Niu, one of the Three Beast Warriors, possesses an Imperial Arm that can manipulate people's emotions and boost morale, but unexpectedly, it also has the effect of forcing people to sleep.
Leone bit the tip of his tongue to clear his mind a little.
But that wasn't enough. Left with no other choice, she used the beast's claws to cut open the outside of her thigh, leaving a deep wound that stung her nerves.
Using the intense pain as a wake-up call, Leone returned to normal.
Meanwhile, Violet was rushing over here.
"Are you okay?"
Even if she were slow-witted, she would realize something was wrong when she saw this situation.
With Lu Ye not around, she quickly sought help from Leone.
Looking into the girl's eyes, which showed no signs of fatigue, Leone was surprised: "Don't you feel sleepy when you hear the flute?"
Violet shook her head and honestly said, "I don't understand these things. Were we attacked?"
“Ah, I’m afraid so. Several hours have passed and we haven’t shown up. The other side got impatient and started to take the initiative,” Leone said. “Violet, I’ll stay here and keep watch. Go and get the guards’ weapons for self-defense.”
"Okay." The girl obediently did as instructed.
She took two swords, but Leone didn't take them. She shook her beast fist, indicating that these were her strongest weapons.
Since Leone didn't want it, Violet thought about it and decided to take both swords.
Footsteps came from the stairs.
Violet and Leone both became alert at the same time; their perception abilities far exceeded those of ordinary people.
However, just as they were staring intently at the vermilion staircase, a huge axe suddenly pierced through the wooden planks above them and fell from the sky!
Almost overhead, the wooden planks shattered with a deafening crash, sending splinters flying as Violet and Leone rolled sideways to avoid the attack.
The next second, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out, and the giant axe kicked up a cloud of dust.
The footsteps came from the stairs, but the method was a vertical attack.
Leone thought to himself, "What a clever feint!"
"I didn't expect that someone could stay awake while listening to the flute, and that they reacted quite quickly."
A figure emerged from the smoke and dust.
He was a burly man dressed in black, with a rough and sharp face, a golden beard like the bristles of a porcupine, and something resembling black goat horns on his head.
One of the Three Beasts, Daidas.
His symbol is the axe-shaped Imperial Arms.
He slowly pulled out the Imperial Arms, then saw Leone's bleeding wrist and revealed a provocative smile.
"I see, it's the pain in your body that keeps you awake... What's wrong, aren't you going to get up?" he asked.
"Violet, come to my side, not too far away, but not too close either."
Leone ignored Daidas and focused some of her attention on her surroundings.
There are three Beast Warriors in total.
Daidas has already appeared, so where are the remaining two hiding?
Leone was trying to guess what the other party was going to do.
Due to the information gap, the Night Raid side knew about the situation of the Three Beast Warriors.
Are they trying to seize the opportunity to strike, like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance?
Leone's body was tense, his bones cracking slightly, his body poised to explode at any moment.
As if he could read her mind, Daidas chuckled and slung the axe over his shoulder.
"Don't worry, they haven't arrived yet. How about we settle this in a minute? You two can come at me together."
“I don’t believe a single word from the imperial lackeys,” Leone said.
Violet didn't speak, but tightened her grip on her twin swords while quietly observing the surrounding terrain.
She was trying to figure out the fastest way to cut off Daidas's head.
This is her fighting talent; once she gets into the zone, she enters the state of "emptiness".
At this moment, only the battle remained in her eyes; nothing in the world could catch her eye, disturb her mind, or confuse her spirit.
This is something that many masters pursue throughout their lives.
Even if Lu Ye had mastered the Ashina Mushin-ryu style, he couldn't guarantee that he could defeat Violet in a fair one-on-one battle.
Seeing Leone's cautious demeanor, Daidas said, "Don't worry, I'm not a lackey of the Empire. I just want to fight against a powerful enemy, which is why I've come to General Esdeath's command. Let's have a good fight in one minute. If you don't attack, then I'll come over!"
Having said that, he moved and hurled the axe in his hand!
The giant axe spun through the air and charged forward with incredible speed.
Leone suddenly bent backward, and the giant axe tore through the air, whistling as it flew overhead.
She dodged the fatal blow, but before she could even get up, the giant axe flew back like a boomerang.
If hit, the body would probably break in two immediately.
