Even before Bang Jin-Hun's words stopped echoing in the Training Hall, everyone went deathly quiet, and the heated atmosphere cooled down instantly.

'He... wants us to have a go at Kang Jin-Ho?'

Sure, that was the best method available. The crowd couldn't exactly demand Kang Jin-Ho to put on a talent show to prove his strength, after all.

The simplest, most straightforward method of proving oneself was beating someone up, and everyone here knew that.

However, no one expected Bang Jin-Hun to suggest this method first. Imagine if the person Bang Jin-Hun had personally recommended lost to someone in a fight. Nothing would be more embarrassing than that.

Worse still, Kang Jin-Ho was supposed to become one of the directors of the Martial Assembly. Someone like that losing to a martial artist from this crowd? Bang Jin-Hun would be too embarrassed to even raise his head in public for a while.

'However, he wants to take that risk?'

Yi Myeong-Hwan was suddenly overcome with anxiety. Since Bang Jin-Hun wasn't a moron, he must have known what would happen if Kang Jin-Ho was defeated by Gong Yeong-Gil. But he still dared to talk about a fight?

Considering Bang Jin-Hun's smarts, this could only mean he had absolute confidence in Kang Jin-Ho's victory.

'In that young man?'

Yi Myeong-Hwan couldn't help but get confused about this situation. In his eyes, Kang Jin-Ho... just didn't look all that strong.

Don't judge a book by its cover? That was a stupid notion.

The 'cover', or appearance in this case, was often the first and...