Maybe this is just human nature.
Truly despicable.
Luckily they're not the only despicable ones; Bai Bufan is too. Considering the situation is stronger than the person, he chose to slide-kneel.
Bai Bufan glanced ingratiatingly at the nearest Zhou Baowei and Qin Zeyu: "Yeah, the plan did have a tiny little accident this time. Didn't expect Old Jian to basically ultra-evolve."
—Xue Jian's response this time really gave Bai Bufan a deep shock; he really had underestimated him a bit.
How to put it, growth is different for everyone.
Some people's growth is like: from Charmander to Charmeleon to Charizard to Mega Charizard; every evolution is a qualitative leap.
And some people's growth is like: from baby Snorlax to Snorlax to Gigantamax Snorlax; every growth is just… more growth.
The best example of the latter is Zhou Baowei, and Bai Bufan originally thought Xue Jian was the same type.
But clearly, he judged wrong; Xue Jian's growth is the former.