But Leone then demonstrated amazing physical abilities.
Instead of getting up, she bent over to the extreme, and just as her hands were about to hit the ground, she suddenly exerted force with her toned waist and hands. She slapped the ground with both hands, and with the power of her waist, she sprang up, as light as a frog leaping among the lotus leaves in a pond, but two deep handprints remained on the ground, showing how much force she had used.
The giant axe did not stop there. As Leone sprang up, it suddenly changed its flight path and attacked Leone above.
This is "tracking".
No wonder Esdeath said before that only those with extremely strong arms could use this Imperial Arm.
As long as the axe still has the power to provide kinetic energy, it will continue to track its target until it kills it.
Leone grabbed the chandelier on the ceiling of the hall and used it as a fulcrum to leap to the second-floor corridor.
Violet wasn't idle either; she charged towards the currently unarmed Daidas, her twin swords gleaming with a chilling light.
Daidas simply smiled, snapped his fingers, and the axe that was tracking Leone snapped in two!
The broken axe flew back into his hand.
The moment the axe was in his hand, Daidas swung it down toward Violet's head.
But the girl's movements were even more agile; she leaped nimbly to the side while simultaneously thrusting her sword toward Daidas's heart.
Daidas raised his hand to block.
"Peng!"
The collision of the metal objects produced a large number of sparks.
The two men fought, their weapons groaning in pain.
Daidas's weapon is ultimately an Imperial Arms, and its strength is incomparable to that of ordinary weapons.
The blade in Violet's hand began to deform at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, the giant axe in Daidas's hand moved back a little.
Violet was somewhat surprised to discover at this moment—
The man in front of me is almost as strong as me!
Daidas looked utterly astonished.
His arm strength was something even Esdeath herself praised.
At that time, he was a serial killer who constantly fought against skilled opponents to improve his strength and enjoy the feeling of teetering on the edge of life and death. Later, he encountered Esdeath on the battlefield and challenged her.
As a result, he naturally lost, but he also received an olive branch extended to him by Esdeath.
But unexpectedly, he lost to a little girl in arm strength today!
This was simply unbelievable to him.
Just as he was about to recall the other half of the giant axe, Leone jumped down from the second floor.
And below her was Daidas.
While Violet was holding Daidas back, Leone temporarily escaped the giant axe's pursuit and stabbed her beast claws toward the target's head.
If Daidas chooses to block, he will be killed by Violet; otherwise, Leone will crush his spine.
The only option was to escape from the fighting.
But why would Violet give him that chance?
—Daidas is in dire straits.
Just as Leone was thinking this, she saw a sly smile on Daidas's lips.
Suddenly, the axe following Leone accelerated and slashed towards Leone's back.
This is another ability of the Imperial Arm – “Two Great Axes Belvark”.
It can separate and also come together, and when it comes together, there is an acceleration, just like two magnets attracting each other.
By the time Leone realized this, it was too late. She had focused all her attention on the attack that was originally sure to win, leaving her unable to defend or dodge in mid-air.
At this crucial moment, Violet threw out another sword!
The metal hissed in the air.
The sword struck the giant axe with pinpoint accuracy—Violet's accuracy was already quite high; back when she left the island on that warship, she casually tore through the railing and rescued Lu Ye from the pirates.
However, Violet's sword was ultimately just an ordinary weapon, utterly incapable of contending with the rapidly spinning giant axe. In the blink of an eye, it was twisted and broken, like a piece of paper caught in a fan.
Although this blow caused the giant axe to deviate slightly from its original trajectory, it would still strike Leone's spine a second later.
Even though she won't die immediately thanks to the powerful healing ability of "Beast King Transformation: Lion King", she will lose her fighting ability for a short time and become a burden. This is because Daidas could tell from that moment that Violet is the kind of person who wouldn't abandon her teammates.
As expected, Violet, seeing Leone in dire straits, prepared to abandon her current suppression of Daidas and instead go to save Leone. With her speed, she could easily do so, but once the giant axes reassembled, even though she was stronger than Daidas, the difference would be made up by the Imperial Arms.
Moreover, the advantage will immediately shift in Daidas's favor.
It would be very difficult to defeat him in a one-on-one situation.
Just as Daidas was feeling triumphant, he seemed to hear something shrieking.
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