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.

of God’s

golden palm shadow hurtled toward him. As a Celestial Alliance

skill responsible for propelling the Celestial

Fenley. And judging by Fenley’s energy, he could tell

golden palm shadow closed in, Brian swiftly channeled his internal energy to form a protective shield. Then, he crossed his arms over

slammed solidly into Brian’s energy armor. Brian was instantly sent flying like

followed as the rock formation shattered from the impact. He continued to skid across the

as he coughed a torrent of blood. He lay on the

torn to shreds. Blood dripped from his

but he hadn’t anticipated the extent of

top three grandmaster martial artists among the elite disciples

Brian hadn’t expected such a stark difference between them. It was a sobering realization for him as he finally grasped the

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

efforts, he wondered why he remained powerless against Fenley. Rather than

“Surround him!”

encircled him. Swords were

danger he still presented, even in his

you okay?” Aurora breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her sister narrowly escape