Recaps

Lin Feng and Esdeath fought at full strength until Esdeath unleashed Mahapadma, her once-a-day technique that froze everything around her. Believing Lin Feng was trapped, she prepared to stab his heart, though his killing intent remained in his eyes.

• Lin Feng countered Esdeath’s ice attacks with blood energy and physical strikes, freezing her right leg in shadow.
• Esdeath praised Lin Feng as the only opponent worthy of her full strength and revealed the power bestowed on her by Demon God Manifestation: Demon's Extract.
• Esdeath used Mahapadma to freeze Lin Feng and the world around them, stopping space and time through an enormous burst of energy.
• Esdeath confessed her love for Lin Feng, formed a sharp saber, and thrust it toward the left ventricle of his heart.

Lin Feng survived Esdeath’s killing blow by using a resurrection secret art, then challenged her to begin their battle again. Esdeath, overwhelmed by his return and her own surging power, attacked him in a frenzy, but Lin Feng’s enhanced body withstood her ice weapons.

• Esdeath believed she had killed Lin Feng and mourned the emptiness left by losing her only worthy opponent.
• Lin Feng revealed himself alive on the council chamber windowsill, leaving his apparently dead body at Esdeath’s feet.
• Lin Feng explained that his resurrection secret art had consumed one undead life, then asked Esdeath to start over and show him her true strength.
• Lin Feng transformed Alucard’s energy into physical power, moved beside Esdeath, and fractured her shinbone with a kick.
• Esdeath’s emotions and Teigu-driven energy surged as she attacked Lin Feng with an ice blade, then rows of ice spikes.
• Lin Feng shattered Esdeath’s ice blade and used Alucard’s power to endure the spikes without being pierced.

Lin Feng fought Esdeath as she unleashed her battlefield technique, Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief, and summoned regenerating ice soldiers to overwhelm him. He drew his twin pistols and fired at the soldiers and the massive hailstone Esdeath prepared to drop, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Esdeath summoned dozens of powerful, regenerating ice puppets with Ice Storm Commander-in-Chief.
• Lin Feng fought off the puppets, smashing and dodging their attacks as they repeatedly repaired themselves.
• Esdeath gathered a huge hailstone overhead while freezing Lin Feng's feet and ordering the puppets to restrain him.
• Lin Feng drew his Casull and Jackal, then fired a spinning barrage at the puppets and a single golden-lit shot at the hailstone.

Lin Feng defeated Esdeath in the palace after his golden Jackal bullet destroyed her hailstone and left her mortally wounded. Esdeath accepted her loss, confessed her love in her final thoughts, and died peacefully beside Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng's blood energy swept away the ice-and-snow puppets as his golden bullet pierced Esdeath's hailstone and blasted through the palace ceiling.
• Lin Feng found Esdeath gravely wounded and confirmed that her Teigu had gone quiet.
• Esdeath asked Lin Feng whether she had lost, and he told her that she had.
• Esdeath accepted her defeat, felt admiration and love for Lin Feng, and wished she could have lived a different life with him.
• Esdeath said goodbye to Lin Feng and died peacefully in his arms.

Lin Feng absorbed Esdeath’s soul after killing her, while Night Raid confronted Minister Honest in the imperial palace. Honest was shocked to see the four women he believed dead alive again, but he showed no fear as Najenda demanded his surrender.

• Lin Feng sensed Esdeath had no regrets, absorbed her soul, and put aside his guilt over killing her.
• Honest investigated the palace shaking and encountered Seryu, who reported that Night Raid had returned.
• Tatsumi tried to spear Honest from behind with Demon Incursion, but Honest’s hardened body resisted the attack.
• Honest recognized Demon Incursion and was stunned to see Mine, Leone, Akame, and Najenda alive again.
• Tatsumi evaded Honest’s swift counterattack as Lubbock and Susanoo blocked the exit, surrounding Honest with Night Raid.
• Najenda told Honest to surrender, saying his guards had been dealt with and Esdeath would not come to help, but Honest only laughed.

