“What are you looking at me for?” Hong Yitang smiled. “Your teacher is very strong. To be honest, I wasn’t certain of my chances when he challenged me. Thus, I stepped back. It wouldn’t be a glorious victory and it would’ve been an even more humiliating defeat. He forced me to grow stronger so I wouldn’t be in the position of losing face! My teacher hailed me as the greatest genius of my time, I was a Dominator a long time ago. I’m not sure if I was faster or Hou Xiaochen, but we both made it to that level very quickly.0

“Therefore, I felt certain pressure in rejecting your teacher’s challenge. It forced me to continue moving forward. Otherwise, would I have the face to show myself in the martial world if I, a Dominator, was defeated by Yuan Shuo?”2

Li Hao was surprised at first, then quickly let the point go. So Hong Yitang had been a Dominator long ago! The greatest genius… And Hou Xiaochen had broken through a long time ago as well. All of these people had; they were thus stronger than his teacher. But these Dominators felt incredible pressure from a Sunderer. It was plain to see just how arrogant and brazen the Five Styles Beast...0