An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

“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 just

smug a moment

never expected that Dustin would still be able to draw his sword even with

through the formation and countered the talisman with a single

on Alloy why Seth had chosen Dustin as his

now,” Dustin said, sheating the Celestial

delivering a lethal strike. However,

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

were evenly matched, but I didn’t see the difference in our strength until now. I lost, and I accept it without regret.” After coming to his

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

every challenge- cultivation, self-discipline, or resilience-without breaking

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

those so-called gifted

the Sacred Wrym

half- heartedly, yet his cultivation and mastery of spells outshined those

pace of his progress

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

out of his complacency. Caleb understood he wasn’t

with a clear goal and a renewed sense of purpose. The long-dormant fire of