The Emperor’s Angel of Death

The psychic pressure emitted by the Tyranid Construct was powerful, but it was only one of many troubles, because there was an obstacle to overcome on the way to that Tyranid Construct.

Taking advantage of the time the Space Marines had bought while fighting the bio-tide, the Hive Mind had gestated its most powerful and terrifying guardian.

It was a beast larger than a Tyrant, standing on a giant rock, with chimneys on its back spewing out billowing red gas. Its thick chitinous armor was dark purple, with mottled yellow markings. Four bone blades waved in front of it, and its black eyes stared at the approaching enemies.

Hive Lord, marked by the Adeptus Mechanicus as the evolutionary apex of the Hive Tyrant, was the most powerful Synapse creature the Imperium had ever encountered in its history with the Tyranids, even more dangerous than a Tyranid Prime. This was due to the terrible record it had created. During the first Tyranid War, when the Imperium first fought the Hive Fleet with the Tyranids and Tandrocs, a Hive Lord led the Behemoth Fleet in a final offensive, completely destroying the Imperial defenders. Then, in the same year, during the Battle of Macragge, it was the same Hive Lord who countered all the Ultramarines' tactics in the Cold Steel Ridge, even nearly killing one of the Imperium's most legendary Space Marine warriors, the Ultramarines Chapter Master Calgar. Only when it killed Aloysius, the commander of Calgar's honor guard, did Calgar successfully escape with the help of the guard, but he lost his limbs.

After breaking into the Ultramarines' home fortress, the Tyranid army commanded by the Hive Lord engaged in a series of battles with the Ultramarines. The entire 1st Company, including Captain Invictus, was sacrificed, becoming the most painful loss since the Ultramarines' Second Founding.

It was because of this terrifying record that the Hive Lord was marked by the Adeptus Mechanicus as the most lethal Tyranid creature.

And now, standing before everyone, was this terrifying killer, and not just one of them.

In front of the Hive Lord were densely packed Warrior Bugs, Ripper Swarms, and various behemoths. Above it were screeching Shrikes, behind it were towering Tyranid Primes, enormous Biovores, and growling Harpies.

"Brother Sorsaryan, the melta bombs we carry..."

Vidrian walked to Sorsaryan's side, staring at the grotesque and twisted Tyranid Construct, his tongue seemingly trembling as he spoke, not out of fear, but out of the despair of his soul being oppressed.

"...can they destroy this thing?"

Sorsaryan did not answer, but instead called upon the orbital combat satellites.

In an instant, more than a dozen beams of light descended from the sky, piercing through the clouds, and blasting straight towards the magnificent Tyranid creation.

However, before they could reach their target, the beams and energy disappeared into the psychic ripples. This situation was completely different from a Void Shield. It was not transferring energy into the warp, but forcibly dissolving the ship-grade bombardment from orbit with powerful psychic power. This level of psychic shield was almost impossible to exist on an individual.

After a few breaths, a visible ripple spread across the giant Tyranid Construct, and Sorsaryan immediately felt the gaze of a certain will and heard its howl.

Not just an invisible howl, all the Tyranid creatures on the entire planet were roaring, different throats shouting the same anger.

Sorsaryan's eyes behind his helmet narrowed slightly. He felt that mind, different from the Hive Mind, was a complete stranger, but there was something strong and loud in it - hatred.

It was full of hatred for Sorsaryan.

Then Sorsaryan answered the Watch Master's question.

"We underestimated the Tyranids, but there are alternative plans."

Just as Sorsaryan was calculating how to destroy this thing alone without alarming the Deathwatch and the Chapter too much, the situation suddenly changed.

A sudden gust of wind blew away the spore cloud that enveloped the Tyranid Construct, and even the clouds in the sky dispersed, but what was revealed was even more shocking.

The six Tyranid satellites had somehow floated near the planet. At this time, they were like the planet's six moons, hanging high in the cloudless sky. Because of their appearance, all combat satellites were失效.

"This—"

Sorsaryan looked at the sky, and suddenly an idea popped into his head.

Then there was a violent crackling sound. The thousands of Zoanthropes, forming a large circle, suddenly burst out with powerful psychic energy, forming a psychic vortex hovering above the pulsating tumor, from which lightning and thunder were constantly shooting out.

At the same time, the earth began to tremble, breaking open cracks. The warriors exclaimed in surprise and used magnetic locks to stabilize themselves.

But Sorsaryan just stared at the pulsating flesh sac, and the answer in his heart gradually became clear.

"This is not a signal generator at all. This is a trap, a trap waiting for me to come. It knew I would come here."

Soon, a violent earthquake confirmed his guess. The earth groaned in pain, the air was filled with unnatural energy, and the ground rumbled, the violent shaking lasting for several seconds as if to tear the earth apart alive.

At the same time, those Zoanthropes were also increasing their psychic power exponentially. Their buzzing sound almost drowned out the howling wind, and the psychic light shone in the sky, converging in the violently pulsating flesh sac.

It was not until this time that Sorsaryan finally realized that bringing the Deathwatch was a mistake. He had underestimated the Tyranids. He had always thought that these Tyranids lacked powerful individual strength, and no matter how much quantity was piled up in front of him, it would be meaningless, but at this moment it was obvious that something extraordinary was being born.

"Watch Master Vidrian! Take the Deathwatch back! Tech-Sahl, you cover them!"

Sorsaryan immediately ordered the 9th Company to cover the Deathwatch's retreat, but Vidrian was obviously not going to accept it.

"We must destroy it! This thing... it is a terrible threat!"

The Watch Master raised his warhammer and shouted loudly.

"We will fight to the death in the name of the Throne!"

At this time, Sorsaryan really wanted to kick the other party and tell him not to get in the way, but what happened next made him not have the leisure to do so.

The Tyranid satellites suddenly approached the planet's orbit at an extremely fast speed, but strangely resisted the planet's gravity. Then, they stretched out huge tentacles like ugly tongues towards the ground and each other, and smashed into the ground around the Construct in a thunderous roar. In an instant, countless smoke and dust sprayed thousands of meters into the air, the whole world was shaking violently, and those Tyranid satellites were also fused in the impact, turning the fragments of the stellar shell into meteors that ablated in the atmosphere.

At the same time, the screams of the Zoanthropes also turned into a single note, and became higher and higher, until it screamed like a dying god.