Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 272 Contact
"Stop him!" Tie Hui said and jumped into the plane. So, the plane was not actually equipped with heavy weapons such as missiles or laser cannons.

However, just in case, it was still equipped with a heavy explosive shotgun!

With a Thomas Flair, it flew straight towards Earth. Tiberius and the others followed closely behind, charging towards the Devouring Beast.

The high temperatures generated by the friction during the fall were felt by Astartes, the aircraft piloted by Tie Hui, and the panicked Monarch-class Devourer.

Without exception, none of them could tolerate the highest falling speed.

bang bang bang-

The ammunition belt slid at lightning speed, and the terrifying explosives lashed out like a golden whip, striking the Devouring Beast in front of it!

It pierced through the bromine mist and struck the spinal armor, blasting a large crater in the process. Even the shield formed by the bromine mist couldn't stop it.

"Roar--"

The intense pain caused it to roar, its voice shaking the heavens and earth, even shattering some nearby clouds instantly.

Tiberius was furious at the sight. He had been beaten so badly that he was forced to flee, yet Tiberius still dared to be so arrogant.

The nano missile condensed into a single particle and accelerated rapidly toward the still roaring King-level Devouring Beast.

The Devouring Beast's pupils constricted sharply at this moment, and the spinal armor plates on its body instantly came to life, detaching themselves with a spin, like a heat decoy from an airplane.

boom--

The missile struck several oncoming spines and exploded violently.

The clouds in the sky cleared away in an instant, revealing a night as black as if it had been washed clean. You could even see the vast starry sky and the Milky Way in the deep sky through this place.

At this moment, the sky and the ground became interconnected, and from a distance, it looked as if an invisible tower to ascend to heaven had appeared here!

And beneath those clouds was a giant, round, dome-shaped structure—a lighthouse!
At the same time, the intense flames spread directly between the two sides, obscuring their vision for a moment.

The moment this scene appeared, alarm bells rang in the hearts of Tie Hui and the others.

Sure enough, from within the still-rolling flames, a large bulge suddenly surged out in their direction.

The bulge then split open from the top outwards like a bursting insect egg, and a thick, orange-red laser beam shot straight toward where everyone was.

But Tiberius and the others had anticipated this and quickly dodged the attack route. Only Tie Hui had the misfortune of leaping out of the cockpit!

After all, an airplane's reaction and response speed isn't that fast!
boom--

The plane was swept away by a laser in mid-air and exploded, the huge fireball suddenly appearing and illuminating the space as if it were daytime.

All living things on the ground looked up at this moment. The frenzied Devouring Beast horde was also rapidly gathering here, and even those Devouring Beasts that had long stayed in the densely populated ecological zones appeared in this territory, raising their heads to await the arrival of their king.

Only the people on the lighthouse looked at this scene in the sky with horror in their eyes.

City Lord Morgan's expression changed drastically, enveloped in deep fear. As if recalling something, his face changed abruptly, and he clutched his chest in pain, struggling to walk to a safe place with the help of his cane. However, he had only taken two steps before his vision blurred and he knelt down.

Until the last pair of elegant, clean high boots appeared in his blurred vision, he immediately fainted.

Mark and the other hunters showed shock, but also joy and worry.

Jingnan and the others were completely shocked, while Victor, standing behind them, had an extremely gloomy expression.

Seeing this extremely insidious attack from the sky, everyone, though somewhat prepared, couldn't help but marvel at the beast's high intelligence.

When the Devouring Beast saw that its attack had failed, it stopped worrying and turned around, spreading its bony and fleshy wings.

The entire beast charged directly toward the cauldron lid below, which was like a gluttonous feast containing a large amount of life essence.

If he could absorb all that incredibly tempting life essence, he would be able to undergo another transformation, and it might even be possible for him to undergo two or three transformations.

At that time, the entire ecosystem will probably be under its control. Once it controls the entire ecosystem, it will directly launch an attack on those guys on Mars and the Moon.

Thinking of this, the beast couldn't help but get excited and rushed towards the lighthouse at an even faster speed.

This scene was witnessed by everyone on the lighthouse, and the Dust People hanging under the lighthouse's satellite dish panicked and rushed out of their pigeon coops upon seeing it.

