Chapter 326: The Worms of Hades, a terrifying new Tyranid troop!
Interior of the Doge's Palace.
The broken bodies of Genestealers and Tyranid warriors littered the ground, emitting a stench in the darkness.
Amidst the buzzing sound, Karan used his power sword to kill the last Genestealer.
But there was no joy in his victory.
The company commander turned around and saw a tragic scene in his field of vision.
A son of Sanguinius and a Terminator veteran lay in the center of the hall, his limbs swinging to both sides, his eyes silently looking at the broken dome above.
The Terminators were surrounding the veteran's body, watching silently.
As if to pay tribute.
Karan walked over, took off his helmet and knelt down to pay homage to the veteran who died in the battle.
"Rest in peace, noble blood of Sanguinius..."
He looked at the tortured face of the dead veteran and put a hand on his chest: "Put down everything and return to the throne. We will take over your responsibilities and make the enemy pay with blood!"
pity.
They didn't even have time to mourn.
After a few seconds.
"Let's go, the blood of Sanguinius will not stop here, we want to find the governor..."
Karaen stood up and led the remaining warriors to continue deeper into the palace. They had a more sacred mission to complete.
Too many battle brothers died of exhaustion in the service of this mission.
They were also scarred.
Good thing.
It's all worth it.
The governor's hiding place has been found.
Not far from them.
If only they could find the blood of Vraks, the Sons of Sanguinius would have a chance to escape their eternal, nightmarish curse.
That was the hope they had been looking forward to for countless centuries!
Karan and his group walked into the depths of silence.
However.
During the rest of their journey, they did not encounter any attacks from Tyranids.
"Be careful!"
Karan became increasingly wary.
He suspected that the Tyranids were taking a more threatening approach against them.
What's even more disturbing is that.
He noticed a vicious and sinister gaze, peering in the dark.
Obviously.
That is an extremely powerful node creature.
This way.
It set up heavy ambushes, reducing their numbers as much as possible, and could deliver a fatal blow at any time.
But whatever.
They must continue without any turning back.
Karan led the soldiers to follow the route on the map and marched in a secret passage for a period of time.
In the silence, a new voice suddenly appeared.
It wasn't the sound of Tyranid creatures or artillery fire, it was more like some kind of... music.
Karan and his group followed the sound and found a huge garden.
"Damn bastard!"
The company commander looked at everything in front of him, filled with anger.
This luxurious place is a world away from the outside: green lawns surround clear lakes, and the blazing sun lamps make this small world seem like daytime.
Countless noble men and women were lying on the grass sleeping, surrounded by crystal wine bottles.
When the flower star on the other side suffered a disaster.
These guys are enjoying themselves to the fullest and are drunk and dreaming.
At the end of the garden is a luxurious pavilion. An old man in noble clothing is lying on a soft seat in the middle of the pavilion.
That was the goal of the Blood Angels' trip, Augustus, the bloodline of the Vraks family and the governor of the Flower Star on the other side.
"Welcome, my friends..."
The old Augustus opened his tired eyes and glanced at the Blood Angel without any panic.
Instead, he raised his hand to ask the surrounding guards to retreat.
There was a hint of disappointment in his voice:
"Angels, you came at the wrong time...I thought it was my brother...the worm of Hades, the vengeful thing. You know, it has been looking for me..."
The old man said something intermittently that seemed to have nothing to do with it.
"Your Excellency Augustus, if you don't want to die here, please leave with us."
Karan resisted the urge to draw his gun and persuaded the governor to follow the Terminators and evacuate this dangerous place.
However.
"You are wrong, this is my burial place..."
Augustus firmly refused:
"I want to stay here and be destroyed together with my planet... You know, that curse... I don't want to escape anymore. Maybe it's the best outcome for it all to end here."
Karan was not interested in listening to this madman's rambling words, and stepped forward to take this guy away by force.
But the next second.
But he stopped.
Because Augustus gently lifted the blanket, there was a melt bomb underneath.
"Your Majesty the Governor, maybe we can talk more..."
Karan didn't make any rash moves, he took a deep breath and said.
If it was because of him that the melta bomb destroyed the last bloodline of Vraks.
Then he will be a sinner that the blood of Sanguinius can never forgive!
Augustus looked at everyone and said slowly:
"You can listen to the story about me and the Worm of Hades, and maybe you can understand how bad things really were. When I was a child..."
The old man told a story to everyone:
When the governor was a child, as the eldest son he was the only heir to the family.
However.
After his parents returned from an interstellar trade meeting.
Everything has changed.
The mother gave birth to a younger brother, and the father declared that the younger brother would replace him as the heir of the family.
