Chapter 985: Gathering forces

The entire room fell silent when Xue Meng's name was mentioned. His notoriety preceded him even among the people he had not and probably would not ever cross paths with. At this point in time they were all well aware of his strength, as ambiguous as his actual realm was.

So it was understandable why they were so surprised when Rhisiat mentioned that even Xue Meng wasn't able to detect his beastly aura but Jin Wang could.

To them, Xue Meng was one of two people on this world that should never be messed with. The other, surprisingly, was Feng Huang, the third protector of the Academy.

Henrik's eyes brightened upon hearing that and he looked towards Jin Wang for confirmation.

"Can you...beat him? Xue Meng?" Henrik held his breath waiting for the answer but almost choked on his own tongue upon getting it.

"Yeah, but I won't," Jin Wang answered casually.

Henrik jumped to his feet in a mixture of shock and discontent, "W-What?! Why the hell not??"