Sandstorm Battle

(Thanks to Ye Mo, who felt like an old friend at first sight, for the donation and bonus chapter.)

The orbital bombardment arrived in the blink of an eye. Macro Cannons and Lances of every caliber hammered the ground, striking around Death Vein.

Beams hit tank armor and vaporized it instantly. Shells weighing hundreds of tons blasted craters big enough to become reservoirs with a single impact!

Boom boom boom!!!

Boom boom boom!!!

The ferocious orbital bombardment rained down from the sky. Centered on Death Vein, the entire area within a twenty-kilometer radius was covered by the barrage!

The ground was baked into glass by high-energy lasers, then shattered by Macro Cannon explosions. Dust and smoke soared hundreds of meters into the air, while rings of sandstorms surged outward.

Li Qinwu climbed down from the Hundred-Ton King in his mech and watched the distant clouds of smoke churn, quietly waiting for the orbital strike to end.

He hoped all the Orks would simply be blown to death, preferably including that bastard Black Iron.

If an Ork of his rank died, Orks across the globe would panic!

The orbital bombardment ended after only a few minutes. Centered on the Death Vein mine shaft, the entire twenty-kilometer radius was filled with roiling dust and smoke.

It was impossible to see what was happening inside, and the Orks' losses were equally unclear.

Just then, Inquisitor Thraxol's transmission connected directly to Li Qinwu's mind.

"I have some bad news. The warship's instruments just detected a Void Shield reaction. At the very center of the bombardment zone, there's a Void Shield protecting a circular area roughly four kilometers in diameter.

"The orbital bombardment can't do anything to the Void Shield. There must be a huge number of surviving Orks in there. Be careful!"

Li Qinwu