"..."
The sudden attack made Wesker furrow his brows. He had now confirmed the fact that he was the ultimate villain boss.
After all, who else would get this kind of treatment but him?
He couldn't even kill someone in peace. Just as he had shaken off Alexia, Chris, Jill, and the others arrived. They were no different from annoying flies.
He hadn't encountered so many variables when he was injecting that stupid woman Excella with the ouroboros virus. Wesker didn't know if this was a stroke of luck or if Javier, Chris, and the others were just that united.
Clang, clang, clang...!!!
Bullets passed through Wesker's afterimages one after another, all hitting the steel plate wall on the side, producing a series of crisp metallic clangs as sparks flew in all directions.
While this didn't cause Wesker any harm, his movements to dodge on the spot gave Javier plenty of time to react.
He plunged a syringe filled with blood-red medicine straight into his own neck.
Javier's eyes instantly turned red, and dark purple veins bulged, crawling across his cheeks like a dense spider web.
This was the viral power contained in Lisa's blood starting to take effect; after all, this stuff was equivalent to a stimulant.
If used poorly, there would be side effects. As for the side effects... naturally, he would turn into a G-Virus monster just like William!
"Hah—!"
Downing a bowl of deer blood,
Restoring virility tonight, staying firm as a golden spear, a seven-times-a-night man.
With bloodshot eyes, Javier felt his entire body filled with a terrifying power that was about to burst. If he didn't vent it soon,
He really might end up like G1 William or a Tyrant.
Unable to suppress the virus's power, his muscles would rapidly swell, and he would transform into a giant monster. If that happened, he'd be truly finished!
Fortunately,
Javier could still control his reason and didn't go berserk.
After all, he already had trace amounts of the G-Virus in his body and had long since developed a bit of adaptability. He wouldn't be led by the nose by the virus's power.
Clang—!
At the same time,
Javier also pulled out Executioner Verdugo's tail blade from his spatial backpack. Although it didn't have any special skills,
This weapon cut through iron like butter and was even better than the knock-off Yamato. It could easily slice Wesker's body in half. If he was lucky... just a light touch to Wesker's neck could separate his head from his shoulders!
"What did he just inject?"
Looking at Javier, whose eyes were suddenly blood-red and whose dark purple veins were bulging, Wesker frowned deeply and couldn't help but mutter in confusion.
Javier's appearance was very wrong.
An ill omen rose in Wesker's heart, but the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired. Looking at Javier, who was close at hand,
Wesker shifted from a fist to a palm. He gathered his strength and sank his weight, thrusting out a Pai Yun Palm carrying a thousand pounds of force, which quickly struck Javier's chest.
Bang—!
A muffled thud rang out.
After the palm struck Javier's chest, the ribs there instantly collapsed inward.
Ribs snapped, leaving a palm print embedded in his chest. His internal organs were shattered, and a sweet taste rose in his throat as Javier couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of old blood.
His lungs and heart were damaged, even nearing cardiac arrest. This single palm strike was enough to instantly kill any living creature. As expected of the martial arts master Wesker, his palm technique was indeed formidable.
But unfortunately,
The power of this palm strike was exactly what Javier had been hoping for.
Feeling the excruciating pain from the injury on his chest, cold sweat broke out on Javier's forehead, but his heart felt jubilant.
Because the power of the G-Virus was rapidly merging with his body. Like a tire that was about to be overinflated and burst,
It had now been punctured with a small hole by Wesker's palm strike.
The excess air was vented out. Instead of a blowout, Javier's body gained a buffer. This was simply incredible luck.
Zheng—!
Swish—!!!
Sensing that the power inside him had suddenly stopped expanding, Javier didn't hesitate. He took advantage of the moment Wesker was stunned to decisively swing his blade. Executioner Verdugo's tail blade slashed out rapidly, aiming for Wesker's neck.
Wesker, having reacted, still seemed very confident in his technique of catching a blade barehanded. He immediately reached out a hand, preparing to catch the blade with one hand again.
But unfortunately,
Wesker hadn't expected that Javier's strength had been enhanced after drinking Lisa's blood. The force of this slash was immense.
Wesker couldn't catch it with one hand.
The blade slid into his palm. The sharp tail blade sliced off half of Wesker's palm, and blood sprayed into the air...!
His own palm had been sliced off...?!
This was the first doubt in Wesker's mind because it wasn't an illusion; half of his palm had been cut away.
Splattered blood hung in the air, and a sharp pain stimulated his nerves. This was the clearest sensation of pain Wesker had felt for the first time.
Of course,
It wasn't that it actually hurt that much.
Rather, Wesker couldn't accept the fact that he had been harmed by a human ant like Javier, whom he despised.
He had just boastfully mocked Javier moments ago.
But now...
Wesker was not only injured but also in a pathetic state. The injury to his palm and the sense of humiliation in his heart constantly stimulated Wesker's nerves, which was why he felt such intense pain.
"Damn it—!!!"
"You are really going to pay a painful price for what you've done now, Javier...!"
Snapping his head up, Wesker's eyes behind his dark sunglasses stared fixedly at Javier as he spoke. A strong man's pride does not allow for humiliation by the weak.
