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Dragon City was exceptionally intelligent and naturally understood what Lei Youbai was thinking. Though annoyed, he had no desire to truly fall out with him over this. After pondering for a moment, he laughed it off and said,

"I will not speak of Meng Zhao's character, but I greatly admire his martial arts. He moves like a true dragon, his bearing that of an overlord—fierce and valiant, invincible in battle.

If it were merely a spar, perhaps my foundations would not be as deep and mighty as his, unmatched beneath heaven.

Even Shen Tianci cannot compare to Meng Zhao in that regard.

But if it were a battle to the death, I might have some chance of having the last laugh.

At worst, I could perish together with him. Brother Lei, are you satisfied with that answer?"

Lei Youbai looked at Dragon City with a half-smile. Naturally, he was not satisfied. After all that talk, Dragon City had still said nothing concrete. He pressed on, asking,

"Setting martial arts aside, that Meng Family boy possesses an Exotic Treasure. Even the Green Frog Poison Newt's sudden strike could not harm him in the slightest. Brother Dragon City, are you truly confident that you could defeat Meng Zhao in a fight to the death?"

Dragon City nodded with confidence yet restraint, then countered,

"Of course. Does Brother Lei think I used my full strength when I killed Zhuo Mufeng that day?

I have roamed the martial world for so many years. Though my family background is not as illustrious as Meng Zhao's, I have still encountered a few fortuitous opportunities.

Had that hidden expert of unknown origin not assassinated your Lei Family's Half-step Grandmaster that day, if the two of us had joined forces—or if he had stood guard for me—the outcome