Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monster Horde

"Die! You damned bugs." You tried to play a decapitation tactic against me, and you almost succeeded, too.

After upgrading to a small mothership, the power of the twelve secondary cannons on the Pedan mothership underwent a complete transformation, fully rivaling the main cannon of a fully enhanced King Joe.

The remaining Tyranid bio-ships were blasted into smithereens by these twelve secondary cannons, leaving the entire battlefield littered with the wreckage of Tyranid bio-ships.

Though the main cannon of the Pedan mothership was somewhat inferior in power and range compared to Ace Robot's Super Metallium Beam, it could still destroy a Tyranid hive ship in two shots with no problem.

Moreover, the mothership's main cannon could fire in rapid succession, causing yet another devastating loss to the Tyranid Hive Fleet.

After several rounds of bombardment, destroying at least five hive ships, the Tyranids began adjusting their tactics and once again chose to pull back.

Rhodes immediately ordered Ace Robot and Iron to go all out, charging towards the Tyranid hive ships.

These two were small, fast, and extremely powerful—perfect weapons against the Tyranid Hive Fleet.

As they saw Iron and Ace Robot closing in, countless Tyranid bio-ships rushed forward to shield the hive ships.

They raised a psychic energy shield, trying to buy time for the hive ships to retreat—only for a golden-red beam to blast through.

The Super Metallium Beam instantly shattered the psychic energy shield of the hive fleet.

The Tyranid bio-ships, used as mere shields, were destroyed the moment they made contact with the Super Metallium Beam.

These hive bio-ships managed to buy only a tiny bit of retreat time for their motherships.

But escaping from Ace Robot and Iron was nearly impossible—their movement speed in space was far greater than that of the Tyranid swarm.

A bizarre scene unfolded in space: two robots were chasing a Tyranid fleet that was hundreds or even thousands of times larger than them.

The smaller, silver-red robot continuously fired terrifying beams, obliterating the Tyranid hive fleet.

Rhodes didn't even need to intervene in this battle anymore. After several rounds of bombardment, the Pedan mothership had nearly exhausted its energy.

And despite its massive size, the Pedan mothership couldn't withstand the terrifying bioweaponry of the Tyranids indefinitely. It had shields, but no energy absorption ability—there was a limit to its durability.

Now, all eyes were on Ace Robot and Iron.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire space lit up with golden-red flashes!

Even the remnants of humanity on the planet's surface could see the intense firelight in the sky as if the heavens were engulfed in fiery red radiance.

Rhodes' fierce battle with the Tyranid swarm was so intense that even those on the surface of the planet could witness it.

The dark side of the planet was illuminated as if it were daytime! In the planet's upper atmosphere, a breathtaking spectacle took shape—the destruction of the Tyranid Hive Fleet.

"The great Emperor is watching over us! His angels of death have come to save us!"

"Emperor, these damned bugs are finally being wiped out!"

"Great Emperor, please watch over your people!"

The surviving humans on the planet began to pray collectively, and Rhodes, aboard the mothership, could feel the Emperor's psychic power growing stronger.

After destroying more than a dozen additional hive ships, the Tyranid fleet had already lost at least twenty hive ships from the start of the battle to now.

As for the losses of the hive bio-escort ships, the numbers had reached well over a hundred—and were still rising rapidly as they desperately covered the retreat of their main forces.

Rhodes kept using system gold coins to strengthen Iron, enabling it to replenish Ace Robot's energy.

Firing the Super Metallium Beam at extreme range to attack the Tyranid hive ships, the Metallium Beam was proving to be a highly versatile weapon—its range far exceeded what the Tyranids had anticipated.

Each time the Super Metallium Beam was fired, at least two or three Tyranid hive ships were destroyed, and the swarm had no way to counter it.

In just thirty minutes, Rhodes had strengthened the space robot Iron to its maximum state.

Now standing 150 meters tall, it had become a terrifying battleship-class combat robot capable of maneuvering and fighting in deep space.

Ace Robot had fired the Super Metallium Beam more than ten times already.

Upon reaching its maximum state, the chest-mounted beam cannon of the space robot Iron became powerful enough to obliterate a small asteroid, surpassing even the main cannon of Rhodes' Pedan mothership.

The energy absorption shield it deployed became even more formidable, capable of defending Ace Robot against even more devastating Tyranid bioweapon attacks.

The battle in space raged on fiercely.

After an hour, the Tyranid fleet finally reached the extreme range of the Super Metallium Beam.

Ace Robot and Iron had completely exhausted their energy.

The Tyranid fleet seemed to have noticed that Iron could absorb and convert energy.

They completely ceased long-range attacks, refusing to give Iron any more energy to absorb.

Facing an enemy that only grew stronger and couldn't be killed, the Tyranid Hive Mind was frustrated.

The Tyranids had roamed the universe for countless years, consuming entire star systems, yet for the first time, they encountered an enemy that was beyond comprehension.

They had always dominated space, pillaging biomass, and had indeed encountered powerful civilizations before.

Whether it was species with tough physical bodies, strong psychic abilities, or extremely advanced technology, the Tyranid Hive Fleet had always been able to find a way to counter them—to pinpoint their weaknesses and crush them.

But this enemy was too bizarre!

Every Tyranid unit destroyed by them disappeared completely, leaving behind no biomass to recover.

During battles, those metallic constructs provided zero biomass for the swarm.

For the Tyranids, this was an absolute nightmare in terms of attrition—completely different from any opponent they had ever faced before!

These purely mechanical entities lacked biomass entirely, making them unworthy adversaries for the Tyranids.

After several engagements, the Tyranid swarm had begun to understand a few things about Rhodes.

But the swarm had no way to comprehend the massive war beasts he controlled.

Why were they able to consume Tyranid units, repair themselves, and even continue evolving?

The Hive Mind began analyzing everything from the first battle with Rhodes, reviewing the entire sequence of events.

It came to a single conclusion—there was no point in continuing to fight.

Retreat was the best option.

The entire Tyranid Hive Fleet turned around and began to flee, completely abandoning this now worthless star system.