Downgrade: another case of an ability downgrade

She had also reserved a spot for someone else.

The moment the two landed, the eagle-man crashed down at their feet.

Bang--

The eagle-man lay prostrate on the ground, crying pitifully. One of its wings had been injured at some point, the huge wound almost severing the wing, exposing the dripping flesh.

Dong Zhen was holding a bunch of grass leaves; even in such a critical situation, he still clung to his grass leaves.

He observed the eagle-man's injuries, exclaimed "Ouch!" and said to Ye Jiang, "Sister, our flying vehicle seems to be damaged."

Just as Ye Jiang was about to speak, a group of people surged over. At the front was a handsome man in white. He walked hurriedly and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, I killed the wrong Polluted. Are you all alright?"

Ye Jiang recognized the man; he was her neighbor's idol, a hero of humanity, a star superhuman, the "Child of Light" who vanquished darkness... None of these descriptions flashed through Ye Jiang's mind; only one phrase raced through her consciousness—

A man who makes ugly videos.

Ye Jiang remembered him; he had injured her eyes.

Yun Hua realized that her apology had gone unanswered, so she put on a sincere expression of regret and apologized again. "I'm really sorry."

Ye Jiang had no idea what he was apologizing for; it was all so abrupt and nonsensical. Fortunately, the other ability users behind him filled in the gaps for him.

"Yun Hua targeted your eagle-man to demonstrate her hunting skills."

"Yun Hua didn't know that the eagle-man in the sky had already been tamed by you, Ye. We warned him immediately after he made his move; he didn't do it on purpose."

Yun Hua chimed in with a sigh, "That's how it is."

He said, "I've been busy with other matters and haven't been aware of what happened on the field. I didn't even know that a strong competitor like you, Ye, had emerged to tame the Polluted. I thought it was just an ordinary Polluted..."

He said, "I'm sorry."

Ye Jiang finally understood that her flying car had been damaged by this person.

The eagle-man won't die even with its wings cut off, but what Ye Jiang wants is its wings.

"So that's how it is." Dong Zhen hugged his blade of grass. "My sister and I understand."

Yun Hua touched his nose, smiled sheepishly, and was about to speak when Dong Zhen interrupted, "So? How will Mr. Yun compensate us?"

Yun Hua was taken aback.

Seeing this Dong Zhen asked in surprise, "Mr. Yun, haven't you thought about compensating us?"

Yun Hua: "..."

He asked gently, "What do you want?"

Dong Zhen turned to Ye Jiang and asked, "What does sister want?"

Ye Jiang looked at Yun Hua and said, "Show me your skills too."

She finally vaguely remembered him; he seemed to be a very powerful superhuman. She wanted to learn from him. As for the wings that had been cut off by the eagle-man, that wasn't a big problem; she could fix them later.

Upon hearing this request, Yun Hua's eyes lit up, and she said, "Of course."

A crowd gathered, and soon those Polluted were drawn to the scene. One of the superhuman contestants exclaimed, "It's B-Rank Polluted!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Hua smiled calmly and said to Ye Jiang, "I will apologize to you, Contestant Ye, right away."

Having finished speaking, he darted in front of the Polluted, conjuring a magnificent lightsaber in his hand. With a swift swing, a cage of light formed, trapping the Polluted for a second before the lightsaber closed in. As expected of a light-based ability, it possessed an inherent soothing quality; each beam of Child of Light was exceptionally dazzling. The Child of Light wielded the light-based ability with breathtaking skill. The other ability users were mesmerized, unable to look away. If they weren't worried about displeasing the swordsman, they would have taken out their phones to record a video to watch every day at home.

However, Ye Jiang watched with little interest. She had thought that these were all celebrity superhumans with amazing hunting skills, but it turned out to be just a flashy personal show with little reference value. It was more like a performance, flashy but impractical, and not as useful as Xiao Pei's.

Ye Jiang watched for a while but then lost interest. Dong Zhen had already turned his attention away and sat down to work on his craft. In comparison, Ye Jiang found Dong Zhen's craft much more interesting than the celebrity superpowered individual's performance.

Dong Zhen wove a hat out of grass leaves, put it on Ye Jiang's head, looked her up and down, and praised, "Sister is so beautiful."

Ye Jiang touched her hat. "Is there?"

Dong Zhen conjured a mirror, Ye Jiang looked at herself in the mirror, making a request. "Don't braid pink flowers on your hat."

Dong Zhen listened attentively to the opinions. "Then what do you want?"

Ye Jiang said, "Purple."

"Does your sister like purple?"

"It's so-so, relatively speaking, compared to pink."

"Puff."

The two were engrossed in discussing how to make the hat look even better, their voices carrying to the group of players. Meanwhile, the Child of Light of Light was still demonstrating his exquisite skills...

While Lun showcased his special abilities, some people nearby were discussing hand-knitting, leaving the contestants speechless.

Some people are still discussing this without any regard for other people's feelings.

"There's a large patch of purple flowers near the Green Forest Exclusion Zone, do you want to go, sister?"

"Go."

