Chapter 83: Chapter 83 - Dancing
Lily's strength allowed her to throw the man with ease and quite hard at that, causing him to sail through the air and collide with the leader of the group— disrupting her from concentrating and sending her tumbling backward.
The room erupted into chaos without a second thought— everyone started to attack her at once with their weapons and abilities— but Lily was prepared.
She swiftly moved around the room— like a dance- and used her agile body to avoid attacks that may injure her or outright tank attacks that won't.
She was like a phantom dancing in the room— with each attack that came towards her, she counter-attacked without a second thought.
A mutant with horns charged at her from behind— a makeshift spear in hand— however, Lily anticipated the attack before it even reached her.
Sidestepping the incoming spear with grace, she made the horned mutant stumble forward due to missing— using this chance to grab the makeshift spear and break it.
Twisting her body slightly— she stabbed the spear into the human that was trying to attack her from behind— the spear piercing the throat of the human and blood gushing out like a fountain in return.
But she didn't stop— each of her attacks was closely connected, and after each action, she made another. She wasn't playing around— she was using the combat experience she had gained from training with S.H.I.E.L.D. and her natural instincts to control the situation.
As the blood gushed out, she didn't allow it to splash onto her— instead, she ducked, causing the blood to spray onto the people that were within the vicinity of it— disorienting them and even covering some of their eyes.
Flipping backward, she pushed her body upwards using her hands— her foot being used as a weapon in an upward motion; she slammed it against the body of another mutant.
The impact caved the man's chest in— causing him to go flying backward and into another group of people.
Getting back to her feet— she was forced to jump to the side as an incoming bolt of electricity almost caught her off guard.
The leader had gotten back onto their feet, and seeing multiple of their members already defeated or outright dead, they were not happy. Electricity charging through their bodies, they stomped their feet forward.
A wave of electricity jolted towards Lily— uncaring about anyone else it hit along the way.
Prepared for the incoming attack, Lily jumped up— her hand grabbing onto the ceiling and sticking to it with ease thanks to her reptilian capabilities. This allowed her to avoid the electricity that was traveling through the ground— instead, it affected their own members.
But all wasn't safe for Lily— the group was giving her no chance to rest as the horned mutant attacked again. Without a spear, he directly attacked with his fist— and he even got a solid punch in with his strength.
Unfortunately, it was nothing to her— her skin was harder than he could punch through— and while it did sting a little, it was nothing she couldn't overlook.
But she wasn't going to overlook him.
Twisting her body as she still hung from the ceiling, she swung her foot towards the man with a powerful spin kick— her foot making contact with the man's head as a cracking sound rung out upon impact.
The man's head twisted to the side— breaking under the pressure she had exerted with her kick— killing him on the spot.
The chaos seemed to slightly calm down as yet another of their members died, the leader calling out and giving a command in order to try and regroup and formulate a better-coordinated attack.
"Retreat, space out, and surround her! Don't attack until I say too!"
The group heeded the command of their leader and began to retreat— but how could Lily, who was now fully in her element, allow them to do something like that.
Her body moved fluidly as she dropped from the ceiling, her legs pushing off the ground the second they touched down, and with a literal pounce, she jumped onto the closest human.
Pushing the person down with force— Lily bit into their body, her fangs sinking into their flesh as she used her Vampiric Capabilities to suck the blood of the person.
Feeling the blood entering her body— she could feel her stamina and energy refueling and a sense of power coursing through her body.
To all that saw her— this was a sick and messed up scene. The blood of the person gushed out as she broke away and jumped back, leaving them dead on the floor.
The mutant with glass skin couldn't take it anymore and lunged at her with surprisingly quick speed, their crystalline skin glistering under the blinking lights.
Lily, however, was faster— and with the blood coursing through her body, she felt great. Turning to the direction the mutant tried attacking from— she slammed her fist into their body.
A shattering sound could be heard as she did— and the mutant's skin seemingly shattered into glass pieces that tried to pierce into her hard skin or fell to the ground.
Thankfully, her skin was harder than the glass— but she was still cut by some of them.
The strangest thing, however, was the mutant actually survived her attack— stumbling back with skin that was cracked but healing; they had survived Lily's fist.
'A porcupine?'
The ability reminded her of how porcupines worked— using their needles as a defensive mechanism to avoid predators that would try to harm them.
It was fascinating— but not enough to stop her.
If she couldn't kill the girl with her fist without being harmed, she could use another method.
But as she was about to use that method— another bolt of electricity came hurdling at her— using her distraction with the glass mutant as the chance to catch her off guard.
The electricity bolt caught her— just barely— as she spotted it coming at the last second and was able to move out of the way.
It did hit her hand, though— and upon impact, the electricity coursed through her hand— a numbing pain erupting as Lily groaned slightly.
"Shit."
The pain was annoying— but not enough to stop her, and she didn't stop.
The leader was annoying— distracting her was the best move since allowing her to sit unbothered would only result in more surprise attacks— as such, Lily had to do something.
Lily jumped back upon getting attacked— grabbing the closest human she could, she threw them at the leader once more. It was a simple method— but it was effective.
