Tan Yan and Huang Xue looked at each other, but without hesitation, they immediately used their special abilities to attack the special infected creature with half of its body missing.

With a wave of her hand, Huang Xue caused all the rain in the sky to turn into ice crystals. Then, a large number of ice crystals condensed into ice cones that fell from the sky and shot towards the special infected.

Tan Yan stomped his foot on the ground, and immediately a huge spike emerged from beneath the half-body of the special infected creature, causing it to roll over.

The two attacked only once before feeling a strange power surge into their bodies, and their auras immediately increased.

Huang Xue had already reached the limit of a level seven ability user, but this time she broke through the bottleneck and advanced to level eight.

As Huang Xue broke through, the surrounding temperature immediately dropped, and the astonishingly low temperature made even Yang Shen feel a chill.

Those powerful figures who followed Huang Xue all showed joy, while those who followed Tan Yan had a slight change in expression.

One of them hurriedly shouted to Tan Yan, "Boss Tan, show us your true skills! The stronger your attack, the more benefits you'll receive!"

Upon hearing this, Tan Yan immediately unleashed his ultimate move. He raised both hands, and the ground beneath his feet rapidly writhed, enveloping his entire body and transforming him into a ten-meter-tall earthen giant.

"roar!"

With a furious roar, the earth giant slammed its fist into the special infected creature with half its body severed.

The infected creature with half its body reacted even faster, ignoring the attacks from others, and slapped them back.

With a deafening roar, the massive body of the earth and stone giant collapsed instantly, sending Tan Yan flying out.

Yang Shen sneered upon seeing this. Although they were the same size, the special infected was far stronger than Tan Yan.

However, at this moment, Tan Yan's aura surged during his backward flight, directly breaking through from a level seven ability user to a level eight ability user.

"This will work?"

Yang Shen was frustrated. Why could others gain experience by attacking special infected creatures, but he couldn't?

"Hmm? Wait, it seems..." Suddenly, Yang Shen sensed his own situation and was surprised to find that the power that had invaded his body earlier, although it had not broken through his cultivation bottleneck, had not disappeared.

That power was being absorbed by his body, making him slightly stronger.

"It works on me too?"

Yang Shen was overjoyed. This was the first time he had discovered that something other than leveling up could improve his strength.

Although that mysterious power, like the free-floating energy in the world, could not break through his cultivation bottleneck, it was clearly much more advanced than the free-floating energy in the world.

If the free energy in the world can only be used as ordinary nutrition to replenish one's physical strength, then this mysterious power can be described as a great tonic.

"The stronger the attack power, the greater the benefits?"

Yang Shen remembered what that person had said before, and with a thought, the energy in the world gathered and merged into his right hand.

At the same time, he took a step forward, passing through the crowd besieging the special infected, and his right palm, which had become crystal clear, instantly struck the special infected's broad back.

"when!"

With a loud bang, the special infected creature, with half of its body torn off, was struck as if by a giant cannon. Its massive body flew forward more than thirty meters, leaving a clear palm print on its back.

The terrifying gale swept away those who were attacking the special infected, including Huang Xue and Tan Yan who were breaking through.

Even so, the special infected creature did not die, but its internal energy seemed to have weakened considerably.

At the same time, Yang Shen once again felt a mysterious power appear in his body, making him realize his own bottleneck.

But just like before, that power still couldn't break through its bottleneck and quickly subsided, being selectively absorbed by the body's cells.

Only after that power was completely absorbed did Yang Shen discover that his strength had only increased by about ten kilograms.

"So few?"

Yang Shen looked disgusted. He thought it was some kind of high-level energy, but he thought it was better to spend a little more effort to gain more experience.

So he watched from a distance and didn't participate in the attack anymore.

...

Huang Xue, Tan Yan, and the others were all frightened by Yang Shen's ultimate move and hid far away.

However, they did not give up attacking the special infected. It had little effect on Yang Shen, but it was a huge benefit for them.

With each attack, their cultivation level will increase.

However, this special infected creature with half a body that fell from the sky was probably destroyed not long after it lost half a body and consumed too much energy from Yang Shen's palm strike.

That's right, it was shattered. With Huang Xue's final blow, half of the special infected body was completely obliterated, leaving nothing behind, as if it were made of energy.

At this time, Huang Xue and Tan Yan had both reached the peak of level eight.

The rest of the people were also promoted to the level of seventh-level powerhouse.

It can be said that everyone except Yang Shen benefited greatly.

Yang Shen looked utterly disgusted. He had originally planned to take the body back for research after the special infected creature was killed.

Unfortunately, they didn't even get the body in the end.

"I'd better go back to researching rocket launchers. Once I develop an upgradeable rocket launcher, my sister will have a weapon with high long-range destructive power."

Yang Shen didn't stay to watch the play and left the beach.

After Yang Shen left, Tan Yan and Huang Xue entered the warship that was moored on the shore.

Perhaps because they had witnessed Yang Shen's terrifying attack power, the two finally felt threatened and officially formed an alliance.

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