Lin and the thirty-plus officers of the Seventh Legion were only tasked with blocking Advanced Danger Beasts and above. However, the surging tide of beasts continued to rush relentlessly towards the military formation waiting in array. The two met, instantly transforming into a blood-soaked, flesh-flying Asura field.
The ferocious beasts surged like a tide, while the army stood firm like an unyielding rock. For a time, the battle fell into a stalemate. The blood-thirsty soldiers were already skilled and decisive warriors, facing the roars and claws of the beasts, they wielded their weapons without hesitation.
Pierce their throats! Slice open their bellies! Cut off their heads! Show these beasts who the predator is!
Compared to her subordinates, the soldiers engaged in the heated slaughter, Lin's posture on the battlefield could be described as strolling leisurely. She took off her helmet, which obscured her vision. Around her, five massive Advanced Danger Beasts circled, counter-attacking and tearing apart the rampaging Danger Beasts one by one.
These were five Advanced Danger Beasts that Lin had casually created and controlled using yatsufusa. Their common characteristic was their massive size, allowing them to crush everything in their path. They were very effective in a situation teeming with beasts like this, and it also allowed Lin to greatly conserve her magic power to search for the culprit causing the riot.
The one capable of stirring up such a large-scale beast tide was undoubtedly the legendary creature that dwelled in the deepest part of the Forest of Dangerous Species. That fellow's strength was definitely among the top in the Super Danger Beast category, after all, it wasn't an outsider like the Wind God Winged Dragon, but had been entrenched in the Forest of Dangerous Species since ancient times.
While the First Emperor hunted Super Danger Beasts to create Teigu, he also had the intention of eliminating threats to the Empire and removing these unstable disasters. However, the fact that he did not list the one in the Forest of Dangerous Species as a target indicates many problems. Within the Empire, the few Super Danger Beasts that have existed from the First Emperor's era until now were all beings that the First Emperor could do nothing about. Originally, the Ice Phoenix was one of them, but it courted death too much, forcing the First Emperor to eliminate it.
So what kind of existence is this guy?
Just from the power and abilities of Teigu, it is evident that Super Danger Beasts are also divided into different grades. The two great axes, Belvaac, and the war music dream, Scream, are Teigu that could not possibly have been created from a Super Danger Beast of the same power level as the Ice Phoenix.
The Wind God Winged Dragon that Lin currently controls is considered upper-middle in terms of strength among Super Danger Beasts. If it were made into a Teigu, it should be able to create a wind-controlling Teigu one level higher than the Water Dragon's Dependence - Black Marlin, but it would definitely not reach the level of admirer and Essence of the Demon.
Lin stood deep within the tide of Danger Beasts, walking step by step with a leisurely gait, searching for the culprit causing the disturbance. Whenever a giant beast she controlled was defeated by a stronger one that advanced towards her, Lin would directly draw yatsufusa, slash with her blade, and kill the stronger intruder, transforming it into a new corpse puppet.
This endless beast tide attack must be quelled by killing the culprit, otherwise, given enough time, the soldiers of the Seventh Legion would inevitably be overwhelmed due to exhaustion.
Lin, who had not found her target for a long time, frowned and wondered, "Strange, shouldn't Danger Beasts be stronger and larger in size? Is it still holed up in its nest and hasn't come out?"
This was not some superficial or foolish understanding of how species' strength is manifested. Danger Beasts in the Akame ga Kill World do not possess sufficient intelligence to analyze and comprehend mysteries. Their increase in strength is a natural progression, accumulating over time through the accumulation of life energy. What increases is merely the quantity of their abilities, not the quality. Therefore, Super Danger Beasts are inevitably massive in size. This is true for both the Wind God Winged Dragon and the Ice Phoenix.
What's going on?
Did it really not come?
Just as Lin was momentarily pondering in confusion, her body suddenly and unconsciously swerved sharply to the left! In a crisis reaction that was almost like precognition, a black shadow streaked past Lin's waist, its claw flashing, forcefully shattering the defense of the knight of the lake Armor! Lin's reaction was equally swift; in the instant she turned sideways, the Lake Light of No Regret in her hand followed the attacker's movement, its blade, reflecting like moonlight on a lake, slashed against a layer of pitch-black scales.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang..."
