"You already know my strength," Ryan said as he removed the mask with a smile. "Five wins, of course."
There was no longer any need for concealment. With matchmaking finished, the mask served no purpose.
"That's not what I meant," Wang Bi'er replied, smiling as well. "I know you'd win. I'm asking about the opponents you met. In the positioning battles, the stronger the opponents, the higher the final score and ranking."
"The opponents?" Ryan paused briefly, then answered. "They were fine. The last one was actually a two-star Upper Exalt. That surprised me. I didn't expect to meet Upper Exalt–level disciples in the Outer House. I thought that kind of strength would only exist in the Inner House."
Wang Zongyao, after all, was already an Inner House figure with roughly one-star Upper Exalt strength. Naturally, Ryan had assumed that Upper Exalts would be recruited directly into the Inner House.
