Zhan Lingge was the only one to be defeated in face-to-face combat out of the top one hundred. Though it hadn’t been Lu Yun who’d defeated him, he’d become the barometer by which other half step kings measured themselves against. That was why Jin Yue asked the question—he wanted to indirectly determine the gap between himself, Qing Ting, and Lu Yun.

He greeted the answer with no skepticism when Lu Yun responded that he was less than Zhan Lingge. He finally had a realistic view of his own strength.

Jin Yue nodded, looked at his father a bit apologetically, and left.

The Level King wordlessly opened and closed his mouth. He raised a cupped fist salute to Lu Yun and left with his son.

Lu Yun hadn’t killed his opponent or broken Jin Yue’s confidence. He’d used his strongest move to defeat his...