The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 681

Without warning, the middle-aged man struck a palm through the air toward Felix.

Caught off guard, Felix barely had time to raise his arms to block. The impact sent him, chair and all, staggering several feet back with a loud thud.

Blood spurted from Felix's mouth, and his face turned ashen.

"Felix!" Melissa cried out in panic, rushing toward him. The middle-aged man, however, didn't even flinch. He simply turned around and left, making no further moves.

"I'm fine. I don't think he was trying to kill me," Felix said, shooting Melissa a meaningful glance as he spoke.

Was he telling her to keep quiet? Feeling confused, Melissa said, "Despite the situation, you're still worried about me saying too much?

"Are we just going to let this slide? Call the police!" she suggested, trying to play along, even if she didn't fully understand his intent. "There's no need for that. Just help me sit down," Felix replied.

A street away, Asher and Aiden sat in the back seat of a car. The middle-aged man from before was now standing beside the vehicle.

confirmed, Mr. Aiden," the man reported. 'Felix is, at most, at the Aetherial Realm. There's no way he's at the Oceanus Realm's level." When Aiden closed his

Asher turned to his brother. "Aiden, that old man was trying to use us to get rid of

go. "What if he had photos or something more

pat Asher on the head. "Everything can be fabricated. I only trust my own judgment. Let's go

the clinic, over an hour had passed. Melissa suddenly noticed the color returning to Felix's face. His previously pale complexion now looked completely normal. "You were faking it

have any real

were caught off guard, there was you no way a hit

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know he wasn't serious?"

seem eager to explain further. Annoyed, Melissa pouted, muttered something about skipping work

Felix left his house that morning, he had found a note slipped under his door. It only had a few words. "It's a test,"

he had no idea what it meant. It wasn't until the middle-aged man attacked him and Felix felt the lack of killing intent in his strike that he understood

be better than wasting his time and energy investigating. Melissa didn't return for the rest of the day. After closing up the

try it and tell me if

pasta salad, Felix had casually