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.

hair was a tangled mess, his clothes were

a single misstep would give Dalen the chance to strike with such relentless force. Though he had mastered the Spectral Sprint technique, his physical

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

Dalen was enveloped in an icy aura and descended

shadow materialized out of nowhere and crashed down on him like a

going too far!” Fury coursed through Jude

his circulatory pathways and forced his internal energy into a protective barrier. A loud crash echoed as the white palm shadow slammed the barrier and sent

save Jude’s life. Just before the palm descended, he regained control of his

slammed toward the crater and created a loud explosion that shook the battle ring. By then,

The forced activation of his internal energy while his circulatory pathways were frozen had caused severe internal damage. It worsened

to taking that strike head -on, it was worth the cost since

bummer.” Dalen felt let down

expected Jude to be so decisive and willing to damage

who made it onto the

would get beaten up like

kidding! A master from the Legendary List, getting pushed to this point by some unknown rookie

ended this match ages ago. But instead, he tried to

watched Jude’s disheveled state. To