The military of this world has always been tough, but when it comes to talent, they treat them with great courtesy, while for others, they tend to be very stern.

The blond guy dared not act recklessly here, and obediently confessed everything, finally adding, "The battle arena seems to operate in a challenge mode. After defeating the first opponent, you can proceed to challenge a second one. Winning allows you to acquire the opponent's power, but if you lose, your body will be taken over by the opponent."

"Is there anything else?" asked the 'interrogator'.

"That's all," replied the blond guy, then, as if remembering something, he added, "Oh right, I feel like, I might be able to get out."

"What..."

Everyone present changed their expressions and became excited.

Successfully completing a challenge allows one to leave the Ancient Ruins?

Was the way to leave the Ancient Ruins really this simple?

Of course, simple is relative; didn't they see the blond guy almost dying on the battle arena?

If it weren't for Tan Zhiming's strange ability to influence the interior of the battle arena, the blond guy would have been doomed.

Yang Yuan, who just arrived, squinted slightly at the blond guy's last sentence and exchanged a glance with Jia Weixin.

Without waiting for him to inquire, the advisor Chen Xianzhi spoke proactively, "According to that man, the aliens in this Ancient Ruins, bizarre as they are, call themselves the 'Xu Race.' You need to specifically select a Xu Race entity for the challenge, which might activate the battle arena. The rule of the battle arena is if you defeat the entity, you can absorb its power to enhance yourself with no side effects. But if you're defeated, your body will be taken over by the opponent, using this to escape the 'prison'."

Jia Weixin said somewhat urgently, "From what he implies, this challenge seems to be something everyone who enters this Ancient Ruins must experience. Perhaps only by defeating at least one entity can you leave this Ancient Ruins."

No wonder—

No wonder everyone who entered here couldn't leave by any means.

So that's it.

There is such a mechanism here.

Chen Xianzhi's eyebrows twitched as he spoke with uncertainty, "Such a mechanism absolutely cannot be something naturally formed; it's very likely designed by some existence. What purpose does the other party have for doing this?"

"Why not try it and find out? And since it's something we must go through, let me start."

Yang Yuan pondered slightly, then suddenly drew out his handgun, flashing to the edge of the building cluster, and pointed at one of the entities: "You, come out, I want to challenge you."

"Mr. Yang Yuan..." Jia Weixin's face changed dramatically.

But Yang Yuan moved too swiftly, leaving no time to stop him.

In the next moment, a huge amount of mist appeared out of thin air, forming an extraordinarily large battle arena.

The diameter of this battle arena was at least a thousand meters, much larger than the blond guy's arena.

Magically, the arena seemed to create a space without occupying the existing external space.

However, such a phenomenon hardly seemed strange within these Ancient Ruins.

After all, everything here is related to space.

"The big guy... no, Brother Yuan is challenging those entities."

"Brother Yuan is amazing!"

"Go Brother Yuan..."

Tan Zhiming and Zhang Peng quickly shouted from the outside.

Yang Yuan turned to glare silently at Tan Zhiming.

Tan Zhiming hurriedly explained, "Don't worry, Brother Yuan, I didn't use my ability."

At this moment, on the large battle arena, that mysterious entity had already started to act, instantly charging towards Yang Yuan with a speed of at least one hundred meters per second.

This might not even be the opponent's maximum speed.

"Do different realm levels trigger an adjustment in the opponent's strength, or is it just a coincidence that the target I challenged is at about the same level as me?"

Yang Yuan pondered suspiciously while raising his arm, firing an arrow from the marvel's crossbow.

"Bang!"

The charging Xu Race entity was instantly shot in the head and then transformed into light, drifting towards him.

The marvel handgun hadn't even come into play.

"!!!"

Outside the arena, everyone was stunned by the scene.

The blond guy was no exception. He originally thought that defeating an entity and thereby elevating himself to human level was quite impressive.

Although his victory relied heavily on luck, he considered luck as a form of strength in many cases.

However, the scene before him left him speechless.

Among everyone, only Tan Zhiming and Zhang Peng felt it was natural, not at all surprised.

After all, that was the big guy who could slay a Drought Fiend; what's wrong with having some unique methods?

"Fortunately, Mr. Yang Yuan was not reckless; that kind of power wasn't a one-time thing, perhaps it's some equipment he made himself."

Jia Weixin let out a sigh of relief. If something happened to Yang Yuan, he felt he would have to commit seppuku to apologize.

On the battle arena.

The Xu Race entity, whose head was blown up, transformed into light and entered Yang Yuan's body, quickly enhancing his physique, strength, even nerve reactions, everything was being comprehensively strengthened.

In a short time, he only felt that his physique and strength had considerably improved.

But when that power wanted to raise his realm level, it was blocked.

His realm level was like a celestial lock, firmly stuck there, not budging no matter how the energy surged.

"..."

Yang Yuan was speechless, it seemed the Conceptual Superpower's level could only be raised through Conceptual Power.

After all, Conceptual Power should be a force beyond the rules, how could mere ordinary energy possibly shake it?

He didn't force it; after all, his purpose in initiating the challenge was not to enhance himself.

With a thought, he directly pushed that power to his chest, using his mind to imprison it there.

He couldn't use it, but Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi would surely be able to.

"First battle, challenger victorious, do you wish to continue the challenge?"

A voice with indistinguishable gender and no emotional fluctuation sounded in his mind.

Yang Yuan carefully sensed for a moment. Seeing nothing unexpected, he attempted to continue the challenge, simultaneously taking out a crossbow arrow to reload.

As he responded, another entity entered the arena.

This entity, judging by its aura alone, was at least level twenty-two using the Conceptual System scale.

"Bang!"

Without any surprise, as soon as the entity came on stage, its head was blown to bits by a projectile.

"..."

Everyone below was speechless, feeling that Yang Yuan's victory was just too easy.

The blond guy was thoroughly silent; the pride that had just sprouted was immediately suppressed.

"Brother Yuan is amazing!"

Tan Zhiming and Zhang Peng shouted excitedly, hearts full of envy.

After the second entity's death, it too turned into energy and entered Yang Yuan's body.

But this time, Yang Yuan's body was already saturated, no longer absorbing the energy.

He then continued to trap it in his chest and launched another challenge.

He wanted to see whether this challenge rule would trigger anything in the end.

He even fancifully thought, if he completed all the challenges, could he gain control over these Ancient Ruins?

If that were true, it would be delightful, no more fleeing.

Next up, the third entity appeared.

Judging by its aura, this entity should be level twenty-three.

It seemed that the level of these challengers was gradually increasing.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang..."

Next, everyone was shocked to witness such a scene on the battle arena. Whenever a mysterious entity entered, it would instantly have its head blown to bits by a streaking beam of light.

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