Night Raid confronted Honest in the council chamber, where he revealed extraordinary strength and used a dangerous combat-enhancing drug to prepare for battle. Meanwhile, Run launched a surprise attack on General Budo, who avoided the first barrage and braced for Run’s next strike.

• Tatsumi’s attack failed to harm Honest, and Honest identified the red-eyed power as something connected to Lin Feng and a foreign Teigu user.
• Leone charged Honest, but he stopped her claws with a flick of his fingernails and revealed his formidable physical strength.
• Honest swallowed two doses of a prohibited drug derived from Danger Beast blood, and Akame warned that its toxins should kill him within four hours.
• Honest unleashed a black battle aura and taunted Night Raid, while Najenda ordered the team into formation around him.
• Run attacked Budo’s office with thousands of feather projectiles, but Budo’s Adramelech sensing ability let him evade the first barrage.
• Run flew through the shattered window and sent razor-sharp feathers toward the corner where he believed Budo was hiding.

Run and Wave attacked General Budo, but his electromagnetic power deflected Run’s feathers and paralyzed Wave despite his Grand Chariot armor. As Budo moved to subdue them, he sensed Kurome outside the door and called her out.

• Run launched Thunder God's Rage: Adramelech, but Budo’s electromagnetic field scorched and diverted his feathers.
• Wave struck Budo with a Grand Chariot flying kick, but Budo’s charged arm paralyzed him and left him unable to move.
• Budo recognized Wave and confronted him about rebelling; Wave said Lin Feng had helped him understand that following Budo’s path would only change them for the worse.
• Run attacked again to give Wave an opening, but Budo intensified his electromagnetic field and scattered the feathers.
• Budo sensed a different force outside the door and called for the hidden girl to come out; Kurome appeared, remarking that summoning her companions seemed excessive.

Budo fought Kurome, Wave, and Run in the shattered office, using his electromagnetic Teigu to suppress Wave and devastate Kurome’s summoned puppets. The chapter ended with Budo destroying Apeman by striking its power core, leaving Kurome to realize her puppet could be killed that way.

• Budo paralyzed Wave with his electromagnetic Teigu and challenged Kurome to fight him.
• Kurome summoned her puppets with Yatsufusa, including the enormous Danger Beast Destaguru, which broke through the floors and ceiling.
• Budo unleashed a burst of lightning that injured the puppets, but they began healing, so he prepared to destroy them with a concentrated attack.
• Apeman charged Budo, who fired Thunderbolt Concentrated Shot and destroyed the puppet by shattering its power core.
• Kurome watched Apeman fade into ashes and wondered how Budo had managed to make the pain-insensitive puppet show a blank expression.

Kurome, Wave, and Run struggled against General Budo as his lightning attacks overwhelmed their defenses. Run revealed Mastema’s ultimate technique and reflected Budo’s devastating blast back at him, leaving Budo caught in his own attack.

• Budo fought Kurome’s puppets and destroyed Destaguru’s powerful beam with a concentrated lightning blast.
• Budo targeted Wall, the puppet protecting Wave and Run, and prepared another lightning strike.
• Run stepped in front of Wall as Budo fired, surprising Kurome and Wave.
• Run used Mastema’s secret technique, God's Feather, to reverse the direction of Budo’s lightning blast.
• Budo raised his iron stake to defend himself as his reflected attack struck back at him.

Kurome, Wave, and Run defeated General Budo with the Feather of God, while Honest fought Akame and Night Raid in the Imperial Palace. Honest’s extraordinary strength and lack of side effects from the forbidden drug left Akame wondering how many doses he had taken and why his body had not rejected it.

• Kurome, Wave, and Run used the Feather of God’s lightning cannon to blast General Budo to pieces.
• Kurome, Wave, and Run regrouped after the fight and expected Honest to learn of the attack, though they thought he was occupied.
• Akame attacked Honest in the Imperial Palace, but he blocked her strike and dodged her hidden sword techniques.
• Lubbock tried to ensnare Honest with threads while Mine fired her Pumpkin Cannon, but Honest evaded both attacks and tore through most of the threads.
• Honest trapped Akame’s sword between his boots and stood on it, revealing strength that made Akame suspect he had taken far more than three doses of the forbidden drug.

