Yang Chen smiled.
"Forget it. I'm not interested in your position. If I beat you, you'll have to do me a favor!"
Yang Chen shook his head. He hadn't been tempted in the slightest by Wild Wolf's earlier offer. Instead, he made a different demand.
Wild Wolf's expression tightened slightly. Looking at Yang Chen, he felt his favorable impression of him diminish.
How arrogant!
Even if he really had the strength to back it up, there was no need to be so arrogant!
Wild Wolf was Hancheng's number one, a bona fide A-Class ability user. And this kid actually thought he could beat him? Wild Wolf had killed plenty of foreign A-Class ability users, after all!
Wild Wolf narrowed his eyes, then grinned.
"If you can beat me, I'll agree to three favors, not just one!"
Yang Chen's pupils shifted slightly. Then he walked straight into the arena and stood there, looking at Wild Wolf with his chin raised. He regarded him down his nose and said calmly,
"Come on!"
"Holy crap, who is this guy? He's got some nerve, provoking the team leader like that. Is he tired of living?"
"So young, and he's already learned how to get himself killed. That's not good!"
Yang Chen's actions stirred up the Number 98 ability users around them. They looked at him with indignation.
They all thought Wild Wolf was going to teach Yang Chen one hell of a lesson.
After all, in Number 98, Wild Wolf was the one everyone feared most!
Wild Wolf raised a hand, silencing the indignant ability users. His eyes fixed on Yang Chen like a real wolf's, as if he were staring at prey. They glinted with bloodlust and a murderous chill.
Wild Wolf took off his shirt and tossed it aside.
His body, as if cast from steel, was now fully exposed. Some of the female ability users couldn't help blushing at his perfect physique, especially the more bashful ones.
Still, their eyes kept drifting back toward him.
Wild Wolf paid them no mind. A terrifying aura rolled off him, and the whole arena seemed to plunge into an icy wasteland.
Some of the weaker ability users broke out in goose bumps.
Only those at D-Class or above could withstand the pressure and watch the fight.
As expected, the weak weren't even qualified to watch a battle!
In the distance, Yang Chen's eyes narrowed. His clothes were torn, yet he stood there as if he belonged to the world around him, perfectly at one with it.
His aura, too, had grown still and solid.
Wild Wolf's expression shifted slightly.
In his eyes, Yang Chen's figure seemed to grow larger by the moment, his presence growing stronger with it.
The other ability users might not have sensed it, but Wild Wolf was one of the stronger A-Class ability users. He could feel it clearly!
Yang Chen seemed to have become part of the area itself. Wild Wolf couldn't pick up his presence at all, no matter how hard he tried.
Suddenly, a word sprang into Wild Wolf's mind.
Grandmaster!
To understand the world, merge with it, commune with it, and wield its power—that was the strength of a Grandmaster!
This young man was displaying the exact same ability unique to Grandmasters!
Compared to the Grandmasters Wild Wolf had seen in battle, however, this young man still seemed a little inexperienced.
That did nothing to change how monstrous he was.
Yang Chen's identity surfaced in Wild Wolf's mind again.
Wild Wolf couldn't fathom how someone who scavenged for scrap could reach such heights at such a young age.
Even the prestigious families that had existed since the Age of Dharma Decline might not be able to nurture a prodigy like him!
But before Wild Wolf could gather his thoughts, Yang Chen had already moved!
Yang Chen's body shifted slightly, leaving a trail of afterimages across the arena. It looked as if countless copies of him had appeared all at once. Even Wild Wolf couldn't tell where he was.
"So fast!"
Wild Wolf's heart jolted, and a sheen of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Now, he was beginning to regret his decision.
With speed like a ghost's, Yang Chen might even outpace the S-Class official in charge of Jiangnan!
Only now did Wild Wolf realize how foolish his earlier words had been!
He was a mere A-Class ability user, and he'd dared to boast in front of someone who might be a Grandmaster!
Even so, Wild Wolf didn't immediately concede. As a soldier of Huaxia, he couldn't surrender!
Thud!
A muffled sound burst from Wild Wolf's body. Then silver light flooded his form, filling every inch of him.
He looked just like a block of steel!
This was Wild Wolf's ability.
Metalization!
He could turn any part of his body into metal!
As his ability grew stronger, Wild Wolf had become capable of turning his entire body to metal!
Once, he had used this power to withstand half an hour of pursuit by an S-Class ability user from Northern Europe!
Now, facing Yang Chen, who moved like a ghost, Wild Wolf hoped to rely on his outstanding defense to buy time.
Wild Wolf figured Yang Chen was a clever man. If he could hold out for ten minutes, he could give Yang Chen a hint afterward. That way, at least he wouldn't lose in front of all his subordinates.
But the instant that thought crossed his mind, Wild Wolf saw a massive fist in his field of vision, rapidly growing larger.
The surrounding air seemed to tear apart, stinging Wild Wolf's skin!
Then the fist landed lightly against his body.
BOOM!!!
Wild Wolf felt a terrifying impact erupt across his body. Even his metalized form suddenly seemed as fragile as paper.
In an instant, smoke filled the arena, obscuring everyone's view.
To be continued!
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