This was the ultimate taboo.
If an ant provokes you, at most you just step on it. But not only was the ant not crushed, it had bitten him. That was what made him most exasperated.
Puchi!
Therefore,
Fueled by rage,
Wesker's severed half-palm instantly restored itself. A new palm grew back in the blink of an eye. Although the flesh was still bright red,
It could already be used flexibly.
Having restored his palm, Wesker no longer held any thoughts of playfulness or toyed with his prey. He immediately moved to kill Javier, bending into a horse stance, gathering his strength, and striking out again with a palm carrying a thousand pounds of force!
This time,
He didn't aim for Javier's chest,
But targeted Javier's head. If it hit, the head would truly burst like a watermelon!
Boom—!!!
The wind from the palm strike rushed at him,
Making Javier's cheeks sting. That black palm rapidly enlarged before his eyes,
As if it would cover his head in the next second. This made Javier unable to help but marvel.
What a fantasy bio-hazard this was. You guys have completely ruined the bio-virus, turning it into a competition of ancient martial arts.
Facing this blow,
Javier didn't dare be careless. He quickly crossed his arms to block. After all, a hit to the chest was a minor matter, but a hit to the brain would be truly disastrous. Once the brain shut down,
Then no amount of viral power would be of any use, unless he could evolve to a freakish level like Lisa's.
She was practically no different from a slime. Her body could be hit by a nuclear bomb and be fine. After all, the The Pursuer Nemesis-α Parasite could fall into a furnace at thousands of degrees and come out unscathed to continue evolving.
Lisa, who combined the 'favors' of countless viruses, would certainly have no problem tanking a mere nuclear bomb. She might not be able to regain her human form, but she definitely wouldn't die.
Bang—!!!
Crack, crack...
The familiar sound of bones shattering rang out again.
Having taken Wesker's palm strike head-on, Javier was sent flying again. Both of his arms suffered comminuted fractures, broken in multiple places from shoulder to palm.
Intense pain constantly stimulated Javier's brain.
For an ordinary person, this would probably be beyond saving; there would be no choice but amputation for such fractures. But facing such a severe injury, Javier gave a grim smile.
One must know,
He was currently practicing the Seven Injuries Fist.
One strike, seven injuries; first hurt oneself, then hurt the enemy. Javier, who had swallowed Lisa's viral blood, was just worrying about how to digest the power that was about to burst his body.
Now, Wesker's lethal Pai Yun Palm strikes were coming one after another, which just happened to consume the violent viral power inside Javier. The more he was injured, the more the expanding viral power could be expended.
At the same time, the speed at which Javier merged with the G-Virus became faster. This was a good thing, though it required taking a beating. First, take a 'Face-Deforming Kick' to turn himself into a fat man, and finally, a 'Return-to-Beauty Punch'.
This would allow Javier's viral fusion to reach its most perfect state, while also avoiding the possibility of turning into a Tyrant or a G1 monster. After all, Javier didn't want to turn into one of those gargantuan bio-monsters.
Hum...
Sensing the shattered bones in his body,
The bio-virus inside immediately went to work, accelerating Javier's metabolism. The shattered bones and injured chest were recovering at an incredibly fast speed. Simultaneously, along with the viral fusion,
Javier could feel his body beginning to show signs that ordinary people didn't have. His bones were hardening, and he even had a few extra vertebrae; his muscles were also constantly tightening.
This was the change produced by the virus sensing that Javier's body was too weak and frequently injured. It reinforced the hardness of the bones, added a few more bones to increase flexibility, and wrapped them in a large amount of muscle.
This way...
He could avoid suffering fractures again. In a sense... this was the evolutionary power granted by the virus. Javier was also beginning to transform in the direction of a "New Human."
At the same time,
Because of Wesker's two palm strikes,
Javier, whose skin had been red and hot, gradually began to cool down. The redness and heat were slowly fading.
This meant that Javier had reached the perfect critical point of viral fusion. In a while, he would be able to completely adapt to the G-Virus in his body.
Although it was a bit perverse,
By then, he would only need to keep drinking Lisa's blood to become even stronger, just like how G William had continuously consumed G-Virus samples to grow stronger back then.
"..."
"What did you just drink? A virus potion or something?!"
And at this moment,
Wesker finally noticed something was wrong. The feel of those few palm strikes was very off. Javier was getting stronger the more he was beaten.
Wesker could clearly feel the life energy reaction within Javier's body becoming stronger. At the same time, Javier was even more resilient than that stupid woman Alexia.
This was not good news.
At least Alexia could be disfigured with a few slashes, but Javier was becoming tankier the more he was hit. This made Wesker suspect that what Javier had just drunk might be some kind of virus potion.
Javier intended to absorb the virus's power during the battle. This felt completely absurd to Wesker.
Even he didn't dare to casually try merging other viruses for fear of chaos, yet Javier's courage was actually this great. He didn't know if Javier had a trump card or was simply not afraid of death.
"Take a guess..."
"The commotion on the freighter deck is getting smaller and smaller. Time is running out for you, Wesker. Now is not the time for you to consider whether or not to kill me,"
"But rather whether you can still escape the freighter. Now it's my turn to delay you and prevent you from escaping!"