Honest overwhelmed Night Raid during their ambush, badly injuring Leone and Tatsumi despite their attacks. As Tatsumi lost consciousness, a mysterious voice offered him power in exchange for everything he had, and he accepted as a black-and-red energy began transforming him.

• Akame and Seryu failed to stop Honest, and Leone intercepted his attack on Seryu.
• Honest overpowered Leone and slashed her chest, leaving Mine and Seryu to carry her away.
• Tatsumi and Susanoo attacked Honest together, but he resisted both and kicked them aside, leaving Tatsumi badly injured.
• Tatsumi relived his past failures and doubts as Honest approached him.
• A voice offered Tatsumi power at the cost of everything he had, and he answered yes.
• Black-and-red energy surrounded Tatsumi and began pouring power into him as he rose into the air.

Tatsumi entered Dragon Transformation and overwhelmed Honest, who took Najenda hostage to turn him against Night Raid. Najenda summoned Susanoo with Magatama Manifestation, forcing Honest to release her as the Kusanagi Sword threatened his hands.

• Tatsumi transformed into a crimson, scaled form, and Najenda recognized it as Dragon Transformation, which could make him lose control.
• Tatsumi attacked Honest with a rapid barrage of punches, breaking his ribs and damaging the diamond wall.
• Honest swallowed his drugs, then seized Najenda and held her hostage to make Tatsumi attack his own allies.
• Najenda used Magatama Manifestation, and Susanoo appeared with the Kusanagi Sword, Yata no Kagami, and Yasakani no Magatama.
• Honest released Najenda to avoid having his hands severed by the Kusanagi Sword.

Tatsumi and Susanoo cornered Minister Honest, but Honest unleashed a power that erased their transformations and restored Najenda’s strength. A young emperor arrived, and Honest presented Night Raid as traitors caught in the palace.

• Tatsumi attacked Honest while Susanoo used Yata no Kagami to teleport behind him and cut off half his arm with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Tatsumi resumed battering Honest as Susanoo prepared another attack, leaving Honest trapped between them.
• Honest released a brilliant light that shattered Susanoo and stripped Tatsumi of his dragon form while restoring Najenda’s spent life force.
• Honest claimed he had returned their power, and Lubbock demanded to know what he had done.
• The young emperor entered the palace and asked Honest what had happened, and Honest accused Night Raid of treason.

Minister Honest revealed that his jeweled headpiece could shatter Teigu and urged the young emperor to unleash the forbidden royal Teigu, Shikoutazer. The palace transformed into a colossal fighting machine, leaving Night Raid outside and overwhelmed by its scale.

• Honest explained that his Erastone headpiece could destroy Teigu, then persuaded the young emperor to demonstrate the royal weapon.
• Akame attacked the emperor, but Murasame struck a diamond wall as the surroundings began rotating and rearranging themselves.
• Shikoutazer carried the emperor and Honest upward while the shifting floors and walls trapped Night Raid inside the council chamber.
• Najenda ordered Night Raid to escape through the windows before the chamber crushed them.
• Najenda and Night Raid saw that half the palace had transformed into an enormous mechanical body, and the team despaired at its scale.

Night Raid faced Shikoutazer, a diamond-armored mechanical giant, while Imperial Guard forces surrounded the palace. As Akame and Mine failed to damage it, Kurome arrived with Wave and Run to help Night Raid.

• Akame attacked Shikoutazer with Murasame, but the blade failed to scratch its diamond armor, and its punch sent her crashing to the ground.
• Mine fired Romantic Artillery: Pumpkin at Shikoutazer, but its defensive net dispersed the blast without harming it.
• Imperial Guard forces surrounded the palace and ordered Night Raid captured alive.
• Kurome, Wave, and Run attacked the advancing guards and joined Night Raid, with Kurome saying she would fight beside Akame.

Najenda took command of the Jaegers Unit and organized a counterattack against Shikoutazer and the Imperial Guard. As the young emperor prepared to fire the Destruction Orb at maximum power, Seryu and Koro faced a guard captain’s heavy cannon.

