An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Marcia demonstrated her intelligence with a strategic move.

Choosing to cut open the abdomen to reach the head could have startled the unconscious Predator, potentially putting herself in danger.

That was why opting to kill him outright was a sensible choice.

However, she overlooked a critical detail—the vast difference in their strengths.

Taking down a grandmaster-level opponent, especially one with significant physical power, was no simple feat, even if they were unconscious.

With a swift motion, Marcia drove her sword toward the Predator's chest.

Before the sword tip could penetrate more than half an inch, Predator's reflexes kicked in. His muscles tensed instantly, exerting a powerful force that effectively trapped her sword in place.

"Hmm?" Marcia frowned and applied more pressure to push forward with her sword.

But to her surprise, it wouldn't budge any further. Even more astonishing was that she couldn't withdraw her sword.

She didn't know that Predator's muscles clamped around the sword tightly.

"What the...?" Her expression darkened.

With so many eyes on her, failing to deal with an unconscious opponent made her position in the Celestial Alliance questionable.

"Getting cold feet, huh? Need a hand?" Dustin sneered.

We'll avenge Elder Wood

she grasped the sword hilt tightly and used all

its way through the Predator's muscles, and a trickle of

danger, and his eyelids

push her sword and drove it deeper into

sword tip was more than an inch into

guard, she jumped in

before she could even react

his strike

heavily to the ground. She couldn't even

she coughed up more blood and was severely

in beast mode, and his strength was only at the late-stage grandmaster level, it was still

for Predator's weakened state, drained of internal energy, he would have pushed

of that single palm

the Predator surged forward. His eyes were ablaze with

it came with a dangerous trade-off—the risk of losing his sanity, especially when

such a state, he could become nothing more than a

animal instincts. He viciously targeted Marcia,

"Elder Douglas! Help me!"

echoed through the chaos as the injured Marcia pleaded for assistance. After all,

Quincy responded promptly after shaking

protectively in front of Marcia. Then, he delivered a powerful

forward relentlessly. As Quincy's palm struck him, Predator's claws sliced