Continue the Journey, Destination: United States!
James recovered most of the injuries he sustained in the fight quickly and did not lose his ability to move. The swelling on his face, which had been bruised and swollen from being hit by the butt of a gun, had subsided, although it was still somewhat red. It was estimated that he would recover soon.
What's even more obvious is James's hand. When not in combat, the bone spur is hidden in his forearm. During combat, the bone spur moves forward, along the back of his hand, through the four finger bones, and finally pierces the skin and protrudes completely from his body through three gaps between the four finger joints at the knuckles.
After the battle ended and the bone spurs were retracted into his body, the three wounds on each of his hands that the bone spurs had left by piercing his skin did not bleed. Instead, they slowly closed up and healed. According to Chen Mo's observation, the entire healing process should only take about ten minutes.
It's important to know that for ordinary people, this kind of wound takes at least a week to begin to heal and scab over, and it takes even longer to fully heal, and it will leave a scar.
James can fully heal in just over ten minutes, and without leaving any scars, as if he had never been injured.
This healing ability is far more powerful than Chen Mo's healing ability, which is eight times that of an ordinary person.
Even Chen Mo could only shorten the week to less than a day, and would only leave a slight, barely noticeable scar, far from James's almost visible recovery speed.
This is actually James's greatest ability!
The bone spurs hidden in his arms, his greater strength and speed than ordinary people, are secondary abilities, far less powerful than his healing ability.
Moreover, although James' healing ability is already very strong, he is still far from being at his peak!
He has only just awakened, and his abilities in all aspects are still very weak, even less than one-tenth of his peak. You know, in the movie, James's wounds can heal completely in just a few seconds, which is much stronger than he is now.
However, there is still plenty of time; James has ample opportunity to gradually master and improve his abilities.
Victor is not the same as James.
His abilities didn't suddenly awaken after being stimulated; he had possessed them since birth.
If James's ability is latent and might never be activated without a huge stimulus, then Victor's ability is explicit and doesn't need to be stimulated; he is born with it.
Just like the sharp claws on his hands, they were born different from others and were even regarded as deformed.
However, his abilities were not powerful from birth, but gradually grew stronger as he aged and used them.
However, since he had no opportunity to fight since childhood, his growth in strength, speed, and other aspects was not significant. He was only slightly stronger than James, who suddenly awakened his abilities, barely reaching the level of a normal adult. But he was still quite far from those strong adults, after all, he was only a teenager.
However, possibly due to the long-term abuse and beatings from his father Thomas, Victor's self-healing ability was much stronger than James'. The wounds he suffered in the battle had basically healed, and he looked to be in much better condition than James. It was precisely because of this powerful self-healing ability that young Victor was able to survive the endless beatings and abuse from his father Thomas over the years.
Moreover, Victor's abilities were enhanced during this battle. While his physical attributes were not significantly improved, the claws on his ten fingers underwent a considerable change.
This was actually the first time he had ever used his claws in a real fight. In the past, he would constantly trim his nails and had never fought a life-or-death battle with anyone. He had never used the claws on his hands before.
This time, at Chen Mo's request, he did not trim his nails. His already fast-growing nails quickly grew to their usual length within a few days.
Just as he charged forward with fighting spirit and threw himself into the battle, influenced by his inner emotions, the sharp claws on his ten fingers automatically extended, extending more than two centimeters beyond the fingertips, and became even sharper and more razor-sharp, like ten sharp blades, exerting greater destructive power.
Sitting in the carriage, Victor, who had calmed down, finally noticed the change in his fingernails. They were noticeably longer and sharper than before. Victor was puzzled, but then a hint of excitement appeared on his face.
This proves that his claws are not ordinary deformed nails, but rather, as Chen Mo said, magical special abilities, weapons with powerful destructive capabilities.
"Try to control them to shrink back."
Chen Mo's voice rang out in front of him.
Upon hearing this, Victor looked up at Chen Mo and, sensing the certainty in Chen Mo's gaze, Victor was filled with confidence as well. He stretched out his hands in front of him, a hint of expectation in his heart, and silently chanted to retract his claws.
At first, the ten long, sharp claws didn't react at all, but Victor didn't give up and continued to try. Finally, when he focused his consciousness on his fingertips and tried to control the nails to retract as if he were controlling his fingers to bend, the claws at his fingertips finally reacted. With Victor's conscious control, the claws that extended more than two centimeters from his fingertips slowly retracted, until only less than one centimeter of the fingertips were exposed. Although they still looked sharp and strange, they were not as fierce and wild as the long claws before, like a ferocious Beast.
Seeing that he could actually control his claws to retract, a hint of excitement flashed in Victor's eyes. He then tried to extend them again, and with his previous success, Victor easily flicked them out this time.
After several attempts, Victor looked at Chen Mo with excitement.
His claws were indeed retractable, just like James's, and had previously demonstrated a powerful attack force no less than that of James's bone spurs in his arms. Victor was completely convinced that this was not a deformity, but rather a powerful ability that the two brothers possessed very similarly.
Now, when Victor looks at the sharp nails on his ten fingers, he no longer feels any disgust or resistance, but rather a sense of pride and self-satisfaction.
His eyes became brighter, and he became more confident and sharp.
It turns out that I am not some monster or deformed person, but a powerful individual with special abilities, just like Chen Mo in front of me!
After a fierce battle, having eliminated the five robbers blocking their path, Chen Mo and his two companions continued their journey towards their destination United States.