An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Well, thank you,” Dustin replied, annoyed.

He had initially come to cure Alicia, but now he had to fight as well. After an exhausting day of hard work with no reward, he felt completely shortchanged.

“Don’t be so grumpy. Show off your heroic side in front of these two beauties. Who knows, you might win their hearts,” Grace teased in a low voice.

“Yeah, right. These two are nothing but trouble. I want no part of it.” He rolled his eyes.

“Hey! What are you two whispering about?” Shadowcloak couldn’t stay silent anymore and declared, “I’m giving you two options: surrender now, or I’ll kill you.”

“Kill me? You sure talk big.” Dustin stepped forward and stared at him.

He continued, “You might be fast, but your strength is laughable. The guy lying there could defeat you easily if he were a bit smarter.”

“Arrogant brat! What the heck are you talking about?” Shadowcloak snarled.

“Drop the act. You may fool others, but I can see right through you,” Dustin said with a straight face.

your agility. You’ve mastered it to a level that surpasses

artists with ease. However, when facing grandmaster level opponent, you’d resort to underhanded tactics and

cultivation was only halfway to becoming a ga grandmaster and hadn’t broken through yet. Despite that, Shadowcloak

his remarkable agility, which made him

hearts and forcing them to retreat. Hence,

defeat the man. So, he relied on his cunning tactic

Dustin’s words seemed to hit Shadowcloak’s nerve,

my strength? You

I’ll crush you with

what you’ve got. “Dustin scoffed. He was

guard. Given his earlier skill demonstration, which was on par with a grandmaster, others would have hesitated and felt

abilities. But he never

Dustin was simply fearless or had something up his

single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here and let

with rage. He lunged forward without hesitation and aimed a powerful palm

a thunderous roar, a massive, translucent hand materialized from thin air and slammed down on