The Pyramid's attack had been devastating this time. Not only had it left the entire Tomb World trembling for a long while, but the sonic boom from the explosion had swept across the battlefield, drowning out every sound of combat for several seconds.
On the silent battlefield, everyone's attention fixed on the center of the explosion. The Necrons wanted to know whether their decapitation strike had succeeded, while the Orks wanted to know whether their boss was still alive.
The dust raised by the explosion cleared. In the enormous crater, green fissures of gauss energy covered the floor like scars.
Those scars stretched inward, converging at the center of the crater, where a silhouette gradually came into focus.
The power armor covering half of Cheng Mingrui's body had melted, and his flesh was riddled with huge wounds and necrotic muscle. He held a head in his hand-the head of the Skorpekh Destroyer Lord. Slowly, Cheng Mingrui impaled it on an armor spike behind his back.
"Waaaaaaaaagh!!!"
Every Ork who saw that sight went wild. The instincts within them were unleashed completely, and their bodies grew visibly larger.
Roaring the names of Gork, Mork... and Sneaky Boss, they became a green tide that devoured everything, engulfing the Necrons before them.
The Necron lines, which had held firm until moments ago, shattered. Their tough living metal bodies broke like glass as the Greenskins smashed them to pieces with every kind of weapon.
The Waaagh! Field was a masterpiece of the Old Ones. Waaagh! energy had no upper limit!!
Gravely wounded, Cheng Mingrui dropped onto his backside. Clever Git hurriedly called over a mob of Boyz to bring their boss back to safety. Behind the front lines, the Waaagh! Field distorted everything, making it difficult for the Necrons to pinpoint the badly injured