The two left without hesitation, completely forgetting that the famous celebrity superhuman was still giving a demonstration.

The contestants. "..."

Someone couldn't resist any longer and turned their gaze away from the Child of Light to the two of them. Upon closer inspection, they saw that contestant Ye was... healing the eagle-man.

Treat?!

"Hiss!"

The players who witnessed this scene gasped in shock, watching helplessly as the injured Eagleman rapidly recovered.

"Jie!"

The eagle-man was healed and let out a joyful cry, its enormous wings whipping up a gale.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

The contestants panicked and turned to see the injured eagle-man carrying two humans soar into the sky and quickly disappear into the distance.

"What's going on? How did the eagle man start flying?"

"How did the Eagle Man's wings get better?"

A superhuman who witnessed the entire event spoke up to explain, "That contestant surnamed Ye, she... she seems to be a healing-type superhuman."

"..."

"..."

"What?!"

A powerful expert who earns over 200,000 points a day, she's actually a healing-type ability user?

Yun Hua pierced the Polluted with his sword, ending the life of the Polluted he had used for the demonstration. He didn't look at the Polluted's corpse, but instead raised his head and looked up at the sky.

He watched silently for a long time, then gripped the lightsaber tightly in his hand.

Although he was hunting the Polluted, he had been secretly watching someone, so he knew that she didn't take his demonstration seriously at all.

Perhaps at first, but soon enough, they lost interest in him.

The contestants with special abilities noticed that Yun Hua had finished his demonstration, temporarily ceasing their attention on a certain healing-type ability user. They surrounded Yun Hua, asking him for advice. Yun Hua seemed oblivious to the fact that the person he was supposed to apologize to had already left, and answered each question with a smile.

This is a field, the land covered with low-lying weeds, with a few trees growing on it, casting a shadow under the sunlight.

There was no wind, and the shadows of the trees lay quietly across the field.

Suddenly, under the shade of one of the trees, the quiet shadow stirred abruptly, a clump of shadow bulging out at one corner before quickly receding, as if it were alive.

In the crowd, Yun Hua glanced at the tree not far away.

Chapter 66 Demotion: Another case of superpower demotion.

Sure enough, a large patch of wildflowers grew on the edge of the Green Forest Exclusion Zone. The purple wildflowers grew in swathes, creating a dreamlike and beautiful scene. The only flaw was that a Polluted was wandering aimlessly among the flowers, which was quite an eyesore. Hunting down the Polluted was Ye Jiang's task, so she stepped forward to deal with it.

Without bothering to determine the level of the Polluted, Ye Jiang dealt with it with a single punch, dodging the filth that exploded from Polluted body. Just as Ye Jiang regained her footing, she heard the voice of the boy Dong Zhen calling her from behind. Ye Jiang turned around and saw a large bunch of wildflowers being pushed into her arms by the boy. She buried half her face in the flowers and instinctively caught them.

"This is for you, sister," Dong Zhen said, then placed the straw hat woven with small purple flowers on Ye Jiang's head, stepped back to look her over, and sincerely commented, "Sister is so beautiful."

Ye Jiang remained expressionless; she took the compliment with a grain of salt, as she didn't think she was pretty.

But the flowers were beautiful, so Ye Jiang accepted them.

The eagle-man lay prostrate to one side, showing no interest in the flowers and plants. Its only interest was in the two humans among the flowers. Its claws itched, and its heart itched to tear them to pieces, arrange the pieces on a plate, and perhaps even sprinkle some small flowers on them to decorate them. Unfortunately, those two humans were not something it dared to covet.

Seeing that the two humans' attention was elsewhere, the eagle-man stole a few malicious glances at them, just to satisfy its craving. When the humans looked at it, it immediately withdrew the malice from its eyes and pretended to be innocent and naive.

Dong Zhen's gaze swept over the eagle-man, but only swept over him; it did not focus on the eagle-man.

His eyes were a little vacant. "Sister, I need to tell you something."

Ye Jiang, who was looking at the flowers in her hand, looked up when she heard this. "What?"

Dong Zhen nudged a clump of wildflowers at her feet, looking somewhat dejected. "I have something to do, so I have to part ways with my sister for a while."

Ye Jiang's eyes flickered slightly.

She's been clinging to the boy ever since, and this is the first time he's suggested leaving.

Although it was the boy who took the initiative to cling to her, after spending these few days together, she had gotten used to him being around.

"Oh," Ye Jiang said calmly, neither stopping the boy nor having any reason to.

"Well--"

Dong Zhen sighed deeply, looking quite dejected.

Ye Jiang looked at him, Dong Zhen said with a mournful face, "My sister really doesn't care about me at all. She didn't even ask me what I was doing."

Is this a question I can ask? Ye Jiang readily agreed, "What are you going to do?"

Dong Zhen smiled, the melancholy on her face vanishing completely. "I won't tell my sister."

Ye Jiang: "."

"Haha!" Dong Zhen laughed heartily, looking very happy, and said, "I'm just kidding. I'll only be away for a little while, and I'll come back to find you soon, sister."