All of a sudden.
All the Jiralhanae that wanted to encircle Ates have turned into "pieces of meat" and collapsed on the ground. The high-temperature claw blades scorched the gaps to prevent the smelly blood from spraying outward.
? ? ?
Ates was a little confused.
It is no stranger to optical camouflage technology. On the contrary, the armor worn by the elites of the special forces under its command has optical camouflage functions, which facilitates operations such as infiltration and beheading.
But the green-blue glow of the powered claws and the unintelligible disdainful smile just now indicate that the man who rescued it is an Astartes...
At this time.
The Astartes took the initiative to remove the effect of the optical camouflage, causing the elites such as Artes, Vadami, and Losco present, as well as the Covenant Empire troops on the Jiralhanae side to fall into a state of consternation.
Wearing Terminator power armor, he reaches a height of three meters. His right arm is equipped with slender, sharp kinetic claws, his left arm is equipped with a parallel .75 cal caliber bolt gun, black and white painting and a jetpack on his back, among other features. They all point to the Glory Guard of the Raven Legion——
shadow.
Ignoring the surprised looks of the aliens, this shadow raised his left arm and swung it towards the front of the street, aiming at the intersection where a group of Jiralhanae and Jackals gathered.
"嘡! 嘡! 嘡!" The parallel gun spit out a dazzling fiery snake.
"Pfft! Pfft!!"
The pleasant sound of body explosions resounded throughout the area.
A bloody mist rose from the intersection at this moment.
"Boom! Boom!"
While this shadow fired recklessly, he also waved the kinetic claw of his right hand and ran forward, harvesting the Covenant Empire troops who were confused about the situation.
In the middle of the street.
A beetle tank turned its turret, preparing to use high-temperature plasma that could melt through the outer armor of the ship, trying to stop the murderous shadow.
But Shadow would never give the opponent a chance to fire, so he immediately activated his jetpack and let the powerful force drive him, who weighed more than a ton, to carry out an assault move.
He left the ground, crossed a hundred meters in an arc, and then rushed straight towards the tank that couldn't dodge.
"Boom!!"
The shadow used himself as a cannonball, crushing and deforming the entire tank until it was scrapped. The blood of the driver and gunner continued to gush out from the gaps.
Immediately afterwards, Shadow jumped off the tank that was crushed by him.
"Roar!!"
As soon as he landed and stood firm, there was a Jiralhanae that was not afraid of death. It didn't want to escape quickly, but raised its fisted right hand and struck at the back of his head.
As a result, Shadow completed his turn with movements that were difficult to detect with the naked eye.
He suddenly showed interest and stretched out his left hand, spread his fingers, and accurately grasped the Jiralhanae's right forearm to block the opponent's attack.
Apply a little more force.
"Click!" With a sound, Shadow's left hand grasped the Jiralhanae's right forearm.
"Roar...!" The Jiralhanae couldn't stop shouting in pain.
"Where do weak aliens get the courage to carry out attacks? Let me show you what absolute power is."
Shadow said, piercing the power claw of his right hand into the belly of the Jiralhanae, and then pulled it with his left hand...
"Hey!" In one moment, the bold Jiralhanae was torn into two pieces.
"Ahhh!!"
"Yeah! Devil!! It's the devil!!"
The Grunts and Jackals, whose morale was not high to begin with, collapsed on the spot after witnessing the whole process and fled in all directions.
"Ouch!"
Seeing this, several elites nearby took the opportunity to take action, quickly ending the lives of these guys, plundering the plasma pistols, and pointed their guns at the shadows.
"Ah."
However, Shadow smiled disdainfully, ignored the elites who were wary of him, turned around and left, and continued his "walking around" which was much more skillful than Gabriel and the reserves.
at the same time.
In the entire elite residential area, there are more than 300 shadows who have removed the optical camouflage, assisting the elites in the massacre, and are extremely efficient in dealing with the Covenant Empire troops.
The square beneath the giant building.
"..."
Artes, Wadami and all the elites looked at each other, somewhat confused about the situation at the scene.
Are these...human beings?
Is there really a "killing machine" race in the universe?
The elites were a little confused.
"They are the Astartes."
On the other hand, Losco, who had returned from the Harvest Star, did not appear too surprised. Instead, he explained to the two general-level elite veterans:
"According to our understanding, the Astartes are the most courageous and skilled elites among humans. Their speed, reaction and strength are far superior to our Sangheili, as well as the shameless Jiralhanae (Jilalhanae).
