"You two join the Battle Wolf organization, I won't go," Zhou Hong said to Teacher Yang Xi and Shen Yanran.
"This...?"
"It doesn't matter, joining the Battle Wolf organization will be beneficial to you," Zhou Hong said.
"Then you really aren't coming with us?" Yang Xi asked.
"No, joining the Battle Wolf organization will allow you to better improve your strength, but for me, there's no need." Zhou Hong didn't need to join any organization to improve his strength; he could do it anywhere.
"Alright!" Yang Xi nodded.
"Then it's settled, I wish you a smooth journey," Zhou Hong chuckled.
At this moment, the Wolf King shouted, "Little brother Zhou Hong, are you really not considering it? Although you haven't told me your strength, I can guess that you are at most at the eighth or ninth stage of the Martial Master realm. While it's true that at your age, reaching this level is already a top-tier genius. However, throughout China, there are not a few such top-tier geniuses, especially in some ancient sects. If you look globally, it's even more astonishing. Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, but I see you seem a bit arrogant now, so I have to dampen your spirits and make you calm down."
"Which eye of yours saw me being arrogant?" Zhou Hong retorted impatiently.
"Both eyes saw it. Perhaps you think you're very powerful, unaware that there's always someone stronger out there. I can see in your eyes that you don't seem to think highly of our Battle Wolf organization." The Wolf King smiled slightly again. He had indeed read this sentiment from Zhou Hong's gaze.
"Don't make assumptions. I heard your Battle Wolf organization represents the Huaxia Empire. I don't want to become your enemy."
"You've misunderstood. Our Battle Wolf organization doesn't represent the Huaxia Empire. It's just that our founder, Senior Leng Feng, was once a special forces soldier of the empire. After rising, he founded the Battle Wolf organization himself. Although we declared allegiance to the empire, it doesn't mean we belong to it."
"Oh, oh!" Zhou Hong seemed uninterested.
"Little brother Zhou Hong, I hope you take my words to heart. One must never be arrogant. Too many geniuses have ruined themselves because of momentary pride..."
The old man wanted to say more, but Zhou Hong was getting impatient.
"Arrogant your sister! When was I arrogant?" Zhou Hong was a little annoyed. He wasn't arrogant at all, yet they kept saying he was.
"Heh heh, you still say you're not arrogant. I see you right now...!"
"Whoosh!" The next second, Zhou Hong unleashed a palm strike.
"Ah!" The Wolf King's expression changed. Zhou Hong's palm strike felt like a mountain crashing towards him. He tried desperately to dodge, but it was impossible.
Almost in the next instant, Zhou Hong's palm struck his face. However, at a distance of 0.01 centimeters from his face, Zhou Hong stopped.
At this moment, the old Wolf King's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He stood rigidly, unable to move. It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but he suddenly found himself paralyzed.
"How can this be?" The Wolf King was horrified. Even the Wolf God of their Battle Wolf organization, the founder Leng Feng, couldn't exert such pressure on him. Yet, facing Zhou Hong, he felt this immense pressure.
"Now, do you still think I'm arrogant?" Zhou Hong asked calmly.
"I... I...!" The Wolf King stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence. He seemed unable to recover. Such formidable strength, and he wasn't even a match. What was there to be arrogant about? He could easily create a force no less powerful than the Battle Wolf organization himself.
"Junior pays his respects to Senior." After a few seconds, the Wolf King immediately knelt down, covered in cold sweat.
Yang Xi and Shen Yanran, standing to the side, were completely stunned.
"If I hadn't stopped, your head wouldn't be on your neck after that palm strike," Zhou Hong said.
"Thank you, Senior, for sparing my life." The Wolf King kowtowed quickly.
"We have no enmity, so naturally, there's no need to kill you. It's just that you kept babbling about me being arrogant, which annoyed me."
"Junior knows his mistake. I hope Senior will not hold it against me."
"Alright, you can get up now."
"Thank you, Senior."
"By the way, what is your strength?" Zhou Hong asked the Wolf King.
"Replying to Senior, I am at the ninth stage of the Martial King realm."
"Oh, oh!" Zhou Hong nodded. This old man was the strongest he had defeated so far. This indicated that Zhou Hong's strength was at least above the ninth stage of the Martial King realm. It was a pity that this ninth-stage Martial King was still no match for Zhou Hong, so Zhou Hong couldn't gauge his true realm.
Zhou Hong couldn't help but let out a wry smile. He couldn't understand why he was so powerful. Every time he thought he had reached the ceiling, it turned out to be just the floor.
Zhou Hong's sudden action just now was intended to test his own realm through this Wolf King. He had expected his strength to be similar to the Wolf King's, but the result was that he was no match at all.
"Alright, I'm leaving now. I'll entrust my two friends to your Battle Wolf organization." Zhou Hong didn't waste any more words and turned to leave.
"We respectfully see Senior off."
At this moment, Yang Xi quickly called out, "Zhou Hong."
"Teacher Yang Xi, work hard after joining the Battle Wolf organization. Instead of staying in this small city, it's better for you to go to the Battle Wolf organization."
"Mmm, mmm!" Yang Xi nodded repeatedly, a hint of reluctance in her eyes.
"And you, Shen Yanran, I'm also waiting for your good news. I hope that by the next time I see you, I won't be your opponent anymore."
"How is that possible?" Shen Yanran was speechless. It was only now that she realized how deeply Zhou Hong had been hiding his strength. His power had reached such a level. Before, at Jinzhou University, he had only been hiding around the tenth stage of the Martial Artist realm.
"Bye-bye!" Zhou Hong also said in English, waved, and left.
After Zhou Hong left, the Wolf King wiped away his cold sweat and said with a wry smile, "Is this Senior Zhou Hong your boyfriend?"
"No, he's our friend."
"Oh, oh, he's too powerful. I thought I could defeat him effortlessly, but I didn't expect that, heh heh." The Wolf King shook his head repeatedly.
"Senior Wolf King, how strong is Zhou Hong?" Shen Yanran asked.
"I don't know, unfathomably deep. Perhaps only Senior Leng Feng of our Battle Wolf organization is qualified to fight him."
"What?" Yang Xi and Shen Yanran were both startled.
"Senior Wolf King, what level is Senior Leng Feng?" Yang Xi pressed further.
"Heh heh, do I even need to say? Naturally, he is of the empire level."