Tyrant

The Tyrant is the most formidable and imposing humanoid bio-weapon of the Umbrella Corporation, and simultaneously the most notorious among the resistance groups.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a top-tier T-Virus research achievement, second only to Alice!

The Tyrant feels no pain, possesses no emotions, and knows no fear. Its skin can withstand direct hits from armor-piercing rounds, its claws are as hard as alloy, and its strength is sufficient to dismantle an armored vehicle within a minute. As a creature that only executes orders, it is the perfect killing machine created by the Umbrella Corporation!

Xia Tianming was currently being gripped by the throat, his feet dangling in the air, unable to break free for the moment.

He exerted force with his right foot, kicking toward the creature's chest, but it felt like striking a steel plate; the Tyrant did not budge an inch.

He transformed his hands into Blacklight Claws, attempting to slash at the arm that was strangling him.

However, only two clanging sounds were heard. He managed to tear through its leather coat and shallowly cut its death-gray skin, but the claw blades became lodged in the bone and could not penetrate even a centimeter further, as if the creature were made of reinforced steel—it was actually harder than the armor plating of a tank!

The lift had fully ascended and closed, returning to the center of the testing ground.

The Tyrant expressionlessly flicked its hand, and Xia Tianming was sent flying like a cannonball, slamming heavily into the wall with a "bang" that even left an indentation in the metal surface!

If an ordinary person had suffered such force, they would likely have been turned into an abstract painting on the wall!

Xia Tianming collapsed to the ground, feeling as though several ribs in his chest might have broken, with black liquid flowing from the corner of his mouth.

He had thought he would be like a fish in water in this zombie apocalypse, but he hadn't expected to run into such a tough nut to crack so soon.

However, like the Tyrant, he now felt no fear, feared no pain, and would certainly not retreat, so what would follow would be a duel between two killing machines!

Thump! Thump!

The Tyrant took massive strides, approaching the cornered Xia Tianming with the mechanical movements of a marionette. Every step taken by its massive, oppressive frame produced a heavy sound!

Xia Tianming stood up, his eyes calm as he watched the giant approach him.

Having played the Resident Evil games, he knew that the Tyrant was practically perfect in terms of strength and defense, with its only weakness being its relatively slow agility, so a head-on collision was not a wise choice.

Unless he activated [Armor Form] and [Warhammer Form], he might not be able to go toe-to-toe with the Tyrant.

Without further hesitation, Xia Tianming transformed his hands into Blacklight Claws and charged toward the Tyrant; the battle was on the verge of erupting!

When the distance between them closed into striking range, the Tyrant clenched its sandbag-sized fist and smashed it down toward the man who dared to approach it!

Too slow, too slow!

The speed of the Tyrant's descending fist was indeed, as Xia Tianming had expected, much more sluggish than his own.

He tilted his body slightly, and the massive fist brushed past the tip of his nose, slamming into the ground with a bang and creating a deep crater in the concrete!

Xia Tianming immediately stepped onto the creature's thick arm, which had missed its mark, and delivered a powerful knee strike directly into the Tyrant's chin, causing its upper body to tilt backward!

Before the creature could react, Xia Tianming seized the opportunity to wrap his arms around its neck and, utilizing his own considerable weight, threw the Tyrant onto its back!

This fluid, seamless sequence of actions left the people in the safe house stunned.

They knew that when they had previously conducted impact tests on the Tyrant, even a full-throttle armored vehicle crashing into it head-on couldn't knock it down; instead, the vehicle's front had crumpled, as if the creature had roots growing from its feet.

Yet this man had tossed the Tyrant onto its back so effortlessly???

Because the Blacklight Virus had reconstructed his flesh, Xia Tianming's body density was no less than a metal block of the same volume, which was why his landing after jumping from the helicopter had possessed the power of a bomb.

After throwing the towering Tyrant to the ground, Xia Tianming did not waste time; he raised his claws and thrust them directly toward its eyes!

Xia Tianming knew the Tyrant relied on sight and sound to track targets; if he could destroy its senses, he would have half the battle won.

Just as the cold, glinting claw blades were less than half a fist's distance from its eyeballs, they suddenly froze, unable to advance another centimeter!

The Tyrant had raised its hand at some point, grabbing two of Xia Tianming's claw blades; its brutal strength prevented him from thrusting any further!

What is going on? How did the Tyrant's speed increase? I didn't even see it move its hand!

Wesker, located in the safe house, also noticed that the Tyrant was faster than before and asked the doctor in charge of bio-weapon development: "Dr. Pym, has your lab modified the Tyrant again?"

"Naturally. Everyone knows the weakness of our Tyrant-series bio-weapons is that they are too cumbersome. Naturally, they must be modified and updated at any time. So, we collaborated with the mechanical engineering department to install mechanical joints at every articulation point, which can significantly increase its flexibility. By the way, we also cast a layer of metal diaphragm over its already hard bones. How about that? The current Tyrant is in its most perfect form!"

Dr. Pym boasted proudly, as if showing off an outstanding child.

In truth, the Tyrant had been constantly modified and updated, from initially being unable to withstand bullets to now being able to resist direct hits from tank artillery with its bare flesh!

It could be said that there were few human parts left within that massive frame; it had now been directly transformed into a semi-mechanical cyborg!

The only drawback was that it lacked its own intelligence, only mindlessly executing orders without the ability to adapt.

As for Xia Tianming feeling like he had cut into metal when his claws struck the Tyrant's arm earlier, he hadn't been wrong—he had indeed struck the alloy skeleton!

At this moment, the claws Xia Tianming had used to try and blind the creature were held fast by the Tyrant, making it difficult to break free.

The Tyrant then swiftly raised its other hand, gripped his head, and began to increase the pressure, showing signs of wanting to crush his skull directly!

Veins bulged on Xia Tianming's forehead as he stared wide-eyed at the Tyrant, feeling his head about to be crushed to pieces!

Crack!

Suddenly! Xia Tianming gritted his teeth and exerted a sudden force with his right wrist, forcibly snapping off the two claw blades the creature was holding!

In truth, the pain of the broken claws was no less than having his fingers snapped off.

Yet he did not utter a sound; instead, he slammed the remaining two intact claw blades, now freed from restraint, downward with all his might!

Squelch!

The sharp claw blades finally succeeded in piercing the Tyrant's pale eyes, and he even twisted them a few times, grinding the eyeballs to a pulp!!

However, the Tyrant showed no expression of pain, and the fingers gripping Xia Tianming's head continued to exert pressure, to the point where the crisp sound of cranial bone fracturing could be heard...