Just as Trazyn and Cawl watched, Li Feng summoned a horde of priests, who began a killing spree.
As they escorted him towards the Imperial lines, Trazyn also walked over with Cawl, Trazyn holding a camera, closely documenting the priests in battle.
At one point, Father Anderson and his men nearly cut Trazyn and Cawl, the two "big metal guys," into pieces, but Li Feng stopped them.
"Father, these two are, one, a mechanical inventor, and the other, an alien friend," Li Feng said, waving his hand to stop Father Anderson's attack, and the scene fell into an awkward silence.
Father Anderson stared at Trazyn and Cawl with distrust, his hands gripping his gun-sword tightly, his gaze sharp as a blade.
The other priests also adopted an offensive stance, ready to strike at any moment.
Anderson asked coldly, "Li Feng, can that alien mechanical life form still be considered a 'friend'?"
Trazyn spread his hands helplessly, making a metallic clanging sound, "Oh, church officials are always such a headache.
Do I look like a threat? I'm just a collector, documenting your heroic battles."
As he spoke, he shook the camera in his hand, its green light flickering, making him seem somewhat comical.
Cawl, meanwhile, walked silently at the rear of the group, occasionally recording the equipment of the priests in battle, seemingly designing improvements in his mind.
"messiah," Cawl suddenly spoke, "If I had more time, I could design a more efficient power armour for these priests.
However, time is of the essence now."
"Don't even think about it," Li Feng shook his head, "They've never been interested in Adeptus Mechanicus stuff, let alone letting you modify it.
Besides, they only have ten minutes."
"Hmph, that's a pity," Cawl pouted.
Trazyn's camera once again focused on Father Anderson, and he said seriously, "Perhaps I could design a more suitable look for him for a documentary?"
Father Anderson turned and gave Trazyn a cold look, "Say one more word of nonsense, and I'll cut you down first."
…As everyone gradually approached the Imperial front line, after ten minutes, Father Anderson and all the priests of the Thirteenth Section vanished in a flash of white light.
Trazyn also turned off his camera, clapping his hands.
"Excellent, excellent! This will make a very good documentary."
As Father Anderson and his priestly Legion vanished in a flash of white light, Li Feng looked up at the sky, his brow furrowing even more—because outside the atmosphere, the massive Blackstone Fortress was hurtling towards Cadia at a destructive speed.
It carried an oppressive force that surpassed ten thousand ships firing simultaneously, obscuring more than half of the planet's sky.
"This thing… is truly outrageous," Li Feng couldn't help but complain, lighting a cigarette.
At the same time, the Imperial fleet opened fire, massive orbital shells raining down on the Blackstone Fortress.
Beams and energy sparks wove into a dazzling light net, striking the surface of the colossal blackstone structure.
Even the formidable main cannon of the 'Dominator' was personally operated by the Custodes, reducing its reload time by 80%, firing three shots consecutively.
"Boom—!"
The first main cannon shot pierced one side of the Blackstone Fortress, and the shockwave from the explosion created ripples in space;
"Boom—!"
The second main cannon shot completely tore apart a section of the structure, fragments falling into the atmosphere like meteors;
"Boom—!"
The third shot finally caused the Blackstone Fortress to suffer a structural fracture, shattering the entire Blackstone Fortress into three large pieces, losing all its power sources.
However, by this time, the Blackstone Fortress had been captured by Cadia's gravity and began to gradually descend.
Abaddon stood in the command center of another Blackstone Fortress, watching the trajectory gradually deviate from the target, his expression as if he had swallowed three kilograms of mustard.
"Damn it! What's going on? Why can't this waste withstand the Imperial bombardment?!"
He slammed his fist into the tactical screen, his rage almost burning through reality.
His subordinates trembled beside him, but no one dared to answer.
Meanwhile, the blackstone obelisks on Cadia's surface—the "Blackstone Resonance Device" jointly activated by Trazyn and Li Feng—were gradually entering a fully activated state.
Huge energy fluctuations spread like ripples, and the flow of energy could even be seen with the naked eye.
At this moment, the obelisks and the Blackstone Fortress, burning as it plunged into the atmosphere, produced a strange resonance.
"Hmm?" Trazyn looked at the sky, his expression shifting from calm to playful for the first time, "This is quite unexpected."
"What's happening?" Li Feng asked with a frown, ready to choke or elbow the silver skeleton in front of him at any moment.
