However, this was only the beginning. Just after the first volley struck the enemy fleet, several more rounds of shells rained down upon it in succession. Amid a series of blazing explosions, the enormous Plague Fleet vanished at an astonishing speed.
By the time ten volleys had been fired, the Plague Fleet, which had originally been comparable in size to the Divine Realm Fleet, had been reduced to just a few scattered survivors.
The Golden Fleet continued its steady advance. Its warships took aim and opened fire, quickly finishing off the last lucky few.
The battle ended, and the Imperial Fleet continued onward. This Plague Fleet was only an insignificant part of the vast fleets of Chaos Gods in the Demonic Domain. When the Chaos Gods projected the Demonic Domain into the Material Realm, the Fallen God Realm opened a passage to the Material Realm. At every moment, vast numbers of Chaos minions were coming through that passage into the star systems.
With the Chaos Gods guiding it, spacetime along the passage operated with great efficiency. Vast fleets of Chaos warships poured out like a tidal wave. The fleets that had accumulated in the Demonic Domain over countless years were rapidly transferring to the Zerus River System.
This fleet, numbering a hundred billion ships, was only an insignificant part of the whole. As the Divine Realm continued its advance, another Chaos fleet, this one 150 billion strong, attacked.
This fleet was entirely different from the filthy, corrupted Plague Fleet. Its warships were studded with strange eyes, and its overall appearance was mysterious and blue.
The Tzeentch Fleet, minions of the Changer of Ways. Blessed by the Chaos God Tzeentch, this fleet excelled at concealment. It could hide against the backdrop of spacetime, making it almost impossible for conventional radar to