At the center of the explosion.
A terrifying shock wave of energy spread outward at supersonic speed like an invisible giant hand.
The first to suffer were the Necron Warriors closest to Imotekh.
They had no time to react before the shock wave tore them apart. Their bodies of living metal were flung skyward like toys, then melted in the extreme heat, vaporized, and finally broke down into the most basic metal atoms.
Next came the Immortals and Destroyers a little farther away.
These heavily armored units had slightly thicker armor, but that only bought them a few tenths of a second.
The shock wave slammed into them, its immense kinetic force snapping their joints and tearing their armor apart. Wreckage that had not completely disintegrated shot into the distance like cannon shells, propelled by the blast.
The wreckage of one Destroyer flew a full two kilometers before smashing into a Necron Wraith Ark transport, punching straight through its hull.
The shock wave continued to spread.
Crack-!
The ground began to split.
Countless enormous fissures spread outward from the center of the explosion, forming a monstrous spiderweb.
Some unlucky Necron Warriors fell into the fissures, struggling amid rubble and magma.
At the edges of the fissures, dozens of Destroyers and Immortals surrounding the wreckage of the Big Boss's Fist plunged into the abyss as the ground collapsed, without even a chance to react.
Rumble-!
The earth shook for a full ten seconds.
When everything finally settled, an enormous crater more than a kilometer across had appeared on the battlefield.
At its bottom lay rock vitrified by the heat, reflecting an eerie sheen in the sunlight.
And at the center of the crater...
A figure lay there.
More precisely, it was a Necron mangled beyond recognition.
Imotekh's ornate faceplate was gone.