Two Word Bearers were simply swamped by thousands of Genestealers just like that.
If there were still traces of battle around, anyone who hadn't witnessed it would have no idea what had happened here.
This group of Genestealers acted like a single entity; their efficiency was extremely high, and their combat morale was maxed out.
"What a terrifying xenos!"
After confirming that no one was around, Norris himself began to heading back to the Upper Hive.
Gao Yi, upon receiving the news, hadn't expected that he wouldn't finish off those Word Bearers, only for those Genestealers to take them down instead.
Come to think of it, Genestealers that had grown into a formidable force could even hold off or wipe out the attacks of scaled Chaos Space Marines, so those two Word Bearers weren't wronged by being taken down.
And as the troops continued to advance, up to now there had still been no sign of Valentin and the main forces of those Tech-Priests.
Gao Yi guessed that they should have been wiped out by the Genestealers as well, which was why the remaining cultists' resistance was so feeble.
"Rebecca, do you know where the Sump is?"
"My Lord, I do. The Sump is close to the Lower Hive; the domestic sewage and industrial wastewater from the Upper Hive and Lower Hive are all discharged through the pipelines of the Sump out into the wastes outside the Hive City, and this sewage is even an important source of water for those mutants in the Lower Hive."
"How is the troop's advance going? Have they approached the Sump yet?"
"The Dynasty has five assault teams advancing in that direction, and they are already very close to the Sump, but there is still post-war stabilization work. If we follow the combat plan,