Mo Qiubai's voice wasn't loud, yet everyone present heard it with startling clarity. One by one, they turned to Shi Feng in disbelief.
"Tier 3 Class! That's impossible!"
Everyone instinctively rejected Mo Qiubai's claim. Pang Xianglong, already seething with anger, felt that Mo Qiubai was simply trying to pull a fast one on him.
"Is Mo Qiubai joking? How could this kid possibly be a Tier 3 Class?" Duan Hanshan was equally unconvinced, convinced that Mo Qiubai was just messing with them.
Tier 3 Class was something they had been pursuing for a long time, yet none of them had any real confidence in advancing to Tier 3. They all felt they still needed more time to build up their foundations.
But Shi Feng was merely the Guild Leader of a quasi-superpower. How could the resources and conditions he possessed possibly compare to theirs? Forget advancing to Tier 3 — just reaching Level 100 would already be impressive enough for someone like him.
"No, he really is a Tier 3 Sword King." At that moment, the Hermit suddenly stepped forward and spoke.
As the Hermit stood there and confirmed it with a nod, the entire venue fell silent. If it had been Mo Qiubai alone claiming that Shi Feng was Tier 3, that was one thing — but now the Hermit, a senior of the Azure Chamber of Commerce, had said it too. That meant the matter was almost certainly true.
In an instant, everyone turned their gazes back to Shi Feng, but the way they looked at him had completely changed. He was no longer just the Guild Leader of a quasi-superpower — he was a Tier 3 powerhouse in the Divine Realm who could effortlessly slaughter Tier 2 Class players.
"No wonder the Hermit turned a blind eye to his affairs before. So he's a Tier 3 Sword King?" Fen Xiao looked at Shi Feng, a sudden sense of clarity washing over her.
The Hermit was famously strict within the Chamber of Commerce. When an outside player had openly killed Man Hao right there on the premises, the Hermit absolutely should not have tolerated it by all accounts.
Yet the Hermit had let it slide, and had even reprimanded the top experts who were supposed to be standing guard — leaving everyone jaws on the floor.
Now it seemed the Hermit hadn't been unwilling to intervene in the dispute between the two great families. The real reason was simply to avoid a direct confrontation with Shi Feng.
"A Tier 3 Class... he really kept that hidden well." For the first time, Qinglin's gaze toward Shi Feng carried a note of genuine wariness. She hadn't expected Zero Wing to have such depths.
A Tier 3 Class was no trivial matter. As far as she knew, none of the current great superpowers had produced a single Tier 3 Class player yet.
Although Mo Qiubai had already made it abundantly clear — and as Vice Guild Leader of Giant's Heart, his status and prestige had risen considerably after receiving a Divine Blessing, making the great superpowers wary of him — there was no need for him to lie.
Still, part of her couldn't quite believe it. But now that even the Hermit had stepped forward, even without seeing hard proof, the claim that Shi Feng was a Tier 3 Class player was virtually certain.
If Shi Feng truly was Tier 3, then any future cooperation between them and Zero Wing would need to be renegotiated entirely.
While the rest of the crowd was still reeling with shock, Pang Xianglong's face shifted between green and white, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
"You little punk — how dare you set me up!" Pang Xianglong glared at Shi Feng, gritting his teeth in fury.
Against a Tier 3 Class player, even he could only turn tail and run. The gap between tiers was simply too vast — it was like a Tier 2 player bullying a Tier 1 player. They weren't even on the same level. And at this Level 100 watershed, the gap was even more enormous.
Standing nearby, Duan Hanshan felt a wave of relief wash over him. He had very nearly made a move earlier. Had he done so, he would have been the one in an extremely awkward position right now.
"Elder Pang, are you still planning to have a match?" Shi Feng asked with a faint, half-amused smile.