“Watch out!”
In the midst of the chaotic battle, Li Yiming suddenly shouted at Christine!
Startled by Li Yiming’s sudden warning, Christine was momentarily stunned and confused.
Before she could make sense of what was going on, a chilling sensation swept over her back!
That strongest Licker, somehow, had silently crept up behind her!
Its gleaming, razor-sharp claws came crashing down toward Christine’s petite figure!
Just as she was about to meet a tragic end—
Li Yiming didn’t hesitate.
He ignored the three other Lickers attacking him and threw himself toward Christine without a second thought, taking a direct hit from one of the Licker’s claws!
“Guh!”
Christine felt a tremendous force slam into her as Li Yiming pulled her into his arms.
The two of them tumbled heavily to the ground, rolling several times before finally coming to a stop.
Christine felt tightness in her chest as she struggled to open her eyes.
“Yiming, you…”
She saw the horrific gash on Li Yiming’s left arm, and her heart ached with pain.
He took the blow to save me…
Christine’s chest burned with emotion.
Damn it!
It’s all because I’m too weak!
Christine clenched her teeth, anger rising in her heart.
“Cough… Ahh—what a rush!”
Li Yiming, however, seemed barely affected.
He slowly got up from on top of Christine.
The wound on his left arm was smoking and hissing, as white steam rose from it.
A gash deep enough to expose the bone was now healing rapidly right before their eyes!
A wound that would have knocked out any normal human from sheer pain, now made Li Yiming feel an indescribable sense of pleasure.
A primal instinct long abandoned by mankind was awakening within him!
His eyes glowed red, a grin spread across his face, and with a surgical scalpel in hand, he readied himself for battle against the four Lickers.
“Come on then… Who says I’m not a monster too, huh? Heh…”
The Lickers responded to his fighting spirit with enraged screeches!
Under the command of the largest and strongest Licker—their alpha—three of the Lickers lunged at Li Yiming simultaneously!
A brutal, bloody battle broke out in the tight confines of the laboratory.
Li Yiming’s every strike drew blood.
He weaved and dodged with lethal precision, leaving the Lickers covered in wounds of all sizes.
Where once they had been able to overwhelm Li Yiming, the three Lickers now found themselves unable to put any pressure on him!
Had Li Yiming spared a glance at the custom-made watch on his wrist—crafted by Christine herself—he would’ve been stunned to see:
His heart rate had reached a terrifying 320 beats per minute!
Such a rate would cause an ordinary human’s heart to explode on the spot.
But for Li Yiming, this insane heartbeat only activated every cell in his body!
With the T-Virus pushing him beyond human limits, he unleashed a monstrous level of combat power!
The three Lickers were forced into retreat under his onslaught.
But just as they faltered, the strongest Licker, who had been observing until now, finally made its move!
Seizing on Li Yiming’s brief opening, it launched itself forward and slammed into him, sending him flying!
Crash!
The Licker, with Li Yiming in its grasp, smashed through several layers of reinforced glass walls!
They finally came to a stop when they both crashed into a heavy marble lab table!
Valuable equipment was knocked over, and countless glass containers shattered on the floor.
Unidentified chemical fluids spilled everywhere.
“ROAR!”
The Licker’s claws dug deep into Li Yiming’s shoulders.
Believing it had secured victory, the creature let out a triumphant roar.
“AAARGH!!”
But Li Yiming wasn’t giving up. He roared right back— and headbutted the Licker straight in the skull!
Thud!
A dull, heavy sound echoed out.
This self-sacrificial attack, with the force of a “lose eight hundred to hurt a thousand” kind of desperation, made the Licker cry out in agony.
Before it could react, Li Yiming raised his leg and kicked it flying!
“Ugh… that’s disgusting…”
Having regained his freedom, Li Yiming tried to stand—but his legs gave out and he collapsed off the table.
That brutal head-on collision left his forehead bleeding profusely, blood streaming down.
Dazed from what was clearly a concussion, he struggled to get up but couldn’t.
As he gasped for breath, trying to figure out what to do next—
A wave of piercing cold swept into the room!
The freezing air made Li Yiming shiver violently!
In just a moment, his clothes and skin froze to the floor, locking him in place!
“What… the hell?”
Li Yiming looked up, confused, toward the source of the cold.
To his shock, he saw that the three Lickers he had just been fighting… were now completely frozen into massive blocks of ice.
And standing between the giant frozen sculptures was Christine.
She was glowing with a brilliant blue light, tears still glistening at the corners of her eyes.
At that moment, she looked like a queen from a frozen kingdom.
She exhaled softly— and the temperature in the entire lab plummeted by several degrees.
In the palm of her hand, a spear made of black ice slowly began to take form.
“Die for me…”
With a push of her palm, the black ice spear launched like a bullet!
Even Li Yiming barely saw it move—he only felt it whoosh past his cheek.
Squelch!
The spear pierced the Licker that had been struggling to get up behind Li Yiming!
With a shrill and pained shriek, the Licker’s entire body was instantly frozen into an enormous sculpture of solid ice!
Unlike the earlier ice that was just a thin layer, this one was thick and utterly encased the creature.
When the freezing stopped, even Li Yiming couldn’t make out the Licker’s features beneath the ice.
Staring at the scene in front of him, Li Yiming’s expression turned serious as he looked at Christine.
She had clearly overdrawn her powers.
Using energy like that could give a massive boost in combat strength for a short time— but the aftermath… at best, meant total physical collapse and a huge drop in ability.
At worst, it could mean death.
Just as Li Yiming had expected, right after launching the spear—
A stream of blood trickled from Christine’s nose.
Her face pale, she reached out a hand and wiped the blood from the corner of her lips.
Before Li Yiming could say a word—
Christine’s knees buckled, and she collapsed to the ground!