.

"For the Emperor! For victory!"

Jacob roared, swinging his sword and knocking the first one flying, then slicing off the face of the second and smashing the third's brains out.

Although they were recruits, the squad members cooperated tacitly, tearing a bloody path with bolters and chainswords, chasing through the huge artificial tunnel filled with mucus.

Obviously, the beast was very eager to escape. It had "dug" straight through to the life-saving area. When Jacob walked out of the tunnel, he saw a scene of scarlet and severed limbs everywhere. A beast composed of muscle, claws, and chitinous carapace stood in the sea of blood. It was as large as two Space Marines, its bulbous head covered with deep purple veins, its back covered with towering spikes, and one arm still clutching half of a twitching corpse.

Jacob directly took out his melta pistol and shot at the opponent, but the thing quickly moved away from its original position at a speed inconsistent with its size. Then, more Genestealers poured over.

At this time, several Genestealers had managed to open the hatch of a large lifeboat. If the Patriarch could get inside, it might survive.

However, it hated the Space Marines. These people had destroyed its underground kingdom, and they had also destroyed the dynasty of offspring it had taken thousands of years to build!

Only ten Space Marines! The Patriarch decided to kill them first to vent its hatred before developing a new home.

But it didn't know that Jacob also wanted its life!

"Xenos! Accept your destruction!"

Jacob kicked aside an enemy blocking his path and charged towards the huge Patriarch.

But before he could unleash his power, he suddenly felt three violent blows to his forehead, which made him stagger and forced him to kneel.

The Patriarch was not just a beast, but a psychic beast!

Seeing the enemy subdued, the Patriarch let out a joyful growl, then walked over, preparing to tear off the other's head with its claws.

However, the next second, it screamed and retreated, and a palm fell to the ground.

Jacob raised his head, frost seeping from his armor, and xenos blood gradually froze and congealed at his feet.

Realizing that the opponent had anti-psychic powers, the unwilling Patriarch became even more furious and pounced on Jacob, its mouth wide open, letting out a sharp and angry roar.

Although the Patriarch was disturbed by the Grey Seer's power, Jacob was far from being as strong as his Sergeant. The Patriarch's movements were still very fast, and Jacob didn't have much experience dealing with giant targets.

For a few seconds, all his attention was focused on deflecting the Patriarch's attacks—its movements had the ferocity of a beast and the cunning of a hunter, but also the demonic rage. The claws on its three arms (one broken) stabbed deep, counter-stabbed, rotated, and slashed, a series of precise and deadly moves raining down on Jacob.

But then, a flash of light suddenly struck the Patriarch. Although its terrifying reaction allowed it to tilt its head at the critical moment, the plasma still left a scorched mark on the side of its huge head, causing the Patriarch to scream in pain.

Jacob took the opportunity to slash off another of the opponent's hands, then looked at the Patriarch's left knee. As the opponent lost its balance and was about to fall outwards, he plunged his sword into the xenos's head.

But a scream rang in his ears. The Patriarch's psychic familiar pounced out of the shadows, scratching at Jacob's lenses with its sharp claws.

Jacob could only step aside, grab the familiar's slender arm, pull it close, and give the xenos's face a fierce close encounter with his helmet.

The familiar's face instantly turned into a bloody mess, and Jacob then slashed open its body with his sword.

With the blessing of the Grey Seer's power, everything around him slowed down. He saw the Patriarch start to run desperately towards the lifeboat, so he raised his gun and shot at the opponent's back, but only tore open the chitinous carapace and the flesh underneath.

He struggled to rush towards the opponent, bullets and blood flashing slowly around him like a silent film.

Then, he realized that there were two crazy Genestealers rushing towards him from both sides, their clothes covered with explosives, and the red dots on them were flashing little by little, little by little.

Jacob turned around and activated the energy field of the combat shield—

Boom—

With a loud noise, Jacob was blown away by the huge force, and the energy field of the combat shield was shattered in an instant.

For a moment, he only felt a burning heat on his thigh, some fragments pierced his brow bone, and his lenses exploded.

But with the thrust of the explosion, he also flew towards the Patriarch like a bullet, slamming into the Patriarch's back while the opponent was busy getting into the lifeboat. The huge impact caused the two to roll into the lifeboat together.

Then, amidst Jacob's roar and the Patriarch's scream, the lifeboat's hatch slammed shut, was pushed into the flight tube by the robotic arm, and launched towards the world below—