Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 970:

While he spoke, Tyrant shrugged and stretched his neck. “That’s not boxing. It’s nothing like any familiar martial art. So I want to know,” he said, eyeing Maia with childlike anticipation. “Before we keep trading blows, why don’t you tell me — just what exactly are you practicing?”

Tyrant’s words rang out over the ring, drawing every pair of eyes to Maia, their stares brimming with wonder and intrigue.

In the stands, excitement burst out like fireworks.

“Seriously, I’m dying to know what tricks Maia picked up. How did she slip away from Tyrant’s every attack?”

“Maybe you don’t realize it, but nobody’s ever heard Tyrant toss out compliments like that. At first, I thought he was just being polite, but Maia must be extraordinary to read his attacks so easily.”

“She doesn’t stick to any pattern I’ve seen. Could she be using some ancient martial art everyone else forgot?”

“But wait! Isn’t Maia a composer, designer, and painter? And now you tell me she’s also a fighter?”

“I couldn’t care less about her day job. She’s unstoppable! She’s honestly the coolest person here. I just became her fan.”

defeat in this match could mean

sprang

her fingers. Her feet shifted, her body tilted just so, and her left hand dropped calmly by her side.

new tales on

of something rarer. This was a signature stance — a declaration

and

forties, stared at Maia with shock written all over his face. “Last year, in the underground ring in South Pyrelance, I saw a woman drop her opponent with that

remembered. “And not long after, rumors said a fighter using the same

in a

the air in

flashed across the host’s face, his jaw falling open as he shouted, “Could it be? Maia is the legendary fighter who’s been shrouded in

host’s voice echoed through the underground boxing ring’s loudspeakers, like a thunderbolt that momentarily

“What? Are you serious?”

was certain whether the host

as the King of the Arena, had always been shrouded in secrecy. She never gave her real name when issuing