His brother is a strange mutant with a bulging forehead, extra limbs and sharp claws.
But everyone in the family turned a blind eye to this.
They all asked him to take on the responsibility of an older brother and take good care of his lovely brother.
He didn't dare to show any strangeness, living in the shadow of that clingy monster brother, playing a sad role.
after.
Things are getting weirder and more dangerous.
His parents invited many guests to visit his brother, but they never showed up again.
Augustus was terrified.
I was afraid that I would disappear quietly like those guests.
He couldn't bear it anymore and decided to take back everything that belonged to him.
The eldest son secretly recruited and received the support of the nobles, and when the time was right, he launched a rebellion against his parents.
During that civil war, Augustus killed his corrupt parents.
To Augustus' horror, the monster brother escaped and hid deep in the hive.
After he became governor, he never gave up hunting the monster.
But it never succeeded.
Gradually.
More and more missing people appear in the lower levels of the hive city, and at the same time, a story about the "worm of Hades" begins to circulate.
It was a story of revenge, which foreshadowed that the Governor would surely die in the insect's mouth.
Obviously.
The monster brother's power is growing, and he wants to take revenge on his enemy who killed his parents with his own hands.
Fear nearly overwhelmed Augustus.
He no longer cares about government affairs, but instead builds massive construction projects, builds numerous fortresses, recruits more private soldiers, and even takes in illegal psychics.
The governor spent almost all his energy on protecting his own safety.
However.
He failed.
The fortress he had painstakingly constructed was vulnerable to attack.
because.
The monster brother summoned an unstoppable and terrifying swarm of insects.
The arrival of the Leviathan Hive Fleet completely destroyed his hopes.
Augustus realized.
There was nothing he could do to stop this revenge.
The moment he killed his parents with his own hands, he was already cursed.
No matter where he hides, as long as he is alive, his brother will hunt him and summon swarms of insects.
Only his death as the last bloodline of the Vraks family can end this sad fate.
"Now you guys know, I can't escape, there must be an end between me and him!"
Augustus raised his hands in the air and shouted wildly, the fear that he had always felt overwhelming him.
He almost lost his mind.
Karaan became increasingly uneasy.
According to the story told by the governor, the other man's brother was obviously the source of the swarm infection, a Genestealer patriarch.
And after the Tyranids arrived.
He most likely completed a higher evolution and became a nest master.
The weird thing is.
That existence actually retained the human consciousness of revenge and was not completely assimilated by Tyran's will!
This is extremely dangerous.
That means that the other party is not only smart and cold-blooded, but can also summon more swarms of insects.
Even more troublesome is that.
His target was the same as himself, the governor, which caused unimaginable obstacles to the mission.
For a while.
The situation was frozen.
Karan found that there seemed to be nothing he could do, neither to prevent the melta bomb from exploding nor to defend against the coming attack.
The Captain thought for a moment, and then told the Governor the purpose of the Blood Angels' visit.
Pray that the other person will give you some blood samples.
Karan handed the collection container to the guard and asked it to be delivered to the Governor.
If a blood sample of Vraks' bloodline could be obtained, at least the situation would not be irreversible.
Augustus got the collection container, but he had no intention of collecting it.
"He's coming."
Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something and looked relieved:
"My dear brother is here, I can feel his eyes, he has been staring at me..."
The old man called:
"Come on brother, let's end this!"
Karaon was instantly alert.
But the next second.
The sun light on the dome suddenly went out, and something cut off the power supply.
There is no doubt about it.
That worm of Hades is here for revenge!
Bang bang bang!
The Terminators fired several flares to maintain the dim light source.
Boom——
The barrier in front of the garden shattered.
The surging Tyranid creatures screamed and rushed over.
In the insect tide.
Five figures covered in chitin carapace and biological armor appeared in front of people. Each of them was taller than the Terminator!
The large shape of these Tyranid warrior bugs is like the twisted and stretched creatures of human beings in nightmares.
Exudes a strong intimidation.
However.
These evil beasts are just guards.
A huge shadow stepped in.
That's a nest master.
Evolved from the giant Genestealer leader, this brood master was larger than any brood master Karan had ever seen.
It is more than twice the size of those guarding Tyranid warrior bugs, and its claws are even inferior to those of the Tyranids.
However.
After the nest owner arrived, he did not immediately launch an attack.
Instead, it walked towards the nearest wall, where there was a mural with a photo of the former governor and his wife and Augustus.
He stretched out his claws and touched the faces of the couple on the mural.
The nest master once remembered the names corresponding to these faces, and the love, which was the beauty he recalled and chewed over and over again.
