Bang!
The shock wave from the second collision had yet to dissipate when the third impact thundered down.
This time, Sanguinius held nothing back. His left hand closed around empty air, and the Blade Encarmine materialized from the void. Its blade was crimson throughout, dark gold patterns flowing across its surface like ancient script dancing in flames.
With a spear in one hand and a sword in the other, he spread his wings to their fullest extent. Golden light intertwined with crimson flames, forming a two-colored streak that hurtled straight toward Ferrus Manus.
Ferrus Manus reacted just as swiftly.
The weapons pack on his back abruptly rose, its metal plates opening like petals to reveal the densely packed machinery within.
A portable black hole weapon extended from the pack. A distorted orb of dark purple light gathered at its muzzle, and the surrounding gravitational field warped in an instant, bending even the light.
Ferrus Manus aimed the weapon at Sanguinius and pulled the trigger. A compressed black hole erupted from the muzzle, hurtling toward Sanguinius with the power to devour everything.
The black hole expanded continuously as it flew. Its gravitational field tore at everything around it, wrenching up the metal flooring and sucking the fragments into its bottomless abyss like rain.
Yet Sanguinius did not falter. He charged straight at the black hole, raising the Blade Encarmine above his head as the golden patterns on its blade blazed with their utmost brilliance.
He slashed downward. Crimson sword light traced a perfect arc, and before it, the black hole split neatly in two like a sliced fruit. Its collapsing gravitational field broke down instantly, and dark purple energy exploded in every direction.
But the instant the black hole was cut apart, Ferrus Manus's weapons pack unfolded again. Trillions of nanomachines