"Why does this sound...a bit unpleasant?"

Yang Yuan was speechless. Suddenly, he felt the word 'boss' didn't sound all that pleasant either.

At this moment, Tan Zhiming seemed to be struck by a great realization, his whole body trembling, and he murmured, "Makes sense..."

Having said that, he actually knelt down without hesitation and shouted to the yellow-haired guy on the battle stage, "Brother Yellow Hair, mighty! Brother Yellow Hair, victory!"

"Pfft..."

Before he finished speaking, the yellow-haired guy on the battle stage suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, his body stiffened violently, then got pierced by a tentacle.

Immediately, he turned back in grief and anger to look at Tan Zhiming: "Damn it, I don't have such a big grudge against you, do I?"

Seeing the bizarre Xu Race about to swing its tentacle, he forcefully endured the severe pain to pull out the tentacle, then rolled desperately to dodge its attack.

Below the stage, Tan Zhiming was perplexed: "I was trying to help him..."

Zhang Peng looked suspiciously and said: "Why do I feel that your ability isn't a booster, but more like a damn curse?! No wonder when you boosted us before, it always had a negative effect..."

"A curse..."

Tan Zhiming himself was bewildered.

Yang Yuan's mouth twitched, feeling more and more that the name 'sending blessings to the boss' didn't sound good.

He suggested, "Try blessing that bizarre creature?"

"Okay."

Although Tan Zhiming doubted himself, he knew this was not the time to hesitate. He quickly knelt on the ground and shouted towards the bizarre Xu Race creature on the battle stage: "Boss, you're awesome! Boss, long live! Boss, invincible in battle..."

"Pfft..."

Before he finished, the Xu Race creature, which was getting fiercer in the fight, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, its body rigidly froze.

Tan Zhiming: "..."

Zhang Peng: "..."

Yang Yuan and everyone: "..."

"Holy crap, so your ability really is a damn curse?!!"

Zhang Peng looked at Tan Zhiming with a changed expression: "We've been cursed by you so many times before!!"

Such an overt curse on us, this guy...

"If I say I didn't really know, would you believe me?"

Tan Zhiming was also questioning his life, wasn't his ability about giving blessings?

How did the power he gave turn into a curse?

Yang Yuan's mouth twitched again and said, "Don't call me 'boss' anymore."

He was now sensitive to the word 'boss'.

"Brother Yuan..."

Tan Zhiming immediately changed his tone. He had snapped out of the self-doubt and was excitedly saying: "Haha, thank you Brother Yuan for the guidance. As expected from the boss...cough, I mean, you're incredible. Thanks to your guidance, I feel awesome now, too..."

"..."

Yang Yuan didn't want to speak.

At that moment, the yellow-haired guy on the battle stage finally found an opportunity, suddenly attuning to the earth's pulse, stomped strongly down.

"Bang—"

A surge of powerful force shot up from below, instantly shattering the bizarre Xu Race creature's legs and hurling its body high into the air.

"Interfering with the battle, courting death!"

The bizarre Xu Race creature, thrown into the air, turned back, its expressionless face harboring a judgment-like stare at Tan Zhiming, and a fierce black light shot out from its brow.

Yang Yuan's eight superpower user bodyguards' faces changed and were about to take action.

But Yang Yuan was faster, raising his hand and shooting arrows from the Marvel arm crossbow.

"Bang!"

Two streams of light clashed in the air and simultaneously shattered.

The splintered metal shards cut many people's faces nearby, including those of physique superpower users, showing the force of the collision was formidable.

Everyone was startled, hurriedly backing away a distance, simultaneously looking at Yang Yuan in surprise.

The black light attack was so fast they couldn't react, yet Yang Yuan intercepted it—it was incredible.

Not far off, Jia Weixin and Chen Xianzhi exchanged glances, both seeing astonishment in each other's eyes.

The eight military superpower user bodyguards were at a loss for words, suddenly feeling somewhat redundant.

Since this person...seemed to not need protection at all.

"Whoa..."

Only then did Tan Zhiming react, shocked: "Thanks again for saving my life, Brother Yuan. You're the best..."

"..."

Yang Yuan didn't respond, keeping his focus on the battle stage.

The yellow-haired guy stomped down once more, blasting the bizarre creature's body that had just landed.

The next moment, that eerie shadow transformed into light and swiftly entered the yellow-haired guy's body.

Then everyone clearly sensed that the yellow-haired guy's aura rapidly surged, breaking through from the ordinary limit to the initial human level in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the wound penetrated by the bizarre shadow's tentacle also began healing at a visible pace.

"...What?!"

Everyone was astonished by the scene.

On the other side of the stage, Da Zhen and Er Zhen, upon seeing their sworn brother win, both sighed with relief.

Meanwhile, sensing their brother's breakthrough in ability, both displayed excitement, feeling youthful vigor returning.

With their third brother backing them, they'd certainly hold some status in the Thirteenth Squad, not being pushed to the bottom as in the past.

Simultaneously, on the battle stage, a voice suddenly rang in Yellow Hair's mind: "First battle, challenger wins. Continue challenging?"

"Who the hell would challenge? I want to get down, let me leave!"

Yellow Hair shouted hurriedly.

As his voice fell, the massive battle stage vanished into thin air, and the separating power between inside and outside vanished.

A group of military superpower users quickly came forward to forcefully 'invite' Yellow Hair away.

Although now at the human level, Yellow Hair was very obedient, especially with his newfound confidence, feeling he could speak on equal terms with the military.

In fact, at the moment he reached the human level, his abilities had genuinely surged.

Because his power seemed to have undergone a kind of transformation.

...

As the giant battle stage disappeared, the environment returned to normal.

Among the architectural complex, those bizarre creatures, appearing much more mechanical, went back to minding their own business, no longer all focusing on the outside like before.

Yang Yuan took a long look at the bizarre creatures in the architectural complex, then headed towards where Yellow Hair was taken.

As he walked in that direction, he took a metal crossbow arrow from the Void Ring.

The next moment, it disappeared and was loaded into the Marvel arm crossbow.

The reloading speed was swift.

It must be said, the Marvel arm crossbow's power was quite impressive, owing to its range.

Even though it was difficult to hit targets at long distances, the power at close range was extraordinary, with few of the same level likely able to withstand it.

This arm crossbow only had two drawbacks: one being it could only hold one arrow at a time.

The other drawback is that no matter how far its range, it's only suitable as a medium-to-short range weapon due to accuracy issues at long distances.

Soon, Yang Yuan reached the place where Jia Weixin and others were, where specific personnel were 'interrogating' Yellow Hair.

Indeed, compared to their politeness towards Yang Yuan, their tone with Yellow Hair was less courteous, resembling an interrogation.

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