The Emperor’s Angel of Death

As Sorshyan pulled out the Heavenrend, stained with alien blood, the last remaining Executioner tried to retreat, but in the crackling arcs of light, it was cut into pieces at a speed indiscernible to the naked eye.

"Hmm?"

Sorshyan grunted softly, feeling something hit his armor, but it had to be said that the craftsmanship of the Forge World was indeed of high quality. A poisonous stinger that could penetrate power armor only burst into a patch of dirt on the armor, without even leaving a scratch.

The massive Carnifex, surrounded by Warrior Bugs, approached Sorshyan, continuously firing its rupture cannon.

Sorshyan moved like lightning, running like the wind on the battlefield, completely avoiding the incoming fire. When the Warrior Bugs raised their scythe claws and fleshborer hives, they didn't even have time to act further before they were torn apart in the instant that silver lightning flashed.

After tearing through the thick Tyranid infantry formation like a hurricane, Sorshyan pointed his left arm directly at the face of the Carnifex in front of him.

Threatened, the Carnifex raised its brutal claws, trying to stop the opponent from pulling the trigger, but the bullet was faster. The armor-piercing round pierced the Carnifex's skull and exploded inside, and the massive beast slumped to the ground, its head a mass of blood and bone.

With a screech, a Warrior Bug jumped up, its two scythe claws raised high.

However, before it could land, its head was split in two from the middle of its open mouth, leaving only a twitching body upon landing.

Sorshyan hardly glanced at the fly he had casually swatted to death, but instead strode forward.

Following closely behind him were heavy footsteps. The Terminators and Space Marines, gathered in a battle circle, moved forward amidst the corpses while firing.

Vidrian was also among them, his helmet concealing the shocked expression with which he surveyed the battlefield.

Ripper.

Termagant.

Warrior.

Lictor.

Executioner.

Carnifex.

Haruspex.

The further they went, the more fragmented corpses of various kinds there were, and the more exaggerated their size. Due to the effects of flames, mist, and spore clouds, visibility was low. Vidrian couldn't see how he was fighting, but...

"Fortress Master, this Sorshyan, he..."

At this moment, Nurus's hesitant voice sounded in the squad communication filled with white noise.

"...is he really one of us?"

"By Russ's blood."

The Space Wolf's surprised voice also rang out.

"These few Executioners died like slaughtered piglets! If Russ was standing in front of me, I wouldn't have any doubts, but if you told me an Astartes did this... well, by the Allfather, no, the Allfather is in him!"

Although Vidrian was also very surprised and puzzled, he still explained in a low voice:

"Since he was able to defeat Huron, and even Abaddon, it shows that he does have extraordinary abilities. Besides, there are differences between Astartes. During the age of the Great Heresy, many champions emerged who were worth a hundred men. We must not underestimate our potential."

Just then, Vidrian suddenly sensed something and roared, smashing his power hammer upwards.

In a flash of lightning, an instant of intense light illuminated a cloaked monster, its claws colliding with the warhammer, before disappearing like a ghost into the leaping spore clouds.

"Something's nearby!"

Vidrian immediately warned the surrounding Astral Knights, then quickly moved to the right side of the team with Nurus and others, to the location where the monster had disappeared. The opponent was too fast, but it could generally be judged that it was a behemoth.

He had never seen a Tyranid behemoth move so quickly, not even a Tyrant.

Overhead, a flock of Gargoyles screamed as they died in the Stormraven's strafing fire, their powerless corpses falling like a sudden black snow, tumbling like a storm.

In the instant that the rain of wreckage fell, the light suddenly dimmed.

In just an instant, Vidrian keenly saw the monster wrapped in a scarlet cloak standing a hundred meters away, and suddenly accelerated towards them. Vidrian gripped his power hammer, and the swing drew a flash of pure white.

But it didn't hit—

Claws like long knives slashed across his shoulder armor, bringing up intense sparks. Nurus raised his gun and fired, but only hit a afterimage. The surrounding Astral Knights also reacted and raised their guns to fire.

But the monster seemed to have locked onto Vidrian. After disappearing briefly, it reappeared above his head, silently, as if hanging upside down in mid-air with supernatural power, its sharp tentacles wrapping towards the Watch Fortress Master's helmet.

"Damn it!"

Nurus roared, and the power sword in his hand spilled a piece of silver light, but then collided with the claws. This mysterious warrior showed excellent reaction and strength, actually repelling the mysterious monster in a few strokes. When he raised his leg to chase in the direction where the opponent retreated, a团腥臭的酸液洒出, forcing him to dodge.

Roaring Biovores and Carnifexes rushed out of the smoke, surrounded by a sea of bugs. Nurus could only swing his sword to chop down the Rippers that jumped at him, then turned and shot a flying Warrior Bug that tried to sneak attack. The first bolt hit the bone as the claws slashed down at him, and then bounced off. The second one went straight through the arm and exploded on the other side. The third hit between two ribs of its exoskeleton. The explosion shook the monster in the attack, the injured claw retracted early, the other was forced back, and Nurus then cut off the opponent's head with a sword.

However, just as Nurus wanted to retreat back to the team, a thick tail shot out of the smoke, almost piercing the black shield's shoulder armor, with enough force to knock him to the ground.

"Crap!"

Nurus realized that the target he was chasing had been waiting for an opportunity, and immediately grabbed the sword to stand up, but a Ripper pounced on him, forcing him to roll away and pierce the Ripper's body with his sword.

But it was at this time that he realized that thing was above him, like a huge upside-down bat, its evil red eyes watching him with endless malice, and then a scythe claw, enough to pierce a Leman Russ, stretched out fiercely—

"Sure enough, some new tricks have been conjured up."

In a faint laughter, Nurus felt that there was only a light-transformed afterimage in his pupils, and then a giant armored figure wielding a blade appeared.

Another strike flashed, then another. Nurus widened his eyes in astonishment. Sorshyan's attack flickered and accelerated like stop-motion animation, connecting into a blurred afterlight.

It was only then that he realized that the terrifying monster was not wearing a cloak, but had wings—in fact, it had multiple wings. It leaned back, trying to escape the dangerous opponent.

But the head of the Heavenrend had already bitten deeply into its flesh, breaking open its body sac, cutting out the tide-like falling internal organs. It let out a desperate, low wail, struggling to be dragged to the ground, collapsing into a pile of writhing clumps, its fleshy wings beating the ground with terrifying force.