The soldiers broke through the crumbling corpses and rushed into the square, leaving enough space for the command team.
Then they stopped, weapons ready, and awaited orders from their commander.
Soon, Soshyan appeared in the huge square, followed by the rest of the command team.
Ahead, an arc of purple lightning leaped from a blasphemous altar made of corpses on the ground, etching circles of scars on the ground. The air was filled with the stench of ozone and the disgusting smell of rotten flesh. Subspace Energy rippled invisibly across the skin, stirred by the unnatural energy radiating from the vast ritual circle at the center of the space.
77 plague warriors covered in ulcers stood outside the circle. Their power armors full of pustules and exposed organs twitched from time to time in response to the ceremony. Various forms of eyes under the broken helmets flashed dimly. It was they who drove thousands of corpses against the Imperial warriors.
As soon as Soshyan saw them, he felt intense nausea in his heart.
If the followers of Slaanesh struck him with contempt, the followers of Nurgle left him with nothing but disgust.
The Plague Marines are Chaos Space Marines dedicated to the Chaos God Nurgle. Their bodies in their bloated armor are swollen with disease, rotten with swelling, rotten with corruption, and their weaponry may be rusted, but even so , is still a formidable enemy.
These heretics have an inhuman tolerance for pain, enduring injuries that would cripple other Space Marines, while their nerves are dulled and even partially rotted by disease.
Most of the time, Plague Marines appear in the Death Guard legions, but not all Plague Marines are from the Death Guard. Any Chaos Space Marine who dedicates himself to Nurgle may become a Plague Marine, and Abaddon the Despoiler for himself His conquests have recruited many Death Guard sorcerers to his service, so there are an unknown number of Plague Marines in the Black Legion.
A warband composed of Plague Marines in the Black Legion is called the "Bringer of Decay". These people are commanded by Abaddon's personally selected "Slaughterborn" Skyrak (an old acquaintance), and they are dedicated to spreading the blessings of father Nurgle. But other Chaos Space Marines are unwilling to fight them, because they cannot stand the "blessing" and the strong stench that the father Nurgle bestows on these people.
Behind the Plague Marines, seventeen Nurgle wizards stood at precisely determined points around the ceremonial circle.
These ostracized people in the Death Guard system wore torn and stained robes with mysterious marks painted on them and glowing with a strange transparent light.
Soshyan saw that their skin was waxy, with black and gray mottled skin, almost like corpses.
They all turned their heads when the Imperial Astartes arrived, but their leader, a tall figure with his back to the Astral Knights, rallied them with clenched fists and screamed curses, calling for them to get on with their work. .
It was a huge and bloated giant, without legs, replaced by a disgusting lower body like a slug.
Talos looked at the guy for a few seconds, and then introduced the guy's identity to Soshyan.
He is 'Slug' Lex, a powerful wizard wearing the Wither Overlord Terminator.
The so-called Wither Overlord is a new unit created after the Death Guard's fall. They were originally Terminator warriors in the Legion, but Nurgle's corruption permanently fused these people with their mutated cavalry-type Terminator armor, so Combining the defense and firepower of a standard Terminator with the morbid toughness of the Death Guard.
Blight Overlord Terminators serve as the Death Guard's shock troops in battle and can be found in most Death Guard warbands, as these men spend so much time aboard corrupted plague ships that they are both inside and out. All are filled with Nurgle's corruption.
These filth pour out from their bodies in the form of waves, rotten flesh and rusted metal pile up around them. Wherever the Wither Overlord Terminator goes, there are veins of corruption spreading. Once the enemy is caught by the Wither Overlord, , the power of corruption will begin to consume them, and the vehicles and fortifications exposed to them will soon crumble and disintegrate.
In the center of the circle, Soshyan saw a huge pustule swelling. It was already as high as a three-story building and was still growing. Without even thinking about it, he knew that there must be something bad inside.
There was a power surging inside, as if it was rising from the depths of the earth.
The ritual reaches its climax when black steam, smelling of sulfur and putrefaction, rises from the pit where the pustule rests.
This place was able to remain so intact under the bombing. Soshyan guessed that the opponent must have used the power of subspace to deflect or even block the light spear.
Then there is only one remaining option.
He raised his glowing sword.
"Astral Knights! Crush them!"
Soshiyan's voice echoed like a trumpet through the din of the ceremony.
"For the Emperor!"
The Astartes answered in unison, rushing forward as one.
At the same time, the vehicles following on both sides and behind also opened fire, but the firepower was blocked by the invisible subspace force.
The circle of Plague Marines reacted instantly, raising their weapons and screaming in rage before the distance between them was surrounded by roaring shells, scorching fire, and horrific melta explosions. A large number of bullets passed through the psychic shield and exploded on the Plague Marine's limp body, leaving bloody craters.
But they didn't care at all, and quickly organized a tight formation, and also poured a deadly rain of bullets on the Astral Knights, as well as cannonballs carrying terrible plagues.
“Those who blaspheme their loving father are in trouble!!!”
'Slug' Lex raised the huge war scythe in his hand and let out an indistinct howl.
"Come out! My servant!"
In an instant, countless corpses poured in from all directions, accompanied by an overwhelming roar, but they were no longer the sluggish walking corpses they had been before.
Most of these zombies have the characteristics of slugs, and once killed, their bloated bodies will explode, and dark green slugs that are half a meter to a meter long and covered with herpes will emerge from them.
Although those disgusting molluscs have no eyes, they still have a head in a sense. Above and below the head are pairs of front jaws, forming a certain angle with each other and extending to the outside of the circular, jagged mouth. Cang flapped her wings as fast as she could and grabbed them back and forth.
Each short jaw rubs against each other like thousands of sabers unsheathed.
The slug zombies crowded into the battlefield side by side, rushing in hungrily, making a rustling, wet and hoarse hiss when they rubbed against each other.
They charged towards the battle group, and the warriors opened fire, sending bolts of bolts into a life-devouring frenzy.
A large number of corpses were destroyed, and then a large number of slugs appeared.
The swarms of insects were like a raging flood. Even though they were blown into bursts of blood mist, they were still pouring into the front line continuously, and the terrifying surge seemed endless.
The soldiers could only keep firing to suppress the rising insect tide.
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