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.

blinked in surprise, then turned to

Jermaine controlling the phantom to defeat George by shattering the fist shadow and knocking him to the ground. So, how

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

transform the metal he consumes into weapons, which allows him to launch a sneak

kind of

various specialized techniques. But George wasn’t following any of these conventional paths. So, he must have rare, supernatural abilities that originated from foreign

led everyone to underestimate him.

the Giant’s plan?” Alicia frowned as she

his fist shadow to distract Jermaine. Then, his body acted as bait to make Jermaine use the Phantom Reaper technique, which left him vulnerable. Ultimately, this Giant used his

the Phantom Reaper technique’s weaknesses?” Aurora asked, surprised

gorilla-like man

could leave weaker opponents mentally incapacitated or

left him with a splitting headache. So, it was nearly impossible for him to stay

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

three of them were working together. The other two wouldn’t have stood by

might have used some sort of secret communication to give George the edge he needed to turn the fight around. Though it looked like cheating, their actions were subtle enough to go unnoticed, and there was no