Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan looked at his list of mutations and saw that most of them were completely useless in a battle. Three of them were solely used for talking and understanding Canzers. Unless he could kill them with words, then Atlan didn't think he could use those in a fight.

His Photosynthesis mutation was a little bit better as it could heal his injuries at a tremendously fast rate. He would gain an entire year of SoulTime with just one second of activating it. Of course, he was limited by the fact that it was hard to maintain.

The only mutation that he could use was his Dimensional Lightspeed Angel Wings, but even that only gave him a boost in speed and maneuverability in mid-air.

None of his mutations had any sort of explosive firepower that he could use to defeat an enemy.

How can I defeat enemies using solely my mutations?

"Let's start our training session," said Lizzie with a devious hint in her tone.

She got up off Atlan and walked away from him, with her hips swaying left and right rhythmically. She looked back at him and said,

"Your only goal is to catch me, and nothing else. Don't worry, I will be holding back my power to just a little bit above your own. It is your job to try and overcome your limit and 'defeat' me.

You can punch me, you can tackle me, you can kick me, anything is possible as long as you can take me down. It will count as a victory for you if you can use only your mutation.

I know you got a high rarity mutation from the Vineyard, Pterina told me that she gave you a golden ticket.

Don't worry, you don't have to show your mutation to me. It is imperative that you don't.

For you to sense just a glimpse of your mutation's true power, then you must not manifest your mutation in your body. You must hide it, and only use the passive boost in power to triumph over me."

Atlan got up off the floor. The only usable mutation he had in his arsenal right now was his Angel Wing mutation. He didn't know how he'd be able to use it without using it. Her words were a riddle, and he had no idea how to solve it.

"Remember, you must not use your LifeSkill. No matter how much your guts or your instincts tell you to activate your Physique LifeSkill to defend against my attacks, don't. In under any circumstance, do not do it."

Atlan took her words to heart and readied himself.

"I'll be lowering my strength to about the same level as a 4th stage Student."

With the passive boost in speed given to him by his wings, he reckoned he would be able to keep up with a speedster at the 3rd stage Student.

Unless he could use his Physique LifeSkill or manifest his Angel Wings behind his back, he didn't know how to bridge the disparity between their strengths.

"What are you waiting for—"

Just as she said that, Atlan immediately rushed towards her, with his hands outstretched and ready to catch her shoulders.

Unfortunately for him, Lizzie wasn't caught off guard. She smoothly turned around and ducked away from his grip.

She stretched her legs and swept Atlan off his feet.

Atlan, with no physical defense from his Physique, was left stumbling down to his knees. This allowed Lizzie to run behind him and give him a long scratch mark from his right shoulder to his left hip.

He ignored the pain and tried to catch her, but his kneeled position gave him no freedom to reach behind him.

Knowing this disadvantage, Atlan stood up and raised both his fists to protect his face.

But that wasn't what she was targeting.

He saw a blur run past him as she reached down for his leg and bit his thigh, sinking her canine teeth deep into his muscle.

Atlan tried to kick her, but she overpowered him with a classic cat swat.

She was completely faster and stronger than he was just by a slight margin. It was enough for him to get close to her, but never be able to reach her because of the difference in speed.

Atlan was almost tempted to kick the ground with his Physique LifeSkill, but he stopped himself at the last second.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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A habit's hard to kill, he thought.

Another scratch straight through his collarbones reminded him that this was no time to contemplate. She was relentless and gave him no respite.

She was forcing him to his very limits.

Atlan thought he saw a brief opening as she had her back turned against him. He dove towards her legs, hoping to catch her unprotected.

But just as he got close, Lizzie jumped up and perfectly landed on his back with her thighs on his shoulders. She straddled his head, putting her legs over his neck and squeezing it with a lot of pressure.

Atlan tried to get out of her grip, but she stayed on his head no matter how hard he tried to shake her off.

Atlan had no choice but to run straight towards the wall and try to ram her to it.

Lizzie, as expected, quickly let go of her legs strangling his neck. She jumped from his shoulders and somersaulted backward.

Atlan immediately used the wall to rebound back, intending to catch Lizzie as she was about to land on the ground.

But as Lizzie saw Atlan's move while flipping in mid-air, she simply smiled and shook her head.

The tail on her back suddenly rotated and pointed upwards, allowing her momentum to completely change from falling to rising! She changed her direction in mid-air, allowing her to suddenly move 4 feet upwards when she was already at the downward momentum of her somersault.

She basically performed a double jump!

Atlan was left grasping on nothing but the air as Lizzie jumped on top of his head and skipped away from him.

"You're still not using your mutation to their true potential."