As Alexia watched the M82A1 sniper rifle bullet hurtling towards her, she didn't hesitate, instantly swinging her slender arm. As the Queen, her combat style had to be exquisitely elegant.
Otherwise, crude close-quarters combat would be no different from the barbaric Soldier Ants. With a low cry, her greyish-pale, slender mutated wrist suddenly ripped itself open.
"Poof…!!!"
The next second,
Blood immediately gushed from the wound on her wrist. A large amount of blood surged from Alexia's wrist, and this was precisely the effect Alexia wanted. Highly integrated individuals of the T-Veronica Virus, similar to "Kings" like Alexia, all possessed special abilities within their blood.
Besides being able to produce poisonous mist for biological infection,
These blood droplets would instantly burst into flames upon contact with the air, as if a miraculous chemical reaction had occurred. The flames, formed by the burning of air by crimson blood, appeared blood-red. Unlike ordinary flames, these were special biological flames, possessing a certain lethality towards living organisms, not merely high temperature.
Therefore…
"Poof…!!!"
"Boom—!!!"
With a sudden flick of her arm,
Accompanying the spraying of blood-red blood, a cluster of crimson, high-temperature flames miraculously erupted from Alexia's wrist, as if she were wielding a flamethrower. Whichever direction her wrist flicked, the blood-red, high-temperature flames would follow closely, just like a mage who had mastered fire element magic!
"…"
"Would you like to personally experience the special abilities within the T-Veronica Virus blood? These flames, transformed from blood, are one of my trump cards, true power that transcends mortals!"
Looking at Javier and the others,
Alexia quickly wielded the flames on her arm. The M82A1 sniper rifle bullet, after entering Alexia's intensely high-temperature flames, rapidly melted into molten iron, splattering onto the ground and instantly losing its attacking power.
"…"
"Fire Snake… bite them!"
Facing the flames she controlled so freely,
Alexia also manipulated them with great ease. She forcefully plunged her arm into the ground, and instantly, the burning crimson flames caused cracks to burst open from the ground. These fiery cracks rapidly spread towards Javier and the others' feet, like erupting magma, accelerating with urgent speed. At first glance, they truly resembled Fire Snakes rapidly striking and biting enemies.
This wasn't some chuunibyou delusion,
But Alexia truly had the ability to control these flames. At this moment, she had truly transformed into a mage capable of controlling fire element magic!
"…"
"Are you kidding me, big brother? I know the opponent can control fire magic, but this seems a bit too outrageous… How are we supposed to play this? The opponent is a fire element mage, are you sure this is still the power of a scientific virus?"
On the other side,
Watching Alexia suddenly control the flames, transforming them into several rapidly darting Fire Snakes attacking their direction, even Javier couldn't help but curse. He was aware of the power of the T-Veronica Virus, but this was the first time he had seen such skillful control over the form of flames. The boss's strength had increased too much.
After all, one must know,
This was a realistic world known for its scientific power, not swords and magic. However, thinking about how later there could be Transformers-like Ditto and Lightning Element Mages, then perhaps Alexia's fire magic didn't seem so bizarre in comparison.
"Never mind, let's retreat first…"
Seeing this,
Javier temporarily had no good counter-measures. Facing the several rapidly darting Fire Snakes attacking his feet, Javier took a deep breath and decisively chose to evade. The Breathing Technique rapidly circulated within his body, and with the boiling of his blood, Javier's physical reactions quickly improved.
Facing the Fire Snakes that were about to reach his feet, Javier leaped into the air, surprisingly bouncing several meters high. This jumping ability was astonishing.
"Poof… Boom!"
Several crimson Fire Snakes instantly collided with each other,
Immediately causing a powerful explosion. Javier had evaded the exploding flames by jumping, but Alexia's attack did not end there. She merely waved her arm lightly again, and the previously exploding flames rapidly split again, turning into clusters of fiery birds that densely swarmed towards Javier's direction.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!"
The flames underwent a second division,
Like hundreds of densely packed fiery birds, burning all over, all flying towards Javier at an incredibly fast speed, stirring up rolling hot winds in the air.