• Najenda assigned the Jaegers Unit roles, sending Seryu to support Wave and ordering Tatsumi, Run, Lubbock, and Akame to confront Shikoutazer.
• Tatsumi woke after Honest’s crown removed his burden, discovered he could no longer summon Demon Incursion, and joined the battle with his sword.
• Minister Honest urged the young emperor to fire Shikoutazer’s Destruction Orb, and the emperor set every option to maximum before activating it.
• Wave used his authority to keep newly arrived Imperial Guards away from Night Raid, while Seryu ambushed other guards with her machine gun.
• An Imperial Guard captain fired his heavy cannon at Seryu, but Koro formed a regenerating wall to shield her.

Night Raid struggled against Shikoutazer as Akame and Tatsumi found a way to crack its armor, but the machine god unleashed a devastating Destruction Orb across the First District. Lubbock’s threads shielded the surviving Night Raid members, though they were left gravely wounded, while Akame was caught in the blast.

• Seryu’s Hundred-Armed Giant struck down the Imperial Guard captain, and Seryu ordered the guards to focus on her.
• Akame and Tatsumi attacked the same spot on Shikoutazer together and managed to crack its armor.
• Shikoutazer aimed its glowing eyes at Akame, and Tatsumi warned her to get down.
• Shikoutazer fired the Destruction Orb, devastating the palace and nearby residential district.
• Lubbock shielded Night Raid with his threads, and the surviving members were left gravely wounded.

Kurome, Akame, and the Imperial Guards were left reeling after Shikoutazer’s blast, while Seryu unleashed Koro’s berserk form against the guards. Wave appeared behind them in his Grand Chariot armor as the battle continued.

• Kurome survived Shikoutazer’s blast beneath the shattered remains of her summoned undead, while Rocks and another puppet were badly injured.
• Tatsumi shielded Akame from the blast and was left near death; Akame’s wounds began healing as she prepared to carry him away.
• The Imperial Guards attacked Seryu while Koro was weakened, but Seryu ordered him into berserk mode.
• Koro grew into a massive red, muscular beast and killed the guard who had urged the others to attack.
• Wave appeared behind the Imperial Guards wearing his Grand Chariot armor.

Wave and Seryu faced an encirclement by Imperial Guards while Run and Night Raid struggled with injuries from Shikoutazer’s Destruction Orb. Leone recovered through Lion Never Dies, and Lin Feng appeared as the survivors feared they might lose the battle.

• Wave kicked an Imperial Guardsman into critical condition and warned the guards, but they revealed that reinforcements were already arriving.
• Wave and Seryu refused to surrender when a vast force of Imperial Guards surrounded them.
• Run survived the Destruction Orb’s blast with severe injuries and wondered what had happened to Night Raid.
• Lubbock hid his injuries while Mine checked on him, and Leone awakened after healing from her wounds with Lion Never Dies.
• Najenda worried about the group’s chances against Shikoutazer as a figure resembling Lin Feng appeared behind them.

Chelsea revealed herself after the Jaegers Unit completed its mission to kill General Budo, while Najenda despaired over Night Raid’s losses. Lin Feng’s shadows stopped the machine god from crushing Akame and Tatsumi, leaving Honest and the young emperor baffled.

• Chelsea dropped her disguise and told Najenda that forcing Honest to reveal his trump cards had fulfilled Night Raid’s mission.
• Lin Feng’s Alucard Template experience rose to 82.85 as his shadows consumed Imperial Guard reinforcements.
• Akame braced against the machine god’s foot with Murasame, but Lin Feng’s shadows held the machine god in place and let her escape with Tatsumi.
• Akame reached Najenda and the others, then lost consciousness from exhaustion.
• Honest asked the young emperor why the machine god had stopped, but neither of them knew.

Lin Feng confronted Minister Honest’s machine god after Night Raid and the Jaegers forced Honest to reveal his trump card. Lin Feng endured the machine’s blows, then summoned the spirits gathered through his Alucard power as he prepared to counterattack.

