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.

mess,

would give Dalen the chance to strike with such relentless force. Though he had mastered the

being 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 his

in an icy aura and descended from

sound echoed like thunder in Jude’s ears. A ten-foot-long white palm shadow materialized out of nowhere and crashed down on him like a small mountain. The force of this strike was far more

going too far!” Fury coursed through Jude as

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

a second before shattering, but that brief moment was enough to save Jude’s life. Just before the palm descended, he regained control of his body and executed the

created a loud explosion that shook the battle ring. By then, he had teleported around 160

he reappeared, Jude coughed up blood. The forced activation of his internal energy while his circulatory pathways were frozen had caused severe internal damage. It worsened his injuries and likely hindered

worth the

Dalen felt let down by the

to end the match quickly. But he never expected Jude to be so decisive and willing to damage his own circulatory pathways to

all, those who made it onto the Legendary List weren’t just

Jude would get beaten

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

would’ve ended this match ages ago. But instead, he tried to toy with him and nearly cost

disheveled state. To them, his injuries were the result of sheer