Dustin’s face was indifferent. As the two fists got closer, his gaze became sharper. Bam! A burst of pure energy shot out from him and instantly formed a pure energy field. Paco and Levi felt like they were stuck in the mud. Their bodies felt stiff as though they were weighed down with lead. Their movements were so slow that their fists could not even reach Dustin. ‘H-How is this possible?!’ Paco and Levi’s eyes went wide in disbelief. They both knew what had happened. They thought, ‘A Martial King’s pure energy field!’ They could not speak, but they were both terrified. This was a skill only a Martial King could use. Martial Saints had no chance against Martial Kings. The difference in their levels was huge. The shock left them frozen and barely able to think. They had thought that Dustin was just a Martial Saint, but he had a pure energy field, something only a Martial King possessed. The shock was so intense it was hard for them to handle. “A Transcendent
“These two will still be crippled even after treatment,” said the leader of the Lotus Sect slowly as he looked at the two battered people before him. “Aunt Margaret, is this normal? How could the supposed elite fighters from two of the Seven Clans of Central Harbor be so powerless against Dustin?” Amara asked in confusion as she looked at Margaret. Margaret’s face darkened. She seemed to take a long time to come back to herself. “It’s not normal. The elite fighters of the Seven Clans of Central Harbor are some of the most powerful in Lovellia’s martial world,” she said with a complicated look on her face. “Then, how could two of them fail to deal with Dustin? Could he really be powerful?” Amara asked. She could not understand what was happening. The Wyatt sisters disliked Dustin. No matter how impressive he was, they thought that Dustin was a useless piece of trash and that had only come so far because of luck. “Maybe your father really taught him some mighty moves and help
Anyone could plainly see that Abel was furious. “I am not arrogant. However, those who want my respect have to earn it,” Dustin said. Abel’s expression turned even darker. There was no way he could stand such an insult. “The Lotus Sect is a threat to public safety. I think there’s no point in its existence anymore,” he said in displeasure. “Don’t think too highly of yourself.” Dustin looked immensely displeased. “Since you’re old, I’ll warn you so that you can scram back to wherever you came from. That way, you won’t lose.” Dustin waved his hand like he was chasing off an annoying mosquito. “I really don’t know where he gets his confidence,” Margaret said in confusion. Dustin was really different from the way he used to be. He used to be so respectful and obedient like a pet of the Wyatt family. He was humble to her whenever she visited. Yet, he had transformed into someone else. He was wildly brazen and did not respect anyone anymore. “Hmph! He’ll regret offendin
“What’s going on, Mr. Gould?” Amara immediately went up to ask him when she noticed the odd look on Abel’s face. Abel folded the document in his hand. His face turned icy. What could he do anyway? Dustin had even involved the king in this and got him to send a document to warn him off. Although the document was written very politely, Abel would definitely be in trouble if he kept causing a scene. If it came to that point, it would not help even if he involved all his students. Abel looked at Dustin standing far above and sighed. He had never had to bow down to a youngster like him before. As everyone watched, Abel bowed to Dustin. His posture was stiff because he felt offended. “I’ve caused trouble today. I apologize. Please forgive me. I will be leaving now.” The humble way in which he said this stunned Amara and Margaret entirely. Their eyes widened in shock. Even the higher-ups of the Lotus Sect were taken aback. Dustin had gotten the renowned Abel Gould t
Soon, the others accepted the call. Bella, Clara, and Delia were all there. The moment they got onto the video call, they saw Elijah tied up and kneeling before Dustin. From Elijah’s side, Drake raised his blade. He looked ready to behead Elijah. “Stop!” “Don’t hurt him!” “Don’t you dare!” In an instant, three enraged voices rang out. “My sisters, I tried my best, but Dustin won’t let Eli go. He wants to behead him!” Amara shrieked angrily. The three sisters were in disbelief. “The elite fighters from the Winter and Philips families weren’t able to defeat Dustin. Meanwhile, Mr. Gould decided to go into isolation after reading a document,” Amara said. “How can that be?” The three sisters were stunned. “What other ideas do you have? Put them into action now!” Amara shouted. “Dustin, if you dare hurt Eli, I will use all my connections in the entertainment industry to make your life hell! Didn’t you turn Simone’s little sister into a film star? I’ll ruin her re
Dustin was unfazed after Elijah had been beheaded. The Wyatt sisters all reacted differently. One was crying desperately, one had fainted, and another one cursed Dustin. Dustin did not care either way. He was not interested in dealing with Elijah’s body, either. Amara could settle that herself. “You will die in the same way as Eli one day!” Amara said viciously. “I’ll be waiting. I hope you actually find a way to follow through,” Dustin said indifferently. Among the four Wyatt sisters, Amara was the eldest and always acted high and mighty. She gave the orders and thought of herself as the smartest. Dustin did not think she was all that impressive. Rather, it was Clara who played her cards more closely and was more likely to succeed in life. However, whether she could get to a height to challenge Dustin remained to be seen. As for the other three sisters, they were spoiled and posed no threat to Dustin. They were even more useless than ordinary, powerless people. “Y
