The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

"Don't give in to your impulses, young lady. Remember the rules."

Just as Milo was about to throw caution to the wind and cut Aiden to ribbons, a voice rang in her mind. For some reason, the voice immediately calmed her down as if it was magical or something.

"You'll pay for this," Milo said before she left and returned to Felix's side.

Needless to say, she knew about the rules. More to the point, all contestants of the Dragonia Martial Arts Competition placed their lives on the line the moment they signed up for it.

What really pissed Milo off was the fact that Aiden emanated an aura that only a Boneforging Realm martial artist possessed. There was a good reason she was this upset too.

Ronan had just become a Blood Realm martial artist. He might've empowered himself with Bloodtinge and increased his fighting prowess threefold, but he would never be able to defeat Aiden, who was two realms above him.

In other words, Aiden had this duel in the bag, and yet he struck a fatal blow. That was what pissed Milo off.

"Aiden lived up to his name as the Greene family's prodigy. He's still so young, but he was already a Boneforging Realm martial artist," Lionel commented.

Mira nodded gently. "He is immensely talented."

the one who spoke to Milo telepathically just now. Otherwise, the latter would've attacked Aiden out of rage. Not only would Milo fail to vent her frustration, but she would also be kicked out of the venue due to breaking

why the duel ended as quickly as it

core when she heard it. "Dear Lord! He's very young. How is it that he was already at Boneforging Realm? No one will

had to admit that Aiden was the

Aiden one of her candidates if it weren't for his questionable mentor. Felix might not have had

done with the

from the brink of death. Milo had to agree

way to neutralize the poison, and he tried Seven Points of Transcendence on an ordinary waiter. By all means, he should've chosen

that it was essentially useless after that. If Felix had chosen his best friends as test subjects, he wouldn't have been able

she let out a sigh of relief. She honestly didn't want

for us to

have just treated Ronan.

be fine. I want to take on Aiden as soon as I can. Let's not waste our

a little upset. The former basically just said that the latter