Especially since there are ten Primarchs among humans, and a man who calls himself the Chairman...
The prophet is really ridiculously ignorant. Until now, they still haven't figured out what kind of race they have provoked. "
As soon as the words fell.
The battle at the scene has entered "white heat".
More than three hundred shadows rushed to the front, and tens of thousands of lightly armed elites jointly dealt with the regular troops of the Covenant Empire.
Needless to say, the result was a unilateral crushing.
Although the Shadows come from the Raven Guard, who are best at sneaking and infiltrating, their weapons and equipment do not fall into the category of "lightly equipped".
In addition to power claws, parallel bolters and jetpacks, the most commonly used weapons by the Shadows are 1.0cal bolter machine guns, plasma cannons, melta cannons and flamethrowers that can be mounted on arm armor.
There are more than a dozen Shadows with their jetpacks replaced by small missiles and grenade launchers.
I saw a shadow equipped with two grenade launchers stopped moving forward. Then the robotic arm moved the launcher on the left side and placed it on the shoulder armor, and aimed the 50mm grenade launchers in 10 rows and 4 columns at the elevation angle at the Covenant at the end of the street. force.
"Tong~Tong~!"
With a crisp sound, fifteen "Viper" grenades rushed out one after another, landed diagonally above the Covenant troops and detonated automatically.
"Bang~! Bang~!"
There was no violent explosion as imagined, but a low-intensity collapse, evenly spreading dark green "water mist", covering the entire area at the end of the street.
Then…
"Hey~! Hey~!" The sound of strong acid corroding everything came out.
"Ah! Ah...uh..." There was also a scream of pain as strong acid eroded into the bones.
The Covenant Empire troops shrouded in "water mist" are "melting" at an extremely fast speed. Their flesh and armor are "sticking" together, and then "melting" into the collapsed metal ground, turning into a turbid dark green color. "Soy sauce".
There were futile struggles and screams.
Beetle-type tanks cannot avoid strong acid corrosion. Only well-equipped Jiralhanae can escape from the hellish streets in panic before the energy shield is about to expire.
However, the incoming 1.0 cal caliber bolt shells and the meteor-like plasma cannons made the Jiralhanae only remember the joy of escaping from the strong acid corrosion zone before it died.
The so-called "Viper" type grenade contains a high concentration of Xenomorph blood and is designed to deal with enemies who dare to gather in groups.
The elites at the rear, using the weapons they picked up, could not communicate with the shadows normally, but they knew that this group of transcendent Astartes were here to help them avoid the fate of being massacred.
So while the shadows were responsible for the firepower output and resisted the attacks of the covenant troops, the elites used their best speed advantage to carry out guerrilla warfare and harassment. The two sides reached a not-so-tacit cooperation.
"Ouch! Ouch! Go to hell, shameless beast!!"
Among them, Artes was holding a gravity hammer he picked up from nowhere, rushing to the front regardless of his own safety, and also specially selected a team commanded by Jiralhanae.
This should be regarded as a different kind of "guerrilla".
Wadami had no time to care about its old friend. Instead, he organized the elites present to cooperate with the shadows as much as possible and tried to contact the elite troops and fleets.
At this time, the City of Charity was already in chaos due to the purge operation spearheaded by the three priests.
Using the authority granted by the priests and declaring the elites to be heretics and traitors, the Jiralhanae forcibly seized command positions and began to take over the entire army.
Many hot-tempered elites would not willingly hand over their lives to the Jiralhanae when faced with unfounded charges. Instead, they would lead the Grunts and Gnolls who were still willing to follow them to fight.
But the Covenant is, after all, a religious empire, with advance planning and deployment by the three priests, and now they are accused of being "traitors" and "heresies"...
No matter how brave and skilled the elites are, no matter how influential and intimidating they are, they cannot avoid the fact that they will be eliminated from the Covenant Empire, and in a larger sense they are considered true rebels.
Outside the City of Charity, the combined fleet responsible for escort was also involved in a fierce battle.
The fleet commanded by the elites was under fire suppression several times their own, and the incident suddenly caused heavy losses to their side.
After all, "sea battles" are not like ground battles.
Moreover, the elites were surrounded and unable to use their best guerrilla tactics. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers and ship specifications, causing them to retreat steadily.
In the end, in order to retain their only naval power, a small number of elite ships relied on the opportunity gained by their compatriots' desperate cover to open the jump entrance and enter the fault space to successfully escape.
