Speculation

Lilith's ice constructs were incredibly sturdy. While their attack power might not have surpassed a simple water projectile, their defensive capabilities were certainly superior to plain water.

However, even so, Lilith couldn't produce much solid ice in her haste.

Therefore, the thin layer of ice wasn't enough to stop the immensely powerful Heavenly Cloud Sword.

The Heavenly Cloud Sword cleaved through the ice and struck Lilith's chest, slamming her heavily to the ground.

Boom~

Susanoo's Heavenly Cloud Sword strike drove half of Lilith's body into the ground.

The recoil caused Lilith to spit out a mouthful of blood.

A deep, bone-revealing gash appeared on Lilith's chest.

"Excellent!"

Tatsumi couldn't help but cheer.

Although the dust kicked up by Lilith being slammed into the ground obscured his vision, he still saw blood splatter from her body.

This meant Lilith was injured. If this continued and the advantage was pressed, she could definitely be killed!

Susanoo didn't foolishly stand still, waiting for the dust to settle. Instead, it charged into the dust cloud, pressing its advantage!

Lilith's body was half-buried in the crater she had made. Her chest and the vibrating internal organs healed in an instant. Beneath her torn clothing, Lilith's fair and tender skin was visible.

"This is truly... unexpected."

Just moments ago, she had felt a new subordinate suddenly appear.

This greatly surprised Lilith, and it was also the reason she exposed an opening and was struck by Susanoo.

If she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have been split in half by Susanoo.

At this moment, Lilith already knew what had happened with the new subordinate.

"This is truly..." Having learned the reason, Lilith didn't know how to describe her feelings for a moment.

"...Unexpected!"

The surprising development brought Lilith an unexpected joy.

"Perhaps..."

When the battle began, Lilith had been worried about how to put pressure on Tatsumi, or how to make him crave power like never before, thus furthering Tyrant's revival!

But the problem was, she hadn't thought of a good method yet.

However, now, fate had given her a golden opportunity.

Just then, Susanoo broke through the mist, its Heavenly Cloud Sword seemingly inexhaustible, and swung towards Lilith, who was half-buried in the pit.

Since her ice-controlling ability had been exposed, Lilith no longer held back.

Dozens of ice thorns erupted from the ground, thrusting towards Susanoo, which was charging at her.

Susanoo stopped abruptly and used the Heavenly Cloud Sword, which was intended for Lilith, to attack the ice thorns.

After cutting through the ice thorns, the Heavenly Cloud Sword vanished.

Susanoo didn't continue attacking Lilith because it discovered that Lilith's injuries were gone.

It was absolutely certain that it had struck Lilith and that she had been injured.

But how could this be...

Susanoo felt the part of its brain that analyzed information was about to short-circuit.

The exposed fair and tender skin beneath Lilith's torn clothing attracted Susanoo's gaze.

Make no mistake, Susanoo was not human and did not experience human emotions like love.

It simply wanted to understand how Lilith's wounds had healed.

But by the time Lilith covered the exposed area on her chest, Susanoo still couldn't figure out what had happened.

"Imperial Arms? No! You're not human? Or perhaps you are also an Imperial Arms?"

Susanoo asked.

This was the first time the taciturn Susanoo had questioned Lilith since the battle began.

Relying solely on its own deductions, and lacking information, it was clearly impossible for it to guess the truth. It could only try to elicit information from Lilith.

If it could learn even a little about Lilith's abnormal healing speed, it could target that point and gain a significant advantage in the battle.

"Who knows? You guess?" Lilith smiled faintly.

Susanoo: "..."

"With that last strike, I definitely injured your chest bone, yet you are now unharmed. Even the bloodstains have disappeared. This is not something a biological Imperial Arms can do."

"But with such powerful self-healing abilities... you are definitely not human. Even if you maintain a human form, there must be a non-human part within you!"

"!!!"

Susanoo's words shocked the members of Night Raid on the other side.

They had originally wondered why Susanoo had stopped, but Susanoo's words had greatly shocked them.

Only then did they notice that Lilith's clothes were not stained with any blood, and that beneath the torn fabric on her chest, no wounds could be seen.

Because of the distance, they hadn't noticed these details immediately.

When Susanoo deliberately questioned loudly, it also implied their size.

"Not human? Heh heh~"

Lilith chuckled lightly, neither confirming nor denying Susanoo's guess.

This left Susanoo unable to determine if its guess was correct for the moment.

As a biological Imperial Arms, Susanoo was intimately aware of its own regenerative abilities.

Simply put, they all relied on their core to repair damaged body tissues through the proliferation of flesh and blood.

They didn't rely on collecting scattered flesh and blood to repair themselves.

After all, it was clearly impossible to focus on collecting lost flesh and blood during combat, and whether it could be collected was another problem.

There were simply too many ways for flesh and blood to disappear.

"This is a bit like some kind of secret technique."

It had seen secret techniques that recycled scattered flesh and blood to accelerate wound recovery.

But only biological Imperial Arms could heal this quickly.

Even some Super Dangerous Species didn't have such rapid regenerative speeds.

"What? Not going to fight anymore?"

Susanoo hesitated for a moment; it was extremely unwise to attack rashly before understanding the limits of Lilith's regenerative abilities.

Now, not only Susanoo, but also Nacita, Akame, and Tatsumi on the other side, had begun to speculate whether Lilith was truly human.

They unanimously believed that Lilith must have some human bloodline within her, otherwise she wouldn't have been recognized by an Imperial Arms and become its wielder.