An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“Who the heck is this kid?” Oron glanced at his trembling hands and felt a chill run down his spine. He failed to gain the upper hand in the earlier clash with Dustin and suffered an unexpected setback.

He was already an ultimate grandmaster, with a cultivation and mastery of the Glow Incantation that surpassed Caleb’s. By all accounts, subduing a younger opponent should have been a piece of cake.

But that exchange just now had brought him to a stark realization- Dustin had been holding back this whole time and hadn’t used his full strength. Otherwise, Caleb wouldn’t have lasted this long.

The realization unsettled Oron. There were always extraordinary talents out there, but the potential Dustin had displayed was genuinely terrifying. To

put it plainly, he was a beast on the same level as Glenn.

“What happened? Why did the judge step in?”

“Can’t you see? Caleb has already lost. If the judge hadn’t stepped in, that sword would have killed him or left him severely injured.”

“Exactly! It would be a pity to see the most talented disciple of Sacred Wyrm Summit die here.”

“I thought Caleb would win, but Dustin changed the outcome with just one sword strike. It’s terrifying.”

The unexpected turn of events sent the spectators buzzing with chatter.

Whether it was Caleb’s Eight Trigrams of Divine Talisman being countered or Oron intervening to stop the match, everything had unfolded in the blink of an eye. The fight was already over when

spectators grasped what had

Marshall. What do you have to say now? You looked pretty smug a moment ago.” Cyrus shot Alloy a sidelong glance, and his tone

that Dustin would still be able to draw his sword even with the full power of the

and countered the talisman with a single strike,

dawned on Alloy why Seth had chosen Dustin as

I almost lost control just now,”

and had no intention of delivering a lethal strike. However, he had to unleash his full strength when it was time to break

at the right moment. Otherwise, considering Caleb’s

matched, but I didn’t see the difference in our strength until now. I lost, and I accept it

he claimed to be indifferent to fame and glory, a deep-rooted pride resided within

challenge- cultivation, self-discipline, or resilience-without breaking a sweat. Plus, he outperformed every

others in the guild spent three years making small strides and a decade to master the Glow Incantation,

so-called gifted disciples would achieve after

Wrym

approached everything half- heartedly, yet his cultivation

against it. However, the rapid pace of his progress had its drawbacks. Without experiencing any

eat, drink, sleep, and breakthroughs would follow. With

he wasn’t the only genius in the world and that others were

the battle, he suddenly found himself with a clear goal and a renewed sense of purpose. The long-dormant fire of