At this very moment, deep within the cold void of the Baal System.
It seemed to be illuminated once more by countless dazzling lances of light and laser arrays.
The massive void shields of the Death Guard Legion flagship, the Gloriana-class Battleship Endurance, successively blocked every form of attack, sending faint ripples across the shield surface.
Countless green Capital Ships, like living organisms brimming with horrifying viruses and vitality, launched a naval charge against the massive Imperial Ships ahead!
In fact, on the very first day Regent Guilliman led the Indomitable Fleet into the Baal System,
he had informed Rorschach and the others that Mortarion, the Traitor Primarch and second-in-command of the Death Guard, might launch a surprise assault on the Baal System.
However, after the many Astartes and Capital Ship fleets had made every preparation for battle,
this enormous Death Guard fleet did not enter the Baal System at all, instead continuing to circle outside the system.
Rorschach, who wanted to focus fully on resisting the invasion of the Local Universe, had considered leading part of the Scourge Fleet out to intercept them,
and personally letting Mortarion, who did not know his own limits, experience his wrath.
But Regent Guilliman, whose strategic vision was sharper, believed there was no need for them to worry about the Death Guard.
Unless Mortarion wanted to return to the depths of the garden and personally experience the horrors of solitary confinement once again,
the enemy would surely not dare provoke the Baal System, which possessed two massive fleets!
However, whether Guilliman's judgment had been slightly mistaken or Mortarion had gained greater confidence,
the Death Guard fleet that had been wandering outside swiftly entered the Baal System.
Its Fleet Lord, Typhonus, even chose to engage in a fierce naval battle with a group of