This time, no miracle occurred in Cadia.
Its fall was inevitable, unless Zeke could mobilize an army to directly invade the Eye of Terror and attack the extra-dimensional forces at their doorstep.
Otherwise, this planet was destined to be destroyed, because the enemy wanted to destroy it, and the Imperium of Man wanted to defend it. There were simply too many ways to destroy a planet.
The Blackstone Fortress could destroy this planet from afar, or, like Abaddon was supposed to do in the original timeline, simply smash it with the Blackstone Fortress.
But it was different for the Imperium of Man. The Imperium of Man had to defend this planet.
After enduring two apocalyptic-level battles, this planet was already incredibly weak.
Destruction is always the simplest thing in war, because destruction doesn't require considering anything else.
Abaddon's tactics succeeded. His forces landed on Cadia's planetary surface and destroyed its Void Shield.
Immediately after, the newly deployed Blackstone Fortress once again gathered its energy.
However, just as the cannon was about to fire, Abaddon issued a new order.
"Don't continue to gather energy here. Smash Cadia to pieces for me!"
At the last moment, Abaddon suddenly remembered something he had encountered before: what if Zeke once again blocked this energy torrent?
What if he then rushed in with a group of Custodian Guards?
This was too dangerous; he could not tolerate such a thing happening again. Therefore, Abaddon made up his mind to be decisive and just smash it.
This plan absolutely could not fail, because those extra-dimensional daemons were simply too terrifying.
Daemons don't just attack the Imperial fleet; they attack everyone.
Therefore, Abaddon's Black fleet was also within the attack range of the extra-dimensional daemons' fleet. If his Black fleet hadn't received Tzeentch's blessing...
Otherwise, his Black Legion would have already been annihilated by these extra-dimensional daemons. He no longer had time to wait and waste.
The massive body of the Blackstone Fortress began to slowly descend towards the planet Cadia.
A huge shadow of death enveloped this planet.
This planet, which had endured for thousands of years in the hands of the Imperium, and even survived two apocalyptic-level battlefields, met its final moment!
Destruction enveloped everything.
Cadia's crust was letting out a dying groan. As the Blackstone Fortress, enveloped in extra-dimensional energy, broke through low orbit, the burning trail in the atmosphere was like a crimson tear across the night sky.
The first tremor was the explosion of the shield generators, the second was the orbital defense platforms crashing into the surface, and now the third tremor came from the planetary core—the wail of a planetary-level structure unable to withstand gravitational tearing.
Immediately after, Cadia, this Imperial fortress world, completely shattered at this moment.
The fortress world of Cadia was directly smashed into a pile of fragments by the Blackstone Fortress's massive drill, and the huge planet completely split apart.
Abaddon watched this scene unfold from his flagship.
What he needed to do was finally accomplished; Cadia was finally destroyed by him.
The 13th Black Crusade.
Although it was called the 13th, he had actually launched the 16th. The 16th Black Crusade had finally succeeded.
The Eye of Terror, losing the blessing of the necron blackstone pylons, began to attempt to enter the real universe and dimension.
Just at this most critical moment, a very bright light appeared at the edge of the Cadia star system—the light from a warp drive.
Immediately after, a massive fleet appeared before Abaddon.
It was a colossal fleet composed of 17 phalanx-class battleships, along with 3,000 Glorious gloriana-class battleships and 6,000 emperor-class battleships.
When this massive fleet appeared in this star system, Abaddon lost his gaze.
His eyes lost their ability to focus, and he stared blankly at this huge fleet of warships.
Abaddon's first reaction was not to retreat, because he was already at the edge of the Eye of Terror, ready to escape directly.
His first reaction was to look at this huge fleet, unsure what to say.
The moment he saw this huge fleet appear, he felt like a joke.
He could feel that he was a joke. He had originally wanted to constantly weaken the Imperium, and then force the Imperium into failure with absolute power, leading it to decline. But now?
Everything he had done seemed like a joke in front of this massive fleet. How could he possibly defeat such a powerful fleet?
All his efforts, all his hopes, all his visions were a joke.
For Abaddon, at this moment, the joy he had originally felt from the victory of the 13th Black Crusade in Cadia had vanished without a trace.
Because everything he had fought for his entire life had become a joke.
However, no one was paying attention to Abaddon anymore.
When House Yaeger's fleet arrived in the Cadia system, the war immediately erupted. Although the Imperium of Man's warships looked very small, they still possessed good combat power.
Some huge battleships, under the command of the Iron Legion, charged directly towards the extra-dimensional daemons. The 17 leading phalanx-class battleships continuously fired Lance attacks.
Although their attacks were insignificant, when the number of ants reached a certain level, their attacks still caused decent damage.
A huge energy torrent struck two extra-dimensional daemon's frigates. Their hull values were very low, and in this round of strikes, those two frigates were directly blown up.
The Imperium of Man's warships launched their main cannons to attack. Although the main cannons required time to charge, they indeed demonstrated that they still possessed a certain level of combat power.
Of course, this might be because these warships were built by House Yaeger, and they had undergone a certain degree of upgrades.
The extra-dimensional daemons, suddenly under attack, slowly turned their ships around.
A communication from the extra-dimensional daemon appeared before Zeke, and also within House Yaeger's communication system.
A blue entity, whose species could not be determined, appeared on House Yaeger's communicators and Zeke's communicator.
Zeke knew exactly what this thing was. "These are extra-dimensional daemon… Kneel before… our glory… prey…" Zeke didn't even want to bother with these guys and directly chose to cut off communication with them.
He had already encountered these guys before; what was it to encounter them again now?
They were just a bunch of trash.
Zeke was disdainful, but it was different for House Yaeger. They engaged in a dialogue with the extra-dimensional daemon.
They eventually concluded that these entities were impossible to communicate with, and they also stammered.
However, after ending the conversation with the extra-dimensional daemon, Grisha's brows furrowed. "Is this the enemy my son mentioned?"