Warhammer: The Black Emperor
Chapter 497

The Bone-Eater Destroys the Titan

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The "Shadow Ascetic" move among human slaves, and the struggle for mind control through Neural Collar and mind-controlling powers plays out in their minds.

A small number of people followed the Librarian's orders, turning back in an orderly fashion and gathering together.

Most people stood frozen in place, their eyes glazed over.

A very small minority are enslaved by the Neural Collar and continue moving forward.

A monstrous Xenos covered in tentacles waved its arms at the surrounding slaves and roared angrily.

Seeing that they did not react, the Xenos's six arms each wrapped around a slave, lifting them high up.

With the sound of bones cracking, he threw down the human slave who had been hanged.

Ramsey quickened his pace, each step leaving him in the shadow of human slaves.

A moment later, he appeared two meters behind the Xenos.

The Spirituality of the "Shadow Ascetic" spread out, touching the shadow of the Xenos.

The shadows, following his will, were swiftly molded into a black panther.

The cheetah, Shadow Shaping, suddenly leaped up, its sharp claws reaching for the Xenos's massive neck.

With a bang, the black panther seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall and was then thrown back.

The Xenos turned around abruptly, a look of surprise flashing in its eyes when it saw the black panther.

How did a black creature suddenly appear?

[Still an Overlord.] As the Shadow Ascetic pondered, he walked in the shadows and circled behind the Xenos.

He spread more Spirituality, touching the shadow of the Overlord.

The Xenos extended its tentacles, wrapped them around the black panther, and immediately felt a chill run through its body.

Just as he was frozen stiff, a sharp blade slashed through the air and struck his back.

The crackling sound of colliding energy rang out, and the Xenos tried to turn around to find its enemy.

But the chilling aura emanating from the tentacles made his body tremble.

Despite the chill, the Xenos used its other two tentacles to grab the black panther's body and, with a combined effort, crushed it to pieces.

Black pus splattered, and the six tentacles were covered in a sticky liquid.

The Xenos felt its body growing colder and colder, as if it had been thrown into Freeze.

His body trembled, and he turned around slowly.

The Shadow Ascetic's Spirituality bound blades slashed left and right, relentlessly attacking his personal energy shield.

The Xenos's body had just turned sixty degrees when, accompanied by a piercing explosion, the Overlord's personal energy shield was shattered.

The Xenos's tentacles rapidly extended backward, attempting to stop the enemy's attack.

The next instant, his Blood Boiling, as if he had been injected with stimulants.

I must find out what attacked me.

The Xenos suddenly turned around, its body spinning rapidly like a windmill, completing more than ten rotations in an instant.

The Librarian watched from the shadows as the Xenos, infused with Biochemical Psionic Power, "Blood Boiling."

After circling twenty-five times, the Xenos finally slowed down, panting heavily and feeling utterly exhausted.

I must... find...

He lost consciousness in his despair and collapsed to the ground.

The Shadow Ascetic felt as if the coffee he had drunk was dissolving in his body.

He moved swiftly through the shadows, faster than the armored vehicles that took detours, through the lines of the slave army.

Ramsey saw the Xenos one after another, but his gaze did not linger on them for even a moment.

His gaze was drawn to the streaking missiles, following them as they struck their targets with deafening explosions.

The Librarian's gaze pierced through the smoke, and he discovered that the Xenos that had been hit was unharmed.

He stared at the Xenos, outlining its complete body.

He was as tall as Warlord-class Titan, and more like a plant than an animal.

His head was high and protruding, as if countless plants were growing together.

His body tapers from top to bottom, like the wrapping of a bouquet.

His arms were made of densely packed branches, wrapped around bizarre weapons that spewed blinding beams of energy that shot towards the Titan's Void Shield.

He has three legs like tree branches, one in front and two behind.

At the end of each leg, more than a dozen branches fork, gripping the ground tightly.

Upon seeing the enormous creature, Ramsey immediately recognized it as the Bone-Eater from the documents issued by the Black Emperor.

Rangdan is a massive Xenos alliance, with Bone-Eater and Brain-Eaters being the two main races.

Brain-Eaters possess powerful Psionic Energy and often serve as commanders. They can release Neurotoxin that even Astartes cannot resist.

The Bone-Eater possess formidable combat power, even surpassing that of the Titan.

Ramsey never doubted the Black Emperor's words, but he couldn't imagine that a creature could possess combat abilities comparable to Titan.

He had thought that only Primarch could possess such combat power, but now, seeing the Bone-Eater, he truly saw creatures as large as Titan.

Ramsey stared at the only mechanical component on the Bone-Eater, whose energy beams even suppressed the Titan's firepower.

It was a bizarre mechanical weapon with a mechanical eye larger than a human, covered with densely packed Xenos Rune.

The two cannon barrels were covered with sharp horns, making him wonder if they were a hybrid creation of machinery and biology.

Ramsey entered First Layer of Magnus Mindset, calmed his Shock, cleared his mind, and analyzed the battle situation.

Ramsey dismissed the Titan and Bone-Eater, unleashing a devastating attack.

Titan's missiles collided with the Bone-Eater's energy shield, and energy beams struck the Void Shield; he couldn't simply judge who had the upper hand based on the attacks alone.

He must consider other factors before drawing a conclusion.

After eliminating distractions, Ramsey quickly identified the key factor.

He noted that the Bone-Eater were making progress.

The Titan kept changing positions, trying to use the surrounding furnaces to defend against attacks and to increase the distance between itself and the Bone-Eater.

Ramsey immediately came to a conclusion, he thought to himself.

[Just as my lord said, most Titan are no match for the Bone-Eater.]

He immediately turned on his Communicator and sent a message to Falk.

"My lord, I have discovered the appearance of Rangdan's Bone-Eater. Xana's Titan will soon be destroyed by them."

"What?" Falk exclaimed in surprise, "Are you sure?"

"Confirmed, I will send you the coordinates."

Ramsey's Divination Box captures the location coordinates and then Teleport to the Tactical Network.

As soon as the communication connection was lost, Ramsey saw the plant above the Bone-Eater's head sway as if it were being blown by the wind.

The extremely bright light stung the eyes of the man in the Shadow of Order, causing him to squint.

Rumble!

Amidst the deafening explosions, the ground trembled violently as ultra-high-temperature mechanical fragments and armor wreckage pierced through furnace after furnace.

Once the Shadow of Order's eyes had adjusted, it quickly looked at Titan.

He discovered that the Titan was no longer able to move; its power system had clearly been destroyed.

Titan did not give up the attack; missiles whistled through the air, and scorching beams roared as they attacked the Bone-Eater.

Boom!

Ramsey saw a missile streak of light strike the Bone-Eater on the head.

Its massive body swayed violently, and dozens of dark branches fell like arrows, crashing into the Rangdan Xenos.

Bang bang bang...

Amidst a series of cracking sounds from individual energy shields, more than a dozen Overlord were instantly pierced through by the plant.

[The Titan has broken through his personal energy shield!] Ramsey thought with delight.

The thought had barely formed in his mind when he suddenly heard a deafening roar.

Ramsey looked up, and his eyes were immediately filled with light; he had lost his sight.

With a deafening explosion, his ears rang and vibrated.

A few seconds later, the Shadow of Order returned to normal. He looked at the battlefield and saw the massive Titan shattered into pieces; he could only vaguely make out its legs.

Ramsey sighed inwardly, "[The Bone-Eater have destroyed the Titan!]"

His ears twitched; he heard the roar of an engine.

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