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

what had

What do you have to say now? You looked pretty smug a moment ago.”

retort. He never expected that Dustin would still be able to draw his sword even with the full power of the Eight Trigrams

more surprising was that Dustin broke through the formation and countered the talisman with a single strike, which decisively determined

had chosen Dustin as his disciple-he

lost control just now,” Dustin

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

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

matched, but I didn’t see the difference in our strength until now. I lost, and I accept it without

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

or resilience-without

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

what those so-called gifted

the Sacred Wrym Summit,

to his training or worked hard. He approached everything half- heartedly, yet his cultivation and mastery of spells outshined those

pace of his progress had its drawbacks. Without experiencing any pressure,

would follow. With

Caleb understood he wasn’t the only genius in

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