Anti-Magic Domain, Activate!

Vlahos smashed the equipment in the engine control room to pieces with a single hammer blow and said in a deep voice:

"All squads, report your progress."

"Silver Claw Squad here, objective achieved. Coordinates: Engine Control Room 3 of the transport ship Bloody Worm. We are ready for extraction."

"Hook Squad here, we've been ambushed by the enemy—it's a Possessed Marine! We didn't reach our designated location, and we've suffered multiple casualties! Hook Squad is requesting retreat, sir!"

"Iron Fist Squad here, objective achieved, but we are pinned down in Engine Control Room 1! We have many wounded, please initiate extraction immediately, sir! We can't hold them off much longer..."

Information flooded into Vlahos's mind, one report after another.

The appearance of a Possessed Marine on the enemy side was beyond Vlahos's expectations.

However, local advantages could not change the enemy's overall tactical failure.

Nearly two-thirds of the targets had already been destroyed; that was enough.

Without engine power or directional control, the transport ship would be unable to fly out of the planetary atmosphere.

"Stinger Squad here, phew, we just took down a Possessed Marine and expect to reach the target location in three minutes. Wait a second... where is Qingshan?"

Gult looked around and asked loudly.

"He was forced into that direction by another Possessed Marine," an Ultramarine said, pointing toward a corridor.

Gult raised his Power Sword and prepared to head over, but was held back by one of his subordinates.

Vlahos's voice rang out in the comms channel at the perfect moment:

"Gult, I'm giving you two minutes. Clear Engine Room 3 immediately!"

Gult whispered, "Sir, that lad from the White Scars took on a Possessed Marine by himself, and now he's gone missing."

There was a moment of silence from the other end.

Vlahos said slowly, "Gult, our tactical requirement is to strike fast and end it quickly. Do not get bogged down in unnecessary combat."

"Understood!" Gult replied firmly.

With that, he took one last deep look at the corridor where Fu Qinghai had vanished, then resolutely turned around and led his squad across the bloody slaughterhouse toward the engine control room.

"Thud!" With a heavy sound of something landing, two massive figures crashed onto the deck of the lower deck compartment together.

Dust billowed throughout the dim chamber.

"Clatter."

Fu Qinghai pushed the Possessed Marine off his body with great effort.

The Possessed Marine rolled over weakly, face-up, a Power Glaive embedded deep within its tooth-filled maw.

Fu Qinghai staggered to his feet, gripped the hilt of the Power Glaive with both hands, and gave it a forceful twist and pull.

"Clang!"

The blade, which had nearly pierced through the entire helmet of the Possessed Marine, was pulled free.

It dragged out a long, purple-black, forked tongue that looked like a serpent's.

Fu Qinghai caught his breath, looking down at the purple-black tongue, which was nearly forty centimeters long and as thick as a wrist at the base.

I really hope no female streamer sees this, he thought.

He flicked the tip of his blade to toss the slimy, wet thing aside.

Fu Qinghai looked up to survey his surroundings.

As his gaze swept across, a row of lights flickered on, one by one, along the ceiling of the dark corridor to his right.

Hm?

Fu Qinghai looked suspiciously at the narrow corridor, where the lights illuminated rows of iron bar grilles...

It looked a bit like... a prison?

Fu Qinghai raised his Power Glaive and walked over.

As he walked, Fu Qinghai spoke into the comms channel: "Gult, Gult, this is Qingshan, do you copy?"

The only response was the static hiss of a malfunctioning radio.

No signal? What was going on?

Fu Qinghai felt a strange sense of unease, but he didn't stop, continuing toward the narrow corridor.

Transport ship Bloody Worm.

Devitt calmly withdrew his Power Sword from the body of the last reincarnator.

The mortal, who had been wielding a strange weapon, slumped to the ground.

Although he didn't know why the Chaos Space Marines had suddenly turned on them, this group of reincarnators had unleashed one final burst of resistance in their dying moments.

Weapons like M16s, AK47s, and 98Ks were scattered all over the ground.

Devitt did not recognize these firearms.

However, it was clear that they had not caused any damage to the two Astartes clad in Power Armor.

"Put them into the altar," Devitt said casually, shaking the blood off his short sword.

"Understood, sir." His subordinates dragged several corpses toward the altar.

Klofa's voice rang out over the communication channel:

"Devitt, return to your position immediately and prepare to release that fellow. Our counterattack is about to begin."

"Received, my lord."

Klofa stared at the figure of Vlahos in the engine control room on the main control room's monitor; just then, Vlahos happened to look up at the surveillance camera.

Watching this Invictarus of the Ultramarines, who wore an eagle-winged helmet, a cruel smile curled the corners of Klofa's mouth.

You think you have the victory in your grasp, don't you? Klofa thought to himself.

Klofa shifted his gaze away from the monitor and turned to look at Liaoxia Hong beside him, saying:

"Please, begin your performance, Mr. Sorcerer."

Liaoxia Hong nodded, closed his eyes, sank into a horse stance, and formed several complex hand gestures.

He suddenly opened his eyes and shouted:

"Domain Expansion!"

A silent, invisible ripple spread out from Liaoxia Hong as the center, ignoring the obstruction of walls, rapidly expanding throughout the entire transport ship and continuing to spread outward.

Inside the No. 2 engine control room of the transport ship Bloody Worm.

Having received word that Stinger Squad had destroyed the engine control system, Vlahos looked up at the porthole.

Through a narrow rift in the isthmus, the dim sky could be seen.

I should have called the White Scars warrior down as well; that way, the White Scars lad might not have died... This was the only thing Vlahos felt any regret about.

Vlahos said in a deep voice:

"Sotharan, prepare for extraction teleportation."

"Received, my lord," the Tech-priest's mechanical voice replied.

A dazzling white light lit up around Vlahos's body, and Aether particles flooded this small space.

The same white light lit up around every Ultramarine on each transport ship, including the wounded lying on the ground, the Ultramarines fighting tooth and nail against the Possessed Marine, and Fu Qinghai, who had already been "abandoned" by Stinger Squad.

However, at this moment.

A silent, invisible ripple swept past.

The white light around everyone's bodies extinguished instantly.

Vlahos widened his eyes in disbelief.

"Hahahahahahahaha!" A sudden burst of wild laughter echoed through the main control room as Klofa laughed loudly:

"Well done, wizard!"

Liaoxia Hong smiled smugly and bowed with feigned humility:

"Thank you for the praise, my lord. You may also call me—Jujutsu Master, my lord."

Klofa laughed, rose from his wide seat, picked up a massive double-edged Power Axe from beside the seat, and said:

"Whatever you call yourself, I am going to personally chop off this Ultramarine commander's head now to see if that fellow can still maintain that arrogant expression before he dies."

Before walking out of the cabin door, Klofa turned back and ordered:

"Maintain this spell."

"As you wish, my lord," Liaoxia Hong bowed again.