The tide of battle turned in an instant.
If the fighting moments ago had been a clash between two modern armies, it had now become a slaughter of mortals by demigod-like superwarriors.
A Sons of Sorrow warrior charged into the ranks of the Fire Warriors. His Boltgun fired repeatedly at point-blank range, each Bolt Round blasting a Fire Warrior to pieces. When the magazine ran dry, he swung the gun like a club.
The tremendous force sent three Fire Warriors flying, their bones shattering before they even hit the ground.
A Crisis Battlesuit tried to ambush him from behind.
But the Space Marine's reactions were astonishingly fast. He spun around, caught the missile fired by the suit, then shoved it back into its launcher.
The explosion erupted inside the suit, blowing the entire machine into scattered parts.
Another warrior was locked in a savage duel with a Hammerhead. The vehicle, equivalent to a main battle tank, relentlessly pounded the Space Marine with its turret gun.
Explosions erupted around the Space Marine one after another, but he charged straight through the barrage like a maddened beast.
Once he was close enough, he leaped onto the tank's roof. Then he pulled out a Melta Bomb and shoved it into a gap in the turret.
"Die!"
He jumped off the tank. The moment he landed, a tremendous explosion sounded behind him. The Melta Bomb detonated inside the tank, burning the entire vehicle into a heap of scrap from within.
But the T'au did not retreat.
Under Aun'Va's pheromonal control, they had lost the capacity for fear. Even against Space Marines as powerful as gods, they continued launching suicidal attacks.
"For the Greater Good!"
A Fire Warrior pulled the pins from every grenade on his body, then charged at a Space Marine.
The Space