Reawakening: SSS-Rank Villain’s POV

Lucian looked at him and said, "Cut the crap. You're hiding here because you're looking for an opportunity to ambush me, right? So, why wouldn't I fight back?"

He covered the wound on his chest. Because he drank a recovery medicine in advance, the blood from his chest quickly stopped.

"Since you've already found out, let's just fight. I'm the president of the Pharmaceutical Society, Du Peng!"

Lucian was getting impatient. "Another one of you. Are you guys done yet? Why don't you all attack together? I can't be bothered to waste more time."

To be honest, if these people had attacked together, Lucian wouldn't have been able to defeat them. However, if he gathered all his enemies into one spot, it would be much easier for him to escape.

Du Peng snorted. "Our goal isn't just to defeat you, but to play with you and slowly wear you down until you fall into despair!"

"Only then can we crush you mentally!"

His words made Lucian laugh. "So this is your plan. However, you've got it backward. You're not making me fall into despair; I'm the one inflicting despair on you all!"

Du Peng sneered and said, "You sure think highly of yourself as a mere freshman. What do you have that gave you the idea you could deal with us?"

Lucian crossed his arms in front of his chest and continued, "One of you, He Kai, has already fought with me just now. However, he has already lost."

When Du Peng heard this, his eyes widened slightly, but he did not believe Lucian's words.

"Don't be stupid. How could He Kai lose to you?"

"In my opinion, you were beaten by him until you found a chance to run away, coming here!"

Noticing that Du Peng was unwilling to accept reality, Lucian got lazy to say anything more.

"Since you can't see reality for what it is, let me help you!"

Lucian raised his claws and walked toward Du Peng as he said that.

Du Peng looked at Lucian calmly, then took out his weapon, a long sword.

Lucian opened his System scan and saw Du Peng's attributes.

[ Du Peng ]

[ Talent: Medicine King (A-Level)]

[ Attack: 510 ]

[ Speed: 140 ]

[ Health: 650 ]

[ Mana: 220 ]

[ Defense: 370 ]

Du Peng's attributes were much higher than Lucian's!

However, these attributes were obtained after he drank the strengthening potion.

Basic attributes were just one aspect of the whole battle. More importantly, the victory would still depend on one's overall strength, such as skills, equipment, combat experience, and techniques.

Although Du Peng's attributes were much higher than his, Lucian was still confident that he could fight him.

Du Peng brandished his long sword and charged toward Lucian.

As he stabbed out with his long sword, a stream of sword aura surged through quickly at Lucian.

Lucian activated his Crimson Step skill and teleported to dodge the incoming sword aura!

The next moment, Du Peng looked around and quickly found Lucian's location after he teleported.

However, Du Peng did not stab with his sword again. Instead, he took out a bottle of black liquid.

"Now, enjoy the pain!"

As he said this, Du Peng threw the bottle in his hand with all his might toward Lucian.

When Lucian saw this, he instantly realized that this bottle was not filled with something good.

Hence, he used his skill, Flaming Claw!

His claws were covered in flames as he swung his claws forward, causing the flames to shoot out.

When the highly toxic bottle of potion came into contact with the flames, it exploded instantly. The liquid inside the bottle splashed onto the ground, emitting a sizzling sound of corrosion.

Lucian lowered his head and shockingly discovered that the ground had been eroded into a large pit!

This terrifying, corrosive power was simply startling!

Lucian did not dare imagine what would happen if the liquid splashed him!

"You like to play dirty, don't you? Then I don't have to show you any mercy!"

As he said that, Lucian swished his claws as he rushed at Du Peng!

Du Peng held his long sword and was prepared to clash against Lucian too.

Du Peng had the advantage in that he had all kinds of potions. He had various types, and those potions were of high quality.

This was his greatest edge over Lucian!

Hence, he took out another bottle of potion!

"This time, I don't believe you can continue to dodge!"

Du Peng directly smashed it open at his feet. A ball of thick fog quickly escaped from the bottle and instantly covered the surroundings.

Being enveloped by the fog, Lucian frowned slightly. This fog was not right, and there was a high probability that it was poisonous!

Lucian hurriedly held his breath and looked at Du Peng's figure in the fog.

He discovered that Du Peng could breathe in the fog easily.

Could it be that he was immune to this poisonous fog?

Lucian would be in a difficult situation if that were the case. He needed to hold his breath in a battle in this poisonous fog, but Du Peng did not, and this would be fatal. If Lucian stopped breathing, it was equivalent to losing his ability to fight!

In the thick fog surrounding him, Lucian held his breath and assumed a battle stance.

His opponent, Du Peng, had the talent of "Medicine King".

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Although this talent was only A-Level, it was suitable for refining and creating medicine.

The most powerful aspect of the Medicine King talent was that he could drink more bottles of potions than others.

For example, if a person drank a bottle of life potion, he might need a ten-minute cooldown before he could drink another.

However, Du Peng could drink two bottles, three bottles, or even more. It depended on his current strength and the degree of evolution of his talent.

Therefore, Lucian adopted a different strategy when fighting such an opponent.

Du Peng could drink multiple bottles of attribute-enhancing medicine, temporarily increasing his strength by some time.

In other words, if Lucian couldn't defeat Du Peng now, he just had to wait until the effect of the medicine ended before he fought back.