An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

At first, Zeus and Hera hadn’t taken Dustin seriously.

In their eyes, Dustin’s strength was comparable to Poseidon’s. Since he was severely wounded, they figured either one of them could easily take him down, let alone if they attacked together.

But after testing him with a few probing strikes, they realized things weren’t that simple.

Looking at Dustin radiating such vitality, they wondered if there was even any sign of injury. Not only was he unharmed, but his strength far exceeded their expectations.

There were only two possible explanations for this situation. Either their intel gathering had been wrong, or Dustin had stumbled onto some lucky break that led to an unexpected breakthrough. As for how far he’d advanced, they couldn’t tell for the time being.

At that instant, Zeus and Hera finally understood why Grace had been stalling for time. Initially, they’d assumed she was buying time so Dustin could recover without being interrupted.

But now they realized that he hadn’t been recovering but had been at the critical juncture of a breakthrough.

Though reluctant to admit it, they had indeed been deceived. Grace had mixed truth with lies and led them around by the nose.

The realization left Zeus and Hera irritated, though what dominated was a sense of unease. Because now, the situation was starting to slip out of their control.

“Hera, looks like we’ll have to team up. This guy’s no pushover,” Zeus said, his expression grim as he glanced at her.

“Really? You think I hadn’t noticed?” she replied sarcastically.

any divine artifacts. Instead, he only used protection armor energy to deflect their attacks. That fact alone demonstrated that he possessed strength on par with either

could guarantee victory alone. So, they must join forces if they want to

“Let’s attack together!”

then suddenly thrust both hands skyward. Twin spheres of crackling lightning coalesced in his palms before he hurled them at Dustin with

overhead, raining down like an apocalyptic

attacking head-on while the other from above.

would’ve been

already broken through the limits neither of them could reach. As the devastating barrage bore down on him, he stood still. He simply raised

past, it instantly disintegrated Hera’s countless icy spears into dust that scattered and

crackling spheres simply vanished into the same breeze. The

became nothing. Silence swallowed their fury whole. What had roared

“What the hell?”

went ashen as they witnessed the

or supreme divine

his hand, he had neutralized their combined assault, without so much as shifting his

was clearly beyond the realm of ultimate grandmasters. Could Dustin have already broken through his limits and ascended to the terrestrial

sent a chill down

rotten luck was that? Just days after arriving in Dragonmarsh, they’d already encountered a mortal enemy of

calmly.