Scorching energy and metallic vapor from the Phantom Titan's exploding core still clung to the enormous Power Klaw of the Warlord Titan Glory of the Holy Word, like blood not yet dry on a butcher's blade.
Through the main Sensors, Princeps Gallagher coldly "watched" the heap of twisted wreckage at his feet that had once been an Aeldari war machine.
The machine spirit sent a satisfied shudder through the Titan after crushing its enemy, but Gallagher felt no joy, only an even sharper vigilance. The battle was far from over.
His gaze swept swiftly across the tactical overview and immediately settled on the next most dangerous target: the undamaged Phantom Titan that had temporarily disengaged to evade the Shadowsword tank's desperate final strike.
Yet just as he prepared to turn the Glory of the Holy Word and concentrate its fire on this dire threat, the situation at the other end of the battlefield changed abruptly!
The intact Phantom Titan did not regroup and attack him immediately as Gallagher had expected. Instead, it pushed its ghostly mobility to the limit!
Like a cold-blooded assassin, it shifted its target to the other side of the battlefield.
There, another Warlord Titan belonging to the Word Bearers, the Vengeful Fire, was locked in a fierce close-range struggle with another Phantom Titan!
The crew of the Vengeful Fire had clearly focused all their attention on the opponent before them. The unceasing thunder of its Volcano Cannon and Lascannons clashed with the enemy Phantom Titan's Starcannon and psychic shields, producing dazzling, deadly showers of light.
The two were evenly matched, their battle deadlocked at its fiercest point.
At that critical moment, the intact Phantom Titan moved.
An eerie blue glow erupted from its back at maximum output. Its enormous body became a blur almost too fast