Chapter 234: A 20-Year-Old SS-Level, A Genius Among Geniuses!

At the prospect of him sparring with the Young Master, many of the Beastmen frowned.

The reason was simple. The Beastman on stage had placed third last year. He had always believed he should have been first and that the other two had conspired to hold him down, leaving him with a deep-seated grudge.

For the past two days, everyone in Fierce Tiger City had been talking about the Young Master. The female he fancied had also been constantly mentioning that frail-looking Young Master, even asking around if he had a wife.

This infuriated him. He had confessed his feelings to the female, but she had told him to take first place. If he won, she would agree to him becoming her Beast Husband. Yet now, she was considering that just-returned, incompetent, and hopelessly weak Young Master instead. ‘How could he possibly accept this?!’

So he had directly challenged Yue Junxiao by name. He wanted to show that female what kind of Beastman was a true warrior, a true powerhouse!

A Beastman immediately roared in anger, “Hu Zhe! What do you think you’re doing?!”

The Beastman called Hu Zhe replied provocatively, “Isn’t it obvious what I’m doing? Anyone who takes the stage today can challenge anyone else. The Young Master is a member of Fierce Tiger City, so can’t I challenge him? Or do you all think he looks so weak that you’re worried I’ll hurt him? Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to remember Fierce Tiger City’s rules and pull my punches.”

“The Young Master just got back! He suffered so much out there. How can you compare that to you living a comfortable life here in Fierce Tiger City? You’re clearly just bullying him! If you’ve got guts, fight me! See if I don’t beat the living daylights out of you!” The one who said this was last year’s second-place winner, one of the very people Hu Zhe despised.

Hu Zhe replied without hesitation, “You’re next, right after I’m done with the Young Master.”

He was clearly very confident about defeating Yue Junxiao. To be precise, the thought that Yue Junxiao could win had never even crossed his mind.

The others were also displeased. And the female to whom Hu Zhe had confessed before spoke up directly, “The Young Master has already suffered so much, and now you want to bully him? Even if you win, it proves nothing! You’d even bully the Young Master! I, Hu Yue, will say it right here and now: even if you do take first place, I will never agree to mate with you or let you become my Beast Husband!”

Hearing this, Hu Zhe’s face fell. He never expected that simply challenging Yue Junxiao would provoke Hu Yue into saying such things.

But he had already issued the challenge; there was no room for regret now.

Besides, he had to prove to Hu Yue that he, Hu Zhe, was the strongest!

While everyone else was in an uproar, Hu Zhen and Hu Yao, in contrast, showed little reaction. They were hands-off parents who never restricted what their child did and, in fact, encouraged him to try new things. This was why a young Yue Junxiao had gone hunting at just a few years old and even succeeded.

If his life was in danger, they would intervene. If not, they would stand aside and watch the young Yue Junxiao hunt independently.

It was the same now. Someone had challenged Yue Junxiao. Hu Zhen smiled and patted Yue Junxiao’s shoulder. “What do you say? Want to go up there and give it a shot?”

Hearing this, Yue Junxiao, who was already eager to try, stood up straight away and declared loudly, “I accept your challenge.”

For a moment, the entire arena fell silent.

Seeing Yue Junxiao accept the challenge, the female named Hu Yue immediately said, “Young Master, don’t push yourself. Hu Zhe might not be a great person, but he really is strong.”

Yue Junxiao gave her a polite nod. “Thank you, but I’m pretty strong too.”

But it was obvious the female named Hu Yue wasn’t convinced.

It wasn’t just Hu Yue; the others didn’t really believe him either. After all, Beastmen were, to some extent, prone to bravado.

But Fierce Tiger City had a virtue: they spoiled their kids.

And so, a variety of cheers erupted.

“Go, Young Master!”

“Yeah, go, Young Master! Knock Hu Zhe flat on his back!”

“Get him, Young Master! Defeat him!”

Standing on the stage, Hu Zhe listened to them cheering for Yue Junxiao, his lips pressed into a thin line and his expression ugly.

No one was on his side. The female he liked had rejected him in front of so many people for another Beastman, and everyone else was cheering for Yue Junxiao.

Hu Zhe clenched his fists in secret. He swore he would utterly humiliate Yue Junxiao. He would pay back the humiliation they gave him a hundred, a thousand times over!

Yue Junxiao was oblivious to Hu Zhe’s thoughts. He was currently smiling and waving to the crowd. “Thank you all for your support.”

He then walked toward the stage.

The moment Yue Junxiao took his position on the stage, Hu Zhe unleashed his ultimate move. A smug, confident smile spread across his face. ‘No one has ever been able to dodge this attack!’

This scene was clearly unexpected by the hundreds of thousands in the audience. The people in the outer field, watching on the big screens, couldn’t help but curse when they saw Hu Zhe immediately use his ultimate.

In contrast, Bai Zhi, Hu Yan, and the City Lord and his wife all looked perfectly calm.

Bai Zhi and the others were calm because they knew Hu Zhe was no match for Yue Junxiao. The City Lord and his wife were calm because they would intervene the moment there was any real danger.

Thus, they all remained as steady as a rock.

But clearly, everyone had underestimated Yue Junxiao—especially Hu Zhe.

Yue Junxiao was seen dodging the attack with extreme speed.

BANG—

A crater appeared where Yue Junxiao had just been standing. His swift dodge stunned everyone for a moment before they erupted in excitement.

Everyone in the arena chanted in unison, “Young Master! Young Master!”

But in the next second, before Hu Zhe could even react, he was sent flying by a single punch from Yue Junxiao. The smile on his face froze as he was flung through the air.

His eyes were filled with shock. He clearly couldn’t believe that Yue Junxiao, who looked so weak, had actually dodged his attack.

A faint blue superpower glowed on Yue Junxiao’s fist.

Everyone was stunned into silence.

They obviously hadn’t expected Yue Junxiao to actually defeat Hu Zhe. Dodging his attack might have been a fluke, but sending him flying was something that couldn’t be done by luck alone!

Especially that intense, oppressive aura—it clearly wasn’t something an ordinary spiritual power could produce. That was the mark of an SS-level!

To think the Young Master, who looked so thin and weak, was actually this powerful!

At only twenty years old, he had already reached SS-level!

This was a genius among geniuses!

Among his peers in Tiger Fierce City, the strongest was only S-Class, and that was already considered amazing. Yet their Young Master, who had been lost for so many years, had actually managed to reach SS-level on his own through such a difficult life!

“As expected of the Young Master of our Fierce Tiger City! An SS-level at twenty years old!”

Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, “Young Master! Young Master!!”

“The Young Master is amazing! Only twenty, and already so strong!”

“Hahaha, thinking about how confident Hu Zhe looked just now is hilarious! He’s a Beastman who only reached S-Class at twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and he dared to compare himself to the Young Master!”