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

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

twitched as he struggled to come up with a retort. He never expected that Dustin would still be

more surprising was that Dustin broke through the formation and countered the talisman with a

Seth had chosen Dustin

almost lost control just now,”

had consistently held back and had no intention of delivering a lethal strike. However, he had to

and conceded at the right moment. Otherwise, considering Caleb’s earlier state,

the difference in our strength until now. I lost, and I

and his eyes aflame with determination. Although he claimed to be

navigated life easily and tackled every challenge- cultivation, self-discipline, or resilience-without breaking a sweat. Plus, he outperformed every disciple of Sacred

guild spent three years making small strides and a decade to master the Glow Incantation, Caleb managed to perfect it in just six

gifted disciples would achieve

Wrym

yet his cultivation and

genius, and he never argued against it. However, the rapid pace of his progress had its drawbacks. Without experiencing

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

earlier attack shook him out of his complacency. Caleb understood he wasn’t

sense of purpose. The long-dormant fire of passion and ambition reignited within him. From this moment on, he