A beam of golden ki, compressed to the extreme, shot from Axis's palm. It easily pierced through several Escort-class bio-ships, skewering them like meat on a stick before they crumbled into dust amidst violent explosions.
With a flying kick, he struck the flank of a massive battleship that was attempting to aim its bio-plasma cannons at him.
The immense physical force instantly warped the twisted organic hull; internal structures ruptured like a stomped insect, and green ichor spewed out, freezing rapidly in the cold vacuum of space.
The Tyranids present could not comprehend Axis's actions. His physique was merely comparable to an ordinary Tyranid Warrior, yet how could he overturn a bio-ship tens of thousands of times larger than himself?
It completely defied the laws of physics. Moreover, how was this biological entity surviving in the vacuum of space? What was this strange energy he wielded? To the Tyranids, Axis represented a total unknown; they had never encountered such an opponent.
However, although Axis displayed terrifying power, the Tyranids possessed no concept of fear.
The Tyranid counterattack was as dense as rain. Bio-plasma cannons, acid spore torpedoes, high-energy bio-beams, and all-consuming spore clouds formed a net of death sufficient to obliterate a planet.
Yet, before the Super Saiyan's near-precognitive battle instincts and speed that surpassed physical limits, all these efforts appeared slow and futile.
Axis wove effortlessly through the dense net of fire, his golden trajectory leaving behind trails of afterimages. Occasionally, attacks grazed his protective aura, causing only ripples without shaking him in the slightest. Axis didn't even bother to block.
He used his body to tank the explosions of bio-spore torpedoes capable of melting through adamantium plating. The flames and shockwaves of the blasts served only as a backdrop to his golden radiance.
"Hahaha, too slow! Too weak! Is this the extent of your ability? Is this the power of the Tyranids?" Axis's voice vibrated through the surrounding space via psychic resonance, transmitting clearly into the consciousness of every sentient Tyranid with naked contempt.
It was not spoken language, but raw mental intent projected directly into the minds of the swarm.
The creatures understood Axis perfectly. It was absolute scorn, a complete mockery of the power of the Great Devourer.
Within the countless Hive Ships, the Norn Queens let out psychic shrieks. Synapse creatures bred specifically for warp-warfare launched a collective assault on Axis.
Unfortunately, their attacks could not hinder Axis's movements. His terrifying golden aura blocked every strike of psychic force.
'Using mental attacks against me? You're overthinking it. A standard Saiyan might fall for that,' But Axis is no longer the fresh transmigrator he once was.
He was now a lifeform upgraded to a Super Saiyan God, possessing the physical body of the Legendary Super Saiyan.
Axis brought his hands together at his chest. Golden energy gathered wildly, forming an increasingly blinding sphere of light. Terrifying amounts of ki concentrated there. It was pure life energy; Axis didn't even bother adding a trace of divine power, as it was completely unnecessary.
"Let me show you! This is the power of a Super Saiyan!!!!"
A colossal torrent of golden energy roared forth like a whip of light wielded by a cosmic god, sweeping across the fan-shaped area ahead.
Everything in the path of this flood, whether massive Hive Ships, agile Escort Drones, or dense swarms of fighters, evaporated instantly, decomposed until not even wreckage remained.
The beam plowed through the Tyranid fleet, leaving behind a massive, searing vacuum corridor that pierced through their entire vanguard.
The Hive Mind sensed an unprecedented threat of annihilation. The surviving bio-ships frantically adjusted their formations, attempting to concentrate fire or release sky-darkening clouds of Rippers and gargoyles, surging toward Axis like a storm tide of biological horror.
These microscopic organisms, capable of devouring both energy and matter, were the Tyranids' weapon against powerful individuals.
However, Axis merely snorted, paying the Tyranid swarm no heed.
"No matter how much trash piles up, it remains trash! You belong in the garbage bin. No, wait... pulverized is better."
Axis threw his arms open violently.
Using himself as the center, his violent golden aura expanded outward like a supernova explosion. The sphere of golden energy grew, resembling a massive star.
It was akin to a self-destruct attack, but Axis was merely releasing energy from his body; it would not harm him. The only ones suffering would be the Tyranids and the surrounding asteroids.
BOOM—!!!
The golden shockwave instantly swept across a radius of tens of millions of kilometers.
