The people of the Hailong Hall were stunned.
Was this guy too arrogant?
Who did he think he was?
Challenging the Hailong Hall alone, was he crazy?
"Alright, Wang Qi, go fight him."
A high-ranking official of the Hailong Hall spoke, and then a man with many small braids on his head walked out.
"I..."
Before the man with the small braids on his head could speak, Ning Beichen interrupted him.
"Stop, I don't want to hear you talk. It's not that I look down on you, but I look down on all of you. Let's go together, can you not waste my time?"
Ning Beichen said astonishingly from atop the golden lion.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with a barrage of curses from the other side. They had seen arrogant people before, but never anyone this arrogant.
"Arrogant! I can defeat you alone, why would I need others?"
The man with the small braids on his head felt as if he had been dealt a heavy blow. With a fierce roar, he stomped his foot on the ground, leaped into the air, and charged at Ning Beichen with a punch like a dragon.
But as he flew in front of Ning Beichen, Ning Beichen flicked his finger at him.
With a "pfft!" sound.
Like swatting a fly, the Hailong Hall expert with small braids on his head was sent flying backward rapidly.
"I said, don't waste my time, and don't force me to kill anyone."
Ning Beichen, seated on the golden lion the entire time, hadn't even moved, yet he had dealt with the Hailong Hall expert.
The golden lion also cooperated with Ning Beichen, letting out an arrogant roar.
"Take him down together."
The high-ranking officials of the Hailong Hall gave the order with extremely grim expressions.
Ning Beichen's lips curved into a smile. The bronze ancient sword behind him instantly left its sheath and entered his hand. Ning Beichen then twirled the bronze ancient sword and swung it forward.
With a deafening roar.
Countless sword lights exploded like tadpoles, rushing in all directions, and screams echoed through the scene.
With just one sword strike, Ning Beichen had hundreds of cultivators from the Hailong Hall lying on the ground, moaning and unable to fight.
Besides the cries of pain, the atmosphere was eerily silent.
Everyone, except Ning Beichen, was dumbfounded, including the two beast kings and Yang Qianrou who had remained.
They knew Ning Beichen was strong, but they never imagined he was already so terrifyingly powerful.
Besides them, a few high-ranking officials from the Hailong Hall still stood in place, and upon closer inspection, their legs were trembling slightly.
This was no longer a matter of skill; it was absolute dominance.
The eyes of several high-ranking officials from the Hailong Hall twitched. They had actually provoked such a powerful enemy.
Ning Beichen glanced at them, showing no intention of attacking, and simply said.
"I know you have the Zhou family supporting you. I won't make things difficult for you. Go and tell the Zhou family that I want to see their Old Ancestor. If they don't agree, then I'll go to the Zhou family and spar with them."
"You... do you really intend to do this?"
The high-ranking officials of the Hailong Hall asked with trepidation.
"I will go to the Zhou family in three days. Let them be prepared."
Ning Beichen ignored them and rode the golden lion away swaggeringly with Yang Qianrou.
The Hailong Hall was just an excuse; killing them was pointless. Ning Beichen wasn't bent on slaughtering everyone. No one, except the deranged, enjoyed killing. As long as the Zhou family cooperated, Ning Beichen wouldn't want to take action.
Ning Beichen left, and the people of the Hailong Hall dared not stop him or seek revenge. This man was beyond their ability to deal with. All they could do was relay Ning Beichen's words to the Zhou family immediately.
As for how the Zhou family would deal with him, they had no idea and could only await orders from the Zhou family.
Soon, the news of Ning Beichen challenging the Hailong Hall reached the Zhou family, and not just the Zhou family, but almost everyone on the Central Continent learned of it.
This immediately piqued their interest in the person named Ning Beichen.
The strength of the Hailong Hall was not particularly formidable; many small and medium forces could deal with them. Their strength lay solely in the Zhou family behind them.
If the Hailong Hall didn't have the Zhou family's support, it would have been destroyed countless times over.
Yet, this person named Ning Beichen dared to challenge the Hailong Hall and the Zhou family alone. Such a feat was likely something few people on the entire Central Continent would have the courage to attempt.
Therefore, many major powers began to inquire about Ning Beichen's identity and why he had such great courage to challenge the Zhou family.
Meanwhile, in the Wang family, Wang Le'er was looking at Ning Beichen's information with an unreadable expression on her face.
Earlier in the mountains, she had wanted those two beast kings, but she didn't succeed due to Ning Beichen's strength. She hadn't expected the owner of these two beast kings to be so formidable, daring to challenge the Zhou family.
"Father, what do you think about this? Should your daughter try to contact Ning Beichen?"
Wang Le'er said to her father, who was also the head of the Wang family.
"You can, but only contact him in secret. If necessary, you can provide him with some support."
The head of the Wang family smiled like an old fox. The Wang family was happy to see the Zhou family in trouble, and they were naturally willing to add insult to injury.
However, he did not believe that Ning Beichen truly had the strength to overthrow the Zhou family. Those who were not part of the three great families could not comprehend the true power of the three great families; what was visible to the public was merely the tip of the iceberg.
There were thousands of families on the Central Continent, but only the three great families stood at the pinnacle.
If the three great families were so easily defeated, they would have ceased to exist long ago.
But the head of the Wang family was absolutely delighted to cause some trouble for the Zhou family.
Besides the Wang family, the Chen family naturally felt the same.
They would not hesitate to offer Ning Beichen some clandestine assistance, a warrior who dared to challenge the Zhou family single-handedly. In other words, it was worth it even just to annoy the Zhou family.
However, most people were dismissive of Ning Beichen's challenge to the Zhou family, not believing he had the ability and considering him merely a sensationalist fool who was desperate for fame.
But regardless of whether Ning Beichen was seeking attention or not, the world was not short of onlookers, and everyone wanted to see the show.
And this sentiment was not confined to outsiders; even within the Zhou family, there was a prevailing view that Ning Beichen was a clown seeking attention.
"Patriarch, Ning Beichen said he would challenge our Zhou family in three days. Should we eliminate him beforehand..."
A man said, making a throat-slitting gesture as he spoke.