Chapter 255: Rescue Operation

Three days later, Imperial Capital, Execution Ground.

At this moment, the Execution Ground had already been surrounded by layers of the Army. Judging from the equipment and momentum of these troops, they were undoubtedly elites; these were the Imperial Guards under General Budo. In one part of the Execution Ground, there were three tall chairs, and three people sat upon them: one was Budo, one was Esdeath, and the last was Syura.

Beside the two of them stood another group of people, who were members of the Jaegers and the Wild Hunt, respectively. Run, among the Jaegers, cast his gaze toward Champ of the Wild Hunt from time to time, a trace of well-hidden killing intent flashing in his eyes. Although others did not notice, Esdeath perceived that trace of killing intent keenly and could not help but sweep a glance at Run. However, hindered by the current situation, she did not ask, only quietly noting it in her heart.

"Syura, you said Night Raid would really come?" Budo asked in a deep voice.

"According to some information I previously looked up regarding Night Raid, the possibility of them coming exceeds eighty percent, but I just don't know how powerful a force they will have or in what way they will break into the Execution Ground." Syura wore an expression as if everything were under his control.

"Lubbock, do you think we will die?" Tatsumi asked Lubbock beside him, somewhat weakly. Looking at the state of the two of them, it was clear they had suffered no small amount of torture in the Imperial prison.

"With so many troops surrounding this place, and General Budo personally sitting in command, even if the Boss wanted to come save us, she would be powerless to do so!" Lubbock sighed and said.

"Hm, no, something seems to be in the sky!" Tatsumi suddenly discovered something abnormal in the sky.

"Isn't that the Danger Beast Budo called in to prevent the Boss and the others from launching a surprise attack from the sky?" Lubbock said.

"No, it's not those Danger Beasts, but other Danger Beasts. Heavens, what is that?" Tatsumi suddenly widened his eyes.

"The people from Night Raid have come!" Budo suddenly looked toward the sky.

In the sky, at some unknown time, a flying dragon had appeared, charging aggressively toward the Danger Beasts in the sky. The Danger Beasts deployed to guard the airspace above the Execution Ground had been personally selected by Budo, so their strength was naturally not low. Seeing this uninvited guest appear on the scene, they all swarmed toward the direction of the incoming Danger Beast.

Just when people thought a fierce battle between Danger Beasts would break out in the sky, a burst of silver light suddenly erupted from the back of the incoming flying dragon. Afterward, the silver light transformed into countless sword beams, hacking toward the Danger Beasts in the sky.

Those Danger Beasts charging toward the Heavenly Dragon had no time to dodge and collided head-on with those sharp Sword Qi beams. Only a series of shrill roars could be heard from the sky, countless blood sprayed, and several massive bodies fell from the sky, crashing into the Army and causing a wave of chaos.

On the Heavenly Dragon, Luo Yexi, wearing a mask, slowly withdrew her Long sword; the sword light that had just erupted from the back of the Heavenly Dragon was what she had slashed out. Luo Yexi had chosen the angle of this attack extremely cunningly; every sword beam struck the most fragile parts of those flying Danger Beasts' wings. Moreover, the Sword Qi carried a powerful vibrating force, affecting the trajectory of the falling Danger Beasts, allowing them to cause the greatest interference to the Imperial Guards on the ground when they landed.

"An expert, and a top-tier expert not inferior to Esdeath!" Seeing this attack by Luo Yexi, Budo's gaze instantly turned grave.

A powerful force of thunder and lightning instantly condensed in Budo's hand, and after a wave of his hand, a pillar of thunder shot into the sky, wanting to strike down the Heavenly Dragon in the sky. At this moment, a red figure suddenly leaped down from the back of the Heavenly Dragon. The red figure spun in mid-air, red flames burning on her body, instantly transforming into a fire phoenix. The fire phoenix shot down from the sky, instantly slicing the thunder pillar in two.

Just as Budo wanted to meet the enemy, Esdeath, who was beside him, had already rushed out. Countless Ice Spears instantly gathered in front of her, shooting toward the fire phoenix in the sky. Seeing that Esdeath had made a move, Budo's intention to act faded. Relying on his own superb eyesight, he had already seen that the person who leaped down from the back of the Danger Beast was a woman; whether out of a man's dignity or the pride of a strong person, he would not allow himself to join others in besieging her.