Javier's expression froze upon seeing this,
His face immediately darkened further. This was getting more and more outrageous. Before, controlling the flames to form darting Fire Snakes for attack was acceptable, at least the flames were still connected, understandable and acceptable. But now… the flames splitting into clusters of fiery birds for assault?
This was already fragmented flame control,
This was no longer something that could be simply explained by science.
"Click…!"
"Legendary Hero Appearance—!!!"
Having no other choice,
Seeing the dense clusters of fiery birds about to rush him, Javier no longer held back. He decisively pulled out a smoke bomb from his waist and slammed it hard onto the ground, while reluctantly uttering his chuunibyou skill line.
The next second,
"Boom————!!!"
A huge muffled explosion suddenly rang out.
The moment Javier slammed the smoke bomb, large patches of thick smoke rapidly rose around him, and Javier's figure instantly vanished, as if he had become invisible and disappeared into the vast rolling smoke.
And the dense clusters of fiery birds controlled by Alexia immediately lost their direction, not knowing where to attack, only darting wildly and disoriented within the vast rolling smoke, like headless flies—
Chapter 21: I Love Watching Women Fight
[Name: Legendary Hero Appearance]
[Type: Buff Skill]
[Effect: From Rexie's second skill "Legendary Hero Appearance" in Honor of Emperors, it grants a smoke bomb an invisibility effect and provides one superhuman jump ability. This effect can be used up to three times a day. The smoke emitted has invisibility properties; hiding inside, no one can find you until the smoke dissipates (laughs)]
[Remarks: A classic case of burying one's head in the sand, a continuation of the legend, hero appearing! When the ultimate move is activated, ding~ look back~ grab, yo~ ghost blade activated, can't see, positioning positioning, dry in hand~ hahaha, uncomfortable~]
…
This was Javier's life-saving skill,
He didn't expect to use it so soon.
It could grant three smoke bombs invisibility effect, allow up to three smoke bombs to be used daily, and provide one superhuman jump ability.
Javier's figure, after throwing the smoke bomb, was instantly swallowed by the rolling white smoke. A small smoke bomb perfectly concealed him within it. If observed with the naked eye, it would be impossible to detect Javier's hidden location.
Because the so-called invisibility was like his body transforming into gas and drifting along with the thick smoke of the smoke bomb, making it very difficult to detect. However, if the opponent possessed extremely keen olfactory abilities, or high-tech cheats like infrared thermal imaging, then it would be a different story, because in that case, Javier's invisibility would be useless.
But fortunately,
The Alexia in front of him did not possess these two abilities.
Although Alexia's T-Veronica Virus was very powerful, not only capable of spewing flames and poisonous mist, but also possessing multi-stage evolution powers, especially the enslavement characteristic, which allowed her to have a vast army of loyal followers,
But in terms of basic aspects,
Compared to ordinary evolved T-Virus monsters like Lickers and other BOWs, Alexia's own sense of smell was indeed average. After all, she didn't rely on her nose to survive; she had other abilities to compensate for this deficiency.
But precisely because of this,
After Javier used the "Legendary Hero Appearance" buff skill, Javier, hidden within the rolling smoke, completely disappeared, causing Alexia to be temporarily unable to do anything to Javier.
"Disappeared, or… Wait, something's wrong, he didn't disappear, but is hidden in the smoke. Does that smoke bomb actually have such an effect?"
"Well, if that's the case, if I can't find him, I'll just burn everything. I don't believe a rat can hide in the sewers forever!"
Her dark gold ant-like pupils scanned the rolling white smoke. Her biological instinct told Alexia that Javier hadn't simply vanished, but was merely hidden within the rolling smoke.
And since there was no effective way to flush out this rat Javier, then she would just directly use flames to cover a large area and burn everything. Anyway, she didn't lack blood and flames. Faced with this troublesome situation, Alexia decisively chose the simplest and most brutal solution.
"…"
"Flames, burn everything to ashes—!!!"
