The incoming fire caused some trouble but no casualties, and very few attacks penetrated the Heavy Nobs' Force Field Shields. The Heavy Nobs raised their weapons, green gauss energy flowing through the barrels.
Green gauss beams and searing plasma rained down on the Chaos Space Marines' lines. This firepower far surpassed their own, and their formation suffered devastating losses, as though a Titan had unleashed its full might against them.
The gauss beams and plasma tore through everything. Even Warp energy could not protect these Chaos Space Marines. A hit meant death.
Cheng Mingrui's understanding of Necron technology deepened day by day. He had already fully mastered the Gauss Weapons used in Ordinary Infantry Equipment, so he could equip every subordinate around him with Gauss Weapons and Plasma Weapons. Only the Phase Greatblades remained too expensive to issue for now.
Surprise filled Lucius's twisted, hideous face. In over ten thousand years, he had never seen an infantry force deliver such firepower, and his target, the largest Ork Warboss, had not even made a move.
Cowardice was shameful. As a chosen champion of a god, what did he have to hesitate over? He was Lucius the Eternal! He raised both hands and swept them forward, ordering the entire Chaos force to advance.
The Daemon-possessed daemon engines had long since run out of patience. Their enormous claws rose high as the crablike mechanical legs on either side scuttled forward. They poured fire from the cannons in their chests while smashing their claws down at their targets.
But one engine's target neither dodged nor was crushed beneath its claws. A Heavy Nob caught one claw, while the other went flying into the air.
The Heavy Nob stared at the daemon engine with a savage grin. He thought the Power Klaw on his hand