Ignoring the danger of falling due to the road closures leading to the main structure of the lighthouse caused by the curfew, they either used ropes or swung like pendulums as they ran quickly towards the main structure. Among them, several familiar Dust People, such as 4068 and 4277, led by 4068, ran quickly towards the container crane where the Dust People's area was located on the side.

He grabbed the cable and held onto 4277's waist with one hand. 4277 didn't care about anything else and clung to 4068 like an octopus, trembling and closing his eyes tightly.

With a powerful push of his feet, 4068 swung like a monkey on a swing towards another dusty area.

Seeing this, the other mortals behind also displayed their unique abilities.

After all, they had placed many convenient means of transportation between these areas to facilitate travel and work.

Now, all of this has unexpectedly come in handy!

The panicked children, relying on the familiar terrain they had encountered while playing, began to run around in all directions.

Less than ten seconds later, everyone heard a huge rumble behind them. Some people who thought they were safe turned around and saw that the huge Devouring Beast had smashed through two sets of pigeon coops and was grabbing one in each hand.

The enormous head sucked at the two sets of pigeon cages from left to right, like sucking out snail meat. The dust people inside, who hadn't had a chance to escape, were instantly sucked into flesh and dust.

Immediately afterwards, large amounts of scarlet pigment burst forth from the body's surface, enveloping the surrounding space.

The remaining spine also crawled out and danced and sang in place.

"Fire, fire!"

The panicked city defense troops disregarded everything else and opened fire wildly under the orders of their respective captains, regardless of whether their attacks were effective.

"Hunter, grab your gear now!" Mark had already run towards where his gravity body was.

At the same time, he began to command all the hunters to prepare for battle: "All hunters, provide cover for the gravity body pilots to quickly enter the gravity body."

Several anti-aircraft arrays mounted below the lighthouse opened fire rapidly under the command of the city's defense forces, bombarding the Devouring Beast.

But it was all for naught; that one breath had absorbed the life essence of at least 50 people.

The scarlet pigment instantly unfolds, and the bromine mist formed after being metabolized in a short time directly transforms into a shield on its body.

Tie Hui, who had already called for backup and was replenishing his nanocore energy, immediately yelled into the communication channel upon seeing this, "Quickly take down that guy! Those mortals are damn good laborers!"

After all, this statement is correct. While Lighthouse may be inhumane in other aspects, it is still commendable in terms of public education.

But to be honest, these dust people and those upper-class people who work with machinery, once they receive a little education and physical modification from the Cult of Mechanics, they are basically qualified cog boys from another world!
The shark canned sharks that arrived as emergency reinforcements immediately blasted it with bombs. They even found a few molten grenades and explosives and threw them, melting a huge hole in part of its body.

It simply cannot damage the inner spiritual seed; no matter how severe the injury, it will recover completely within ten seconds.

But now, there's strength in numbers, and in order to kill this beast, the flying shark tankers have borrowed top-of-the-line power weapons from their cousins, the Ultra Warriors Carol and her crew.

Some of the bolder ones even took advantage of Tie Hui's supposed danger to borrow the power halberds of two Imperial Guards.

Although Carol and the Imperial Guard wanted to help, neither of them could fly, and the existing flying vehicles couldn't transport them. So they could only stand aside and watch silently as the shark canisters took off and soared into the sky.

Even the two composed Imperial Guards cursed inwardly.

At the same time, the city defense troops on the lighthouse and the gravity beings in the hunter ranks were ready and rushed out of the lighthouse.

This beast, armed with weapons, was attacking wildly and recklessly destroying the lighthouse, trying to absorb life support.

As for the batch of tin cans not far from them, they regarded them as a new type of gravity object within the other human survivor faction.

Mark, in particular, became even more convinced of his own ideas, looking at those gravity beings who were more agile and destructive than them, whose attacks could cause damage a thousand times greater than theirs.

Even the grenades they threw didn't cause shrapnel damage; they simply burned a large hole in the flesh.

Mark and everyone else piloting the gravity vehicle felt a chill.

After all, judging by the power of that weapon, if the muzzle were turned towards them, these gravity beings would probably be killed with a single shot!
"Touch with caution!"

Mark gave orders to his team members, after all, they couldn't afford to provoke these humans of unknown origin!
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(End of this chapter)