"Simply put," Trazyn took out his camera and began recording the scene in the sky, explaining calmly, "The energy fluctuations between that Blackstone Fortress and the obelisks are interfering with each other… Of course, this wasn't what we originally designed; they're just overreacting on their own."
"Can you say something useful!?" Li Feng roared.
"Oh, alright," Trazyn shrugged, "In other words, the Fortress is being pulled by the obelisks, and ultimately it's very likely… to be repelled by the shield, or crash into the obelisks."
"Crash here?!" Cawl's mechanical gaze flickered to the obelisks, "Then won't we all be blown to dust?"
…The scene returned to the interior of the Blackstone Fortress, where Abaddon was indeed completely bewildered.
He watched the Blackstone Fortress gradually being drawn to the surface on the monitoring screen, his eyes seemingly losing their highlight.
A nearby Chaos Sorcerer tried to comfort him, "Uh, Warmaster, this might be some kind of… black technology from the Corpse Emperor? We…"
"I don't need your explanation!" Abaddon roared, directly swinging his hand and cutting off the sorcerer's head, "Let it crash!!! Now!!!"
However, no one could stop this out-of-control blackstone resonance.
As the energy resonance between the three pieces of the Blackstone Fortress and the obelisks reached its peak, a dazzling green light ascended from the surface, piercing through the entire atmosphere, colliding fiercely with the burning shell of the Blackstone Fortress.
However, just when everyone thought the Fortress would directly impact the obelisks, the situation suddenly took a sharp turn for Abaddon.
Two of the three fragments were directly repelled by the planetary shield formed by the obelisks, flying in opposite directions.
One piece flew towards the deep cosmos, while the other was captured by the planet's gravity, becoming a satellite of Cadia.
And the trajectory of the last Blackstone fragment shifted slightly at the last moment.
Accompanied by a sharp grinding sound and terrifying vibrations, the colossal object, like a giant blade, sliced across the surface of Cadia.
"Sizzle—Boom!!!"
The Blackstone Fortress, like a gigantic cutting machine, cut off a large chunk of Cadia's surface!
The severed land rose up, shattering into countless rocks and dust, and was swept into space.
The overall outline of Cadia, however, became an extremely bizarre existence in the universe, like an apple that had been bitten (Apple logo).
Trazyn put down his camera and clapped softly, "Ah, this angle, this cut! Unparalleled visual impact! This is simply cosmic-level modern art."
"Shut up!" Li Feng grabbed Trazyn by the neck, "This is art?! This is a stellar-level disaster!"
Trazyn, helplessly being shaken by Li Feng, couldn't help but laugh… "Choking a robot made of metal structures, how interesting."
Li Feng looked up at this moment and shouted, "Wife! Help me!!!"
And at this moment, the enormous disaster had only just begun.
Cadia's internal magma surged out as its crust was severed, the crust vibrated violently, and the planet's gravitational field began to become chaotic; everyone knew that if no miracle occurred, the entire planet would soon disintegrate into fragments.
On the 'Dominator,' Sanguinius, who had watched all of this unfold, gently swirled the coffee cup in her hand, a meaningful smile playing on her lips.
"Tsk tsk…" Sanguinius said lazily.
She put down her cup, stood up, and golden light suddenly burst forth from her eyes.
The entire 'Dominator' seemed to tremble under her will, and the surrounding Custodes and Sisters of Silence all knelt down.
In an instant, countless voices of faith flooded her mind, some praying, some repenting, some pleading.
Sanguinius's attention was entirely on the dying planet.
She clenched one hand into a fist, surrounded by pure golden radiance, as if the Emperor was saving the homeworld of the Second Primarch, Sarradin.
With her movement, an irresistible force enveloped all of Cadia.
"Boom—!"
Inside and outside the atmosphere, all chaos ceased at this moment.
The magma no longer spewed, and the fractured crust began to restore itself.
The entire planet was forcibly pulled back from the brink of disintegration and squeezed together, leaving only the bite mark on the planet.
However, the previous explosion caused the entire Eye of Terror to open wide.
The explosion that should have directly torn the galaxy now only intermittently tore through parts of the galaxy.
But on the surface, Li Feng, Trazyn, and Cawl watched the golden light shining in the sky, all of them stunned.
At this moment, Abaddon on another Blackstone Fortress fell completely silent.
He had just opened champagne, and looking at the re-condensed Cadia, the corners of his mouth began to twitch slightly, then he kicked over the command console.
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