A unit that enormous had no way to dodge. Every gun in the Ork fleet roared at once, and countless shells and Lances burst against the dark silhouette.
The Orks' firepower was so ferocious that the dark void seemed to have had its lights switched on, illuminating everything in clear detail. Its concealment failed, and the gigantic Tyranid unit finally revealed itself.
It was an entirely new monster, immense, twisted, and horrifying, with an appearance difficult to describe in ordinary words. Its enormous head had a maw lined above and below with sharp fangs, built for chewing and grinding.
Below its head was a segmented section of body, with a pair of long limbs growing from each segment, like a centipede. But these limbs were not soft. Each was an exceptionally sharp blade.
The largest of those blades was lodged in Sneaky Boss's Ship. Farther down stretched a snakelike body hundreds of kilometers long. Its muscles were like rock and steel, brimming with strength, and its chitinous carapace was so thick that anyone hoping to blast through it would despair.
The World Devourer was a spaceborne combat beast bred by the swarm consciousness from vast quantities of biomass for decisive battles between civilizations. Extremely costly, it was bred for the express purpose of destroying civilizations. Its destructive power and defenses were astonishing. Its immense size and strength, extensive combat experience, and ability to move unseen had made it unstoppable in past battles.
Every civilization that had encountered a World Devourer had perished. Since it consumed far too much biomass, however, the swarm consciousness rarely bred such enormous, expensive units, for reasons of cost efficiency.
The World Devourer raised its head and stretched out its body. Its long, serpentine form uncoiled, and its thick carapace opened to reveal tender pink flesh