Once the Elite Void Specters noticed their presence, one of them charged at Yuan while the other three made their way towards the Scorpion Squad behind him.
Even though Yuan said he’d take care of two of them, he completely ignored it and focused on the Elite Void Specter before him.
Of course, if he wanted to, Yuan could easily defeat the Elite Void Specter in a split second, but he purposefully took his time with it.
Meanwhile, the Scorpion Squad began to panic as they found themselves facing three Elite Void Specters at once.
With only five members, they were forced to split into three groups, with Captain Chen taking on one of the Elite Void Specters by himself while the remaining four paired up against the other two.
Although Captain Chen was the strongest member of the squad, even he knew that defeating an Elite Void Specter alone was beyond him. His only option was to stall for time until the others could come to his aid.
With all of his attention focused on surviving, he had no room to spare for Yuan, who was essentially pretending to struggle against his own Elite Void Specter.
A full minute later, Yuan defeated his Elite Void Specter and went to assist Captain Chen.
"What took you so long?!" Captain Chen shouted at Yuan, his forehead bulging with veins.
"That Void Specter was much stronger than the previous ones I fought," Yuan calmly responded before defeating the one before him in less than a second, which only enraged Captain Chen even more when he saw this.
But before Captain Chen could even say anything, Yuan left to assist the others.
In the end, nobody died, but the Scorpion Squad definitely received a scare.
Once all of the Elite Void Specters were defeated, the Scorpion Squad surrounded Yuan and screamed at him.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! WERE YOU TRYING TO GET ALL OF US KILLED?!" Captain Dung roared, the veins in his neck bulging with rage.
"I told you we should’ve taken another path! Why did you ignore my order and rush in?! That could’ve ended badly for all of us!"
Despite their anger, Yuan remained remarkably calm.
After a moment, he looked at them with genuine confusion and asked, "I don’t understand. Why are you so upset? Sure, those Void Specters were stronger than expected, but why did you struggle so much against them? I thought all of you were strong enough to handle them yourselves."
"That wasn’t any ordinary Void Specter, but an Elite Void Specter! They’re not something one can defeat alone!"
"Elite Void Specter? This is new information for me," Yuan said before questioning, "If they were so dangerous, why’d you let me fight them alone?"
"They may be dangerous, but they’re still weaker than a Void Guardian. Since you’ve claimed that you can defeat a Void Guardian by yourself, we weren’t worried about you losing to a single Elite Void Specter. Even if you couldn’t defeat it, the rest of us could handle one together. What we can’t handle is several of them at once. What you did was incredibly reckless and foolish!"
"Is that so? I’ll keep that in mind," Yuan said with a nod. "But you can’t expect me to know something if you never explain it beforehand. Also, if there’s something you can’t handle, you should tell me in advance. That way, I won’t recklessly put myself in another situation where you won’t be able to protect me if things go wrong."



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