• The machine god crushed Lin Feng’s shadow bindings by stamping its foot into the ground.
• Lin Feng thanked the injured members of Night Raid and the Jaegers, including Chelsea and Kurome, for forcing Honest to reveal the machine god.
• Honest took control of the machine god from the young emperor and attacked Lin Feng with its fists.
• Lin Feng remained standing as the machine god’s fists dented and damaged themselves against his maxed-out physical toughness.
• Lin Feng gathered the spirits of the creatures he had killed, and his River of Death reached level three, removing its spirit limit.

Lin Feng used Level Zero: River of Death to summon an immense force of undead across the Imperial Capital, while Honest tried to press his attack with Shikoutazer. The undead revived after the Imperial Guard shot them, protecting Wave and Seryu as the battle continued.

• Lin Feng activated Level Zero: River of Death, causing cracks to spread across the Imperial Capital and corpses to rise from the ground.
• Honest dismissed Lin Feng's summoned dead as small fry and ordered Shikoutazer to sweep the area clean.
• Wave and Seryu faced an Imperial Guard assault as soldiers began demolishing the palace's outer walls.
• Lin Feng's undead Danger Beasts emerged around the palace and attacked the Imperial Guard, then regenerated after being riddled with bullets.
• Koro shielded Wave and Seryu from the gunfire, and Wave recognized that Lin Feng had sent the Danger Beasts to help them.

Lin Feng’s Danger Beasts and Seryu’s Koro overwhelmed the Imperial Guard attacking the palace, while Wave joined the fight. The emperor and Honest then saw the supposedly dead Three Beasts and Wild Hunt appear, as Chelsea revealed she had disguised herself as Daidara and confirmed Lin Feng could summon the dead.

• Lin Feng’s regenerated Danger Beasts slaughtered the Imperial Guard soldiers who fought them around the palace.
• Seryu judged Koro recovered and ordered it to enlarge its legs, crushing the Imperial Guard surrounding it.
• The surviving guards fled, and Wave charged after them to stop them from regrouping and taking revenge.
• The emperor pointed out the supposedly dead Three Beasts on the display, and Honest saw that Wild Hunt had appeared with them as well.
• Daidara used Nyau’s appearance to conceal himself and transform back into Chelsea, who concluded that Lin Feng could summon those he had killed.

Night Raid saw Lin Feng’s summoned dead enemies approach Shikoutazer while Leone explained that she had saved Tatsumi’s life at great cost. As Honest realized that the returned Imperial officials were under Lin Feng’s control, a gigantic white humanoid emerged from a fissure before the battlefield.

• Leone told Akame that Lionelle had kept Tatsumi alive, though his damaged nervous system would weaken his senses and likely prevent him from fighting.
• Akame and Najenda recognized Sten, Izou, and Zanku among the figures Lin Feng had summoned, while Dotya and Nyau also advanced toward Shikoutazer.
• Mine reflected that Lin Feng had repeatedly helped Night Raid and brought its members back to life.
• Honest warned the young emperor that the returned officials were likely under Lin Feng’s control as the ground shook and a vast fissure opened.
• A gigantic white humanoid emerged from the fissure, nearly as tall as Shikoutazer, and Kurome recognized it.

Kurome watched Lin Feng’s puppet army confront the Shikoutazer and questioned the source of his power. Minister Honest learned that the Shikoutazer’s strength had fallen because he lacked royal blood, but its defenses still repelled Dr. Stylish’s attack.

• Kurome recognized the giant white creature as Dr. Stylish in his berserk form and doubted that he could threaten the Shikoutazer.
• Lin Feng appeared unharmed after taking the Shikoutazer’s punches and asked Kurome to watch his puppet army, saying it would show why her sister had wanted to change the country.
• Minister Honest realized that the retainers had become Lin Feng’s subordinates and recognized Dr. Stylish as a former business associate.
• The Shikoutazer warned Honest that its power had decreased because its pilot lacked royal blood, and Honest resented the young emperor whose blood was needed to activate its full power.
• Dr. Stylish struck at the Shikoutazer, but its air barrier sliced apart his arms before they could hit, leaving the Shikoutazer unharmed.