Just as Budo sat back down in his seat, a stream of light fell from the sky, charging straight toward his direction. Budo's pupils constricted, his body instantly sprang up, his right fist clenched tight, and he slammed toward that stream of light, wrapped in powerful energy.

With a "Boom," the two fists, one large and one small, slammed heavily into each other. Budo's body swayed, and he let out a muffled groan; the chair behind him instantly shattered into fragments under the powerful leaking force.

"As expected of General Budo, who holds the title of the Empire's strongest, to have actually received this move of mine unscathed!" Lingyun, wearing a Dragon Mask, said slowly.

"To think that you rats who hop about in the darkness actually possess such a strong person. If you could serve the Empire, you would absolutely be able to reach the rank of General. However, anyone who has betrayed the Empire and betrayed His Majesty the Emperor must be sanctioned!" Budo roared, and his Teigu, Adramelech, was activated at full power; a powerful force of thunder and lightning instantly erupted from his body.

Feeling the powerful momentum on Budo, Lingyun could not help but exclaim in admiration: "As expected of a Great General of the Empire; just this momentum alone, there are probably not many people in this Empire who can compare to it!"

At once, Lingyun did not dare to be negligent; a trace of lightning flashed across his Dragon Mask, and wisps of purple Thunder slowly overflowed from his body, and a similarly terrifying momentum began to spread.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The fists of Budo and Lingyun constantly slammed into each other, stirring up waves of powerful wind. Although the two had a vast difference in physique, the power contained in Lingyun's fists was not the slightest bit inferior to Budo's. Every collision of their fists was accompanied by overflowing lightning, and within the battlefield where the two of them fought, everyone retreated three paces.

With the start of the great battle between Lingyun and Luo Yexi, the people from Night Raid also instantly broke into the battlefield, killing their way toward the direction of the execution platform. Although the Imperial Guards surrounding the Execution Ground were elites, facing the many experts of Night Raid, they had absolutely no ability to stop them and were instantly killed until they were in a state of total disarray.

"So you've finally come!" A bloodthirsty smile hooked the corner of Syura's mouth, a purple light flashed on his body, and his figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

Afterward, he instantly appeared behind Sheele, the sharp blade in his hand stabbing toward Sheele's back. However, before his sharp blade could touch Sheele, a whistling bullet had already arrived in front of his brow.

Syura was startled in his heart, his body instantly vanishing amidst a flash of purple light, and afterward appearing in another place. But when his figure appeared, another bullet had already arrived in front of him. Syura parried the bullet with the short blade in his hand, and afterward looked toward the direction from which the bullet had come. There, Lingqi, holding a pistol in her hand with half her body submerged in a shadow, was looking at him with a grin.

Syura activated Shangri-La again to disappear, and Lingqi likewise dove into the shadows and vanished. But as soon as Syura stopped, Lingqi could always appear beside him.

"Damn it, damn it, what kind of background does this woman have? She's simply a ghost that won't go away!" Syura cursed in his heart, but he did not dare to stop; as long as he stopped, a fatal bullet would always arrive in front of his vital points at the first possible moment.

At the same time, the others from Night Raid split into two groups, entangling the people from the Jaegers and the Wild Hunt to provide cover for those acting in secret. Because the people from the Jaegers were secretly holding back, the two sides looked like they were fighting extremely fiercely, but the majority of the power was gathered on the side of the Wild Hunt.

Because he had eliminated the Underworld King, one of the sources of the three Underworld Powers in this world, Lingyun could summon one more person in this world, so this time, Busujima Saeko also participated in the battle. She fought Ibara, Enshin, and Dorothea alone; although it was one against three, she used her own powerful strength to suppress the three of them. As for Susanoo, he was using his advantage as a Biological Teigu to block the ultrasonic attacks of the Danger Beasts.

The battle between the two sides became increasingly fierce, but the people from Night Raid seemed to have forgotten they were there to save people, only blindly entangling with the people of the Imperial Army. Facing the onslaught of the group, the people on the Imperial side had to resist with all their might, and for a time, they threw Tatsumi and the other to the back of their minds.

Suddenly, Esdeath, who was in the middle of the battle, spoke loudly: "Stay alert, Najenda of Night Raid has not yet appeared. Everyone, heighten your vigilance to prevent the other side from taking advantage of the chaos to save people!"

Esdeath's words instantly reminded everyone present, and everyone became vigilant.

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "Look at the sky!"

Many people instantly looked toward the sky; in the sky, at some unknown time, a Sky Manta had appeared, having quietly approached the space above the execution platform.