บท 186: One Must Pretend to Be Strong Even When He’s Not

NMAU lost in the first battle.

Chen Pengfei, Peak Rank-2 martial artist and third on the mission points ranking, was defeated soundly.

Commotion rose downstage.

"Chen Pengfei lost!"

"He's at Peak Rank-2 and the other's just entered Rank-2? He still lost! What the heck?"

"Are you stupid? Zhao Lei's a twice-honed martial artist, so his Vitality isn't much weaker compared to Chen Pengfei's. He's standing at an elevated stance too. Chen Pengfei made the wrong predictions; Zhao Lei would lose otherwise. It's not Chen Pengfei that's weak, it's Zhao Lei that's stronger than his opponent had imagined!"

Someone stood up for Chen Pengfei. Zhao Lei had not gotten many opportunities to show what he was capable of in the past rounds, so they did not know much about him.

Elevated stances were rare. Most Rank-3 martial artists could not do it.