“And here I always thought I was the strongest in Silver City,” Liu Long took a self-deprecating breath. “But first it was Yuan Shuo, now it’s him… how laughable.”5

“My teacher is different!” Li Hao declared. “I promise that my teacher only just broke through a few days ago—when I entered Slayer of Tens. He didn’t hide it on purpose!”0

Liu Long’s eyes widened. Really? He’d thought that Yuan Shuo had broken through a long time before and was just hiding his strength all this time.0

“Teacher was probably weaker than chief before this!” Li Hao was aware of the knot in Liu Long’s heart. The chief even suspected that Yuan Shuo had been aware of Little Yuan’s death and just hadn’t bothered to care. The professor only became involved when Li Hao was dragged in.0

But this wasn’t the case!0

“I would never hide something like this!” Li Hao said solemnly. “If teacher was a Dominator and did nothing when Little Yuan died…. I would not have this kind of relationship with him! I would hate him, not admire him! I admire him because if teacher was a Dominator then, he would’ve killed whoever was attacking Little Yuan! Do you...3