Even the colonial systems within the entire Covenant Empire's sphere of influence, fleets and troops on the edge of the territory have gradually begun to "purge".
It has to be said that the priests used the political bargaining chip provided by the war, and then promoted the Jiralhanae, who had long-standing grievances and was equally powerful in combat, and a series of "small" operations, which were all considered the means that politicians should have.
only…
Meanwhile, the middle area of High Charity.
This place is like a ship corridor magnified several times, with three or five Jiralhanae patrolling in groups to ensure that nothing goes wrong in this area.
Like the troops responsible for slaughtering the elite, the Jiralhanae on patrol wear novel armor and possess sophisticated live ammunition and energy weapons. In every aspect, they are no longer what they used to be.
At this time.
A group of Jiralhanae on patrol suddenly turned into "wooden figures", maintaining the posture of moving forward, but staying motionless in place.
?
Realizing this strangeness, it instantly attracted the attention of the other two patrol groups, and two Jiralhanae quickly ran to check on the others.
"!"
The stagnant fellows had ferocious expressions on their faces, as if they were fighting against some kind of "thing", or more appropriately, some kind of "thought", trying to regain control of their bodies.
? ?
Seeing such a scene, the two free-moving Jiralhanae were a little confused, but then they saw the "brains" of the same kind.
It is the brain tissue of the head in the clear sense.
With a few "pop! pop!" sounds, the heads of the same kind exploded quickly, blood and milky white tofu-like tissue splashed outward, splashing onto the faces of the two Jiralhanae.
! ! !
Seeing the headless corpse lying limply on the ground, the two Jiralhanae looked around in horror, and yelled "Roar! Roar!" at the top of their lungs, making the entire patrol team be more vigilant.
"Pah! Pah!"
But a series of head explosions killed all three patrol groups responsible for this corridor. Even the murderer was unknown, and they fell into never-ending darkness.
"Beep! Beep!"
The alarm suddenly sounded, causing more and more patrol groups to rush to the corridor.
But no matter how many Jiralhanae came, none of them died unexpectedly.
"Boom! Boom!"
The sound of heads exploding was also mixed with low-intensity explosions.
It turned out that it was a Jiralhanae whose head was saved, and it escaped the strange attack, but not the small-caliber penetrating bolter round.
The body and head collapsed, making the Jiralhanae beasts fall down in rows like huge dominoes that could not be restrained.
A group of invisible "ghosts" maintained a very high efficiency in annihilating enemies. They passed through the corridors and tunnels unimpeded and arrived directly at a large room similar to a master control room.
After dealing with the few Jiralhanae beasts remaining here, a burst of blue light flashed before the six "ghosts" took the initiative to reveal themselves.
They wear hostile environment adaptability suits (HES) that have been upgraded many times, hold small-caliber sniper bolters, and have a special suppressor that is 40 centimeters long at the muzzle.
The leader is none other than Nova, who has her signature blond ponytail.
At this moment, she glanced at the open gate behind her with her peripheral vision, released her psychic energy and said, "Captain Linmir, the rest of the operations will be left to you."
Said.
Moore, who was supposed to be secretly executed by the Jiralhanae, and more than thirty of his subordinates walked into the control room with unconcealed shock.
This group of elites couldn't believe that the seemingly skinny Nova and the others could actually burst out with such powerful strength, especially the spiritual power that the elites could not figure out.
Not long ago.
As soon as the priests launched the purge operation, Nova, who was in the dark, and five ghost agents set out to rescue Moore and the others.
Let Moore think of it again, all the way to the "heart" of the City of Charity——
Master control room.
In fact, after Harvest Star restored communications and the company learned that the Retribution had captured two enemy ships, Nova followed Sui Bian's order and rushed to Harvest Star on her flagship Griffin.
after.
She, twenty-three Ghost agents, and more than three hundred Shadows led by Corax himself, infiltrated the cruiser where Moore was located.
After fifteen hours of jump navigation, they arrived at the sacred territory of the Covenant Empire, easily evaded the search of the Glory Guards, and successfully entered the City of Charity.
After that.
Without waiting for Nova and Corax's secret instigation, the priests took the lead and carried out the purge.
However, this was convenient for them, so the ghosts and shadows that had been scattered everywhere also took advantage of the chaos to launch various actions.
Therefore, the three priests were indeed very qualified politicians, but they miscalculated how capable the Ghost agents and Honor Guards under Umbrella were, especially the original body.
