"Hmph!"
He let out a low growl, then raised his broken sword high.
He fiercely slashed at the Plaga Parasite Villagers closest to him. With a "Pffft!" sound, the simplest sword technique, a swift cut, severed a round head instantly. Blood splattered everywhere. There were no Exploding Bug, only a bloody corpse lying on the ground.
"..."
"I'm going to cut you into meat sauce!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
Suddenly, harsh, abusive shouts filled his ears.
A bald Plaga Parasite Villagers rushed forward, axe in hand, its blade glowing ominously as it aimed for Javier's neck.
However, Javier remained unfazed. He bent low and executed an Eight Extremities Fist Iron Mountain Lean, crashing into the villager, dodging the axe strike and successfully hitting the villager's armpit. A sharp pain shot through the villager's armpit and arm, his expression twisted in agony, and the axe in his hand fell to the ground.
"Bang--!"
"Pfft!"
Javier seized the opportunity, grabbing the axe.
He viciously brought it down on the villager's face. In an instant, the entire head split into two, a mixture of brain matter and bursting Plaga parasite instantly gushed out.
Seeing this, Javier's expression changed again. He quickly kicked with his size 42 foot, sending the villager flying several meters away, preventing the Exploding Bug villager from engaging him in close-quarters combat.
After all, those wildly flailing scythe-like tentacles were quite troublesome...
But after showing off some fancy footwork,
Javier realized that more and more Plaga parasite villagers were surrounding him. Knowing he couldn't keep up the act, Javier quickly pulled out the pin, and a smoke bomb fell from his pant leg. Thick white smoke began to billow and spread, and Javier's figure disappeared, concealed by the smoke.
The [Legendary Hero Appearance] buff activated again!
Effect: Grants invisibility in smoke and one superhuman leap ability.
Taking advantage of the invisibility,
several High-explosive grenades and flashbang were thrown in succession into various corners around him. The High-explosive grenades were primed first, followed by the flashbang.
Only a second later,
the rolling white smoke suddenly rose into the air. While the Plaga Parasite Villagers were still wondering where Javier was hiding, wildly flailing in the thick smoke,
"Bang... Whoosh---!!!"
A dull thud,
the leap activated.
Javier, utilizing the [Legendary Hero Appearance] buff skill and one superhuman leap, successfully sprang out of the smoke, leaping several meters high. After a somersault, he landed steadily, successfully escaping the encirclement of the Plaga parasite villagers and reaching a position dozens of meters away.
"Where did he hide?"
"He's there!"
"Catch him!"
However, Javier, who had escaped the encirclement, was still discovered by the other Plaga parasite villagers. Their fierce, crimson eyes fixated on Javier as he leaped out of the smoke. The villagers, armed with farming tools, gave chase again.
But...
The next second!
"Bang---!!!
"Rumble---!!!"
The hidden High-explosive grenades suddenly detonated.
Like blooming fireworks, intense explosive shrapnel and flames filled everything. The powerful shockwave blew dust into the air. Dozens of Plaga Parasite Villagers who had intended to pursue Javier died instantly, their bodies gruesomely sprawled on the ground, bloody and dismembered, limbs scattered everywhere.
"Pfft...!"
"Hoo hoo...!"
And some Plaga parasite villagers who were affected but not killed by the blast immediately entered their Exploding Bug state, their heads exploding, yellow fluid splattering, and sharp scythe-like tentacles emerging from their necks. Severely wounded, they let out hissing sounds, determined to tear Javier to shreds!
However...
"Bang---!"
Another dull explosion sound,
but it wasn't as deafening as the High-explosive grenade. There was only a faint muffled sound, but the penetrating power of the sonic boom was incredibly strong, accompanied by a blindingly bright light that rapidly expanded and spread, with points of white starlight blooming all around.
The 600W candela brightness illuminated everything, and these dazzling white lights instantly shone upon these Exploding Bug Plaga parasite villagers.
If it were Plaga Parasite Villagers who hadn't yet transformed into Exploding Bug, they would only enter a rigid state when hit by a flashbang. After all, though they fear light, their core body is still hidden beneath flesh and blood.
But for the Plaga parasite already exposed...
"Gurgle gurgle..."
A decaying sound immediately came forth.
After being assaulted by the flashbang,
the originally aggressive seven or eight Plaga parasite villagers instantly collapsed limply to the ground. And the Exploding Bug Plaga parasite growing from their necks became like liquefied snails, their tentacles immediately shriveled and dehydrated, twitching limply on the ground. Without a doubt... they were already dead—!
After a series of fluid maneuvers,
the original fifty-plus Plaga Parasite Villagers were now reduced to just over twenty. Javier's pressure significantly decreased. As he retreated,
he quickly began reloading his Desert Eagle and DP Light Machine Gun ammunition. If he played it even smarter, he might even save his RPG ammunition!
"Roar, roar, roar---!!!"
"Thump thump thump..."
However,
just as Javier was feeling smug, a low roar and a dark shadow charged forward. The newcomer was none other than the boss, Chief Mendez. The number of Plaga Parasite Villagers was rapidly decreasing.
This was not a game world, but the real world. Their entire village only had about a hundred people, and these were all of their inhabitants. Javier had just eliminated most of them, meaning there weren't many living people left in the village.
If this continued,
Wolf's Valley Village would truly become a deserted village. Therefore, Chief Mendez could not wait any longer, regardless of what other methods or trump cards Javier had not yet revealed.
In an instant, he charged straight forward, shaking the ground with his heavy steps. His speed was incredibly fast. Before Javier could react, Chief Mendez had already arrived in front of Javier.
