"You understand the drawback now, right? Once you go down this path, there's no turning back." Jiang Yan said to Han Qi with a serious tone.
Han Qi didn't hesitate in the slightest: "If this is the price to become an Awakened One, then I am willing to accept it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Supervisor Dong corrected him with a solemn expression: "Wait, let me interrupt you for a moment. This thing isn't an Awakened One. His body, partially or entirely turning into a Monster, should have a new name."
"Supervisor Dong, I think the President has already thought of this new name," An Conghao said with a smile.
Everyone present turned to look at Jiang Yan at this moment.
Jiang Yan's lips curved slightly upward: "Monster! Or New Humans?"
Saying that, he handed the injection to Han Qi: "Begin. Our Monster Association's first true Monster."
Han Qi took the injection, opened the syringe, and plunged it into his neck without hesitation.
Buzz! As the medicine was pushed in, Han Qi felt an incredibly scorching sensation spread from his neck to the rest of his body.
"Ahhh!" Han Qi, who had been calm, suddenly roared, his face contorting in agony.
His body began to swell, his suit tearing. Two meters, two meters one, two meters two...
As he grew, Han Qi's skin turned white and hard, like bone, and bulges appeared beneath his two eyes.
After a few minutes, Han Qi's transformation gradually began to stop. His skin formed a layer of bone-like full-body armor on his exterior, with small bone spurs protruding.
The bulges under his eyes split open, and two pale eyeballs rolled wildly within.
The people present couldn't help but show shock as they looked at Han Qi, who was two and a half meters tall, with a strong physique covered in heavy bone armor, and all four of his eyes turned pale.
"What a strong oppressive feeling." Li Yong's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the burly Monster Han Qi standing a few meters away.
Jiang Yan looked at the impressive-looking Han Qi and asked: "Han Qi, how do you feel?"
Han Qi turned to look at Jiang Yan, somewhat excited: "President, so strong! I feel an incredibly powerful force within my body, as if nothing can stop me!"
As he spoke, he extended his hand: "I can feel a special power within me that I can use at any time."
As his words fell, white substance suddenly emerged from his hand. These substances instantly formed a two-meter-long Bone Greatsword.
"How can you truly experience it by just talking? Let Tyrant test you outside." Jiang Yan raised a finger and pointed outside.
At this moment, Han Qi, having undergone Monsterization, heard this and confidently nodded: "Come on, I'll just try out my abilities."
Jiang Yan turned to Tyrant: "Play with him, but don't kill him."
"Yes, Master!" Tyrant replied, and walked directly out of the laboratory.
Han Qi's greatsword merged back into his body, and he followed behind Tyrant. Jiang Yan and the others all came out to watch the two Monsters confront each other in the open space dozens of meters from the laboratory.
Han Qi looked at Tyrant, and white substance surged from his head, enveloping it to form a helmet. He then shouted at Tyrant: "Lord Tyrant, here I come!"
Bang! As his voice fell, a pit exploded in the ground beneath Han Qi's feet, and he transformed into a white blur, shooting towards Tyrant.
"Roar!" Tyrant let out a low growl and punched towards the charging Han Qi.
"Ahhh!" Han Qi roared, raising his right hand and delivering a full-force punch.
Bang! A white and a purple fist collided, and a huge sound erupted.
The ground beneath Han Qi's feet exploded, and his feet sank in. The terrifying immense force dragged him back three or four meters on the ground, and dense cracks appeared on his right fist, which was covered in white bone.
These cracks were instantly repaired by surging white substance in the next moment.
"So strong!" Han Qi's previously extremely confident heart was shattered by this punch.
Although he had seen Tyrant make a move, after personally confronting Tyrant, he understood his terror. He could feel that the opponent hadn't even gotten serious yet.
Bang! With a push from his feet, Han Qi's figure turned into a white blur, circling around Tyrant. After exchanging one punch, he understood that his strength was definitely no match for Tyrant.
Tyrant watched Han Qi circling around him, not making a move, but rather observing with cold eyes, wanting to see what he was up to.
At the laboratory entrance, An Conghao was surprised to see that Han Qi could actually fight Tyrant instead of being crushed: "This Han Qi is really strong. After the injection, he's probably at least at the Level Three Awakened level."
After Dong Guangjie arrived, he gave everyone in the Monster Association a rundown on Awakened Ones and their ranks, giving them a basic understanding, which is why he could tell.
In the distance, Han Qi circled while looking for an attack position. Gradually, some ideas for ability moves began to form in his mind.
Whoosh! He suddenly stopped two meters to Tyrant's left, clasped his hands together, opened them, and roared at Tyrant: "Kill!"
A large amount of white substance shot out from his white armor. The tails of these substances were connected to Han Qi's armor, providing thrust.
The heads of the white substances rapidly sharpened and hardened during their trajectory, fiercely stabbing towards Tyrant.
Tyrant didn't even look at the bone spurs stabbing from behind him; he just stood there without counterattacking.
Clang, clang, clang! Dozens of bone spurs exploded in a series of sparks on Tyrant's body. Han Qi maintained his posture with hands open.
Looking at the white marks left on Tyrant's body, a bitter smile appeared on his face: "I lost. Lord Tyrant is truly terrifying. I can't even break his defense."
Jiang Yan, however, nodded in satisfaction: "Han Qi, you've just become a Monster, and your strength can already rival a Level Three Awakened. That's very strong. Come back."
Han Qi heard the command, and the white bone armor on his body merged back into him. His body shrunk to two meters two, and he was only wearing a tattered red pair of shorts.
But his four pale eyes remained unchanged, looking incredibly eerie.