"Break... for me!!" Skullkrak roared, pouring every last bit of his WAAAGH! energy into his Power Claw. Green arcs of electricity leaped wildly across it.
But it was no use.
Crack...
A crisp sound rang out, like shattering glass.
To his horror, Skullkrak saw a hairline crack appear in his indestructible Power Claw.
Then the cracks spread rapidly, like a spiderweb.
"No!!!"
Bang!!
The enormous Power Claw, along with Skullkrak's entire arm, exploded into a shower of metal fragments in an instant.
Liu Zhipeng's fist continued unabated, passing through the storm of metal and slamming hard into Skullkrak's solid, alloy-tough chest.
Skullkrak's massive body bowed backward like a sandbag struck head-on by a battering ram. His breastbone, thicker than a city wall, was utterly pulverized in an instant.
His feet left the ground as he flew backward, tracing an arc through the air before crashing into the ground a hundred meters away and plowing a long furrow through it.
Every Ork still fighting nearby stopped and stared blankly at the sight.
Their Warboss, the invincible god of war in their hearts, had actually... been sent flying by a Gretchin with a single punch?
Violent, unstable fluctuations rippled through the WAAAGH! field.
Liu Zhipeng slowly withdrew his fist without so much as glancing at Skullkrak lying on the ground. He merely raised his head and looked toward orbit.
"Time for the show to end," he murmured.
He raised his left hand and issued a cold command into the communicator on his wrist.
"Ghazghk, initiate 'The Scouring' protocol. Target: all biological and nonbiological units in the Orbital Synchronous Belt that are not ours. Maximize energy output."
"Roger that, Big Boss! 'The Scouring' protocol initiated! Gauss Array charging!"
On the far side of Jade VII, a startling transformation took place in the region