“You want to challenge Ghost Dragon?” gaped Leng Che, Azureclad and the others. Ghost Dragon also turned to Lu Yun with surprise.

“Are you crazy, Champion Duke? He’s the strongest of us three and you think he’s easy to bully?!” Leng Che repeated with incredulity.

“So you’re the strongest.” Lu Yun gravely took his measure of his opponent. “Since it’s a challenge, I’m going to challenge the strongest. Otherwise, people will think that the Champion Duke only picks on weaklings.”

The crowd didn’t know how to react to this astonishing about-face. He’d just said that Ghost Dragon looked easy to bully, but now wanted nothing less than the strongest?

“What do you think, Ghost Dragon?” asked the Dragonfeather King. Though Ghost Dragon was...