"What!?"
The Lake Light of No Regret's blade, capable of cutting metal and jade, only left a trail of metallic friction sparks on those scales. Two black figures interspersed and then stood still, confronting each other, poised for battle. As soon as this black shadow appeared, all the rampaging Danger Beasts automatically cleared a hundred-meter circle, and even the corpse puppets controlled by Lin with yatsufusa retreated due to their retained subconsciousness from their former lives.
No need to guess, this must be the real deal.
Lin frowned, scrutinizing the black monster that had appeared before her. It was the size of a bull, with a Lion-like head, tiger-like rhomboid eyes, a body somewhat resembling a moose, thick limbs, and diamond-shaped black scales all over its body like a dragon. If she had to compare it to anything, it bore some resemblance to the Qilin from Lin's memories of her previous life. However, the Qilin was an auspicious beast, with deer antlers on its forehead, ox hooves, flesh-covered horns, and it did not harm living beings.
The creature before her, which bore some resemblance to a Qilin, had straight horns on its forehead, sharp as bone swords like those of the Wind God Winged Dragon. Its upper jaw bore two enormous, ferocious exposed tusks, and its thick limbs did not end in ox-like hooves but rather dragon-like sharp claws. Its color was also an ominous pitch black. This creature looked nothing like an auspicious omen; it was clearly a malevolent beast of misfortune. It was undoubtedly the one that had shattered Lin's knight of the lake Armor with a single blow.
I just said that Super Danger Beasts are all mountain-sized, and then you jump out and slap me in the face!
Lin muttered unhappily to herself, but her spirit was more alert than ever. The knight of the lake Armor on Lin's body was formed by the demons extract merging with Lin's heroic spirit power and evolving. Its defensive power was so strong that even Lin herself would find it difficult to destroy. This fierce beast, only the size of a bull and resembling a Qilin, had already truly endangered Lin's safety.
Let's call it the Black Qilin for now. The appearance of this creature made Lin feel the crisis of the Akame ga Kill World for the first time.
Demon God's Descent - Essence of the Devil!
A cold, ice-blue light flashed in her emerald eyes. Rin suddenly launched her third Blood noble phantasm surprise attack. The frost, materialized out of thin air, instantly froze the Black Qilin completely within five feet of ice. However, in the very next moment—
"Clang!"
The ice couldn't hold the Black Qilin for even a second before it broke free and shattered. It took four strides and lunged at Rin again at high speed.
With Rin's strength, even Budo's Heavenly Lightning attack from admirer would not have been able to shatter the ice that had just frozen the target in a single blow. Facing the charging beast, Rin naturally wouldn't sit idly by. Dozens of crystal-clear three-foot ice walls instantly froze in the hundred-meter distance they had just created. The hardness of these ice walls was comparable to steel plates of the same thickness. One after another, not even a dragon would be able to charge through.
Standing behind the last ice wall, Rin frowned. She pushed off to the side with both feet, swiftly dodging away from her original position. Immediately after Rin's feet left the ground, the Black Qilin, without losing momentum, crashed through the ice surface. The shattered, flying ice shards brushed past Rin's cheek, leaving a cool sensation.
"It didn't even serve to block, it was like hitting a foam board. Is its ability to shatter all defenses with tremors?"
Rin quickly pondered the battle situation in her mind, her body and hand movements not slowing in the slightest. The Black Qilin, whose vision was obscured by the ice walls, missed its target and lunged into empty air. Rin, positioned to its side, seized this opening. Aiming for the neck, the most vulnerable point of its defense, she swung the lake light of no regret —
"Clang!"
"Damn it!"
Rin was met only with the sound of metal colliding again. This was the first time Rin had encountered a defense that the lake light of no regret couldn't break. Although the lake light of no regret's Dragon Slayer only had special effectiveness against dragon attributes, the sharpness of an A++ grade noble phantasm's blade was absolutely genuine.
Rin's ineffective slash naturally provoked a counterattack from the Black Qilin. Its massive claw swung towards Rin. Having already experienced its power, Rin dared not be careless. Ice-blue Mana roared within Rin's body, and Mana that had undergone a "freezing" attribute change using the Essence of the Demon's ability circulated at high speed.
Mana Burst!
"Boom!!!"
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