Reawakening: SSS-Rank Villain’s POV

Feeling the threat rolling off the Ranker in front of him, Python tensed his body and neatly packed hard python scales covered his whole body including his face.

He had already evolved his [Python Body] to the second level but he wanted to make it to the third level but it doesn't possess that kind of money with him, which was why he and his team are participating in such a dangerous mission as this.

Python's muscles bulged slightly and he seem to have grown taller as snake like scales covered his entire body making him look like an hybrid between snake and man.

Without further hesitation, he slammed both short sword together, forming a large sword and immediately, he slashed his large sword at the huge hammer coming his way with astonishing speed, leaving five white tear marks in the air.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

In just a span of a few millisecond, Python burst out with immense power and strength and in a span of one attack, had shockingly slashed his swords five times, effectively creating massive balls of sparks between the two of them due to friction.

Both of them rapidly retreated a few meters backwards and they stared coldly at each other.

Python expression wasn't smiling at all and he asked coldly "Who are you? I have no grudge against you and I don't think we have met before, so why would you attack me?"

As far as he could remember, he hadn't met this young man before and from his memories and the information he had about the institute, he couldn't recall the institute having such a genius who could fight head to head with him.

His expression gradually turned indifferent.

Slythen glanced expressionlessly at the assassin before him, he couldn't help but admit that the guy was quite strong.

But so what!?

"You don't need to know my name. All you need to know is that, since you dare barge into the institute's territory, you don't leave this place alive." His tone gave no room for argument.

"Such arrogance! It seems you think just because you are a genius, you can actually fight head to head tens of level above yours. I was planning to let you leave since I might just offend the person backing you up. But now, you can forget about leaving here alive." Python sneered and the waves emanating from him grew to the extreme.

Suddenly, the snake scales in his body seem to shine a silver dull colour and a very faint and indistinct pattern emerged from within body like a tattoo. It was very faint and the shape couldn't even be made out but if one looked closely, it was the pattern of a snake.

His strength all of a sudden rose astonishingly and a faint hissing sound seem to sound out from within him.

"Whoosh!" his figure flashed and in a blink of an eyes, he appeared beside Slythen and thrust his sword by his waist.

Slythen's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly retreated, using his huge hammer as a shield.

"Clang!"

The hammer only held for a second before a massive amount of strength was sent hurling through it and then, it was sent smashing down towards his chest.

But before it could hit, a blue shimmering force field suddenly emerged from his chest, blocking the strike but still.

"Bang!"

Slythen was sent flying, his body broke through a few trees and rocks on the way, his figure vanished from sight and his fate, unknown.

From the distance, Dravin's expression wasn't all that good.

Quickly, he pressed the first button on his shirt.

Just as he pressed it, a dull silver figure flashed in front of him and then a white Slash could be seen as the sword in Python's hands sliced apart the air itself.

The strike was very fast and sudden that it happened in half the time it took to close one's eyes and open them.

"Ding!"

Before the sword could hit Dravin though, a green force field appeared in front of him, obstructing the sword that was about to slice him apart.

The shield rippled intensely but it strangely held against the attack.

Python's face darkened.

He had tapped into his gene pool, achieving such power but this state wasn't going to last at all, instead he would actually get weaker within a few seconds of using it.

He didn't have much time left, only a few seconds.

Hissing angrily, his sword flashed three times within a few Millisecond and then, with a cracking sound, the force field rippled vigorously and then shattered, unable to withstand such force.

Python's eyes lit up and without hesitation, he swung his sword at his target's head but his expression darkened by what he saw.

It was unknown when, but Dravin had reached for his second button on his shirt and pressed it tightly, another shield instantly formed. Obstructing the sword strike to his neck.

The first button on his chest that he had previously pressed had broken.

Python's face continued to get ugly as he swept his gaze at the buttons holding his targets shirt together, they were thirteen buttons altogether.

His mind instantly went blank and he almost dropped his sword.

Thirteen force field, thirteen! Even just a single one cost an exorbitant amount of Relic coins but this guy actually has Thirteen with him.

"F*ck! I refuse to believe that you are this rich!"

Python roared and in a short span, he had already cracked apart four shields from his opponent.

Sweat dripped out of his head and his gaze was borderline sinister. His sword hung by his side as he stare fixatedly at Dravin.

Dravin had also forced himself to calm down although he was scared to the extent water almost dripped out from his pant, but he concentrated with his maximum power.

He couldn't make any mistakes activating the force field other wise, he could die of he was just a little bit slow. He forcefully spoke in a calm but shaky tone.

"Give up, there is more where this came from." His smile seem to contain pride but also a hint of wretchedness.

Python stared coldly at his rich target and hesitation flickered in his mind, the mission wouldn't be considered complete of they left one alive.

The secret organisation he was working for would only pay his team half, and that was just for the best case scenario. So he must kill this guy.

The hesitation on his face flew off with lightning speed and he suddenly contracted his throat. His chest bulged up instantly and he breathed as though he was a few years pregnant.

He had already made up his mind to use his Poison Spurt ability he had managed to acquire after lots of struggles.

It was just that, using such ability places a huge burden on the body and mana.

As he had

already used most of the energy in his mana pool to activate the Python body ; the scale body, he only had a few left to shoot just one Poison Spurt.

The ability had an insanely corrosive nature and would corrode anything in its way. The force field wouldn't even last a second before it would break.

As he was building up the poisonous liquid, a silent but deadly force was coming from behind him.

Python's expression darkened and he forcefully cancelled the activation of ability, he smashed his scaled up arms backwards, smashing the threat into powder.

He was shocked to realise that It surprisingly was just a rock and from the force of the rock, he could vaguely gauge the strength of his new opponent.

It wasn't one he could handle at this stage.

From almost a few meters away, he could see a young man rushing towards him with astonishing speed and would get to him in a few.

Python's expression couldn't get more uglier and he cursed his luck.

He couldn't understand how he could be so unlucky.

He hurriedly withdrew from his target and stopped tapping energy from his Ana pool and stamina.

The corners of Lucian's eyes twitched as his toe was feeling immense pain.

He had kicked a rock towards that guy and he smashed it with his palm but his legs was now in pain.

But then, his expression turned serious when he saw the scale that covered the whole body of the person.

At first, he had thought it was just an ordinary Mutant, but mutants are called mutants for a reason, their gene are very disordered. The scale body or scale gene in the body of a Mutant would not be as smooth and complete as a Rank one phaser.

"I knew I shouldn't have accept your request." Lucian growled loudly at Dravin who had retreated into the distance, hiding in some place.

But his eyes never left the ranker in front of him.

Dravin smiled bitterly "I had never thought they would actually send a ranker three times my level after me."