Abaddon knelt on the ground devoutly, helplessly looking at the eight-pointed star of Chaos suspended high within the ship. Outside the viewport, countless Chaos ships exploded in the Eye of Terror, between the physical universe and the Warp.
Abaddon prayed to the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods... and what answered him... was a deep voice from within the Eye of Terror...
Slaanesh: "♪ ~ I torture you ~ ♪"
Khorne: "♪ ~ Take my hand through the flames ~ ♪"
Nurgle: "♪ ~ I torture you ~ ♪"
Tzeentch: "♪ ~ I'm a slave to your games ~ ♪"
At this moment, scarlet flames, venomous thorns, purple irises, and blue wings from the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods of the Warp began to manifest on Abaddon's armor and body.
Abaddon stood up, his eyes now pitch black, but the power in his body had received the combined blessings of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods...
Abaddon: "I'm a sucker for pain."
In an instant, a massive Warp wormhole appeared from behind the Imperial Fleet, immediately generating an incredibly powerful suction that directly pulled Li Feng and Sanguinius, along with the Dominus and the entire Imperial Fleet, into it.
However... even with the combined blessings of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods, this wormhole could only forcibly teleport the fleet containing Li Feng and Sanguinius to the edge of the star system, gaining the Black Crusade less than a few hours.
And in that instant, seeing the Imperial Fleet blocking the entrance being teleported away, Abaddon immediately slumped into his chair, instantly becoming skin and bones, and the blessings of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods collapsed due to forcibly "defying the heavens."
At this moment, the warriors of the Black Legion immediately rushed forward to attend to Abaddon. Abaddon was now gasping for breath, feeling as if he had just seen Horus.
"Inform all forces! Proceed quickly to Cadia!"
...Discovering that he and the fleet had been teleported to the edge of the star system, Li Feng also felt curious. Wasn't he naturally resistant to the Warp? Yet again, they pulled a Warp stunt on him.
"Wife? What was that just now?" Li Feng quietly leaned in and asked Sanguinius, who was calmly playing with her tablet...
"Those four guys collectively exerted their power, saying something like... 'Don't underestimate our bond,' and then they teleported us to the edge of the star system."
Li Feng nodded, he understood now. It was a combined technique from the bond of the Chaos Gods / The Four Gods of the Warp, which simply forced him back to the side of the tower.
"Sir... Madam... What should we do now?"
At this moment, Yang Weili and thousands of people on the entire bridge looked at Li Feng and Sanguinius, awaiting their commands. Li Feng was also puzzled...
"What are you standing around for? Go back!"
...Above Cadia,
Perturabo, who was the first to break through to the skies above Cadia, immediately ordered a landing operation; there was no time for orbital bombardment. Large numbers of Iron Warriors boarded drop pods and descended rapidly from orbit.
On the ground, when Rogal Dorn saw the Iron Warriors' fleet already halted in orbit above Cadia, countless memories surged through him in an instant, and he immediately knew how his brother Perturabo would conduct this assault.
He immediately said:
"Prepare for defensive orbital drops."
In orbit above Cadia, Perturabo's fleet, like a black tide of steel, blotted out the starry sky. Countless drop pods were released from beneath the vessels, carrying Iron Warriors and their mechanized units, piercing the atmosphere at ultra-high speed.
Perturabo stood on the command bridge of his flagship, observing the battlefield. His gaze was cold and precise, every tactical deployment imbued with a mechanical, ruthless logic. He knew very well in his heart how his brother Rogal Dorn would conduct this defensive battle.
"Time is critical," Perturabo murmured, "Before Dorn adjusts his defenses, we must capture Cadia's strategic points, especially the Cadian Industrial Zone in the northern part of the planet!"
"He will choose the highest density deployment zones; the breakthrough point will be the northern industrial zone," Dorn said in a deep voice, and the Commanders quickly sprang into action.
At this moment, countless anti-aircraft weapons across the planet's key positions were aimed at the sky. The active phased array radar provided by Li Feng was rapidly searching, tracking targets, and transmitting trajectory data in real-time.
The Iron Warriors' drop pods descended like a steel rain, each landing point precisely calculated to avoid the densest firepower of the Cadian defenses.
However, the planetary-level active phased array radar provided by Li Feng rendered all this stealth meaningless.
"Target locked!"
The communicator's shout came from the command bridge. Countless anti-aircraft rockets flew out from the ground at high speed, precisely targeting and intercepting numerous drop pods the moment they entered the atmosphere, striking them before they could approach the ground, turning them into fireballs.
Even so, many Iron Warriors successfully landed. They quickly deployed, with shield guard units and heavy weapon teams establishing temporary defensive lines at the landing points and attempting to breach Cadia's outer positions.
Having already anticipated Perturabo's possible attack routes, Dorn had set up multiple ambush positions outside Cadia's industrial zones and Hive Cities. The Cadian Forces had constructed deep defensive fortifications in important areas, equipped with a large number of HIMARS and "Kornet" anti-tank missiles.
The Iron Warriors encountered the Imperial Fists and Black Templars on the outskirts of the industrial zone. These Space Marine, clad in yellow and black power armour, under Dorn's command, became an iron barrier for the defense line.
"Shield wall formation!" the Iron Warriors' Shield Guard Captain roared, their shields forming a wall that blocked the advance of Dorn's children. Large numbers of fortifications and trenches were immediately constructed within the industrial zone.
However, these fortifications were immediately observed by aerial drones, directly guiding distant HIMARS rockets for precise strikes. The Iron Shield Guards' boarding shields were no match for the Kornet anti-tank missiles operated by Astra Militarum warriors.
The "9M133 Kornet anti-tank missile" with its multi-tandem warhead, improved with 40K materials, could chemically penetrate 1200mm of homogeneous alloy armor steel, making even a boarding shield seem like paper against this threat.
The massive metal jet from the multi-tandem shaped charge warhead directly burned through the boarding shield and the Iron Warrior behind it. Subsequently, another Kornet fired a "9M133F-2 thermobaric warhead," and the massive 152mm thermobaric warhead directly impacted the gap in the shield formation.
The huge thermobaric explosion completely overturned the entire shield formation. A thermobaric explosion not only releases a large amount of heat instantly but also forms a high-temperature, high-pressure, scorching fireball with temperatures up to 2500 degrees Celsius and expanding at 2000 meters per second. (The surface temperature of red dwarf and other low-temperature stars can range from 2500°C to 3500°C.)
The buildings behind the shields were completely destroyed, reinforced concrete instantly melted and deformed by the high temperature. Deep craters likely appeared on the ground, with the surface soil scorched, appearing charred or vitrified.
Several Iron Warriors at the center of the explosion were directly incinerated from the inside, through their power armour, with some limbs even vaporizing internally. Iron Warriors in the outer areas were directly thrown by the shockwave, their helmet oxygen ignited, causing varying degrees of burns.
Perturabo watched the gradually forming combat situation on the outskirts of the industrial zone via his tactical screen.
He frowned slightly, muttering to himself, "Rogal Dorn, you're playing these annoying little tricks again."
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