Rattlesnake has a total level of 30, possesses a special mental enhancement template, has agility talents, and commands multiple single-target and area-of-effect mental attack skills.
Whether he is acting as a killer, traversing the darkness, or serving as support for pinpoint breakthroughs on the front lines, he is adept at both; however, he also shares a common weakness among most mental-type professions: he is very fragile.
Knowing his own deficiencies, Rattlesnake immediately launched an attack on Lily after failing to get the answer he wanted from her.
An invisible pressure swept across the sandy ground under the night sky, carving conspicuous furrows in the fine sand.
The speed of this mental impact was simply too fast; even though Lily was prepared, she still couldn't dodge it.
It felt as if a bomb had exploded deep within her brain.
The intense pain, as if being crushed by a heavy tank, stimulated Lily's nerves; her vision and hearing were both suppressed to their lowest point at that moment, and she nearly collapsed to the ground.
Following that was the game's prompt sound.
[You have suffered a mental impact, Health -109]
[You have fallen into a brief [Dizzy] state]
Rattlesnake's mental attack bypassed the Psionic Shield and directly affected Lily's body, dealing over 100 points of damage, which was the highest single instance of damage Lily had recently sustained.
The difficulty of dealing with a mental ability user was evident.
Seeing that Lily was motionless, Rattlesnake's face beneath his mask revealed a relaxed smile.
"You don't look like an Ordinary person, but when facing my mental abilities, no matter how capable you are, you won't be able to use your skills!"
He took a few deep breaths.
To incapacitate Lily with one strike, that mental impact consumed a significant amount of his stamina and mental energy.
He quickly drew a gun from his waist; outwardly, it appeared to be an Ordinary Human Alliance RS-1917 model pistol, but its bullets had been modified by the doctor Marco had abducted, with each bullet coated in different types of toxins.
Although many powerful individuals in this world possess strong resistance to toxins, among so many different types of poisoned bullets, there would surely be one suitable for Lily's physique.
"It's time to go, in your next life, don't provoke those you can't afford to!"
Rattlesnake raised his gun.
Before he could pull the trigger, a sudden, inexplicable force acted upon him, and he found he couldn't move.
No, it wasn't just that he couldn't move; his body began to turn uncontrollably, completely exposing his back to Lily.
For a killer, exposing one's back is the greatest taboo!
What's going on?
As he turned, Rattlesnake saw a small power armor standing on a distant vehicle; he didn't know if this anomaly was related to it, he just wanted to break free from this restraint as quickly as possible.
Mental energy began to surge, and as he charged it, he was pleasantly surprised to find himself free again.
Wait, there's a whooshing sound behind me!
Lily endured the throbbing pain in her head and fired a grenade at Rattlesnake's back.
Boom!
Dust filled the air, obscuring visibility.
Lily didn't stop for a moment, activating Psionic Perception and rushing directly into the dust; she had only heard Marco's death notification, but not Rattlesnake's, so if that was the case, she just needed to charge forward, never being soft-hearted when dealing with enemies.
In the nick of time, Rattlesnake pulled Marco in front of him to block the fatal blow.
He survived, Marco died.
His employer being killed by his own hand would severely impact his reputation; he now had even more reason to kill Lily.
"This is the first time I've suffered such a significant loss; I wasn't pushed to this extent even when assassinating important members of the Truth Society. It seems I must use that move."
Rattlesnake struggled to his feet.
Just then, he suddenly saw the yellow sand parting in the middle, and a black and white figure rushed out like a sports car.
He had no time to react; his heart sank directly to the bottom.
The next second, a fist wrapped in a black glove mercilessly slammed into his nose, sending him flying as if hit by a dump truck.
"Damn it!"
Rattlesnake hastily released a second mental impact in mid-air, but before this impact hit Lily, she had already fired a grenade.
[You have suffered a mental impact, Health -65]
[You have killed Rattlesnake, Contribution 98%, gaining 39200 experience points after level difference correction]
[You have completed objective 2 of the quest [Yulia's Trial], receiving 70000 experience points and a One-Time Skill Card]
Lily's head still ached, but she was in a very good mood now.
Rattlesnake was strong, but he absolutely would not have expected that she had given Anya a Combat Etiquette card before the action.
"Your mental impact's hard crowd control is strong, but my Combat Etiquette is not bad either!"
If she had fought Rattlesnake alone, she would have lost several hundred more health points today; although a few hundred points of health were not fatal for her, with her 1670 health points, who would want to struggle when an easier victory was possible?
Lily first spent some experience to upgrade her increasingly handy Psionic Perception to Lv5, which made its base sensing radius 30 meters, far more effective than thermal imaging.
After leveling up her skill, she opened the One-Time Skill Card she had just acquired.
[Rattlesnake: Mental Omen]
[Quality]: Purple
[Item Description]: A One-Time Skill Card recording Rattlesnake's skill [Mental Omen].
[Additional Effect]: Deals mental impact to targets with Mental < 50, damage depends on the mental difference between both parties, has a high probability of causing a dizzy effect, covering a radius of 20 meters.
It was indeed something similar to a Prayer Card.
Lily was very satisfied.
This Mental Omen skill card was an excellent reward; when surrounded, or when attempting a pinpoint breakthrough, this skill card could unleash dozens of times more effect than Combat Etiquette.
She inserted the card into her tactical backpack, then took two steps forward and began to loot the corpses.
As an NPC who had evolved from a player, looting corpses was a good habit she had developed.
Although Marco's and Rattlesnake's faces were blown to smithereens, she still found two intact items.
[You obtained Rattlesnake's Identity Card]
[You obtained kirilenko's electric sword]
The Identity Card was Rattlesnake's identity verification card needed to log in to the Dark Web; with it, she could freely log into Rattlesnake's Dark Web backend.
As for kirilenko's electric sword, this was a special weapon Marco hadn't had time to use.
Of Purple quality, it was made of special alloy, possessing strength far superior to Ordinary swords, and had a fusion core similar to a power armor's power source installed in the hilt, allowing it to produce incredibly cool effects of sparks and lightning when slashing.
Of course, it wasn't just cool; the damage was also considerable. An Ordinary person couldn't withstand a single strike, only those with special abilities could be immune, such as a Martial Artist like Marco who could resist it with Qi.
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