The approaching swarms of devourers slammed into an invisible stellar wall and were annihilated the moment they touched the golden aura, leaving not a trace behind.
The shockwave swept over the peripheral bio-ships, blowing them away like fallen leaves in a gale. Their organic hulls cracked with ear-splitting sounds under the immense tearing force of the energy.
The battle turned into a one-sided slaughter.
Axis was a peerless golden god of war at the center of the battlefield. Every attack carried the force to destroy a planet, while the Tyranid fleet, capable of terrifying the Imperium of Man, seemed as fragile as children's toys before him.
One moment, he would surge forward at high speed, smashing massive ships apart in mid-void with punches and kicks.
The next, his hands would blur, firing dense rains of ki blasts like golden meteors, precisely piercing the cores of ship after ship.
Then, he would condense a massive energy blade, slicing a Battleship in half with a casual wave.
Green insect blood, shattered biological tissue, and burning wreckage formed the cruelest tableau in this sector of space. The scale of Fleet Kronos was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Hive Mind issued a silent shriek filled with fear and pain. It attempted to retreat, but Axis's speed rendered all efforts futile.
Like a maggot attached to bone, he appeared precisely at the key nodes where the fleet attempted to turn and flee, shattering their formations with even more violent attacks.
It was an overwhelming rout, a battle of absolute extermination.
Sanguinius hovered at the edge of the battlefield, his golden wings shining in the light of the explosions. He witnessed this battle, which could only be described as a miracle. Axis's fighting style was as violent and efficient as ever.
The result was exactly as he had predicted. Faced with a monster like Axis, the Tyranids had absolutely no power to resist. Axis had only transformed into his first stage. He hadn't used Super Saiyan 2, 3, 4, or his strongest form, Super Saiyan God.
Even a standard Super Saiyan was enough to crush the various lifeforms of this universe. Even a Primarch would have no means of fighting back against a Super Saiyan.
The sword in Sanguinius's hand didn't even need to be drawn. He didn't even need to hunt down stragglers, because Axis, a brutal Saiyan warrior, would not allow a single enemy on the battlefield to escape.
Finally, after Axis fired another Final Flash that pierced the core Norn Queen ship, triggering a chain reaction in its internal bio-reactors, the last resistance of the Kronos Splinter Fleet collapsed completely.
The remaining scattered ships were turned to cosmic dust by chasing beams of golden energy.
In less than a few hours, a Tyranid Hive Fleet tendril capable of threatening several sectors, a threat that would have required the Imperium to mobilize heavy defenses, was annihilated by Axis alone in a storm of rage.
In the cold universe, only countless floating, freezing fragments of Tyranid flesh and twisted metal remained, silently testifying to the terrifying war that had just occurred.
The golden aura slowly receded as Axis returned to his base form. He hovered in the center of the corpse-filled void, a look of post-battle satisfaction on his face, though his eyes remained sharp as knives.
"Bunch of trash. I thought they would be strong, but after all that, this is the extent of their power," Axis said calmly.
Sanguinius flew to his side, looking at the massive graveyard created by this single man, and sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"That is because the Tyranids faced you, Axis. If their opponent had been any other faction in the galaxy, whether the Imperium of Man, the Orks, or the Legions of Chaos, this Hive Fleet would have inflicted heavy losses, or even annihilated them."
"This was just a small tendril of the Tyranids. I'm looking forward to facing the Great Devourer's main body," Axis said, looking toward the deep, distant stars as if he could see the main body of the Great Devourer beyond the galaxy.
"Do not let them collect any of your cellular tissue, Axis. The Tyranids are masters of biology," Sanguinius reminded him.
"Relax. Since upgrading to godhood, my body structure is different from before. I won't leave any blood or dander behind. My current body is immortal; it cannot be cloned or replicated. No one can copy a god. Let's go, Sanguinius. It's time to regroup with Kasha and the others. This 'warm-up' made me feel much better."
Having finished speaking, Axis grabbed Sanguinius and activated Instant Transmission.
With a flash of gold, their figures vanished from the silent graveyard.
They left behind only the wreckage of the Tyranids, and in the depths of the Warp far away, a consciousness filled with shock, rage, and greed over the instant annihilation of a massive splinter fleet.
The Hive Mind memorized this golden power of destruction and marked it as a maximum-level threat.