Again, incredibly chuunibyou words,
Alexia looked at the rolling smoke that continued to rise in front of her, then waved her hand. The wrists of both her arms immediately broke open with grotesque wounds, and crimson blood continuously spurted out. The moment the air came into contact with the blood, a chemical reaction immediately occurred.
A large amount of air began to compress and burn, forming crimson, raging flames that surged towards the thick smoke.
This time, the range of the flame combustion was very wide,
It wasn't just one arm burning,
But both of Alexia's arms, like enlarged flamethrowers combined, formed a surging sea of flames that attacked. Watching the overwhelming, raging flames suddenly surge into the thick smoke, Claire and Steve, observing from afar, couldn't help but be startled.
Their anxious hearts couldn't help but break into a sweat. They couldn't imagine how Javier could possibly evade this vast, raging inferno. Could it be that the rolling white smoke also had fireproof properties?
Of course, it didn't.
The thick smoke from the smoke bomb was just ordinary thick smoke,
Its only special effect was merely invisibility.
Therefore, when Javier saw Alexia unleash her full power, controlling the overwhelming sea of flames surging towards him, his expression changed. He immediately used the superhuman jump ability included with the [Legendary Hero Appearance] buff skill.
While his body was invisible,
He could gain one superhuman jump.
He could easily leap dozens of meters high like a Superman, thus quickly escaping dangerous situations.
"Bang————!!!"
A loud bang,
And at this moment, Javier used this superhuman jump ability. At the last second, he leaped with all his might. Just as the flames were about to reach his feet, Javier shot out like a cannonball, soaring high into the air.
However, because he left the cover of the smoke bomb, Javier at this moment also revealed his true form from invisibility. A pitch-black "big black rat" was exposed before Alexia.
Looking at the black shadow rapidly shooting through the air, Alexia's grey mutated pretty face subtly smiled, revealing a satisfied expression.
Now, hadn't he popped out from the sewers?
A rat is a rat; it will still pop out when its tail is on fire…
"However…"
"Since you've escaped, don't think about going back. Devour him, Fire Birds, Fire Snakes, Fire Wolves, tear him to shreds!"
Seeing this,
Alexia had no hesitation whatsoever. Her mutated hands again slammed down onto the ground. The crimson flames once again expanded and burned, and under her precise flame control ability,
They immediately began to transform into various beasts. There were Fire Snakes darting on the ground, dense clusters of Fire Birds, and even ferocious Fire Wolves thumping on the ground, all gathered around Alexia.
With her command,
A large number of flame beasts all attacked towards Javier's direction in a rush. The quantity was enormous. Again, this was no longer simple flame control. Javier highly suspected whether the T-Veronica Virus could grant people the talent to learn elemental magic, as this flame manipulation technique was too outrageous.
This was completely something from a different worldview—!
"Poof… Boom…!!!"
He could even vaguely hear the roars emanating from the mouths of these beasts, condensed from burning flames, as if they were truly sentient living beings, not mere ethereal flame constructs. A vast number of dense flame beasts surged towards Javier's direction, leaving clear scorched footprints on the ground.
Javier's face immediately changed.
When he landed from this superhuman jump, it would be his death. After all, Javier currently had no superpowers to withstand these raging flames, even if his tight combat suit was made of special material, it wouldn't matter.
If he was pounced upon by these ferocious fire beasts, even without the threat of high-temperature scorching, the terrifying impact and explosion would be enough to give Javier a hard time!
"…"
"Die! If you only have this much strength, then it's simply too laughable. Don't even talk about denying my survival law; you don't even have the right to discuss it now!"
Looking at Javier, who was about to fall from mid-air and be devoured and torn apart by the flame beasts she controlled,
A hint of mockery couldn't help but appear on Alexia's pretty face. She had thought Javier was so formidable; it turned out he was nothing special. He hadn't even touched a single bit of her flesh. How dare such a person try to persuade her with that rotten mouth? Simply foolish beyond belief, making one want to deeply mock him.
However,
Just as Alexia believed the outcome was decided,