An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Jude was struck senseless by Dalen’s attack. He felt his life essence solidify within him, and his body stiffened. He was immobilized, and his internal energy couldn’t flow properly.

The Shadow Citadel’s ultimate technique, Glacial Strike, could instantly immobilize its target. Despite Jude’s strength, he was still unable to escape its effects.

“What the hell! Jude actually got hit.”

“That has to be a fluke, right? After throwing wild punches for so long, it was bound to happen eventually.”

The spectators were taken aback as they watched Jude get sent flying by a single blow. To them, the outcome of the match seemed clear-cut.

Jude had spent the entire time toying with Dalen without launching an attack, so the hit should be a coincidence.

At a glance, it seemed like Jude had carelessly thrown himself into Dalen’s palm. But there was no denying that this strike changed the one-sided domination’s outcome.

As Jude’s body went limp, Dalen seized the moment to strike. He leaped into the air to catch up to the airborne Jude and slammed his palm from above.

“You-”

Jude’s eyes widened in surprise. But before he could say more, Dalen struck him hard in the chest.

His body plummeted like a cannonball and smashed into the battle ring with a thunderous bang. The impact left a human-shaped crater in the ground, sending dust and debris flying into the air.

tangled mess, his clothes were in tatters,

such relentless force. Though he had mastered the Spectral Sprint technique, his

hit by the Glacial Strike, he became vulnerable when he couldn’t channel his internal energy for protection. After enduring two palm strikes, he was already gravely injured, and

icy aura and descended from above. He hurtled down

crashed down on him like a small mountain. The force of this strike

going too far!” Fury coursed through Jude

damaging his circulatory pathways and forced his internal energy into a protective barrier. A

for barely a second before shattering, but that brief moment was enough to save Jude’s life.

explosion that shook the battle ring. By then, he had

activation of his internal energy while his circulatory pathways were frozen had caused severe internal damage. It worsened his injuries and likely

to taking that strike head -on, it was worth the cost since one direct hit might have left him

bummer.” Dalen felt let down by the last

perfect chance to end the match quickly. But he never expected Jude to be so

who made it onto the

Jude would get

master from the Legendary List, getting pushed to this point by some

opponent, he probably would’ve ended this match ages ago. But instead, he tried to toy with him

state. To them,