With Wilhelm dead, Dustin was at a dead end. Dustin had been ready to reunite with Diana and had been looking forward to it every day. To respect Wilhelm’s request, Dustin had not sent any elite fighters to tail him. He never imagined that the waiting would result in Wilhelm’s death. He should have sent someone to follow Wilhelm, even if that meant he had to go against his word. At this point, however, he only wanted to know what had happened. “Please calm down, Mr. Fox. You can’t bring him back to life,” one of the Martial Saints of the North Border branch of the black market said. “There’s something fishy about our leader’s death. By the time the Hattan branch received his distress signal and rushed over, our leader was already dead.” “Who went with him?” Dustin asked with a frown. Wilhelm could not fight, which was unusual when it came to leaders of the black market. Still, he must have had an elite fighter accompanying him wherever he went. The fighter had to be ver
It was a bright and sunny day, and there were no clouds in the sky or wind in the trees. Dustin got out of the car and took a deep breath. Only then did he relax a little. He was back in Rivenesco. The message that Wilhelm had left needed to be decoded, and that required some time. Once it was done, Dustin would rush back. At this point, he also wanted to return to Rivenesco to check on Simone and her family. It had been a long time since he had seen her, and he kind of missed her. “Dustin, you’re back!” Simone’s family all came to welcome him when they found out that he had returned. “David, Monique, Simone, I’m back!” Dustin treated them the way he would his family and smiled warmly at them. David and Monique asked after him, while Simone looked askance at Dustin. She looked a bit sad. “You’ve gotten thinner,” she said softly. “Have I?” Dustin grinned. Their eyes met, and the tension rose up between them. Right then, three cars drove in. More of the Langley
Clarence and the others felt insulted. “Punk, don’t regret your choice later! Even if you beg us, we won’t come back!” “That’s not likely to happen,” said Dustin and chuckled. Clarence and the others were even more livid. They all packed up their things in a huff and got ready to go. Simone was anxious. She wanted to make them stay, but everyone ignored her.“Dr. Boudin! Dr. Boudin!” As Clarence and the others were packing up, another physician suddenly rushed into the room in a panic. “A new patient was just transferred from Goodwill Hospital. He’s in a coma, but he’s coughing up blood. The files say it’s a brain condition, but tests aren’t showing where the problem is. Please hurry and take a look! “The patient’s family seems important. If we can’t save the patient, they’ll ruin the hospital!” “Oh?” Clarence raised an eyebrow. He was just thinking about how he could make things worse for Dustin when an opportunity presented itself immediately. “Please hurry and
“I’m so damn angry!” Clarence had never been so insulted before in his life. He was so mad that his face turned a shade of purple. He thought that Dustin and Simone would walk on eggshells around him and cater to his every whim to keep the hospital afloat. After all, he was the last resource the hospital had. Yet, he had never imagined that Dustin would not care at all. “You punk! Do you know what will happen if you fire me? Hmph! The hospital will go under immediately! There’s no chance of saving it!” Clarence said with a scoff. Dustin was terrifyingly calm. “On the contrary, I think that the hospital will do better without an old fart like you,” he said indifferently. “So, you should get lost. Don’t make me say it again!” “You… You…” Clarence’s mouth opened wide, but he could not say anything further. He had miscalculated. He definitely did not want to lose out on the significant benefits that being the assistant director of the hospital gave him. He did not u
“Who are you? Do you think you can boss us around? What are you shouting about? Do you have any manners at all?” someone yelled. “I am the new hospital director, Simone Langley!” Simone said angrily. No one seemed to care about that. It was clear that they knew Simone would show up, but it still did not matter. “So, you’re the new hospital director. Well, you’re certainly accomplished for your age. A hospital director so young…” Clarence said mockingly. “You still haven’t answered my question. Why are you playing cards during work hours? This is unacceptable.” Simone was furious. Clarence frowned. “Hey, miss, you’d better speak with some manners,” he said harshly as he glared at Simone. “Don’t think you can boss everyone around just because you’re the hospital director now.” Simone’s face reddened at Clarence’s tone of voice. Clarence smirked. He had gotten instructions early on from the main branch of the Langley family to create trouble for Simone. Besides, th
