An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Just as Alicia was about to be struck down by Brian’s deadly palm strike, a silver needle suddenly hit his wrist with precision.

The force of the impact caused him to stagger backward several steps. Then, a wave of excruciating pain surged through his arm. His body trembled uncontrollably and left him momentarily incapacitated.

“Crap!” Brian cursed. He quickly yanked the silver needle out from his wrist, which eased his pain slightly.

“Alicia, run!” Aurora shouted.

Freed from his grasp, Alicia snapped out of her daze and bolted at full speed.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Brian, now recovered from the pain, refused to give up.

With a sudden burst of speed, he transformed into a blur and lunged toward her. Even if he was going to die, he was determined to take her down with him.

“Bastard! How dare you!” Fenley’s eyes widened in fury upon seeing that. He immediately propelled himself into the air, then delivered a palm strike toward Brian from above.

The air erupted with a thunderous boom. Suddenly, a colossal illusory image materialized behind Fenley. It radiated a commanding presence that set shivers down on everyone’s spine.

When he thrust his palm downward, the colossal illusory image mirrored his movement instantaneously. In a flash, the energy surged, and debris scattered.

A golden palm shadow hurtled toward Brian like a projectile. At that moment, Fenley was consumed by a killing instinct.

Elements of God’s

shadow hurtled toward him. As a Celestial

skill responsible for propelling the Celestial Alliance

to Fenley. And

no time to spare as the golden palm shadow closed in, Brian swiftly channeled his internal energy to form a protective

thunderous crash echoed as Fenley’s shadow palm slammed solidly into Brian’s energy armor. Brian was instantly sent

shattered from the impact. He continued to skid across the

torrent of blood. He lay on the

to shreds. Blood dripped from his arms, and he

but he hadn’t

least one of the top three grandmaster martial artists among

being as skilled as the top- ranked Fenley, Brian hadn’t expected such a stark difference between them.

comparison to Fenley’s. With just one move, Fenley had

why he remained powerless against Fenley. Rather than closing in

“Surround him!”

collapsed from his injuries, members of the enforcement team swiftly encircled him. Swords were drawn, and their gaze fixed on

understood the danger he still presented, even in his weakened state. A final, desperate move from him could

Aurora breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her