Chapter 95: Decapitation

As the vanguard advanced rapidly, the enemy's forward outpost used for resupply was now within sight.

At the same time, although the attack was gradually deepening and the number of cultists encountered was increasing, they had yet to encounter any Chaos Space Marines again.

This wasn't difficult to understand. Perhaps during the Legion days, throwing thousands upon thousands of Space Marines into one place to hold a static defense was viable, but now... even a hundred Space Marines in one location was considered a large force.

If they foolishly remained in bunkers under the enemy's sweeping artillery fire, the survival rate of Space Marines wouldn't be much higher than that of mortals. Therefore, these elites had to be used for decapitation strikes, offensives, or even in defense, a mobile defense should be employed, proactively choosing to attack.

In other words, if the enemy's Space Marines hadn't appeared during the most intense fighting, it was highly likely that no such units were deployed there at all.

Thinking this, Zhang Ge said to Amilia beside him:

"I'm a bit worried. Are those Chaos Space Marines planning a concentrated strike against the Void Shield? Even if we annihilate these troops, it would be meaningless."

The latter pondered for a moment and replied:

"No, your safety is the most important thing right now. From a strategic perspective, the Warlord Titan is more valuable than the Void Shield."

Even with just the two triple-linked laser blaster sponsons on the Warlord Titan's shoulders, it could melt two super-heavy tanks simultaneously in a short time, not to mention the Volcano Cannon and Plasma Annihilator.

If the Hive City lost its Void Shield, it would still have its outer shell. How would the attackers advance after their heavy artillery and armored units were eliminated? Use infantry guns with a few tens of millimeters to poke at the Hive City's outer shell?

Without the kind of Tyranid forces that numbered in the tens or hundreds of billions, considering using basic infantry to overwhelm a fortress like a Hive City was essentially a fool's dream.

So, even from the perspective of defending the Hive City, after annihilating most of the enemy units and ensuring internal security, letting the enemy decapitate the Void Shield control system was fine.

That thing was originally meant to resist the enemy's heavy firepower anyway. Even without it, destroying their heavy firepower directly would have the same effect, wouldn't it?

They couldn't just keep losing warships or rely on orbital bombardments, could they? After leaking defenses once already, how could the Imperial Navy still leave such a large defensive loophole open every day?

Zhang Ge thought about it, and it seemed that was indeed the case. He was momentarily speechless, unable to find another reason to argue.

Amilia continued along the lines Zhang Ge had initiated:

"Also, I suggest that after you finish commanding, you take a fighter to a safer location before the enemy realizes this as well."

"Where is there a safer place than here right now?"

"The Fortress."

Zhang Ge was about to say something, but suddenly realized something else:

"In that case..."

Just as he uttered these few words, the noble girl in the back seat interrupted their conversation with a solemn tone:

"I sense psychic energy sweeping over us, a targeted probe."

She spoke quickly, but the change occurred even before she finished her sentence.

First, a layer of white frost rapidly condensed. Second, a sudden sensation of weightlessness arose.

This was no illusion.

The entire light armored vehicle, along with the five people inside, was thrown upwards.

In an extremely uncomfortable sense of oppression, visible pale white psychic waves enveloped the vehicle.

In this weightless sensation, Zhang Ge was the first to realize what was happening.

Amilia's previous statement was based on the assumption that the Chaos forces didn't know about his connection with the Titan beforehand, but considering they had specifically arranged for a Chaos Space Marine to lie in wait for Zhang Ge, this premise clearly didn't hold.

This also meant that the enemy was equally aware that Zhang Ge... or rather, the Titan, was a greater threat than the Void Shield.

However, since Zhang Ge was just one person, if the offensive went smoothly, the Chaos forces could solve the Void Shield first and then deal with him later, so they hadn't chosen him as the primary target.

But now that the overall operation was failing, the assassination that Zhang Ge had initially expected had become a reality. They were really coming.

In the back seat, the noble girl's face was pained, clearly doing her best to resist the psychic energy, but her skill was far from that of a Chaos Sorcerer. She couldn't break through the enemy's control at all.

Then... then nothing happened.

The scene was awkward for a moment.

The psychic energy continued to churn, clearly trying to compress and crush the light armored vehicle, but it didn't have the effect the Chaos Sorcerer expected.

Although the slightly distorted structure of the vehicle's exterior proved that the psychic energy was indeed attempting to crush it, only the sorcerer himself knew that whenever he tried to bring the psychic energy close to Zhang Ge, these gathered Warp energies would inexplicably lose their effect, preventing his power from touching the interior of the vehicle in the slightest.

Extravagant enough to use blackstone to make an armored vehicle?

Under his rapidly running mind, the Chaos Sorcerer only guessed this one possibility.

However, this unexpected change only delayed the enemy's decapitation strike for a moment.

In the next instant, a rapidly approaching black shadow quickly magnified in everyone's eyes.

In his right hand, he held a power sword surrounded by pale purple lightning and aura. Behind him were several impaled heads. His body was a full circle larger than a Space Marine.

The power armor, from which pink flames erupted, declared his identity.

The sculptures that danced wildly on the armor plates, the interlocking and wailing base color of the shell, and the overflowing forked tentacles that occasionally protruded from the gaps between the joints.

A Chaos Space Marine Captain.

Despite the lack of obvious markings, the abundant blessings that manifested their presence every moment undoubtedly highlighted the other party's high-ranking officer status.

Under the psychic propulsion of the Chaos Sorcerer, he flew out like a cannonball, smashing towards the light armored vehicle that was also pulled off the ground, showing no intention of concealing this decapitation strike.

Rather, besides restricting Zhang Ge's escape route, his actions were meant to attract the attention of the soldiers below, to let more people see what was happening here.

He not only wanted Zhang Ge to die, but also wanted to reverse the decline. Undoubtedly, killing Zhang Ge in front of the high-spirited soldiers was a good option.

As for the difficulty of killing that mortal?

The captain hadn't considered this at all. If there were five Space Marines in the vehicle, he might take it seriously, but... four and a half mortals? Even on the ground, they couldn't stop his footsteps for half a second, let alone in a targeted assassination.

This thought persisted until, after his sure-kill sword fell, a glimmer of silver-white sword light brought a sense of obstruction.

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