“Mr. Fox, the Langley family’s hospital is named Goodwill Hospital. They have their own pharmaceutical business and because they brought in a top grade physician a few years ago, they have a better reputation than the most prominent public hospital in Hattan.” Skyler was making a report to Dustin in the villa. “For the past two years, the Langley family has basically taken up the entire market share for the private hospital business in the area. Only a couple of small hospitals are still surviving.” Dustin chuckled softly when he heard that. “Buy the hospital closest to Goodwill Hospital,” he said calmly. “I will use what they look down upon the most to ruin their hospital.” … At the Langley family villa, they got the news about the purchase. “What? They’ve bought Peace Hospital?” Josiah had arranged for someone to keep an eye on what David and his family were doing. Once they found out about the purchase of Peace Hospital, the members of the main branch of the Langle
The person Killian addressed as Mr. Little took a few steps closer to him. He looked condescendingly at Killian. “It’s very simple. It’s because you offended someone you shouldn’t have,” the man said. “W-What does that mean?” Killian was in a daze. Dustin approached him with a smile. “You’re really bold to set me up on my own turf,” Dustin said sarcastically. “Your turf?” Killian looked at him in disbelief. “Everyone at the Antiquities Trading Hall obeys me. And yet, you dare to challenge me?” Dustin asked. Killian was instantly struck dumb. Luna was also taken aback. Her body shook violently. What? How could he call the shots here? Besides, they had never heard that the Antiquities Trading Hall had a secret boss. Killian and Luna were both stricken and nearly lost their reasoning. That was especially true for Killian. He knew that the Antiquities Trading Hall was a very powerful one. Even his father was polite to the people here. The owner was Dustin?! Ho
“How could I have lost? There’s no way I could have lost!” Killian was in complete disbelief. He acted like he was in a daze. He was filled with confusion, and he could not figure it out. He had an inside person giving him clues and knew the correct answer, so how could he have lost? ‘This makes no sense! This isn’t right!’ Killian screamed to himself. His face turned vicious. He could accept that he had lost 20 million dollars, but it was the other bet that was the issue. If he really had to crawl and bark like a dog, he would have no dignity left. He was the son of the Prolereid Group’s chairman. He could not afford to be humiliated like this! “What’s going on? How could we have lost?” Darren and Luna were both in disbelief. Neither of them had expected that this would happen. “Killian, didn’t you say you have connections? What happened?” they asked Killian anxiously. “How am I supposed to know?” Killian yelled grumpily. “This shouldn’t have happened. What went wr
“I pick this one,” Killian said. “I won’t pick the one you did,” said Dustin and chuckled softly. Killian, Darren, and Luna shared a meaningful look. They already knew which item was the authentic one. They were definitely going to win. Dustin would definitely lose! After they both made their choices, the host was about to announce the correct answer. “Hold on,” Killian suddenly said. “I want to up the stakes.” He smiled sinisterly as he stared at Dustin. “Whoever loses has to crawl out of here like a dog.” Everyone glanced at each other. It seemed that Killian had a massive grudge against Dustin. It was no wonder that he had been targeting the latter from the start. The additional bet was a huge insult. It did not matter which of them lost. The loser would lose his dignity and become a laughingstock. “Mr. Fox, this has nothing to do with the rules of the Antiquities Trading Hall. You have the right to choose. It wouldn’t matter if you don’t take this bet,” t
“For this round of the competition, you will be authenticating the most priceless items we have. It is a petrified coral. Its estimated value is 10 million dollars. You will each contribute 5 million dollars. You may bet 10 to 20 million dollars.” As per Killian’s request, the organizers skipped over the round with the Myrena Era pearls and brought out two specimens of petrified coral. The colors of the coral made everyone gasp. “Wow! I’m amazed that the Antiquities Trading Hall would use such a specimen as a competition item instead of auctioning it off. How generous!” “This is worth 10 million dollars. Whoever wins will make a killing!” “This is getting a bit out of hand…” Killian glared daggers at Dustin, and his gaze was vicious. “We’ll bet 20 million dollars. Do you dare to take the bet?” Dustin did not speak for a moment. “This isn’t about whether he dares to take the bet,” Luna said. “Look at how destitute he looks. It’s a miracle that he could fork out a millio
“It’s fine. Trust me, I will win all the money back,” Dustin said reassuringly. Simone’s face froze. Was this not the sort of thing that gamblers said all the time? When had such words ever come true? Simone never expected that Dustin would say such a thing and suddenly felt troubled. “What? Do you still have the guts to keep competing?” Killian and the others asked gleefully. “Let’s continue,” Dustin said. ‘You really overestimate yourself. You don’t even know what’s coming,’ they thought. Dustin was falling right into their trap. They wore disdainful looks and did not think that Dustin was a threat. What did it matter that Dustin had a decent eye for antiques? They were still playing with him like a cat played with its prey. Simone really wanted to stop the competition, but the second round had already begun. This time, two jade sculptures were placed on the table. The jade was magnificent and translucent, and the sculptures were about five inches tall. “T