Chapter 243: The Frustrated Night Raid

"Lingyun, it seems a group of people with no small amount of strength has hidden their identities and entered this town!" Lingqi, who was currently eyeing some small handicrafts at a street stall, had a flash of dark light in her eyes as she said this to Lingyun. "Hmm, two of them are even carrying your aura!"

"Hidden their identities? Two people carrying my aura?" Lingyun raised his eyebrows slightly. "People appearing at a time like this, besides the Jaegers, it must be Night Raid. Since they are hiding their identities, they must be from Night Raid!"

"From the information fed back by my shadows, their situation is not very good; someone is injured. It seems to be that Akame you mentioned!" Lingqi added.

"Akame is injured?" Lingyun paused his steps.

"Heehee, I know!" Seeing Lingyun's action, Lingqi instantly knew what he was thinking.

The three of them arrived at a deserted alley. The shadow under Lingqi's feet expanded rapidly, enveloping all three of them, before silently sinking into the darkness.

In a secret base of Night Raid, all the members of Night Raid were gathered here. Najenda looked at Leone with an extremely grim expression: "Your arm, are you alright?"

Leone, who had already lost her right arm, waved her hand nonchalantly: "Don't worry, the ultimate technique of my Lionelle is no joke. As long as you give me some time and enough energy replenishment, my arm can grow back!"

"Leone, you're lying!" Akame, who was on the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Eh?" The smile on Leone's face stalled. "How could I be lying? You know the ultimate technique of this Teigu of mine!"

"Your wound has been sealed by Esdeath's cold air, and the severed arm has already been destroyed in the battle. Furthermore, your ability is Lionelle, not Lizard-elle; in other words, your arm cannot grow back!" Akame stated.

"What?" Najenda's expression turned even grimmer.

This time, when they decided to assassinate Bolic, they had already drawn up a detailed plan, preparing to ambush the Jaegers in the lowlands. Although Akame had once raised objections to this plan and emphasized that the strength of Kurome and Seryu was not as weak as the intelligence gathered suggested, Najenda still finalized the plan based on the complete data in her hands.

Afterwards, this former female general of the Empire, just like when she led her army to rebel against the Empire years ago, was subjected to a powerful attack by Esdeath. When the Jaegers split into two groups, they chose to attack the team without Esdeath. The members of this team consisted of Kurome, Seryu, and Wave.

However, at the very beginning, Kurome blocked Susanoo's attack that intended to blast Wave away at the critical moment, and at the same time, she deflected Mine's sniper shot with a single strike, causing their battle situation to deviate. Subsequently, Kurome directly summoned eight different Danger Beasts to entangle the members of Night Raid, while she herself held off Akame, unfolding a so-called slaughter between sisters. Wave, wearing Grand Chariot, went head-to-head against Bulat, who had Incursio; although he was being suppressed for most of the time, he still managed to hold him off.

Seryu even fought two at once, directly intercepting Sheele and Mine. Fortunately, after Sheele and Mine had suffered miserable defeats at Seryu's hands several times, they had undergone rigorous training, and facing the joint siege of Seryu and Koro, they were barely able to hold them off. The remaining few people were the ones who went to confront the Danger Beasts summoned by Kurome.

However, worse things were yet to come. The bandits and ruffians used to create obstacles for Esdeath were wiped out by Esdeath alone in the blink of an eye. Although they cooperated with the berserk Susanoo to eliminate the Danger Beasts summoned by Kurome, they ran into Esdeath, who had rushed back to provide support. After a fierce battle, not only did they not gain any advantage, but Esdeath also severed one of Leone's arms, and the others were also injured. If it weren't for Leone suddenly erupting and using a loud roar to make most of the opponents lose their combat effectiveness, forcing Esdeath to retreat, at least half of them would have been left on that battlefield.

"That can't be, my arm is clearly just fine!" Leone waved her arm somewhat carelessly.

"No, this is?" Akame's pupils shrank, and she quickly moved to Leone's side, grabbing her severed arm to examine it herself.

On the wound where Leone's arm was severed, there was a faint trace of golden light flowing. Although the golden light was so weak that it was almost invisible to the naked eye, it was bit by bit dispelling the cold air in Leone's wound. Looking at it this way, after a while, the cold air sealing Leone's wound would disappear completely.

"What is this golden light?" Najenda also saw the golden light flashing on Leone's wound and couldn't help but ask Akame.

She knew very well how powerful Esdeath's cold air was; otherwise, she wouldn't have lost an arm and an eye back then. Now, a golden light capable of dispelling this cold air had appeared on Leone's wound, but she was certain that this golden light was definitely not a power possessed by Lionelle.

"I have only seen one person use this kind of power!" Akame said.

"Who?" Mine asked curiously.

"My master, Lingyun!"

Hearing this name, everyone present fell silent. After all, the feeling Lingyun gave them was truly too mysterious. Whether it was cultivating experts like Esdeath and Akame, or infiltrating their base without anyone noticing, it all made them feel a huge amount of pressure.

Chelsea even touched the bell on her wrist, a flash of unclear light in her eyes. The other members of Night Raid had always been curious about how she survived Esdeath's large-scale attack. Only she herself knew that when Esdeath's area-of-effect attack landed on her head, it was this bell that released a light shield to protect her. Otherwise, with her strength, how could she have escaped Esdeath's attack range?

"But, why would Lingyun's power appear on Leone?" Najenda asked, puzzled.

"Leone, do you still remember that you signed a Contract with my master?" Akame said.

"There was indeed such a thing, but wasn't that contract already destroyed by me?" Leone asked.

"A contract signed with Master, how could it be so easily destroyed!" Akame said.

"That's right, little Akame. A contract signed with Lingyun is not so easily destroyed, especially when Lingyun adds his own name to the contract!" Just as Akame's voice fell, a voice that did not belong to anyone here echoed in the room.

"Who is it?" Akame turned around quickly, aiming the Murasame in her hand at an inconspicuous shadow.

"Akame, there's no one there!" Lubbock said.

Akame did not reply, and a blood-red light slowly rose from the Murasame in her hand. Seeing this scene, the members of Night Raid all became alert; Akame only displayed this power when facing experts like Kurome!

"Aha, aha, this is worthy of being Lingyun's disciple, to have found my location so quickly!"

In the astonished gazes of the Night Raid members, that shadow expanded violently, and a woman's figure slowly walked out from the shadow.

"Who are you?" Akame gripped the Murasame in her hand and said in a deep voice. She could feel that the woman in front of her was dangerous, very dangerous. From her tone, she could tell that this woman definitely knew her master, but she was definitely not the senior sister Lingyun had mentioned to her.

"So it wasn't you, Akame, who was injured!" Just as Akame was wondering about Lingqi's background, Lingyun's figure also appeared behind Lingqi.

Seeing Lingyun appear, Akame put away the Murasame in her hand. Since Lingyun appeared behind her, this person would not be an enemy.

"Yo, Akame, it seems your condition is not very good!" Lingyun greeted Akame with a smile.