The eagle-like Jaghatai became a streak of silver light and shot into the sky, then banked at a sharp angle and swooped straight at Boss Copperhead. His legs, transformed into eagle talons, seemed to embody death itself.
Utterly fearless, Boss Copperhead held the Killer Axe diagonally behind him, his eyes fixed on the diving eagle.
In the blink of an eye, those talons grew enormous, as though they could crush Boss Copperhead into a meat patty.
"Waaagh!!!" Boss Copperhead roared, swinging the Killer Axe in a sweeping arc with all his strength. It moved so fast that friction with the air heated its blade until it glowed red.
The Killer Axe collided with the eagle talons. The tremendous impact unleashed a powerful shock wave, knocking even the distant Greenskin spectators to the ground.
Some light motorcycles were flung into the air, and even the somewhat larger mechanical Killa Kans staggered. Only the Mechs over ten meters tall remained perfectly still.
At the center of the impact, Boss Copperhead crouched on the ground, tendons torn in his arms and legs. It looked as though he had injured himself through sheer overexertion.
Jaghatai had not escaped unscathed either. The warp energy forming his talons had shattered, and his legs were injured too. The Power Armor covering them had broken into fragments, leaving his exposed feet drenched in blood.
Even after awakening his warp essence, the fight had come to this. Jaghatai could not quite tell whether he had grown weaker or the Ork Boss before him was simply too strong.
The Greenskin spectators cheered again. The fiercer the fight became, the more excited they grew. Some Boys even built a stage and belted out a song, but their singing was so awful that the other Boys dragged them down and gave them