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.

continued, “If I’m not mistaken, you’ve spent decades honing your agility. You’ve mastered it to a level that surpasses many grandmaster martial artists. But unfortunately, you lack

with ease. However, when facing grandmaster

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

was his remarkable agility, which

the persona of a phantom, striking fear into his opponent’s hearts and forcing them to retreat. Hence, his energy waves’ fluctuation was just a form

man. So, he relied on

nonsense!” Dustin’s words seemed to hit Shadowcloak’s nerve,

dare you question my strength? You must have a death wish. Come forward if you

I’ll crush you with a

what you’ve got. “Dustin scoffed. He was unfazed by the threat as

which was on par with a grandmaster,

planned to seize that moment to showcase his abilities. But he never anticipated Dustin’s boldness as

Dustin was simply fearless or had something up his sleeve. Shadowcloak

Aren’t you going to crush me with a single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here and let you do it.” Dustin

rage. He lunged forward without hesitation and aimed a powerful palm strike directly at Dustin’s

materialized from thin air and slammed down on Dustin like a