And at that critical moment.
Ling Zhan finally moved.
He simply stepped forward with utter calm, coming level with the staff member, then raised his hand and grabbed for the centaur captain's wrist.
"You're courting death!!"
As a level 187 powerhouse, the centaur captain was naturally acutely aware of this human's actions.
When he saw that the other party actually intended to stop his slap, he gritted his teeth fiercely, and veins instantly bulged across his arm!
Power Surge, activated!
War God's Valor, activated!
The force behind that slap soared at once!
There was no need to think about it now.
Once that slap landed, let alone this staff member—even this brat would likely be sent flying and left with a Heavy Injury.
Slap!!
However.
Reality never unfolded as one expected.
The spectacle the crowd wanted to see—scalps split and blood flowing, heads bursting open—did not happen.
Instead, that handsome young man effortlessly caught the centaur captain's wrist in his hand.
He...
He blocked it!?
He had actually blocked the centaur captain's enhanced slap!
Whoosh!!
A fresh wave of commotion swept through the crowd.
Every job-changer stared at the scene before them with eyes full of uncertainty and disbelief.
Quite a few asked themselves whether they could withstand the centaur captain's slap. They definitely could not have done so with such ease.
They would probably have been slapped straight into the air!
"Holy shit! He actually caught it!"
"You can tell this kid, whose aura is restrained to the absolute limit, seems pretty capable. Otherwise, he couldn't have taken it so lightly."
"Exactly. If it were me, I'd probably already be flying through the air..."
The crowd exclaimed and discussed the matter animatedly.
"Thank you..."
The staff member had actually already closed her eyes.
When she opened them, she saw