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."

only would Milo fail to vent her frustration,

duel ended

He's very young. How is it that he was already

admit that Aiden was the

her candidates if it weren't for

was finally done with the acupuncture. "He'll be

the brink of death. Milo had to agree to delay both of their matches so that he would have enough time

the party, for instance. Felix needed a way to neutralize the poison, and he tried Seven Points of

that it was essentially useless after that. If

she let out a sigh of relief. She honestly

for us

Ronan. It's better if

be fine. I want to take on Aiden as

The former basically just said that the latter would definitely lose in the