Fierce Battle

Just as Lilith sent Leona flying, another concentrated laser shot in from afar, still aimed at Lilith's head.

This time, the sniper shot still failed to hit Lilith's head.

But the repeated sniping attacks had begun to irritate Lilith.

She looked toward where the attack had come from. With Lilith's eyesight, she could make out a tiny figure.

"Go. Kill her!"

"Awooo~"

At Lilith's command, a wolf's howl rang out from her shadow. Then a massive wolf leaped out of it and sprinted toward Mine.

This scene caught everyone by surprise.

Although they had learned from Tatsumi that Lilith kept a wolf-like Special Class Dangerous Species, they had never expected that creature to be able to hide inside shadows.

Mine was in danger now!

"I'll protect Mine. Tatsumi, stay here!"

Tatsumi, who had just emerged from hiding, nearly lost control and rushed back to his girlfriend's side.

But Leona, who had climbed back to her feet, stopped him.

Here, Tatsumi's Incursio was more useful than she was. It was more appropriate for her to protect Mine.

Leona could only endure the searing pain in her abdomen and run toward Mine.

And her speed grew faster and faster!

"After taking a kick from me, she got back up that quickly. Looks like that Beast Transformation Teigu is pretty impressive when it comes to recovery."

It really was impressive.

Although the Empire had long since lost all knowledge of the secret technique of Leona's Beast Transformation Belt, King of the Beasts Transformation: Lion King, along with the lost Teigu itself—

Lilith, having read the original work, knew that Lion King's regenerative ability was terrifying. Forget using muscles to compress wounds and stop bleeding; it could even reconnect severed limbs.

The most outrageous part was Lion King's secret technique, Lion's Undying. Even after losing every drop of blood in one's body, it could replenish its own blood with the blood of other living creatures and keep its user alive.

That was simply absurd!

Ordinary people would probably have been very interested in Lion King. After all, who would ever complain about having too few ways to save their own life?

But unfortunately, Lilith was not one of them.

"Lilith, today, we will bury you here!"

Tatsumi roared as he summoned Incursio. Seeing Lilith again, old and new grudges piled together. Right now, he wanted nothing more than to kill her!

Tatsumi and Susanoo attacked Lilith from the front, one on each side.

At the same time, Akame, holding Murasame, waited nearby for an opportunity, ready to deliver a fatal blow to Lilith!

Lilith merely smiled at the man and Teigu charging toward her.

At some point, the moisture in the air within roughly ten meters around Lilith had grown incredibly dense. Now, that moisture condensed into water, circling Lilith and forming a ring of water.

Then the water ring abruptly expanded outward at astonishing speed.

Though it was not as fast as the water blades Lilith casually fired, it was not much slower.

Repulsion... Water Ring!

Caught off guard, Tatsumi and Susanoo were immediately blasted away.

Even Akame retreated several steps to avoid being struck by Lilith's Repulsion Water Ring.

Protected by Incursio, Tatsumi was unharmed, but a wound appeared on Susanoo's body.

"Mr. Susanoo!"

"I'm fine. Focus on the enemy, Tatsumi."

The wound on Susanoo's body healed in the blink of an eye.

The two exchanged a glance and charged at Lilith again.

Just as they reached Lilith, Tatsumi suddenly leaped into the air and swung Red-backed Shrike down at her from above.

Susanoo continued forward, attacking Lilith from the ground.

"Let's see what you do now!"

Tatsumi roared.

Indeed, there had only been one Repulsion Water Ring, but no one said there could not be two!

And so, Tatsumi and Susanoo were sent flying again by the Repulsion Water Ring, which had split into two.

At that moment, Lilith felt a chill down her back.

Killing intent!

"Burying you."

A low voice sounded beside Lilith's ear. Somehow, Akame had slipped behind her.

Murasame's blade was already close to Lilith's flawless white neck. At that critical moment, Lilith abruptly retreated backward, leaning into Akame behind her.

Her body pressed directly against Akame's chest, and Murasame naturally could not behead Lilith. Akame immediately reversed her grip on Murasame and thrust it down hard.

Murasame's blade once more drew close to Lilith's abdomen.

But she no longer had a chance to drive it down.

Lilith seized Akame's arm and threw her over her shoulder.

Akame's back slammed heavily into the ground, and she cried out in pain. But this was no time to freeze up. If she was not mistaken, Lilith's next attack was about to come.

Yet her arm was still tightly gripped by Lilith. Even if she wanted to evade, it would be extremely difficult.

Fortunately, she was not alone. She had companions.

Just as Akame was about to be killed, Susanoo rushed over and saved her life.

As Lilith released her arm, Akame hurriedly got up and retreated.

At the same time, Tatsumi charged over, swinging the spear called Red-backed Shrike at Lilith.

The water ring around Lilith scattered apart, forming hundreds upon thousands of droplets that shot in every direction.

Tatsumi swung his spear and blocked most of the droplets aimed at him, but the rest struck his body and brought him to a halt.

But Susanoo, whose defenses were lower and who, even as a Biological Imperial Arms, still possessed a body of flesh and blood, could not withstand the droplets' force as completely as Tatsumi had.

Instead, the droplets pierced through his flesh.

Yet because of that, Susanoo's speed barely decreased at all, and he continued charging toward Lilith.

Facing Susanoo, whose momentum had not diminished, Lilith waved her hand, sending several water blades slicing toward him.

Neck, chest, limbs.

Lilith's water blades covered all of those areas, and she paid special attention to his chest, throwing several extra water blades at it.

Susanoo was instantly sliced into a pile of flesh. If he had not been a Biological Imperial Arms, he would have died long ago.

"Even attacks of this level failed to hit the core?"

Even after being chopped into chunks of flesh, Susanoo was still regenerating. In only a short time, both of his hands had grown back, clearly showing that his core remained intact.

But Lilith would not give him time to recover. Three times more water blades than before sliced toward Susanoo again, whose legs had yet to regenerate!