Controlling the Heart to Break the Neural Collar

The Expeditionary Fleet remained calm, as the Primarch had already warned Rangdan about the tactics before the battle.

In the fleet's Simulacrum Sanctum, officers from each warship were making rapid calculations.

All duplicate ship readings were counted repeatedly, two, three, and so on.

After hundreds of calculations, all the enemy ships that overlapped with the Expeditionary Fleet were identified.

The Expeditionary Fleet launched a counterattack.

The remaining dozens of warships, including the Shadow of the Throne, launched an attack on the Rangdan warship.

Nimrod noted that, due to the numerical superiority of the Rangdan warships, they held an absolute advantage in the devastating naval gun battles.

Many more warships were unable to perform large-scale jumps because their real-world Anchor were already occupied and their Warp vectors were interfered with by the shadows.

The warships, eager to return to reality, were unable to join the battle on a large scale. Only the captains risked their lives to direct the warships to enter the vortex- Morse in a few scattered ways.

Nimrod did not give the order for the Gloriana-class Battleship to break into the enemy fleet and tear open a gap using its stronger Void Shield.

While this was the most effective method in the past, there are now better options.

The Ramillies-class Star Fortress revealed its true nature as a fleet killer, unleashing a terrifying barrage of guns at the Rangdan warship.

A dense barrage of gunfire from the side guns covered dozens of enemy ships.

The exploding shells, like melting fingers, gripped the Rangdan warships, crushing them one by one.

The first wave of attacks from the Ramillies-class Star Fortress destroyed twelve enemy ships, five of which were equivalent to Imperium capital ships.

The Star Fortress attack tore a gap in the Rangdan Fleet, and the terrifying firepower immediately drew retaliatory attacks from enemy ships, who were both terrified and enraged.

More than a hundred Rangdan warships locked onto the Ramillies, their Shadow Blaster roaring as they unleashed a dense barrage of white lightning at the Star Fortress.

Dense white lightning bolts rained down on the shields of the North Borough, West Borough, and East Borough like a storm.

Compared to the Ramillies-class Star Fortress Lucius is building on Mars and the Forge World, the version named Vostonia-type is far more powerful.

The entire Ramillies-class Star Fortress is comparable to a small satellite, with each quadrant containing a Hive City- sized structure protected by Bastion-class Energy Shield more powerful than the Void Shield.

Its heart consists of multiple Punishment-class Reactor, capable of handling the Void Behemoth's near-unlimited energy demands.

The Bastion-class Energy Shield flickered continuously amidst the devastating barrage of dense electric shocks, yet it never became overloaded.

The Ramillies responded to the foolish Xenos warships that dared to challenge it with a barrage of bullets.

Each devastating barrage destroyed a dozen or so Xenos warships.

The Imperial Fleet advanced under the cover of fire from the Ramillies-class Star Fortress.

Their vacated positions allowed more and more black warships to join the battle.

On the second day of the Void War, the number of Expeditionary Fleet warships that entered the star system was already comparable to the remaining Rangdan warships.

After confirming that the Imperial Fleet had gained an absolute advantage, Nimrod rose from his command the Throne.

"Prepare to board."

He intends to seize a Rangdan capital ship as a trophy to study the technology of falsifying readings and the Shadow Blaster.

The Gloriana-class Battleship recklessly rammed into the fleeing Rangdan Fleet, launching a barrage of fist -Gauntlet Assault Boat at a nearly unscathed Xenos capital ship.

The pilots ramped the rocket engines and afterburners to maximum power, and the Gauntlet Assault Boat charged toward the Rangdan warship at incredible speed.

Compared to other methods such as Boarding Torpedo, the biggest advantages of the Gauntlet Assault Boat are its speed and protection, while its disadvantage is its range.

Because of Nimrod's presence, the Gauntlet Assault Boat he was on, which originally could carry ten Astartes, now only has six additional Shadow of Order.

Polti, Shadow of Order the 7th Legion of the Catachan, was one of them. He earned his place in the Honor Guard thanks to his outstanding performance in the Battle of Incaladion.

The price he paid was that all the Salamanders meat he was allocated ended up in his Catachan Wolf's belly.

Polti was thrilled to be fighting alongside the Primarch for the first time.

His body was pinned to the seat by several retractable inertial restraint clamps, awaiting the moment of impact.

The pilot in the cockpit kept pulling the control stick.

The black Gauntlet Assault Boat dodged attacks from the Shadow Blaster, weaving through white lightning bolts.

On the display screen in front of the pilot, the distance numbers rapidly decreased: 194 kilometers... 85 kilometers... 3 kilometers.

A bolt of lightning struck the cockpit.

The bulletproof shields crackled and flickered, and the entire Gauntlet Assault Boat shook violently.

The pilot's gaze was resolute as he shouted, "Prepare for impact!"

The assault ram slammed into the Rangdan warship like a heavy punch wearing a boxing glove.

The front and upper parts of the gauntlet smashed through the spikes, and the Assault Boat slammed into the Rangdan warship due to inertia.

A massive Melta, spewing forth blazing flames, slammed into the ship's hull, burning a crack in it.

The two Blazing Fury Missile Launcher on the wings unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Rangdan Xenos.

