No one was talking around the ring whereas before, it had been noisy. Everyone's mouth gaped open as if they could swallow a basin.
Nory's eyes sparkled. Although he was excited about the strength Zen was going to show before the fight, and he was convinced that Zen could win against the short man, he had no idea that Zen would do so with just one punch.
It had taken Zen only one punch to defeat a man who was half-step into the nature level!
All eyes reflected horror.
Even the black-robed inner disciples of Drizzle Peak, who had come to watch the battle, looked astonished.
"Glenn, what do you think of his strength?" asked a black-robed disciple.
"He has shown such power, and he's only at the marrow refining level," analyzed Glenn cautiously, who was also dressed in a black robe. "Then it won't be long before he is promoted to an inner disciple..." He then paused briefly before correcting himself. He said, "No, not only that. If he becomes a nature creature, Ronald Su would probably lose his Number one rank among the inner disciples to him... "
"He is so awesome?!" cried the black-robed disciple, his eyes widening.
Glenn shook his head and replied, "I can't judge his strength with this one blow. But I dare say that's just the tip of the iceberg. Maybe... You and I are no match for him."
"We're no match for him?" echoed the other black-robed disciple. His expression conveyed the bewilderment he was feeling. "We are nature creatures now. We can take advantage of our vitality to manipulate our energy into weapons. Our means of attack far exceed those of a man at the marrow refining level. How come he... "
"I don't know," Glenn interrupted with a shake of his head. "I just feel that way."
"Wow... "
After a while, all the outer disciples of Drizzle Peak recovered from the shock and began to cheer.
Zen had demonstrated more power than they imagined he had.
However, these outer disciples were aware that this victory did not mean that Zen would win the whole challenge.
After all, Zen had to battle with three other strong disciples from Vulture Peak later, and presumably, each would be more powerful than the previous contestant.
It didn't matter. Zen had saved Drizzle Peak's reputation! Although Drizzle Peak ranked last from among the 33 peaks, everybody who was its disciple, valued the collective honor of the peak.
It took a lot of courage for Zen to stand up for Drizzle Peak at such times.
The faces of the twenty or so disciples who had come from Vulture Peak, darkened.
They sent four men through the crowd to drag the short man out of the rubble, and carry him back to their side. But the disciples of Drizzle Peak took advantage of the situation and caused trouble. Mischief glinted in their eyes as they jostled each other so that the disciples from Vulture Peak had a hard time getting the short man back.
Zen walked along the edge of the ring to the people from Vulture Peak and shouted, "Vulture Peak, who else wants to fight me?"
Who else wanted to fight him?
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