Chapter 46 Imperial Frontier: Section 44 Hunters and Prey

The scorching red light of the laser gun passed through the streets. Countless laser beams flashed on the dark lower streets of the hive city. Scarlet beams of light were continuously shot from the muzzles of the laser guns. The hurriedly retreating defense soldiers pulled the triggers randomly while retreating.

.

They headed towards the giant arcade at the end of the closed street. Some people were rolling and crawling to escape. Behind them, laser beams and Tyranid biological bullets were fired at these escapees. After they were hit, they fell to the ground.

Screaming, they were eaten up by carnivorous beetles. At the other end of the street, Genestealer cultists armed with imperial weapons were advancing together with their filthy blood relatives. Roaring Tyranid creatures rushed from the other side of the street.

They rushed out of the tunnels and arches, and the carapace-clad Tyranid war beasts charged forward and crushed the Guards soldiers who were fleeing along the way.

The giant beast rushed out from under the arcade at the end of the street. In the underground hall, near the orbital elevator, two Guards soldiers emerged from the sandbags, shouldered the rocket launcher, pointed at the beast and pulled the trigger.

The roaring rocket hit the beast, but the Tyranid beast continued to sprint despite the explosion. Countless laser beams and plasma struck it, and its black carapace dissolved and penetrated under the violent bombardment.

His body turned into a giant hornet's nest.

The giant beast used its last strength to hit the support pillar. The tall stone pillar fell to the ground and smashed a roaring twin laser cannon.

The billowing smoke instantly filled the air, and as soon as the smoke spread, countless Tyranid soldiers rushed out of it. They rolled in from the smoke, and their huge numbers instantly overwhelmed the forward positions before they had time to react.

The sandbags were knocked down, and the soldiers were instantly slaughtered. The survivors began to flee backwards, but their speed was obviously not as fast as the specialized Tyranid creatures.

On the last line of defense of the orbital elevator, the heavy bolter machine gun roared and shattered a large number of Tyranid soldiers, but a large behemoth rushed out from the dust cloud that had not yet dispersed.

The beast roared with its swirling maw, and the huge beak on its lower jaw clicked. As it rushed towards the beast, the guards hurriedly and desperately aimed all their firepower at the beast, but its specialized head was armored.

But it's enough to withstand bolter and plasma fire.

The beast rushed towards the position, and everyone looked desperately at the approaching maw. But just as the machine gunner lowered his head and prepared to face death, a cruel roar sounded in front of them.

The guards raised their heads and looked at the beast from behind the sandbags. It roared in pain, and blue flames burned behind the carapace on its crown. Another plasma cannon hit its back, and the plasma flames burned.

The head was pierced through its flesh and blood, causing it to scream in agony.

The soldiers looked at the work ladder on one side of the wall, where Planetary Defense Force soldiers rushed out one by one on the raised circular platform. These militiamen burst out with great courage, carrying plasma weapons that could explode at any time.

Melta weapons rushed out.

They set up the weapons without hesitation and opened fire quickly. Fierce fire covered the entire hall from high places. The Tyranid beasts fell like falling leaves under the condescending firepower, and plasma and molten fireballs fell among them.

It bloomed and spread, and the rockets roared and billowed into thick smoke.

There was a sound from the elevator of the Astra Militarum Guards. The orbital elevator landed steadily on the ground. The gate opened with a flashing red warning light, but before the gate was completely opened, laser beams were fired from inside.

came out.

The Guards platoon leader watched as a large group of Planetary Defense Forces filed out of them. They quickly spread out and fired fiercely at the oncoming Tyranids. Laser beams passed over the heads of the Astra Militarum soldiers like a torrential rain, and they struck intensively.

On the Tyranids and their shameful kin.

The platoon leader stood up, holding a laser gun, and looked at the Planetary Defense Forces who jumped off the platform and walked in groups in front of them while shooting. The Guardsmen all looked at these local militiamen who suddenly became fearless with surprised expressions.

Their war cries rang out one after another, even suppressing the roars of the Tyranid herd, and among them, a man walked out of the elevator, a man wearing a red cloak.

