Possessed Warrior
A warped Possessed Warrior might be larger than an ordinary Astartes.
Possessed Warriors were fallen Astartes who, in pursuit of power, willingly allowed Daemons into their bodies.
The earliest Possessed Warriors had originated during the Horus Heresy. Horus had been the God-Emperor's most trusted son, the first Gene-Primarch to be found, and the Warmaster of the Imperium.
After being beguiled by the Chaos Gods, he had led half the Astartes Legions and half the Gene-Primarchs in rebellion, directly creating the Imperium of Man's current deadlocked situation.
After the Horus Heresy, discipline within the Astartes Legions under his command had rapidly collapsed. Some Astartes had actually willingly accepted Daemons into their bodies for the sake of power.
This caused extreme mutations in an Astartes's body. Flesh and armor grew together, hands became sharp claws, eyes could see through things, or they developed some other Warp trick.
Moreover, a Possessed Warrior might contain several Daemons, giving them an extremely high upper limit.
Some Possessed Warriors had only one Daemon inside them, making them roughly capable of reliably defeating an Astartes. But if they had double-digit numbers of Daemons, their potential might approach that of Greater Daemons.
Of course, Possessed Warriors generally did not meet good ends. Sometimes, Daemons would seize their bodies, using them as vessels to kill people everywhere for amusement.
Once they had played their bodies into ruin, the Daemons would also take their souls away, returning to the Warp to continue using them as vessels.
When Li Qinwu thought about how this Possessed Warrior had instantly killed him three times just now, he figured the opponent was no ordinary character.
He was at least on the level of an ordinary Astartes, yet he could barely see the other's movements. That bastard was insanely fast—there had to be