An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Quincy paused, took a deep breath, and spoke with authority to the gathered crowd. "Our nation has always believed in winning with virtue.

"If we've decided on a duel, it must be an honorable one-on-one fight. Even if we win, it won't truly be a victory if it's not done fairly!"

Upon hearing this, the commotion slowly began to calm. The crowd might disagree, but they understood the importance of fair play in this martial art contest between the two nations.

"Elder Douglas! You hold the highest status here. We all respect you. Choose a skilled martial artist to teach those two a lesson, and let Dragonmarsh rise in pride!"

"That's right! We can't take this lightly. We must give it our all this time!"

Amidst the clamor, everyone urged Quincy to pick another martial artist for the challenge.

Quincy nodded and looked at the crowd. He then thundered, "The opponent is strong, and we shouldn't take them lightly!"

He added, "I've got a condition this time: only those who are at the advanced divine level or higher can participate.

brave ones, who's up for the challenge to bring honor to

spoke, the noise in the venue suddenly went down by half. Meeting the requirement of being at an advanced divine level

were low-level martial artists, and only a few had reached the divine level. Those at the advanced

advanced divine level, winning was not guaranteed. So, for a while, very few people dared to speak up, and everyone looked

only those big shots who rule the scene could break the

don't you go up there and teach that brat a

perfect for the task. Dealing with that

just woken up looking pale. Miles lost earlier, making the Sword Union look bad and attracting a

revenge, she wasn't sure she could win. She hadn't been able to gauge Marco's depth throughout

block a single blow, making it impossible

a devastating blow to the Sword

Dustin with a grin. "You want to give it a shot? Show

Shade, why do you think I can