Mutant awakening: My evolution knows no bounds

"Only eighty soul points left, and the bastard is still standing tall." Silas pondered internally, his gaze fixed on the Turtle mutant standing several meters away from him.

Silas knew fully well that he wasn't capable of defeating a Grade 5 mutant, especially the god of the realm. However, he hoped that with his newfound strength, he would at least hold it off until help arrived. He was sure the academy would send more staff to the realm if they noticed the raid hadn't been completed within the usual time.

And when help finally arrived, and they were busy with the mutant, he would stick around so he could land the final blow and fulfill his quest.

However, with the way things were going, Silas wasn't sure if he would still be alive when help finally arrived.

"What's the point of saving the soul points if I'm going to die without using them?" Silas mused, shifting his gaze toward the window screen floating beside him. "Lightning Dash increases my speed for a duration of two seconds. Within that time, I should be able to land a solid hit on it."

[Skill: Lightning Dash has been activated]

[-10 soul points]

Without wasting any time, Silas activated the skill.

Once the skill was activated, the whole area seemed to freeze, and time itself seemed to have stopped. The dust particles flying around in the air froze, and the mutant that had been charging forward at an incredible speed was now traveling at a pace similar to that of a snail.

The whole scene was a bit surprising to Silas, but he knew he had no time to be amazed by it. Seizing the opportunity, he dashed forward and headed toward the mutant.

Arriving within striking distance, Silas dropped the half-blade, clenched his fists tightly, then leaped a few meters into the air. He joined his fists together and brought them down like a hammer toward the bastard's head.

BAM!

Silas's fists collided neatly with the mutant's head, but there was no reaction from it.

"What the hell? My fists... they're broken!" Silas clenched his teeth in pain and leaped a few steps backward to create some distance and recover. "Those scales... is there even a way to penetrate them?" Silas pondered internally as he waited for his broken fists to heal.

While he waited patiently, he examined the mutant, who was surprisingly still standing several meters away from him.

"The whole body is covered in tough scales. I need to find a part that isn't." Silas mused, and when his fists were completely healed, he prepared himself for another sprint.

"What the..." Silas's eyes widened in shock as he caught sight of the mutant's eyes glowing bright red. In the blink of an eye, a red laser beam shot out and headed toward him.

ZAP!

Silas, who hadn't expected such an attack, was caught off guard. The laser beam sent him flying several meters backward until he crashed into a pillar and fell to the floor.

[Soul points: 50/100]

Silas punched the floor before picking himself up. The injuries from the laser were gone, but Silas wasn't bothered by the amount of soul points it had cost him, because his attention was now fixed on something else.

"The eyes." Silas grinned, his gaze fixed on the bloodthirsty eyes of the bastard. "The only part of the body with no scales is the eyes. How did I not notice this earlier?"

"If I can succeed in piercing the eyes, it should be game over for it." Silas crouched slightly before shooting out like a rocket after activating his skill.

In less than a second, he arrived at the spot where he had dropped the blade, broken in half, and picked it up.

ZAP!

The skill, Lightning Dash, deactivated after two seconds, and the mutant shot another laser beam toward Silas. Expecting the attack this time, Silas had enough time to dodge.

He reacted by swerving his body to the side, dodging the beam completely. Before Silas could catch his breath, the mutant shot out two beams from different angles, both heading toward him.

Reacting quickly, Silas sidestepped, dodging the first beam by a hair's breadth. He shifted his gaze toward the second beam, and when it was only a few centimeters away, Silas ducked low, letting the beam pass over him.

[Skill: Lightning Dash has been activated]

Without wasting any time, Silas activated the skill and charged forward. He crouched slightly before leaping several meters into the air, high above the mutant.

With the lower half of the blade gripped firmly in both hands, Silas brought it down on the mutant's left eye.

The blade sank into the eye, causing green blood to splatter all around. What followed was a deafening screech from the mutant. Silas swiftly pulled out the blade and stabbed the eye again.

"DIE!" he screamed at the top of his lungs, repeatedly plunging the blade into the mutant's left eye. His whole face and uniform were soon covered in green blood, and the ground beneath them was slick with it.

He finally pulled the blade from the left eye and repeated the process on the second eye.

[Soul points: 40/100]

[Soul points: 30/100]

Silas made sure to activate Lightning Dash to keep the mutant sluggish while he kept stabbing the eyes over a hundred times. He continued piercing the eyes, screaming at the top of his lungs, until he finally received the notification he had been waiting for.

[Congratulations, you have slain the god of the realm]

[Congratulations, you have completed the last processing quest]

Silas landed gracefully on the floor after receiving the notification. The mutant stood tall for a few moments before collapsing, and the entire chamber shook as its gigantic body hit the floor.