Chapter 60 Bloody Demon-Slaying Battle
The team began to escape along the path of the pumping station. Along the way, Soshyan kept finding some things scattered on the ground.
Abandoned automatic weapons, torches, destroyed communication equipment, detonators, and wires are all lying in the garbage.
Although the places he passed before were old, most of them were neat, but this place was as messy as the lair of some kind of beast——
Suddenly, Soshiyang realized that there was something mixed in the air. A disgusting stench, like the smell of flesh and blood mixed with the sweet smell of rotten fruit in a slaughterhouse.
Sol also noticed this smell.
He tried to warn, but it was too late.
The metal prefabricated panel of a cabin was suddenly broken open, and a powerful thing tore it open and jumped out. Everyone saw only scales, thick smoke and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
The creature sprayed some liquid into the face of the warrior closest to it in one gulp.
“Damn it!”
The Space Marine's helmet hissed and smoke billowed out, as if it had been soaked in acid.
Then the strange creature fell on the injured warrior, its slender appendages wrapped around the opponent like a whip, and then its sharp claws tore open the front armor of the power armor like ripping tinfoil.
The front end of the creature's limbs tightly wrapped the body of the Space Marine within it, making a terrible wet sound. Dozens of flesh sprouts stretched out from the hollow shell, piercing the power armor and digging deep into it. Penetrate deeply into the flesh.
"The filth shall be punished!"
Thor's sword was like a stream of light, heading straight for the monster's head.
Feeling threatened, the monster jumped up, threw the Space Marine beneath him out, and then quickly disappeared into the darkness at an astonishing speed.
The explosive bombs chased the monster's trajectory and blew up several lockers along the way, but unfortunately, they failed to hit them.
Soshiyang watched the monster disappear from sight. The way it moved was very wrong, with its ankles and knees bent at a special angle.
But nothing here can be understood with common sense.
Swallowing his angry shouts, Soshyan rushed towards his companion who fell on the ground.
The soldier's helmet was unrecognizable and turned into a smoking waste product, smelling of burnt metal and skin. The strong smell even penetrated the automatic filtration system on Soshyan's helmet.
He struggled painfully, and Soshyan struggled to tear off his helmet, but the helmet had been severely corroded and connected to his flesh and blood.
"Brother, hold on!"
Soshiyan had no choice but to forcefully tear off the warrior's head.
After a muffled groan, the helmet finally separated from the connection with the power armor.
At this time, there were not many intact parts of the soldier's face, and the blood emerging from the remains of his helmet was flowing freely like melted rubber.
"I'll do it."
At this time, the technical sergeant temporarily acted as a pharmacist. A syringe stretched out from one of his mechanical appendages and pierced the soldier's neck, medical treatment The medicine was quickly injected into the wounded warrior's body.
Armin, who was nearby, took two steps back and looked at the devastated faces of the team members in shock and anger.
Soshyan turned his attention to him.
"He will be fine, we will not give up any of our brothers."
Technical Sergeant Rogris couldn't help but sigh as he helped the soldiers on the ground up.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I have never seen anything like this..."
Thor shook his head and picked up the bolter that the warrior had dropped.
"You should all be new blood. In this galaxy, everything changes very quickly. You have to adapt quickly."
Then he looked at Rogris and raised the bolter in his hand. "Do you mind if I use it?"
The technical sergeant turned to look at Soshyan, and after the other party nodded slightly, he immediately released the gene lock on it.
“This is my fault.”
Armin said ashamedly.
"I should have——"
"Continue to attack the landing platform."
Soshiyan interrupted the squad leader's self-blame and calmly issued the order.
Then, as they advanced, the strange creatures launched two more attacks, each time leaping out of the shadows with speed and ferocity far beyond normal.
The soldiers did not let it succeed, and the price they paid was to give up part of their armor, because the acid spit by these monsters had melted part of the armor plates of their power armor.
The Astartes made their way through the labyrinthine complex, methodically advancing in alternating formations, one advancing, the other covering.
As they get closer to their target, they are attacked more and more frequently.
When he finally left the pump station and arrived at the entrance to the flight deck, Soshyan saw a large group of creatures gathering together, their scaly bodies swinging constantly, blocking the passage to the landing platform.
Seeing those obviously unnatural existences, a sense of disgust rose up in Soshiyang's body.
Their internal body structure is far from what humans can imagine. Their limbs have many joints and are not fixed. They seem to be divided into several parts that are moving and rotating.
What's more, some of them are translucent, and some are looming, making their bodies sometimes look unreal.
“What exactly are they?”
Armin couldn’t help but ask.
"Unholy aliens, I have heard the Word Bearers call them by another name."
Thor answered his question.
"Devil."
Soshiyang led the warriors all the way towards the gate, holding the unsheathed sword in his hand, with violent fighting intent flashing in his eyes.
Shortly after the Astartes appeared, the demons made a strange hissing sound, but whether it was fear or anticipation, no one could tell.
Thick smoke billowed, the scales rolled, and the demons surged up with their claws waving, but the Astral Knights were not afraid at all and faced them.
The explosive bomb penetrated the colorful scales, embedded itself in the virtual body, and then exploded.
Some of them were injured and fell to the ground, dissolving into a puddle of glass-like transparent viscous liquid, but the other part continued to charge indifferently.
A fierce confrontation broke out between sword blades and sharp claws in an instant.
Soshiyang faced a screaming creature. It had an elongated head and ripples in its eyes. Various colors were constantly changing, making the vertical pupils look strangely strange. .
The speed of its "arm" swing was unusually fast, and the first attack almost removed Soshyan's head.
Avoiding the first attack, Soshyan retreated and fired at the monster's abdomen. The bombs exploded continuously, adding scars to the big guy.
The pain spurred the demon on, and it struck harder with its claws, spitting out a mouthful of acidic slime.
Soshyan deflected the corrosive slime, then put down the bolter and thrust out the Holy Flame Sword.
The unwilling demon rushed forward again. This time Soshiyang just slashed with a long sword and cut off the sharp claws. Then he took a step forward and slashed down. And slashed into its chest.
The sharp sword blade split the demon's body in half like dividing clouds.
(End of this chapter)