But she didn't stop there— upon throwing the person, she grabbed their weapon— using it to stab into the nearby glass mutant, piercing their skin with ease and ending their painful life.
Lily didn't end it there; she had to deal with as much of them as she could before the leader gained their footing again— and each time the leader did, she would throw another person at them.
In less than a few minutes, the room that was filled with over 20 people had gone down to only 7 people remaining, blood and corpses covering the floor.
The leader stood there panting— their attacks had failed time and time again, and they were clearly getting tired from overusing their abilities.
The leader had already realized that there was no longer a chance to win this battle— the person before them was a beast, a monster that wasn't even a mutant.
They had tanked numerous attacks, blades, electricity, crystal, and more— they had no chance to take them down.
All while killing countless of their own members— the realization was not a good one.
"We'll deal with you another time."
The scar-faced leader said as she stood back— calling out for her group.
"Retreat!"
She yelled to her group— giving the command to pull back from this fight they had no chance of winning.
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Chapter 84: Chapter 84 - Dance Over
Lily glanced around the room at the remaining people; they were all battered, bruised, and defeated. They were clearly on the losing end as most of their members were already on the ground, knocked out, or dead.
The ones that remained were barely standing; even the leader was running low on energy at this point and was injured from Lily's constant throwing of people and things at her.
They were planning to retreat, but how could Lily allow them to do that— she had to devour them to gain their abilities.
"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to do that. While this has been fun, I no longer need to waste time here."
Lily had been fighting them for as long as she had, purely because she wanted to train and experience physical fighting before she got involved in fights that required it— with stronger people.
Essentially, she was using these weaker people to experience physical fighting, and now that they wanted to retreat, she no longer cared to indulge them.
With a swift motion, Lily moved towards the remaining mutants who had begun their attempt to retreat. The battered mutants, already on the brink of defeat and riddled with exhaustion, tensed as they saw her approach.
The scar-faced leader, despite her injuries and exhaustion, attempted to summon forth another surge of electricity to attack Lily— unfortunately, she was far too burnt out, her body faltering as the electricity she called forth fizzled out in failure.
She knew they were no match for Lily in their current state, but she had nothing she could do.
As Lily closed the distance between them, the mutants prepared for a last stand, knowing that retreat was no longer an option. However, Lily wasn't going to give them any more chance to breathe; she planned to end this quickly.
Unleashing a flurry of precise strikes— Lily didn't hesitate for a second to end them. Her claws slashed through their bodies with ease, aiming for vital points to optimize her lethality.
The mutants, already weakened from the previous onslaught, could do little to defend themselves from her. One by one, they fell under Lily's relentless assault, and the leader could do nothing but watch as her people died.
In the end, in a matter of minutes, the scar-faced leader was the only one remaining. They stood defiantly at Lily as they knew their end was coming, but they refused to beg or cower in fear.
She knew her fate was sealed— but she would go down a warrior, not a coward.
"You have probably been one of the better mutants I've fought."
Lily said as she turned to the lady and spoke.
She knew the lady couldn't fight back— not anymore, at least. She didn't have the energy to keep going; even Lily could tell that the front she was putting up was just that, a front.
"Truly, you were impressive, and you allowed me to learn about places I lacked; for that, you have my thanks."
Lily was serious; she wasn't making fun of the girl or even taunting her— the girl's way of fighting and leadership had allowed Lily to learn how she was lacking and improve upon it.
Namely, she lacked good defensive or offensive means to deal with long-range attackers— at least any proper ones.
She had won this melee fight purely because she had the bodies of others to use as shields against the electricity. Otherwise, she would have had to rely on her other abilities.
But while thankful for that— that was all she was willing to do.
She would not spare the leader as she was very interested in the electric ability she had, and she wanted it for herself. Dashing forward, she slashed her claws against the leader's neck.
It was swift and unstoppable for the leader— ending their life in one quick motion.
The room soon fell into silence as the fighting came to an end— bodies and blood decorating the floor.
The battle was over, and she had won— she had achieved her objective, and she would claim her prize soon enough, but she took a moment to catch her breath.
Lily had to admit— she enjoyed that.
It was a situation she had rarely put herself into before, a fight that had stakes— one that caused the adrenaline in her body to course through her veins.
It made her feel alive— it awoke the instincts within her, and she felt good— she felt like a predator.
She surveyed the scene around her, the bodies that had covered the floor, the blood that had decorated herself and the walls, and the broken pieces of the building lying around.
It was a mess— but it was her mess.
It felt satisfying, but what was even more satisfying was what came next— devouring and gaining new abilities.
This time around, Lily didn't spare anyone— she had no reason to.
She already had a base in mind that she knew would hold important information— and her hive units had found more information she could use if that failed.
So, with that in mind, she had no reason to scry or allow them to live. Instead, she straight-up devoured them all.
It took a few minutes, but in the end, she had eaten all of them, gaining a total of 8 new abilities and improving some of her existing ones.
Pleased, she decided it was time to leave— starting a fire to cover her tracks once more, she slipped out into the darkness of the city to move on to the bigger hunt.
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