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Psychic Lightning flickered across the Zoanthrope Tyrant, and a Psychic Shield rose around it. Every shell and energy beam fired from the front was stopped cold.
The Zoanthrope Tyrant began gathering power. The next instant, a thunderous boom shook the air, sending violent ripples spreading outward from its body. In a flash, they covered the entire battlefield, nearly twenty kilometers across.
Every human caught in that invisible shockwave felt a sudden surge of panic. This was the Zoanthrope Tyrant's ability: Fear Aura.
Fear Aura used Psychic Power to trigger humanity's instinctive fear.
It was like watching a horror movie when you knew a ghost was about to jump out. The darkened screen, the protagonist's heartbeat, and the swelling music all told you it was about to leap right into your face!
The fear reached into something ancient and primal.
Nearly four hundred thousand Fleet Iron Guard troops were suddenly gripped by racing hearts and shortness of breath for no reason they could explain.
Their weapon handling fell apart. Some kept firing their rapid-fire Laser Cannons even after they overheated. Others simply screamed as if the ghost had already jumped out at them.
With a single Fear Aura, the Zoanthrope Tyrant drove Li Qinwu's troops' morale below zero.
This was why the Fleet Iron Guard could never match the Astartes. Mortals were mortals. If a Fear Aura of this magnitude struck the Astartes, they might furrow their brows, but their morale would never collapse en masse.
Li Qinwu himself felt only mild discomfort when the Fear Aura swept over him.
Seeing his troops descend into chaos, he immediately gave an order over the comms:
"Anyone who can't hold out, fall back on your own and stand by at