The Adeptus Mechanicus fleet joining the battle added a new variable to this blocking action.
As soon as this force from the Adeptus Mechanicus appeared, it displayed a completely different combat style from the Imperial Navy.
Their warships were generally equipped with Nova Cannons, and each salvo of these incredibly powerful weapons could carve out dazzling energy trails in the Void.
Even more daunting were the Tech-Priests standing on the bridges of their ships; in their hands, they wielded relics from the Dark Age of Technology that the Adeptus Mechanicus had tirelessly recovered from ancient ruins across the The Galaxy / Milky Way.
These technological creations, unearthed by members of the Adeptus Mechanicus from various forbidden sites over many years, each contained terrifying power capable of changing the tide of battle.
Among them were existences that could be called ultimate weapons even in the Dark Age of Technology—dimensional weapons capable of distorting physical laws, singularity generators that could trigger stellar-level energy bursts, and even legendary ultimate weapons rumored to be able to erase entire star systems.
If they were willing to throw out all these trump cards, let alone a Necron Tomb, even the entire planet of Donetsk III could be reduced to cosmic dust under the sacred wrath of the omnissiah.
However, the fervent desire for the alien technology on the Necron Tomb led the Adeptus Mechanicus to adopt a more cautious tactic.
They would not use those ultimate weapons that could completely destroy this valuable archaeological sample, but instead carefully selected a batch of ancient technological weapons capable of disabling rather than destroying.
In the armories of the Archmagos's Forge Arks, long-sealed ancient technological relics were reawakened, each a treasured possession of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
The Tech-Priests chanted binary prayers in low voices, guiding these sacred machine spirits towards the battlefield.
Among these red-robed figures, the most striking was undoubtedly the avatar of Archmagos Cawl.
Although this oldest Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus, who had lived for ten thousand years, could not personally be present on the battlefield, his avatar could still represent his will.
Moreover, although the Forge Ark he used was only one of several Forge Arks in his possession, it still stored a large number of astonishing creations from the Dark Age of Technology.
In his long life experience, which could rival the history of the Imperium, such a well-preserved Necron Tomb was also an extremely rare archaeological discovery.
To ensure the complete capture of this valuable alien void ship, Cawl did not hesitate to use one of the most precious ancient relics on his Forge Ark—a mysterious device from the Dark Age of Technology.
The moment this ancient creation from the Dark Age of Technology was activated, it released a heart-pounding energy pulse.
Its operating principle had long surpassed the understanding of current Imperial technology, with a strange quantum glow flickering at its core, as if devouring the fundamental laws of the surrounding space.
The shield systems of all void ships across the entire battlefield immediately produced a violent resonance, and whether it was the Imperial Navy's traditional Void Shields or the Adeptus Mechanicus' meticulously tuned energy shields, they all fluctuated violently like fragile soap bubbles in front of this ancient artifact.
Shield readings flickered wildly on the bridge's display screens, and the Tech-Priests quickly adjusted data parameters, attempting to stabilize the system, but the shield generators still emitted ear-piercing overload alarms.
Some smaller frigates even had to temporarily shut down their shields to prevent their core energy from being completely burned out by the resonance effect of this ancient artifact.
However, Cawl's calculations were impeccably precise—he did not cause the allied void ships' shields to collapse, but instead precisely locked the full power of this weapon onto the Necron Tomb.
Accompanied by an energy wave that covered the entire battlefield, the massive void ship's shields instantly dissipated as if torn apart by an invisible hand.
Even more terrifying, the shield system itself suffered some deep-seated damage, and the Necrons' unique self-repair mechanism was completely ineffective in the face of this ancient technology.
Necrons' technology has always been known for its almost insurmountable stability, but now, their shield system was completely paralyzed and could not be restarted.
The Imperial Navy fleet, of course, would not let such an opportunity slip away.
The battleship's main gun arrays quickly charged, the Macro Cannons' muzzles glowed with destructive light, lance arrays cut through the Void, and dense swarms of torpedoes rushed towards the target like a swarm of bees.
And the three factions of the Adeptus Mechanicus all simultaneously locked onto the Necron Tomb's propulsion system.
They knew that once this colossal void ship regained its mobility, paralyzing it again would be much more difficult.
Thus, after a brief tactical coordination, the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet made an almost insane decision—they directly used Nova Cannons, aiming at the Necron Tomb's thruster array.
The power of a Nova Cannon was enough to tear apart a planetary surface, and now, their targets were the engines of this enormous Necron void ship.
Several blinding energy torrents slammed into the rear of the Necron Tomb, and the explosion's light even briefly illuminated the entire battlefield.
Without shield protection, even the Necrons' proud living metal armor could not completely withstand such fierce firepower.
The massive hull trembled under the impact, the thruster arrays were completely destroyed, and some areas were even melted into molten metal torrents by the Nova Cannon's aftermath.
This once invincible alien behemoth was now finally forced to stop, becoming the most conspicuous target on the battlefield.
Its massive size had once given it unparalleled firepower and defense, but now, it had become an unavoidable sitting duck.
The Necron void ship could originally rely on its almost invincible shields and the self-healing ability of living metal to withstand most attacks, but now that its shields were destroyed, it could only rely on pure armor and structure to endure the Imperial fleet's and Adeptus Mechanicus' relentless bombardment.
And even the strongest metal, in the face of such dense firepower, would eventually yield.
However, just when everyone thought the situation was settled and the Imperial Navy was about to win the final victory of this battle, the battlefield situation suddenly took a dramatic turn.
As the fleets of the three Adeptus Mechanicus factions had already begun to secretly compete, preparing to contend for the final kill to gain priority excavation rights, the reality structure in front of the heavily damaged Necron Tomb suddenly warped, and a deep purple Warp rift slowly opened like a demon's eye.
"No! This alien void ship is going to Warp jump away! Block it quickly!" The Tech-Priests' binary roars instantly filled the entire communication channel, and the Imperial Navy Commanders were so anxious their eyes were about to burst.
To see this cooked duck about to fly away was unacceptable to anyone!
The Adeptus Mechanicus fleet immediately lifted all fire restrictions, and those forbidden weapons originally intended as reserves revealed their fangs; the Imperial Navy, even more frantically, unleashed all its ammunition reserves, even close-range defense guns firing wildly regardless of their range limits.
However, this alien void ship displayed astonishing resilience!
Its living metal shell continuously self-repaired under the bombardment, and although the entire hull was riddled with holes, it still maintained basic navigation functions.
The most despairing thing was that its Warp jump speed far exceeded the Imperium's most advanced void ship, completing Warp jump preparations almost the instant the Warp rift fully opened.
Under the desperate gaze of the Imperial fleet, this behemoth, enduring firepower capable of destroying a fleet, dragged its broken body and slowly slipped into the Warp rift!
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