But now.
It can hardly remember.
The shadow of Leviathan became heavier, gradually eliminating the useless information in its mind for the will of the hive.
Soon.
It will become part of the hive, and its consciousness will become simple and peaceful, without any pain and hatred.
Only eternal tranquility.
The nest master touched it carefully, trying to remember the names of his parents so that it would know that it still existed.
Unfortunately.
Its sharp claws easily cut the wall and destroyed the only remaining mural.
The monster got nothing, and even forgot his own name.
The only thing it remembered was a disgusting and hateful face - his brother.
The brother killed his closest person!
The nest master turned around and stared at Augustus in the pavilion with hatred.
That hateful brother betrayed him and his family!
It must kill the person in front of it before it is completely assimilated by the hive. That is its only... long-cherished wish!
Karaen blocked Augustus.
When he met the nest master's red eyes, he immediately felt the other's ugly thoughts.
It was invading his brain!
The captain tried to resist, using all his willpower and anti-psychic training to barely resist the other's psychic attack.
He sadly found that he could not deal with this guy.
Boom--
The battle was about to break out.
The nest master slapped Karaen away, and fell in front of Augustus, raising his claws to swing down.
"Brother, I regret it..."
Augustus suddenly spoke, causing the nest master to temporarily stop.
It looked at the other's confession with a playful look.
The Blood Angels did not dare to move at all, fearing that they would destroy the blood that represented hope.
"I regret my incompetence, and regret not killing you alien monsters earlier, which led to the disastrous consequences..."
Augustus unscrupulously provoked the Nest Master.
He showed a triumphant smile:
"I will not give you a chance to revenge, because I am not wrong, you all deserve to die, go to hell, monster!"
Roar --
The Nest Master raised his claws again in anger, but it was too late, the hot melt bomb exploded completely.
In the eyes of everyone.
The Governor calmly killed himself and turned into ashes under the high temperature of the hot melt.
The Nest Master screamed miserably.
The claws it swung down were also burned by the high temperature of the hot melt, and turned into charcoal and fell.
"No!!!"
At this moment, Karaen's head buzzed, and he felt extremely regretful and self-blame.
Vlax's bloodline was gone.
He failed Lord Dante and failed to complete his mission. He is the sinner of the Blood of Sanguinius who will never be forgiven!
Ding-dong--
In the chaos.
The sound of metal falling to the ground instantly caught Karaen's attention.
He could recognize it at a glance. It was a collection container full of blood.
Before the old governor died, he left a precious blood sample for the Blood Angels!
Bang!
The tail flame burst out.
Karaen activated the jump pack and rushed towards the collection container.
At the same time.
The nest master's red eyes also noticed his brother's relics, and it let out a roar.
The Tyranid warrior worm next to it received the order and immediately raised its legs and stepped hard on the collection container, trying to destroy the blood sample.
However, it failed.
Instead, it stepped heavily on Karaen, and the captain used his body to protect the blood sample.
Karaen spit out a mouthful of blood, rolled on the ground to avoid the ensuing slash, and several other Blood Angel Terminators also caught up.
Gather the formation to resist Tyranid's offensive.
However.
Soon a veteran Terminator fell down.
Karaen put the blood sample into the container behind him.
He looked up.
But he saw a desperate scene.
The Nest Master tore apart another Terminator veteran.
It led the surging Tyranid creatures and was approaching this side.
And he and the warriors had been forced into a corner and were surrounded.
They couldn't escape from the siege of the Nest Master and the Tyranid creatures!
Just when Karaen and others were ready to fight to the death.
Boom--
The barrier reinforced by adamantium not far from them was breached.
A huge Assault Centurion driven by a Blood Angel warrior rushed in and crushed a bloody path in the Tyranid swarm.
At the breach.
A familiar voice came.
"Captain, we are here to save you with our brothers!"
Feisel drove the Destroyer Centurion armor and blocked the Blood Angels.
The next moment.
The destructive array of explosive arrows swept towards the swarm, and there was a wailing sound.
However.
These attacks had no effect on the hive master, who was protected by a psychic barrier.
It blocked all the shrapnel.
The hive master roared and summoned more swarms, and these Tyranid creatures almost filled the huge garden.
Karaen didn't know why Fesel had this armor.
But he knew the horror of the Nest Master, and hurriedly took out the blood sample and said: "Feisel, don't worry about us, take the blood sample and escape!"
The Nest Master played with the corpse of the Terminator veteran.
It stared at Feisel and others with cold eyes, and used psychic energy to send a message:
"You...can't resist the will of the hive!"
