An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

The venue fell into stunned silence as all eyes were drawn to the injured and unconscious Jude. Nobody had anticipated this outcome.

Just seconds ago, Jude had been dominating the match. He relentlessly attacked Dalen and was on the verge of shattering his barrier to secure victory. But suddenly, he collapsed to the ground.

The sequence of events unfolded so quickly that the spectators barely had time to process what had happened.

“What just happened? Jude lost?”

“That was odd! What the heck happened a moment ago?”

“This match is full of surprises.”

After a brief moment of silence, the spectators erupted into an uproar.

Jude’s defeat was utterly unexpected. At first, he toyed with Dalen and underestimated him. However, his overconfidence allowed Dalen to seize the opportunity and deliver powerful blows.

Furious, Jude unleashed a fierce assault that left Dalen struggling to defend himself. But against all odds, Jude lost, and Dalen emerged as the surprising victor.

The sequence had so many twists and turns that it bewildered everyone.

“Wait, Mr. Shade actually won?” After a brief moment of shock, Ruby laughed excitedly. “Crystal, did you see that? He won. This is amazing.”

“He actually pulled it off?” Crystal’s eyes widened in disbelief at the outcome.

given Dalen a chance during the match, he ultimately shifted the momentum in his favor

couldn’t understand how Dalen

really impressive. I can’t

others exchanged

terms of strength, Jude was clearly superior. After all, reaching the Legendary List demonstrated his exceptional talent. His mastery of the Spectral Sprint and the Spectral

particularly overpowering techniques, which made his victory seem

away too many chances.” Fenley finally spoke up. “But to be fair, Dalen is no ordinary martial artist. He has a

noticed, he had seen it clearly. Dalen won because he accurately identified Jude’s true form among the eight clones at the critical moment. But that was

land, and he had just a split second to attack. If he missed that moment, defeat would have been inevitable. But he seized that

trade blows. He took a

and with his lower physical resilience, the impact from Dalen’s Pyro Touch knocked him out

was justified because Dalen’s victory was

of cultivation level. His keen insight and perceptive abilities were something even

he relaxed his tense muscles in the battle ring. After all, it was

chance to counterattack if he hadn’t sensed Jude’s subtle flaw. Techniques like the Spectral Clone and Spectral Sprint were challenging to counter, so he figured that

If Jude, ranked tenth, was this tough, Dalen couldn’t imagine how powerful the top- ranked masters must

Dalen advanced to the top eight. He had achieved his main goal for this trip and

he had no intention of pushing his luck. He knew the opponents ahead were too strong, so he could only do his

ended, the seventh round kicked off. This round featured two talented disciples from the