An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

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.”

Crystal’s eyes widened in disbelief at

shifted the momentum in his favor

couldn’t understand how Dalen

Rhys, your friend is really impressive. I can’t

the others exchanged looks of

all, reaching the Legendary List demonstrated his exceptional

Dalen hadn’t displayed any particularly overpowering techniques, which made his victory seem

many chances.” Fenley finally spoke up. “But to be fair, Dalen is no ordinary martial artist. He has a remarkable ability to seize opportunities, and even the smallest flaw can

won because he accurately identified Jude’s true form among the eight clones at the critical moment. But that was only part of the

split second to attack. If he missed that moment, defeat would have been

He took a punch from Jude while unleashing his signature technique, Pyro

already injured, and with his lower physical resilience,

was justified because Dalen’s victory was not merely due to luck

level. His

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

chance to counterattack if he hadn’t sensed Jude’s subtle flaw. Techniques like the Spectral Clone and Spectral

List was formidable. If Jude, ranked tenth, was this tough, Dalen couldn’t imagine

had achieved his main goal for this trip and upheld the

for advancing to the finals, he had no intention of pushing his luck. He knew the opponents

ended, the seventh round kicked off. This round featured two