An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

“A bunch of weaklings like you dare challenge the wrath of god?” Zeus sneered. “Then, die where you stand.”

He raised his hand and conjured a sphere of lightning, then hurled it into the sky. Thunder cracked as bolts of blue lightning rained down on the monks below.

“Leave them alone!” came a shout, the voice crisp and clear.

At that instant, a golden octagram array appeared above the monks’ heads like a giant mirror. It blocked all the blue lightning bolts, then shattered with a deep, echoing crack.

Grace had conjured the array. Though she blocked the strike to protect the monks, the effort had drained her energy.

“Oh? I didn’t expect to find a master among you.” Zeus raised an eyebrow, visibly surprised.

Even though that was just a casual strike, it wasn’t something a typical grandmaster martial artist could’ve blocked, especially not someone so young.

“Greetings, Lord Zeus, Lady Hera. I am the Princess of Ariella. What could’ve provoked such wrath? Surely, we can talk this through.”

Grace stepped out from the ancient temple gate. Her white dress remained spotless despite the chaos around her.

“Princess of Ariella?” Zeus narrowed his eyes slightly. “That Golden Steeple earlier was your divine artifact?”

“That’s right. It’s bound to my life force,” she replied, not bothering to deny it.

a low chuckle. “You’ve got some skill. I didn’t expect it to hold us off this

in his voice didn’t reach his

the Golden Steeple had been set up by some supreme master from Dragonmarsh, or an ultimate grandmaster. Never did he expect the one who made two royal gods suffer a

Dragonmarsh start

take down Poseidon-was already a headache. And now here came another monster. If someone like Grace were allowed to grow unchecked,

force was shattered by both of you. Not only has my cultivation been severely weakened, but I will never be able to break through again. So there’s no

smart one,” Hera said with

If Grace hadn’t been a princess of Dragonmarsh, she might have taken her under her wing and trained her personally. There were far too few female martial artists with both

sneered. “Do you think you have the right

It’s

a wall in your cultivation. You haven’t broken through in decades. But I happen to know a technique that could let you tap

Zeus and Hera froze. Even the way they looked at

ways to break through, but nothing had worked. Eventually, they’d resigned themselves to the idea that they might be stuck at that level forever and would never push

Zeus. With his short lifespan, he desperately needed a

They’d run into situations like this more times than they could count. Every time they thought they’d found a way to

Grace a sharp once-over. “You don’t actually think we’d follow your lead just because you tossed out a few grand

how could I even think of deceiving you?” Grace smiled faintly. ” I’m not reckless enough

have a point,” Zeus said, stroking his chin. “So, what’s your