Roaring, Vespasia activated her jump pack and leaped into the air.
After a brief charge, the jump pack spewed even more dazzling flames.
Carrying Vespasia, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, with overwhelming force, smashed its Thunder Hammer down towards the charging Tyranid Hive Tyrant below.
"Boom!!!"
The Thunder Hammer, shimmering with blue electrical arcs, violently struck the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's back.
The immense kinetic energy, accumulated in the Thunder Hammer, was instantly released onto the Tyranid Hive Tyrant.
As a powerful power weapon, the Thunder Hammer's terrifying blow might not even be stopped by a fully armored Terminator.
However, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, after enduring Vespasia's strike, merely staggered a couple of steps and halted its charge.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant roared and swung the giant bone blade in its hand, striking at Vespasia beside it with lightning speed.
The length of this bone blade alone was comparable to a fully armored Astartes.
If it hit its target, even an armored unit would be cleaved in half by its brutal force.
Just as the bone blade was about to strike Vespasia, who couldn't dodge in time.
A massive, scorching Plasma bolt slammed into the side of the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, blasting large sections of its chitinous carapace into fragments.
It interrupted its bone blade swing.
At the edge of the battlefield, Straban was holding a heavy Plasma Incinerator, providing crucial long-range fire support.
The most significant characteristic distinguishing a Tyranid Hive Tyrant from other Tyranid is its exceptionally high intelligence.
As a Tyranid battlefield Commander, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's battlefield decision-making ability is beyond doubt.
After only a brief moment of thought, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant shifted its attack to Straban, who possessed the strongest offensive capabilities.
It completely disregarded Vespasia, who was swinging her Thunder Hammer nearby.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant charged towards Straban's position with incredible speed.
"Divination Box activated, attack its weak points!"
Varius, also at the edge of the battlefield, activated the Divination Box in his hand, marking many weak points on the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's body.
With that, he raised his Bolter rifle and fired a volley of Bolter rounds, targeting these weak points.
These weak points were mostly the massive wounds caused by the previous astonishing collapse.
If not for these wounds, the Bolter rifle probably wouldn't even be able to penetrate the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's defenses.
However, even when attacking the weak points, the Bolter rounds caused gouts of blood to erupt from the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's wounds.
Yet, it still failed to halt the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's charge.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Marcus had already hidden behind a sturdy cover.
He was not a two-hearted Astartes; he wasn't crazy enough to engage in close-quarters combat with a Tyranid Hive Tyrant.
Marcus was well aware of his current close-combat prowess, more than enough to deal with elite units like Warrior Tyranid.
But facing a Tyranid Hive Tyrant, he would probably be cleaved in half with a single strike.
Seizing the opportunity, Marcus immediately activated Energy Feedback.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant, possessing terrifying psychic power, would naturally also be affected by Energy Feedback.
A psychic rift appeared above the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's head, rapidly absorbing the massive psychic energy within the Tyranid Hive Tyrant while also causing structural damage to it.
The already severely damaged chitinous carapace on the Tyranid Hive Tyrant began to crack, further weakening its defense.
However, even as its internal psychic energy continuously drained and its body began to crumble.
The terrifying Tyranid Hive Tyrant still did not stop its charge, determined to smash Straban, who was not far away, into pieces.
After Energy Feedback succeeded, Marcus immediately pulled out a melta bomb.
Mind Power covered it, and the melta bomb began to fly towards the Tyranid Hive Tyrant at a rapid speed.
Finally, just before the Tyranid Hive Tyrant approached Straban, he managed to attach the melta bomb to the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's leg.
As Marcus pressed the detonation button.
Dazzling flames soared into the sky like a sun.
Accompanied by a massive explosion, clouds of dust rose from the ground.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant's charge was thus interrupted.
As the dust settled, just as Marcus had expected.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant, having endured a melta bomb, was still not dead.
Its left leg was directly blown off by half, and thick, stark white bone protruded from the wound.
Although the injury was severe, everyone present clearly saw it.
The wounds on the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's body were repairing and regenerating at an astonishing speed.
It only took a few seconds for the bleeding to stop.
Immediately after, new granulation tissue had already grown, beginning to proliferate at a rapid pace.
If given more time, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant could even fully regenerate its entire severed leg.
Of course, everyone present was not foolish.
Seizing the opportunity while the Tyranid Hive Tyrant was temporarily incapacitated, they immediately unleashed their strongest attacks.
Straban continued to charge his heavy Plasma Incinerator.
Varius fired several grenades, accurately hitting the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's still not fully healed wounds.
Only Vespasia, being a melee combatant, was still using her Bolter pistol to 'scratch' the Tyranid Hive Tyrant.
This was a helpless measure.
Even temporarily incapacitated, the bone blade and tentacle whip in the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's hands could still tear apart any enemy daring to approach.
Marcus was not idle either; he again pulled out a melta bomb, enveloped it with Mind Power, and then quickly flew it towards the temporarily immobile Tyranid Hive Tyrant.
However, the next second, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, which had been passively taking hits, suddenly swung its tentacle whip with lightning speed.
With just one strike, the melta bomb was directly knocked away.
Fortunately, Marcus was quick-witted and detonated the bomb in time, shattering the end of the tentacle whip.
Marcus, hiding behind cover, was not surprised.
The Tyranid Hive Tyrant was not like the other Tyranid he had dealt with before, which possessed little independent intelligence.
After the previous explosion, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant had already recognized the danger of the melta bomb.
Trying to detonate a melta bomb up close, as before, would no longer be that simple.
After batting away the melta bomb, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant once again withstood a fully charged Plasma blast.
Immediately after, it raised its head and let out a terrifying roar infused with psychic power.
Even after being drained by Energy Feedback, the Tyranid Hive Tyrant still had a certain reserve of psychic energy within it.
This psychic roar rapidly spread outwards.
It even affected the distant Tyranid that were originally besieging the Starseer Relay Station.
Immediately after, countless Tyranid began to change direction, rushing towards the Tyranid Hive Tyrant's location.
The psychic distress call from the Tyranid Hive Tyrant instantly attracted all Tyranid within a radius of tens of kilometers.