His thick hands quickly spread open,
in a hunting posture,
intending to capture Javier instantly. But how could Javier let him succeed? He raised the newly loaded Desert Eagle and furiously fired at Chief Mendez's head.
"Bang bang bang---!!!"
Gunshots rang out,
the.50 caliber bullets quickly pierced through Chief Mendez's thick palm, blood mist splattering everywhere. Feeling an incredibly intense pain, Chief Mendez was enraged.
No longer holding back, his hands instantly clenched into fists. Ignoring the pain from the Desert Eagle bullets, he endured it, bending low, and his massive fist swung out in an instant!
"Bang----!!!"
Javier instinctively blocked with both arms,
but the monstrous strength from Chief Mendez was still unbelievable. He couldn't control his body at all, and the bones in his arms felt like they were about to shatter, sending intense pain through him. Javier was then sent flying dozens of meters away, rolling several times on the ground like a rag doll, kicking up clouds of dust before finally coming to a stop...
Chapter Thirty-Six: Ancestral African Big Banana
"Bang---!"
A dull thud,
Javier was sent flying several meters by a single punch, his body smashing hard onto the ground. His spinal column was curved like a taut bow, and he writhed in pain on the ground. The force of that punch was considerable, nearly shattering Javier's arm bones.
Indeed... a boss is a boss. Even if not a Great Boss, his strength is still something Javier, a mere mortal, cannot contend with.
"Cough cough..."
"But, you really wouldn't think I'd come at you for a hearty close-quarters combat, old Chief? There's no point in using hot weapons, only a fool would fight with pure physical techniques."
He coughed a few times,
Javier wiped away the sweet bloodstains from the corner of his mouth, then quickly got up, looking at Chief Mendez in front of him and speaking faintly.
He currently didn't possess the power of the T-Virus or G Virus, nor the power of the T-Veronica Virus. Therefore, close-quarters combat was out of the question.
It was much safer to stick to conservative methods like bombing with hot weapons.
After all, these things have long reach and are safe, aren't they?
However,
Chief Mendez completely failed to understand Javier's mumbling words. Seeing that Javier had taken his punch and still hadn't fallen, Chief Mendez simply let out another low growl and continued his rampaging attack, his four massive pincers fully opened, their sharp edges exposed.
Those massive pincers, like guillotine blades,
if they easily grabbed you,
it would be as simple as cutting up daylilies. Javier's limbs, arms, and even his head could be effortlessly sliced into two, and the cuts would be remarkably smooth. After all, in nature, a coconut crab's claws can peel open a thick coconut shell, let alone these even larger pincers, which could probably pry open steel plates.
However,
facing Chief Mendez's sudden attack,
Javier remained unhurried. The situation was dangerous, but he needed to be even calmer. And so... under Chief Mendez's gaze, another smoke bomb had its pin pulled and fell from Javier's pants pocket.
[Legendary Hero Appearance]—
This buff skill again,
but it was also the last use for today. After use, the smoke would have an invisibility effect, granting one superhuman leap ability. There's a cooldown of three uses per day for this effect on smoke bombs.
He had already used it twice before, so this was the last time. Unless it was 8 AM tomorrow when the cooldown refreshed, the smoke bomb would just be a regular smoke bomb.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Thick white smoke suddenly billowed out,
slowly enveloping Javier's body.
And Javier, right under Chief Mendez's nose, seemed to dissipate like drifting dust with the smoke, until he completely vanished. The smoke spread a great distance, not just in a small area.
Wherever the smoke could spread, Javier could hide invisibly. The only drawback was that the smoke bomb's duration wasn't long, only about thirty seconds, making long-term hide-and-seek impossible. However, this was enough for Javier; being able to dodge fatal attacks was sufficient...
And so,
as his body dissipated and became invisible with the smoke,
Javier repeated the process,
continuing to take out several High-explosive grenades and deftly began setting up his traps.
[Shadow Assault] + [Forbidden Technique: Shrouded Shadow Assault] - the ultimate combination of Talon and Zed. Javier directly set up a complete set of grenade traps on the ground. It was just a pity that his Claymore Mine were all used up, otherwise he could have instantly killed Chief Mendez.
"Roar, roar, roar---!!!"
And while Javier was busy setting up his grenade traps,
Chief Mendez no longer cared where Javier was hiding. Instead, he charged directly into the billowing white smoke, his four massive pincers and thick arms flailing wildly, attempting to grab the vanished Javier.
But unfortunately,
the invisible Javier could see Chief Mendez's attacks, but Chief Mendez couldn't detect any trace of Javier. Therefore, trying to catch the invisible him was an extremely difficult task.
As for trying to pinpoint Javier's location through a keen sense of smell?
That was even more impossible. First, it's not certain if the Plaga parasite has the ability to enhance Chief Mendez's sense of smell. After all, as mentioned before, a parasite is not like a virus; it cannot directly enhance all of the host's abilities, only strengthen the physical body.
Only parasites that have completely mutated into monsters, like the left and right hands, might autonomously evolve a super sense of smell. Chief Mendez was still in human form, and a human nose structure cannot possess a super sense of smell.
But even if he did, he wouldn't be able to smell it,
because ever since the last time at the Antarctica Research Institute when Wesker, with his Progenitor Virus-enhanced dog-like sense of smell, sniffed out the invisible Javier in the smoke, Javier learned his lesson! He then infused the smoke bombs with a little something extra, adding more chemical components that could mask biological scents.