Boom--
Just after it finished speaking, it was hit by a cannon.
"Which worm is so arrogant?"
The more arrogant electronic sound of the barrel came.
Immediately afterwards, the explosive electronic sacred music of the Savior sounded, filling the entire garden space.
Under the cover of artillery fire.
One after another, the Destroyer Centurion stepped in.
When the smoke cleared.
"How is it possible?!"
Karaan saw in disbelief that more than 20 Destroyer Centurions blocked the Blood of Sanguinius, forming an insurmountable steel wall!
This steel wall kept out all the despair of the Blood Angels before.
"Brothers, it's time to hunt!"
Barrel took the lead and approached the Tyranid swarm with the Destroyer Centurions.
Those Tyranid creatures felt a huge threat and retreated unconsciously, with a trace of fear in their pupils.
However, it was too late.
The Destroyer Centurion Squadron poured an irresistible destructive firepower wall on the Tyranid swarm, madly harvesting the lives of these insects!
Roar——
The hive master's psychic barrier blocked part of the artillery fire and rushed towards Barrel.
This equally tall monster cut off the weapons of the Destroyer Armor with its claws, and then tore the cockpit with psychic power.
The hive master stared coldly at Barrel's figure and was about to launch a fatal blow.
Bang!
An equally powerful psychic energy surged.
That was the psychic talent-the breath of flames.
A raging flame rose from Barrel's body.
He suddenly jumped out of the cockpit and turned into a round fireman.
In mid-air.
"Your barrel grandpa is here!"
The power claws wrapped with arcs on the barrel arm armor suddenly popped out and pounced on the nest master!
...
Buzz——
The light of the power field flashed, and the ugly head of the Tyranid creature fell to the ground.
Puff.
The ceramic steel boots crushed it, and pus and blood splashed.
After Carter crushed the head of the Tyranid warrior, he bloodily killed two warrior bugs that pounced on him.
Not far away.
The huge capillary spires spread to the deep space, constantly wriggling.
The sky covered with dark clouds was already impenetrable, and huge rib-like tendrils hung from each cloud bank, swaying gently.
The roar of artillery fire and the roar of Tyranid creatures could be heard everywhere.
On the ground covered with chitinous fungal carpets, the remains of Tyranid creatures were scattered everywhere.
The Tyranid gargoyles were hit by explosive bombs and fell down one after another with wailing.
Carter led the Thunder Guards to organize defense lines around them, constantly killing the Tyranid creatures that tried to attack.
Hiss~
In the center of the front.
Ron fiddled with the data board in his hand, a little confused: "What is that guy with the barrel doing? Why doesn't he answer my communication?"
The map data showed that the barrel was dozens of kilometers away from him.
It seems that we will meet later.
Soon.
The reconnaissance equipment sent new information again.
His target of this trip, Dante, was about ten kilometers away from him, and he would soon find him.
"We have found the target, let's go!"
Ron sent the map data to Carter and others, and led the team to the direction where Dante was.
However.
They had just set off when they were blocked by Tyranid creatures again.
Boom--
Grit splashed.
Several sand pythons rushed out of the ground, accompanied by a black swarm of insects.
Carter was about to step forward.
"Let me do it..."
Ron took the lead and raised his hand to create a psychic barrier to resist the acid bombs of the insects.
After his physique was promoted to the Primarch, his psychic strength increased further.
Although not as strong as a pony, it was strong enough among the Primarchs.
And psychic attack is a weapon to quickly clear a large number of light units!
Sizzle~
Ron floated into the air, his pupils then turned bright white, and thick blue arcs were wrapped around his dark gold armor.
He clenched his fist slightly to gather psychic lightning, and then pushed it out suddenly: "Unstoppable!"
A psychic lightning of dozens of meters blasted out, cutting the ground and sweeping towards the insect tide. A large number of Tyranid creatures turned into charred corpses under the cutting of psychic energy.
Suddenly.
Ron paused slightly in mid-air, and his head instinctively felt a tingling pain, which was caused by the huge psychic gathering.
He looked up at the place where the psychic gathered in front of him.
He found that the place coincided with the area where Dante was.
What's more troublesome is.
This terrible psychic reaction came from the Tyranid creatures, and its power far exceeded any research records.
Ron frowned: "That's a tough guy!"
At the same time,
The defense line of Helos Port.
It was a sea of shattered Tyranid corpses, spreading for several kilometers in all directions.
Among them were the remains of corpses in crimson or golden armor.
Dante leaned on the Immortal Axe with a slightly blue axe blade and panted slightly.
His old face looked at all this tiredly.
Every time he saw such a death scene, he could feel the heavy burden of more than ten centuries on his body.
