The Emperor’s Angel of Death

After listening to Veldrian's explanation, Solzhenitsyn also glanced at the sky. Although he couldn't see the spore mines, he could generally imagine the scene of disgusting fleshy balloon-like structures filling the high sky.

"It doesn't matter, this won't have much impact on our operations, and the vector engines of the Stormravens and Stormhawks allow them to fly at ultra-low altitudes. Those spore mines will become very slow at low altitudes."

As he spoke, a roar came from overhead. Countless gargoyles, harpies, and furies tore through the spore clouds and swooped down towards the Space Marines on the ground, but they were greeted by a fierce barrage of bolter fire. A rain of chitin and minced meat immediately fell from the sky. At the same time, the Stormhawk and Stormraven squadrons ascended vertically, using fierce firepower to strangle the enemies in the low altitude.

But they always controlled their altitude, not rising to the high-altitude area filled with spore mines. At this time, the equipment loaded in the Stormbirds was also being transferred out one after another.

Javelin Attack Speeders, Land Speeders, all are anti-gravity vehicles, and only Stormbirds can carry them.

"The Hearthkin's fully automatic communication command vehicle... Hmm, it's online."

With the help of the Sky-Ear communication array, Solzhenitsyn successfully established a remote connection with the fully automatic communication command vehicle deployed by the Hearthkin, and learned that all 48 combat satellites deployed by the Hearthkin in orbit had been deployed. Now the fleet should have lured away the main Tyranid force, but considering that the satellites themselves do not have self-defense capabilities, they may be destroyed later, so they cannot be relied on too much.

According to the satellite scan results, the planet's landform has changed. The Hearthkin command vehicle quickly planned a route and established a holographic map.

"...The map is complete. Following this route, we will reach the target in approximately 5 standard Terra hours."

After receiving the map sent by Solzhenitsyn, Veldrian quickly forwarded it to the rest of the Kill Team. At this time, everyone could already hear the roars of the Tyranid creatures and the rumble of countless arthropod hooves trampling the ground. The Hive Mind realized that the intruders had been discovered long ago, so this journey would not be smooth. They had to cut a path through the Tyranid sea.

Such a battle, regardless of victory or defeat, would be devastating for any chapter, but Solzhenitsyn found that his heart was almost without waves at this time, as if the swarming Tyranids were not deadly, but a group of chattering gretchin.

According to the plan, four Land Speeders and two Javelin Attack Speeders were divided into two groups, covering and scouting on the flanks of the team. The rest of the people formed combat circles in squads, maintaining an interval of about ten meters between different combat circles to cover each other's flanks and rear, so as to advance quickly.

The Deathwatch were "free agents", that is, roles that roamed and supported in the combat circle, and focused on attacking those special Tyranid individuals.

The team, holding high the chapter banner and company banner, set off in the roar of Stormravens and Stormhawks. As a result, just after crossing a rugged low hill, the howling Tyranid sea almost submerged them.

In an instant, bolters, meltaguns, and plasma guns together blasted holes in the Tyranid ranks.

The Tyranids responded in the same way, releasing a series of carnifex beetles, corrosive acid, and venomous spines to attack the Space Marines.

But the firepower of the two sides was not at the same level at all. For this operation, the Star Knights had prepared a large amount of heavy firepower. The Terminators' assault cannons, heavy bolters, and heavy plasmas reaped Tyranid creatures with a terrifying efficiency, while the warriors of the Ninth Company all had grenade launchers additionally attached under their bolters, constantly throwing large-area-killing grenades into the Tyranid swarm.

Suddenly, the sky shook, and then in the strong wind of the engines, three Stormhawks swept over the heads of the crowd. The missile launchers on the top of the aircraft fired rows of hellstrike missiles at the crowded Tyranid sea, and set off waves of terrifying fire.

"Advance!"

Solzhenitsyn strode through the sea of fire, stepping on the struggling Tyranid creatures. In this round of bombing, tens of thousands of Tyranid creatures were roasted into coke, but those who were the most stubborn and the most ferocious were completely aroused their ferocity.

Three Pyrovores stood in the sea of fire. Their thick chitinous armor helped them resist the scorching of the flames, and they raised the twisted symbiotic weapons in their hands in a roar - this is a kind of enhanced strangler cannon. The structure of this weapon is very simple, consisting of seed sacs and muscle tubes. A seed can move from the seed sac to the barrel in a few seconds. When the seed is fired, it begins to develop rapidly and matures completely in a few seconds. The grown seed will burst out a large number of hook-shaped tendrils to trap and cut the prey.

The destructive power of a specially mutated heavy strangler cannon is twice that of an ordinary strangler cannon. The bursting tendrils can cut through thick metal and find any gaps to strangle the flesh hidden in it. This remote specialized Pyrovore can easily eliminate a team of light armor with just one.

At this moment, the mutated eye on their foreheads is staring at the sea of fire. This unique sensory organ allows them to capture almost all spectral signals, as well as things moving at high speed.

The heavy strangler cannon, ready to go, is prepared for only one existence, the existence that the Hive Mind fears the most...

"Kill!"

With an angry shout, one of the mutated Pyrovores exploded. Fenris's Fury directly passed through its body and was nailed diagonally to the ground. The one on the left staggered in the impact, and the third one turned around, and the strangler cannon in its hand fired suddenly.

The next second, a huge pod was held by a huge iron fist, and then with a click, countless metal-like vines with sharp barbs burst out of the pod. If nothing else, this hand and the body behind it would be torn to pieces.

"Ha."

With a chuckle, Solzhenitsyn pulled the vines from his hand and threw them into the fire as if pulling out a weed. The organic vines still convulsed and twisted in the flames like a snake.

At this time, the second Pyrovore also recovered its posture, shooting frantically at Solzhenitsyn, not only that, but more warrior bugs had jumped from outside the sea of fire, surging towards Solzhenitsyn who seemed to have lost his weapon.

Solzhenitsyn just smiled slightly, suddenly accelerated, like a flash of lightning in the fire, and at the same time countless bullets shot from behind him, knocking down those warrior bugs.

Squeezing the pod that the Pyrovore shot at his head with one palm, Solzhenitsyn jumped high over the corpses of the fallen warrior bugs, landed in front of a Pyrovore in an instant, smashed the opponent's pillar-like thick left leg with one punch, then tore off the opponent's symbiotic weapon, and grabbed the Pyrovore's claws trying to resist, deeply cutting into the side of this beast, and finally a hand knife directly split the beast's head.

Everything happened in just a few seconds, and the huge beast fell, dismembered by hand.