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.

mastered it to a level that surpasses many grandmaster martial artists. But unfortunately, you

with ease. However, when facing grandmaster level opponent, you’d

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

remarkable agility, which made him practically

to adopt the persona of a phantom, striking fear into his opponent’s hearts and forcing them to retreat. Hence,

Shadowcloak drugged Brian was that he couldn’t defeat the man. So, he relied on his cunning tactic to

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

You must have a death wish. Come forward

crush you with a

got. “Dustin scoffed. He was unfazed

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

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

wondered if Dustin was simply fearless or had something up his sleeve.

a single strike? Well, here I am. I’ll stand right here and let you do it.” Dustin

oblige.” Shadowcloak shook with rage. He lunged forward without hesitation and aimed

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