The fleet battle was ongoing.
Matter disintegrators from the extra-dimensional daemons continuously annihilated the emperor-class battleships.
Although House Yaeger's emperor-class battleships had undergone some upgrades, their Void Shields were still unable to effectively withstand the enemy's matter disintegrator attacks.
In just the first hour of engagement, a full 60 emperor-class battleships were destroyed by the extra-dimensional daemons.
These emperor-class battleships, considered advanced warships by the Imperium of Man, were merely cannon fodder in this level of warfare.
The Iron Man AI continuously searched for data from this round of engagement, then transmitted it back to House Yaeger for updated analysis and research.
Abaddon had already retreated back into the Eye of Terror.
The Warp energy within it also did not flow out from the Eye of Terror.
At this moment, Tzeentch was also stunned; he was currently observing the battle situation.
He had a feeling he might have overplayed his hand, wondering how he had drawn such a powerful enemy.
The matter disintegrators emitted by those extra-dimensional daemons warships could even decompose his divine power as Tzeentch, one of the Chaos Gods.
The enemy's strength far exceeded Tzeentch's expectations. Even though planet Cadia had been blown up, and the Eye of Terror could be unleashed, allowing Tzeentch to act freely in the universe, the powerful enemy warships still made him wary.
Extra-dimensional daemons fighting Warp daemons was, one might say, a direct professional match.
Therefore, for Tzeentch, he could defeat these extra-dimensional daemons, but he would inevitably pay a corresponding price.
And this was not his ultimate concern.
Before he pulled this small fleet in, he had seen the extra-dimensional daemons of that dimension; their warships were so numerous.
This fleet could be said to be the weakest of the small fleets in terms of aura, and he only dared to pull this small fleet over.
Tzeentch was unsure if these extra-dimensional daemons had the ability to contact the daemons fleet he had seen in that dimension. If they did, then he would have truly stirred up a huge mess.
After all, even these small warships currently present were almost effortlessly destroying emperor-class battleships in this battle.
Compared to situations where it would take ten days to half a month to destroy a single warship, the current battle situation had exceeded Tzeentch's expectations.
Tzeentch pondered the progression of events while watching the battle in reality, as a large number of Imperium of Man warships frantically charged towards the extra-dimensional daemons warships.
The Iron Man AI wisely realized that boarding actions were impossible.
Therefore, the Iron Man AI had been precisely commanding its fleet, continuously wearing down the enemy's shields, then focusing fire to destroy the extra-dimensional daemons.
However, since the attack power of the Emperor-Class was too low, even with the Iron Man AI's command, it was difficult to significantly impact the extra-dimensional daemons' medium and large warships.
The shield generators of medium and large warships could almost perfectly withstand the attacks of emperor-class battleships.
It is well known that there is a world of difference between large and small warships.
This battle continued until Zeke's fleet also warped in again.
After House Yaeger's Imperium of Man warships had been engaging the extra-dimensional daemons for a full eight hours, Zeke's fleet finally arrived.
All six fleets had arrived!
Upon encountering the extra-dimensional daemons, the titan warships equipped in these six fleets immediately activated their main cannons.
A thick beam of energy directly blasted towards the extra-dimensional daemons battleships engaged in combat there.
The shields and the titan warship attacks canceled each other out; on the surface, the titan warship's attack seemed to have little effect.
However, the moment the extra-dimensional daemons' shields disappeared, it already foretold their demise.
And the outcome was exactly that: the moment the shields on their battleship vanished, another thick torrent of energy had already slammed into the extra-dimensional daemons warship, directly blowing it apart.
When the battle between the two sides reached its twelfth hour, the extra-dimensional daemons' battleships suffered losses; they lost their first battleship, and the loss of a battleship also signified that this war was beginning to enter its final stages and conclusion.
At this moment, Tzeentch still watched the battle in the real universe with a pained expression.
He was somewhat afraid to act. He recognized these warships; these were the warships owned by the person named Zeke.
He felt the power of the infernal torrent just fired by the titan warships. If these titan warships' torrents were to combine and attack him, Tzeentch the daemons, he would definitely not fare well.
Moreover, and more importantly, if he were to act, it would be tantamount to telling everyone that these daemons were brought in by him. At that time, Zeke would surely come to settle accounts with him.
With these thoughts, Tzeentch glanced at the already battered and destroyed emperor-class battleships.
He knew how precious those things were in the Imperium of Man. Now that so many emperor-class battleships had been lost, it would be strange if that fellow Zeke didn't come to settle accounts with him.
Tzeentch, with his two bird-like heads, timidly glanced at the battle in the universe.
After confirming that the combined forces of House Yaeger's fleet and Zeke's fleet were sufficient to destroy these extra-dimensional daemons, he decisively fled.
He even proactively retracted all the chaos energy from the Eye of Terror to prevent any chaos energy from leaking out.
His main principle was to not act if he didn't have to.
Since these warships could deal with these extra-dimensional daemons, he should also help out.
Warp energy could flow out at any time, just not now.
Such an intense battle erupted in the cosmic sky of Cadia, yet the Imperium of Man forces on Cadia were helpless.
There were still survivors. These survivors stayed on the fragments after planet Cadia exploded.
During the battle, several frigates from the Terran Dominion had been dispatched to take all these people away.
These people had fought for the Imperium of Man and for the human race until now, so they deserved a chance to live.
Therefore, eight frigates and six emperor-class battleships set out to retrieve them from the fragments of planet Cadia.
As for the other Terran Dominion cruisers, battleships, and titans, they continued to pursue the extra-dimensional daemons warships.
After all, their most important mission was actually to attack these things; rescuing people was merely an incidental task.
The one commanding the six fleets in battle was Pixis.
While commanding the fleet, Pixis also captured the current state of Cadia and then transmitted it to Zeke.
This was something that needed to be reported.
Zeke, far away in the Galactic Center, received a communication from his fleet commander.
After seeing Cadia, which had been completely shattered by the Blackstone Fortress, he helplessly rubbed his forehead.
Well, it was, after all, the Imperium of Man's foremost fortress world, and the Imperium of Man did not have enough technology to reinforce Cadia, so Cadia's fall was actually inevitable.
After glancing at the completely shattered Cadia, Zeke acted.
A powerful psychic force surged from his body, then directly headed towards the Eye of Terror.
The powerful energy strengthened the seal on the Eye of Terror, at least ensuring that during the time the extra-dimensional daemons were besieged, the Eye of Terror's energy could not flow out.
And this was the only thing Zeke could do at the moment.
If he had ample resources and time, Zeke would now certainly mobilize the Dominion's forces to Cadia and then re-stitch this shattered planet back together.
Because the functions that those blackstone pylons could form were no problem at all for his Dominion scientists; they had plenty of ways to restore it.
But unfortunately, Zeke currently lacked the time and energy. He himself was on his way to Terra, and the Dominion's fleet was continuously opening up colonies.
He could only temporarily seal Cadia. The most urgent enemy to deal with was still the Tyranid Swarm.
As for those extra-dimensional daemons... there was no way around it; their threat, compared to the Tyranid Swarm, really needed to be downgraded by a notch.
After completing everything, Zeke withdrew his hand, while Guilliman, beside him, knew nothing.
The gap between the two of them was simply too vast, a world of difference.
Therefore, unless Zeke actively informed him, Guilliman would know nothing of what he was doing.