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

grasped what had just

you have to say now? You looked pretty smug a moment

lips twitched as he struggled to come up with a retort. He never expected that Dustin would still be able to draw his sword even with the full power of

and countered the talisman with a single strike, which decisively determined the match’s outcome. His potential was beyond anything Alloy had

on Alloy why Seth had chosen

now,” Dustin

of delivering a lethal

acted decisively and conceded at the right moment. Otherwise, considering Caleb’s earlier state, he might

now. I lost, and I accept it without regret.” After coming to his

energized, and his eyes aflame with determination. Although he claimed to be indifferent to fame and glory,

and tackled every challenge- cultivation, self-discipline, or resilience-without breaking a

and a decade to master the Glow Incantation, Caleb managed to perfect it

gifted disciples would

the Sacred Wrym Summit, Caleb had never

hard. He approached everything half- heartedly, yet his cultivation and

However, the rapid pace of his progress

the path of cultivation seemed absurdly simple-just eat, drink, sleep, and breakthroughs would follow. With that mindset, he struggled to find the motivation to commit

shook him out of his complacency. Caleb understood he wasn’t the only genius in the world and that others were

himself with a clear goal and a renewed sense of purpose. The long-dormant fire of passion and ambition reignited within him. From this