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."

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

everyone understood why the duel ended as quickly as it

He's very young. How is it

to admit that Aiden was the kind of super-talented martial artist who existed

if it weren't for

time, Felix was finally done with

Ronan back from the brink of death. Milo had to agree to delay both of their matches so that he

Felix needed a way to neutralize the poison, and he tried Seven Points of Transcendence on an ordinary waiter. By

the first time it was administered to someone, which meant that it was essentially useless after that. If Felix had chosen his best friends as test subjects, he wouldn't have been able to save them if

how Ronan's breath became regular again, and she let out a sigh of relief. She honestly didn't want to watch as her friend

It's time for us to start our duel," Felix

"You have just treated Ronan. It's better if you take

I want to take on Aiden as

might've sounded confident, but Milo was still a little upset. The former basically just said that the latter would definitely lose in