And those painful memories.
Fortunately.
The Blood Angels repelled the Tyranids' attack.
Now they had time and space to deploy heavy equipment and evacuate the suffering citizens of the Empire.
"Let the priests bless the blood of the noble Sanguinius..."
Dante sighed slightly.
Soon.
Those Blood Priests searched the sea of corpses and retrieved the remains of the Blood Angels.
Bless these heroes.
However.
Before the new defense line was set up, bad news came.
Chief Think Tank Mephiston came to tell Dante that a strange psychic reaction was approaching the southern defense line.
"All think tanks, follow me to the south gate defense!"
Dante had absolute trust in the Chief Think Tank and felt the urgency of the situation.
He suppressed the blood thirst that came again, dragged his tired body, and led the Blood Angels to the south gate.
South Gate Defense Line.
The disciplined Cadian Blitzkrieg suddenly jumped out of the line, screaming and retreating backwards.
Many of them took off their helmets and covered their heads in pain.
Blood flowed from their ears, noses and eyes.
A huge snake-like brain beast appeared in the ruins, floating in the air with a long tail, and its huge head looked particularly strange.
It was a Tyranid monster that the warriors had never seen before.
Following the brain beast was a group of floating brain worms.
They were also new Tyranid creatures, with huge bodies, aimless brains, and waving sharp tentacles.
What was even more terrifying was that.
These brain worms possessed strange psychic powers, and the warriors' brains and hearts could not help but feel pain wherever their tentacles pointed.
Even to the point of madness.
The brain beast raised a thick psychic shield, refracting all laser beams and armor-piercing missiles to the side.
It led the brain worms to slowly float towards the front line of the south gate, with more Tyranid swarms behind them.
Ah!!!
As these psychic creatures approached, many warriors knelt on the ground and cried out.
Their vision turned gray, and their brains were filled with trillions of screams. The blood in their brains was condensing and creating more pain.
Puff——
Many heads exploded into red blood mist.
"Are these the new weapons of Tyranids?"
When Dante arrived, he witnessed the scene in front of him, which was even beyond his previous experience.
He had never seen this type of psychic creature.
The Blood Angels launched an attack on those Tyranid psychic creatures, but the bolts and energy rays.
Only a trace of ripples was left on the psychic shield.
"The leading Tyranid creature is the key..." Dante looked at the psychic brain beast and said slowly.
Mephiston used psychic sensing:
"Yes, only by getting rid of it can we disintegrate the formation of those psychic creatures."
He reminded: "My lord, your body may not be able to withstand its high-pressure psychic impact"
The chief think tank obviously understood the thoughts of the warband leader.
Dante smiled on his old face: "Mephiston, you will protect me, won't you?"
He has decided to behead the psychic monster himself.
The regiment led the think tanks to the line of Tyranid psychic creatures.
The Blood Angels warriors poured out as much firepower as possible to attract the attention of the psychic creatures.
The hidden ruins behind.
After Mephiston and the think tanks organized the psychic array, Dante suddenly ignited the jump pack.
Rush towards the psychic beast at a very fast speed.
In an instant.
He was attacked by psychic tentacles.
Those terrible attacks were difficult to resist even for a genetically enhanced body.
However.
Dante resisted the first wave of impact.
Even though his bones had begun to crack slightly, he still persisted.
Mephiston seized the opportunity and released psychic shocks to the psychic beasts under the psychic amplitude provided by the think tanks.
Forcing those Tyranid psychic creatures to focus on themselves.
The huge psychic pressure soon came.
Mephiston was one of the rare powerful psychics in the empire.
But such a high psychic pressure was beyond the imagination of the think tanks, and his body in mid-air began to be unstable.
Even so.
The chief think tank still used psychic power to kill several brain worms.
Soon.
Mephiston's psychic energy was over-consumed, and his will was impacted by stronger, alien thoughts.
His psychic barrier was broken, his vision became dark, and he collapsed under this terrible force.
The chief think tank has tried his best.
"Ah!"
Dante seized the opportunity and jumped up with the Axe of Immortality.
He chopped at the brain beast.
But.
The brain beast's attention returned faster, and its psychic tentacles entangled the old warrior again.
Dante struggled hard.
His bones were cracking, and his cries resounded on the battlefield.
The Blood Angels tried their best to attack the psychic creatures, but they were powerless. The psychic shields did not move at all.
They watched the Chapter Master suffer in despair.
The next moment.
A huge amount of psychic energy attacked.
In the eyes of the Blood Angels.
A tall figure stood in front of Dante, bearing the high pressure of psychic energy for him...
