Khârn almost instantly charged the Ultramarines' formation, holding his chainaxe in reverse.
His thirst for blood and rage at being shamed consumed him as he once again gathered momentum and crashed into those cobalt-blue shield walls.
But this time, Khârn was far stronger. His peculiar chainaxe possessed immense power that defied reason. It not only shattered the shield wall, but also left deep gouges in the adamantine armor.
The Ultramarines veteran who had been struck immediately reeled as if something had pierced through his armor's defenses and bitten directly into his flesh.
The chainaxe's furious Machine Spirit descended into madness. Khârn hacked wildly, blow after blow. Some monomolecular teeth scattered like shrapnel, while his opponents joined forces and used their shield wall to knock Khârn to the ground.
Khârn, clad in power armor, stood much taller than his opponents, but he was still forced down beneath the impacts of those heavy adamantine battleplates.
That would have been fatal. Angelta beat his wings and became a blur, using the Custodes power spear to block the Ultramarines' dangerous power swords.
The disintegration fields collided with the guardian spear, spraying blazing sparks like rain. Angelta unleashed his daemonic power once more, sending out a shockwave that blasted the Ultramarines surrounding them away.
An unnatural crystal-blue light flickered across Angelta's visor. Heat enveloped his armor, flames suddenly ignited in his eyes, and he chanted words of truth that sounded like delirious muttering.
Daemonic fire covered the guardian spear before it shot forth like lightning, piercing an Ultramarine's adamantine battleplate.
The pain of being impaled and the scorching flames left him briefly stiff and motionless. Then Angelta closed in at extreme speed, his hideous claws leaving deep scars across the helmet.
The visor was the adamantine warrior's greatest weakness. Angelta tore apart the transparent crystal