An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

While facing Truce’s powerful strike, Jeremiah remained calm. He didn’t even flinch and raised his arm to block the blow.

The shadowsteel staff crashed down with a resounding impact on his arm. Instead of the expected scene of broken bones and a flying body, the staff only made his sleeve flutter. He didn’t suffer any injuries.

Jeremiah stood still with a smile on his face.

“Huh?” Truce’s eyes widened in shock. If the earlier thrust had been jusť a test, this sweeping blow was delivered with full force.

He would have understood if Jeremiah had used grandmaster-level internal energy. But Truce didn’t feel any energy fluctuation from him. In other words, Jeremiah had relied purely on his physical strength to withstand the blow.

Could this seemingly frail priest be a grandmaster of body refinement? If so, a tough battle lay ahead. After all, Truce was also a grandmaster of body refinement.

“I didn’t expect that skinny priest to catch Venerable Truce’s staff barehanded. He’s got some skill.”

“But what’s the point of having great defense? He’s just a punching bag. Besides, when it comes to raw physical strength, how can any foreigner. compare to Venerable Truce, who has that legendary Adamantine Body Art?”

“Exactly. Venerable Truce was just warming up. If he went all out, he could kill that foreigner in no time.”

The brief clash on the battle ring sparked a flurry of discussions among the spectators. They knew Truce’s strength well. After all, he had a profound cultivation and immense physical power.

proved his formidable skill. Still, it wasn’t enough to change the inevitable

enough to defeat me,” Jeremiah said with

all your skills if you’ve got any because you

laced with arrogant disdain, as if

don’t need three minutes to beat

his

defeat him, Truce would

the air. With both hands gripping his staff,

echoed as the shadowsteel staff flared with a blinding golden light and unleashed a surge of terrifying

and instinctively

struck the floor with immense force. It carved a

about 330 feet, was made entirely of black gold stone, which was comparable to steel in hardness. Hence, its ability to carve out such a deep groove with a

would have instantly turned them

but Truce wasted no time. He swung the staff horizontally and aimed straight for Jeremiah’s legs. The golden light enhanced his strike, making

leaped into the air and drifted backward to evade

into the