The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 617

Chapter 617

"I have a bad feeling about this!" Uzziah, the strongest among them, immediately sensed the ominous presence spreading through the air.

Thaddeus tried to stay composed. He glanced around nervously as the tremors beneath their feet grew stronger. "Uzziah, could it just be an ordinary earthquake?"

As he asked, the intensity of the quake increased.

Titus narrowed his eyes, scanning their surroundings for any potential threats. "Could Polaris still have some hidden powerhouse alive?" he wondered, his muscles tensing as he prepared for a fight.

Suddenly, the training grounds split apart with an earth-shattering boom, sending debris flying. A massive hole appeared in the ground, and from within, a figure leaped out, landing near the barely standing Yates. "Well, well," the figure sneered. "After all these years, Polaris has really hit rock bottom. One kid almost wiped out your entire leadership. What a way to honor my brother's legacy!"

was covered in a gray robe, their face obscured, and their voice was unnervingly raspy, like metal scraping against

Yates gasped, ignoring his injuries as his

deserve to know my name," the gray-robed figure snapped. "I'll kill this kid as repayment for a favor I

they raised their right hand and struck toward Felix. Their arm, terrifyingly

chorus of wails and howls filled the air as crimson-eyed skulls began materializing in the attack's wake. Then, the skulls swarmed toward

both exclaimed, their faces drained of color as they

tell that the gray-robed individual- Saylor Larkin was on a

If he had shown himself earlier, Polaris would have dominated all

display of power, Thaddeus realized

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they were illusions or real, their existence paralyzed him. He felt the icy grip of death closing in, his body unable to move as the air around him grew colder and darker.

made no sense for Felix to appear so composed in the face of certain death. Could