Warhammer: Primarch's Life from the Beginning

There is no road ahead.

The rocks were piled up, forming a sealed wall.

It seems as if some kind of will is controlling this nest, actively closing the passage and blocking their escape route.

"It's okay, there's more than one way."

Kara lowered the grenades again and turned to look at the descending passage on the other side.

We can only continue to explore from this point.

The passage ahead no longer shows any trace of the mining area.

The buildings they had come from were now completely covered by alien structures. The ground became soft, and with each step Leo took, his feet sank in and quickly bounced back. The weight of his power armor caused the structure to creak and groan.

He held the Heavenly Punishment Sword close to his side, its tip not far from the ground, ready to cleave through any enemy that might suddenly appear.

Kara stayed close behind him the whole time.

Her finger rested on the trigger, the muzzle sweeping across the cracks above and to the sides of her head. Her usual gentle demeanor vanished behind her helmet, replaced by the focused concentration befitting a battle nun hunting down heretics.

The blood vessels on the top of my head suddenly bulged.

Several aliens popped out from the crack above, their claws outstretched, and swooped down along the wall.

Kara reacted faster than them.

Bang bang bang!

The bomb gun fired continuously, the muzzle flash illuminating the tunnel. The alien's chest was shattered in mid-air, its head exploded, and the remaining one tried to hug the wall to avoid the bullet trajectory, but she shot off its shoulder, and after it fell to the ground, it was hit again and stopped moving.

Minced meat slammed against a wall made of flesh and blood, and tiny tentacles slowly dragged the debris into the wall.

Leo glanced at the bizarre scene; could it be similar to Tyrion's biomass recycling?

Kara didn't look at the corpses; her gun was already moving towards the next shadow. There were only two people in her squad.

The Primarch might be quite adept at handling such situations, but she was merely a battle nun who dared not relax for a moment.

The deeper you go, the narrower the passage becomes.

Until one point, the faint glow of fireflies could no longer be seen ahead.

It doesn't seem like the light went out.

Instead, something stood at the end of the tunnel, blocking all the light.

When the figure emerged from the darkness, it seemed to fill the entire passage.

A lair lord responsible for commanding and coordinating this area slowly moved forward.

Its body was far larger than that of a typical pure-blooded gene stealer. Four thick appendages supported its carapace-like torso, which almost reached the top of the tunnel. Its head had two pairs of compound eyes, each rotating independently, scanning Leo and Kara before focusing all its attention on the giant.

It simply stared at the intruder without making a sound.

Using the dim light behind him, Leo could see the weapon that the monster was so proud of.

Its arm ends were not ordinary limbs, but long, knife-shaped bone spikes with edges that gleamed like carapace. Each one was nearly the size of an adult human. As it moved slowly, the blade tips touched the ground, and the fleshy layer of the ground was immediately cut open in several places.

Is this the legendary disintegration field on Tyrannosaurus Rex's claws?

Driven by curiosity, Leo chose to take the initiative.

The Primarch took a step forward and charged towards it, swinging the Divine Punishment Sword in a wide arc. The sword was raised from bottom to top, and the first strike was aimed straight at the lair lord's head.

The lord raised his bone blade to parry.

The sword blade clashed with the bone blade, the force of the impact exploding within the tunnel. The shockwave traveled along the walls, and Leo's psionic energy clashed against the disintegrating force field, causing several blood vessels on his head to rupture and spill dark liquid.

The monster launched a counterattack the instant it parried.

With its two forelimbs slashing in a crisscross pattern, the bone blades cut in rapid succession, leaving shadows in the air.

Leo sidestepped the first attack.

The second blow followed immediately.

The Heavenly Punishment Sword blocked the attack, and the blade collided with the bone blade again, with a greater force than he had anticipated.

The ground beneath Leo's feet sank into the ground.

The compound eyes on the lord's head suddenly contracted.

A mental shock slammed into Leo's consciousness; the cunning alien was attempting to use this tactic against a Primarch.

The next instant, it crashed into the golden barrier.

Driven by Leo, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Emperor's Fire swept back along the trajectory of the psionic attack, piercing the alien's brain with destructive power.

The giant let out a huge roar.

The sound pierced the communication channel inside Kara's helmet, causing it to crackle. Several compound eyes on the monster's head dimmed simultaneously, and the nerve tissue beneath its head carapace was devoured by the holy fire. Part of its brain was burned away, and its movements became stagnant.

His magic resistance is pretty high, little bug.

An opportunity has arisen.

Leo channeled more power into the Holy Sword.

The air around the sword began to distort, and Kara realized that he was about to launch a fatal attack. She immediately turned the muzzle of her gun to the side of the lord and unleashed the remaining ammunition from her bomb gun to cover the Primarch.

But the lair lord suddenly changed its attack pattern, abruptly crouching down on the ground and charging forward, leaping left and right like a mad beast.

One appendage feinted an attack from the front, its bone blade slashing towards Leo's shoulder and neck, while the other appendage cut in from the side and below at a tricky angle.

Before he could adjust his center of gravity, the psionic energy on the holy sword was still accumulating, and the blunt surface of the outer edge of the appendage's carapace slammed into him.

The heavy impact struck him squarely in the chest.

Leo was sent flying and crashed into the tunnel wall behind him.

Kara's explosive bombs struck the lair lord's chest, abdomen, and forelimbs, creating several cracks, but failed to stop its advance.

Leo pressed one hand against the shattered tunnel wall and slowly stood up.

This node creature is indeed quite powerful; he was careless just now.

However, since this is a node creature, taking it down is equivalent to destroying the command center of this hive city, which can effectively alleviate the alien threat to this hive city in a short period of time.

Hmm, he suddenly has a way to alleviate the alien threat on Vigilant Star.

Although it's not a long-term solution, creatures of this level will eventually be reborn, but the gap in between is enough for Leo to do a lot of things.

Leo shook his neck, staring at the lair lord's forelimbs, which were gradually regaining coordination. The beast was recovering faster than he had imagined.

He said into the communication channel, "Kara, get back and cover me."

Kara didn't ask any more questions. She threw away the empty magazine and slowly retreated, making enough space for Leo to continue the fight.

Leo took a deep breath, his body automatically adapting to the strange environment, and intense spiritual energy spread from his entire right arm to the sword.

He stopped thinking about tactics and stopped probing weaknesses—the beast's four pairs of compound eyes were still refocusing, and the bone blade had only been raised halfway.

He pushed off the ground with both legs, the ground cracked beneath his feet, and he leaped into the air.

The Heavenly Punishment Sword was raised high above its head, its blade leaving a burning trail in the air. The lair lord looked up, its massive body quickly adjusting its angle to meet the impact.

Leo, carrying his full weight and burning with rage, swung his sword down.