The platoon leader looked at him with an expression of astonishment, then immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Sir Judge! I didn't expect that the regiment headquarters would send you to support us."

"Your regiment has other things to be busy with. The entire lower nest has been invaded by these bastards. I need to know where their mastermind is." Vito said as he walked off the platform and came to the platoon leader.

He looked at the machine gun and pointed at the tunnel exit ahead.

The machine gunner was startled and then immediately raised his machine gun and started roaring. Explosive bombs rained down on the tunnel, intercepting and interrupting the rhythm of his charge. Soon, all the Tyranid beasts in the hall were annihilated.

Vito tilted his head slightly and then waved his hand. The platoon leader watched in amazement as a SADF soldier carrying a rocket launcher appeared next to him. The rocket roared through the dust of the battlefield and directly entered the tunnel.

, with an explosion everything fell into silence.

The soldiers stopped shooting, and the herd of beasts pouring out of the dark tunnel stopped. No more beasts rushed out of it, but everyone knew that the Tyranids were only regrouping and not being eliminated. Can you believe it?

? Destroying the light of Tyran, saying this is like drinking fake wine.

Vito looked at the Tyranid remains in the hall. Corpses and carapace fragments were all over the hall. These dirty things were scattered everywhere after the devastating firepower.

Vito shrugged slightly and pulled out the bolt gun. He waved his arm forward to signal everyone to follow. The SADF soldiers followed, and soon the orbital elevator completed its work again and opened the gate. The platoon leader

I was surprised to see another group of SADF soldiers come out, including even a guy wearing civilian clothes but holding a gun.

"Inquisitor, how many reinforcements have you brought?" the platoon leader asked in surprise, and Vito walked towards the entrance of the tunnel, bringing a large group of defense troops with him, "Everyone who retreated, now it's time for us to counterattack.

"

"Come together?" Vito asked, shaking the bolter.

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Boots inlaid with silver iron plates stepped over the corpses of Tyranids. These horrific creatures have now become cold corpses.

Silver Boots stepped over the corpse of a Tyran, its head was blown to pieces by a large-caliber shotgun. Silver Boots stepped forward again but stopped. Its owner took his feet back and stopped on a body.

Tyron's corpse, well, it wasn't really a corpse since it was still moving, but now it is.

The flash of the bolter disappeared in a flash, and the large-caliber blast instantly shattered half of the gunworm's body. The blood spattered onto the trouser legs, causing the owner of the boots to pat the trouser legs in displeasure.

Vito stood with a gun among the corpses. Around him, the Guardsmen following him were holding rifles for each corpse. Tyranids' vitality was very tenacious, and almost all Tyranids had considerable recovery capabilities.

, so you'd better make sure they are completely dead, completely dead.

"Lord Inquisitor, the whole regiment and the Planetary Defense Force who came down for reinforcements are counterattacking across the board. The third company has re-captured the lower nest corridor and blew up the stairs." The platoon leader turned off the communication headset on his ear, and he stepped forward with his gun in hand.

He passed the corpse and came to Vito's side, and a large piece of Tyranid flesh and blood splashed out on the other side of Vito.

Vito glanced at the platoon leader and raised his eyebrows slightly, "So fast?" "Yes, sir, our troops counterattacked quickly. I guess Tyron thought that the attack was hopeless and retreated on his own initiative. Based on our experience in Gravalex

, the Tyranids will retreat if the biomass lost during the attack is greater than the biomass gained."

Vito stopped and looked at the Tyran corpse lying on the edge of the underground street. The knife insect's corpse had several huge bloody holes punched out, and the death state was very miserable.

Vito turned his head and looked at the empty tunnel. The Inquisitor rubbed his chin with the butt of his bolt gun, and then took out an exquisite silver snake pocket watch from his arms. He opened the cover and looked at the ticking watch inside.

Mechanical clock dial.

The Inquisitor shrugged slightly and put the watch back into his pocket. He raised the bolter, changed the magazine, and pulled the trigger suddenly. "It's faster than I thought. I hope they're on time."

