An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Jermaine was dead. His death caught everyone off guard, especially since they were confident he would win when he used the Phantom Reaper technique.

After all, the technique was a long-lost secret technique that was renowned two centuries ago. It was said to be unbeatable against opponents of the same level and capable of killing those beyond one’s rank.

The Phantom Reaper technique could bypass physical defenses and protective barriers to deliver a deadly blow straight at the target’s soul. Hence, it was impossible to withstand this attack without solid mental strength.

At first, everything went as expected. After Jermaine unleashed the Phantom Reaper technique, he completely dominated the fight without allowing George to counterattack.

But no one anticipated what happened next. One moment, Jermaine was confident and in control. The next, he was pierced through the heart and died on the spot.

The entire sequence of events happened so quickly that the spectators could barely process it.

“Dead… Is he dead?”

“What the hell happened?”

“It happened too fast! I couldn’t see a damn thing!”

The spectators stared in stunned silence at the body on the battle ring. They exchanged bewildered looks and couldn’t understand what they had just witnessed. Jermaine, who had been dominating the match, suddenly dropped dead.

did you see that?” Alicia blinked in surprise,

seen Jermaine controlling the phantom to defeat George by shattering the fist shadow and knocking him to the ground. So, how did Jermaine suddenly get stabbed, and with a single fatal

not mistaken, the blade came from Number 30’s body,” Grace

continued, “It looks like he has a unique power. He can transform the metal he consumes into weapons, which allows him to launch

What kind of

artists typically focused on physical training, energy manipulation, or various specialized techniques. But George wasn’t following any of these

to underestimate him. This misjudgment created the perfect

of the Giant’s plan?” Alicia frowned as she

acted as bait to make Jermaine use the Phantom

Phantom Reaper technique’s weaknesses?” Aurora asked,

foolish gorilla-like man have such keen

caused mental trauma. It could leave weaker opponents mentally incapacitated

splitting headache. So, it was nearly

had help from someone skilled.” Alicia frowned as she glanced at

The other two wouldn’t have

the edge he needed to turn the fight around. Though it looked like cheating, their actions were subtle enough to