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.

to deflect their attacks. That fact alone demonstrated that he possessed strength on par with either royal god, perhaps even

of them could guarantee victory alone. So, they must join forces if they want to bring Dustin

“Let’s attack together!”

hands skyward. Twin spheres of crackling lightning

her assault. Thousands of black icy spears materialized overhead, raining down like an apocalyptic downpour that sought to impale Dustin from every

in sync-one attacking head-on while the other from

kind of coordinated strike would’ve been

bore down on him, he stood still. He simply raised his

swept past, it instantly disintegrated Hera’s countless icy spears

crackling spheres simply vanished into the same breeze. The wind swallowed them completely like stones dropped

fury whole. What had

“What the hell?”

faces went ashen as they witnessed the impossible. Their expressions

attacks using his protection armor energy or supreme divine power, they wouldn’t have been this shocked.

had neutralized their combined assault, without so much as shifting

beyond the realm of ultimate grandmasters. Could Dustin

chill down both royal

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

them calmly. “Because if you are,