Bang Jin-Hun was taken aback.

'What is up with this guy?'

‘No, wait. Don't get flustered.’

'Right, this is how it's supposed to be.'

Bang Jin-Hun finally got the sense that things were clicking into their places. After all, the docile-looking demeanor of Kang Jin-Ho until now had planted a seed of doubt, this sense of incongruity, in Bang Jin-Hun's head. Someone strong and vicious enough to slaughter twenty of the Yeongnam Group's elite warriors and turn Cheon Tae-Hun into such a wretched state wouldn't be this well-behaved and meek. Bang Jin-Hun should know that since he had personally trained Cheon Tae-Hun.

Still, that didn't resolve all the issues at present.

'Isn't this... a bit too over the top?'

Beaded sweat quickly formed on Bang Jin-Hun's forehead. How did Cheon Tae-Hun even withstand this without going completely insane? Even Bang Jin-Hun felt strained under the tremendous pressure, so he had to marvel at the fact that his weaker underling managed to survive through it.

'No, wait. That's not really true, is it?'

Cheon Tae-Hun managed to withstand the pressure because it was him—a mere day-old puppy wouldn't know the terror of a growling tiger, after all!

Bang Jin-Hun had attained a high-enough realm of cultivation, which allowed him to make a fairly accurate assessment of how terrifying and horrible Kang Jin-Ho was based on the aura he was emitting.

Bang Jin-Hun sucked in a deep breath. “My reason for wanting to take over the Assembly, you...