Nimrod spread his golden wings and leaped out of the Gauntlet Assault Boat first.

From the air, he saw countless large, grotesque wolf-headed, fur-covered Xenos driving human slaves to launch attacks.

Every human being wears a collar around their neck.

Nimrod knew it was Neural Collar; the Rangdan Xenos had used it to enslave countless humans.

The Primarch's consciousness spread out instantly, his thoughts reaching out like tentacles to each and every human slave.

Nimrod unearthed many Mystery from the minds of Osiris Mind-Seed, enabling him to perform more sophisticated manipulations in the field of mind control.

A Psionic Energy tentacle formed from a thought probed into the mind of a emaciated human slave clad in yellow armor.

The Neural Collar worn by human slaves, a metal ring around the back of the neck, had a metal nail embedded in the spine.

The metal nails were crafted by Rangdan's Psionic Energy artisans, and the Psionic Energy field they emitted pierced the minds of the human slaves.

When the Rangdan Xenos uses Psionic Energy to issue commands, the Psionic Energy fluctuations stimulate the Neural Collar, forcing the slaves to obey.

In this way, Rangdan was able to enslave countless races and make up for his lack of manpower.

The consciousness spread out by the Primarch Genes, its tentacles piercing into the enslaved consciousness of humanity, collided with the Psionic Energy field.

The moment the Psionic Energy collided, the Primarch immediately gained the upper hand.

His countless Psionic Energy tentacles lashed at the Neural Collar that bound the human slaves' brains, shattering them.

Thump thump...

One by one, humans fell to the ground.

Nimrod drew the Spear of Dionysus and infused it with Psionic Energy.

The Spear whistled as it struck the Overlord's personal energy shield, which was taller than any of the wolf-headed, humanoid Xenos.

Rangdan Overlord's personal energy shield crackled and then shattered to his disbelief.

Nimrod channeled his Spirituality, pushing his palms repeatedly, casting one amber-colored, viscous liquid after another, enveloping several human slaves.

He deliberately reserved several human slaves, without stunning them, and used "Imprisonment" to bind them in order to study the complete Neural Collar.

Polti, who rushed into the ship via the hull slide, raised his Bolter and launched an attack on the Xenos.

With a deafening roar, the explosion tore the Xenos's body apart.

Six Honor Guard focused their fire, killing a Rangdan Warrior, when suddenly a dark shadow flashed in their eyes.

The Rangdan Warrior leaped swiftly, his crystal sword, gleaming with light, piercing the abdomen of a black-armored Warrior in front of him.

Polti recognized them as members of the Honor Guard from the 10th Battalion.

He and the other members of the Honor Guard immediately unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Rangdan Warrior.

The bombs hissed as they struck the gleaming energy shield.

Boom boom boom!

The energy field rippled like waves, Mars flew everywhere.

Polti watched as yet another member of the Honor Guard was beheaded by the Xenos with a single sword strike. He slung his Bolter over his shoulder and drew his sharp, bird-headed, half-serrated Power Sword.

He swung his Devil's Claw, the Power Blade spinning rapidly, striking the Rangdan Warrior's personal energy shield with the seventh cleaving technique of "Osberh-Vaya".

The Rangdan Warrior wielded their serrated crystal greatswords and launched a fierce attack.

The energy fields of the two weapons collided, and the bursts of energy light converged and then immediately separated.

Polti was forced to retreat repeatedly by the fierce attacks of the Rangdan Warrior.

He narrowly avoided the attack and launched a counterattack with all his might. His Power Blade struck the energy shield several times, but failed to cause any damage.

Despite the unfavorable situation, he did not lose confidence.

Before and after becoming Shadow of Order, Polti encountered dangerous creatures in the forests of Catachan.

He repeatedly triumphed over the strong with the weak, hunting down powerful creatures.

Polti knew that every powerful creature has a weakness.

He calmly and patiently searched for an opportunity. After dozens of strikes, when he narrowly avoided another vicious sword, his eyes suddenly became deep and profound.

Polti immediately seized the weakness of the Rangdan Warrior. He ducked to avoid the fierce slash and then slashed at the enemy's right leg with his Power Blade.

The Disruption Field cleaved through the crack in the energy shield and pierced the right leg of the Rangdan Warrior.

[I awakened the "Warp Insight" taught to me by my father.]

Polti unleashed the second backhand thrust of "Osberh-Vaya," his Power Sword spinning like a serpent, dodging the intercepting crystal blades and piercing the Rangdan Warrior's abdomen.

With a deafening roar, the body of the Rangdan Warrior fell to the ground.

Nimrod led his team forward, gathering more and more members of the Honor Guard. At the same time, the flagship of the 8th Legion, the Blade, also launched Boarding Torpedo at the locked target under the order of Thierry Viera.

Pierre, grandson of Mika Wright, the chief swordsman of Kaser, was among the first to become Shadow of Order from Kaser.

His family's exceptional swordsmanship allowed him to demonstrate his abilities even during his time as a recruit.

As the captain, he led the assault team in a boarding maneuver against the Rangdan warship.

Fifty Boarding Torpedo, concealed among a dense array of torpedoes, bombarded the Rangdan warship.