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The half-born infantry the Fleet Iron Guard had killed earlier used a weapon called the Crystal Venom Rifle.
This basic weapon, the counterpart to the human Lasrifle, inflicted unbearable pain when it struck an enemy's flesh!
The edge of the Power Sword this Dark Eldar warrior wielded was coated with something called Lingchi Toxin.
Lingchi Toxin lived up to its name: even the slightest exposure made its victim feel the agony of death by a thousand cuts!
At that very moment, the heavy Iron Guard whose hand had been hacked apart felt precisely that agony. He rolled back and forth across the floor in pain, feeling as though it would kill him.
"Damn it, kill him!"
Only then did the squad leader and the other Fleet Iron Guard react, immediately firing their weapons at the Dark Eldar infantryman.
But the Dark Eldar infantryman was already up close, and his speed was astonishing.
He pushed off with both legs and actually leaped high into the air, caught the ceiling with one hand, and swung himself between the two Fleet Iron Guards.
Before either Fleet Iron Guard could react, he swung his poisoned Power Sword with lightning speed, slashing to either side.
Both Fleet Iron Guards immediately let out heart-rending screams and fell to their knees, convulsing wildly. Their legs had been severed!
Just like that, all three Fleet Iron Guards fell to the blade of a single melee-focused Dark Eldar.
The Lingchi Toxin entered the three Fleet Iron Guards' central nervous systems through their wounds, subjecting them to the agony of death by a thousand cuts. They rolled across the floor in pain, unable to get back up.
The Dark Eldar infantryman stood among the three and slowly