Before Vito finished speaking, screams rang out. The platoon leader immediately raised his gun and aimed back. Several burly bipedal beasts suddenly stood up from the pile of Tyran's corpses. They held bone knives and shot like the wind.

Killed the surrounding guard soldiers.

The ventilation fan blades above the underground street crashed to the ground, and the blades were crushed by the beast that jumped from it. It quickly waved its claws and harvested the surrounding guards who tried to resist.

In almost just a few seconds, all the guards following Vito were dead, and only the platoon leader was left alive. He hurriedly raised his laser gun to aim and shoot, but the beasts could not hide much. The laser gun

The beam of light hits the black-purple carapace as if it were polished.

"Lord Judge! We were ambushed!" the platoon leader exclaimed, but Vito shrugged calmly, "Yes, I know it was an ambush. To be honest, I was surprised that I walked so far before being ambushed.

"

"What?" asked the platoon leader, Vito shook the bolter casually, "Look, I was ambushed by a Licat up there. The beast failed, and it headed straight for me to confirm the Tyranid fleet.

Prepare to behead the local empire leader to defeat the core of the empire's defensive power."

"And after Likart failed, they will definitely try a second time. Next time it may be in some place where I don't want it to appear, such as the bedroom of the Governor's Palace. I am not used to being naked in front of lovely ladies.

I couldn't kill a bug with my body, so I decided to give them a chance and let them live in a place I was happy with."

"That's right here." Vito said and closed his eyes. He had to close his eyes because the second lieutenant platoon leader's brain was blown out of his head and half of his face was covered in mush.

Vito sighed and wiped away the bloody remains on his face, "Can you let me finish?"

Vito said helplessly as he looked at the giant thing floating in the tunnel. It was a creature with extremely degenerated limbs but a long tail. Its huge brain hung on its shoulders, almost deformed.

But don’t underestimate the creature because you think it is deformed. After all, arcs of electricity flashed across its body, and it was also the one that blew up the platoon leader’s head.

Vito whistled and looked at the bug with interest, ignoring the several Tyranid warriors around him who were about to move. He looked at the deformed creature floating over.

"Brain worm, you think highly of me. It seems that your fleet of worm queens know that I have psychic powers, right? I like your information sharing ability. If it weren't for the fact that the untouchables would give me a headache if they came close, I would even want to bring one with me.

Already."

Vito said and inserted the bolt gun back into the holster. Before Vito could make any comments, the samurai behind him attacked like lightning, and the bone knife slashed towards his head with an afterimage, but it was almost

The bone knife that appeared as an afterimage suddenly stopped, and stopped quietly just a few inches above Vito's head.

The inquisitor sighed and rubbed his neck helplessly, "That's why I like to fight with enemies who have normal thinking ability. At least they will let me finish my words. Well, maybe, at least the Eldar can. Although I

I don’t like hearing them finish all the riddles.”

As Vito spoke, he raised his finger and shook it slightly. Suddenly, the bone knife in the warrior's hand broke out of his hand. The warrior watched in shock as his bone knife was stabbed into his abdomen.

The bone knife held by the invisible hand moved on its own, directly cutting off the samurai's waist. After the samurai fell to the ground, it directly shattered its entire face. The bone knife repeatedly hit the samurai's face until it hit him.

The bone knife fell to the ground after a bloody mess.

Several Tyranid warriors looked at each other. They all took a step back and raised their bone knives and roared angrily. The brainworm screamed in a low voice and fired a shining arc of electricity from its head.

The lightning struck Vito, but suddenly hit a shield two steps away. The arc exploded instantly and the flashing current spread out and wrapped around Vito.

The flash of light swallowed up the entire field of vision, and at that blinding moment, a claw whizzed in from the light. Vito looked at the claw and raised his hand to directly break the bone claw with spiritual energy.

The samurai screamed, but another samurai suddenly appeared from the other side and slashed at Vito's neck from both sides with two bone knives.

But Vito just glanced at the warrior, and an invisible fist hit it directly. Its hard carapace was shattered into pieces, and the entire beast was knocked out and directly embedded in the powerful force.
To be continued...