The bald man's mocking words immediately stirred up discontent among the crowd in the training hall. Liang Jing, standing nearby, was about to step forward and say something, but Shi Feng raised his hand to stop her.
He recognized this bald man. His name was Gan Xingteng, a senior student from the White Tiger Martial Arts School. He was very strong, even more so than Chen Wu, and frequently participated in various fighting competitions, enjoying a fair amount of fame. That was why he now had the confidence to sweep through all the training halls in Jinhai City.
"What, scared?" Gan Xingteng sneered.
Shi Feng's slightly pale face, in his view, was clearly due to cowardice, further confirming his belief that Shi Feng wouldn't dare spar.
"A spar isn't out of the question, but if just anyone can run into the training hall to challenge me, I'd be swamped," Shi Feng looked at the bald man and said softly.
"As the chief instructor of the Beidou Training Hall, you can only come up with such an excuse. Aren't you afraid, Coach Shi, that word of this will make you a laughingstock among your peers?" Gan Xingteng smiled, showing no anger, and instead pressed further.
Originally, he had thought this rumored expert Shi Feng was truly formidable, but now it seemed he was all style and no substance. Rumors couldn't be trusted.
"So the Beidou Training Hall is just like this. If you don't even dare to spar, why keep running a training hall? You might as well turn it into a dance studio, that would be more fitting."
"If you don't dare spar with Senior Brother Gan, we're about the same age. I challenge you, do you dare accept?"
Though Gan Xingteng wasn't angry, the intermediate students behind him raised their eyebrows, eyes blazing with fury. They wished they could teach Shi Feng a lesson right then and there, to show him the might of the White Tiger Martial Arts School.
Any senior student from the White Tiger Martial Arts School could be a coach at any martial arts school in a second-tier city. Even Chen Wu, the true top fighter of Jinhai City, had been defeated by Gan Xingteng. Now, to be told by Shi Feng that he wasn't qualified for a battle? This was practically a provocation against their White Tiger Martial Arts School and Senior Brother Gan Xingteng.
In their eyes, someone like Shi Feng could be dealt with by even a junior student from their school in a few moves. Having Senior Brother Gan Xingteng handle him was far too much of an honor for Shi Feng.
"Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying I won't agree to your spar. But since you are students from the White Tiger Martial Arts School, it wouldn't be right for me, as the chief instructor, to bully you. My suggestion is to have a student from our training hall spar with you. How does that sound?" Shi Feng shook his head and asked Gan Xingteng softly.
After Shi Feng finished speaking, the entire training ground fell silent.
The people from the White Tiger Martial Arts School looked at Shi Feng as if he were an idiot. Even the instructors of the Beidou Training Hall were no match for them, so how could their students possibly stand a chance? They could easily defeat any Beidou student here with one hand tied behind their backs.
The students of the Beidou Training Hall, hearing this, were dumbfounded and couldn't say a word. It wasn't just them bragging; they had fully understood the terror of the White Tiger Martial Arts School from the previous fights. Five or six of them going up probably wouldn't be enough for one of them, let alone a one-on-one.
"Fine. But after all the Beidou students are defeated, I hope Coach Shi, you will personally step forward. Don't make any more excuses," Gan Xingteng nodded and said coldly.
"Rest assured about that. If you can truly win, I will naturally step forward then," Shi Feng smiled, then turned to Liang Jing. "Go call Huo Wu and the others over."
"Call them? But aren't they..." Liang Jing was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, unsure of what to say.
After becoming Shi Feng's assistant, he often had her handle matters related to the Zero Wing Studio, so she knew exactly who Huo Wu and the others were. None of them were fighting competitors; they were all professional gamers. Having them spar against these people from the White Tiger Martial Arts School would be worse than just sending the training hall's own students.
"Go ahead. It's about time they got some real combat experience," Shi Feng understood Liang Jing's surprise, but still sent her to call Huo Wu and the others.
Huo Wu and the others might not be professional fighters, but after being at the Green Water Villa for so long, undergoing various intensive training sessions, receiving basic guidance from Lei Bao, and with a constant supply of A-rank nutritional potions—even using quite a few S-rank ones—their physical capabilities had long surpassed what they were when they first arrived at Green Water Villa.