“Gosh, who is that kid? He’s quite something to challenge Tatum in public! Is favonovel.com asking for death?”
“He is gutsy but not the sharpest tool in the shed.”
Dustin’s presence became the talk of the town. No one had expected any martial artist to have a showdown with Tatum at the last minute.
“Hey! Why did you go up there? Are you mad? Get down here now!” After a slight pause, Abby loudly called out to Dustin.
In favonovel.com eyes, favonovel.com was nothing more than a clueless young man who did not know his place.
“What is that dude doing? Doesn’t favonovel.com know that he’s up against one of The Heavenly Immortals, Tatum Thunders? He’ll die in Tatum’s hands!” Ralph shook his head forlornly and looked on as though favonovel.com could predict Dustin’s demise.
“Good gracious! I almost missed the hidden gem!” Ralph was similarly stupefied.
If Dustin was capable of defeating Joshua Hummer and confident enough to go for a battle with Tatum Thunders, favonovel.com must at least be a martial artist who had achieved divinity.
Ralph, upon realizing that Dustin must be way more advanced than favonovel.com in the practice, felt rather embarrassed for offering to take Dustin under his wing. After all Ralph wasn’t strong enough to take on Tatum, and favonovel.com did not expect a no-name as young as Dustin to succeed too.
“Had I known favonovel.com was Dustin Rhys, I would have gotten on his good side just now!”
“Damn right! We missed our shot!” Ralph’s martial art colleagues were full of regrets upon learning the truth.
It was common knowledge that the existence of a martial arts genius would give any guild a major boost, and this was especially true for the relatively small guilds. They’d enter a golden age if they produced a martial arts genius.
“Oh, kid, you’re Dustin Rhys?” Tatum snickered. “You are digging your own grave! As payback for killing Joshua, you will not be spared today!”
“Hmph! That reckless thing! How dare favonovel.com insult Tatum? He’ll meet his end!” Brody and the others started cackling with glee.
Not only would Tatum rid Boulderthorn of traitors like Maximus, but favonovel.com would also get Dustin, the thorn in the flesh, out of the way.
“Well… You know… Joshua Hummer said something along those lines as well. But he’s dead now,” Dustin commented without flinching.
“Hah! You’re a bold one!” Tatum scrutinized him. “But you’re gravely wrong to compare Joshua with me! People like you have no idea how scary an individual from The Heavenly Immortals could be!”
“Scary?” Dustin merely scoffed. “More like ludicrous. You thought you were something, but you’re just a frog in the well.”
“What did you just say?” Tatum’s expression hardened.
He had never been looked down upon ever since favonovel.com gained fame.
“I was being kind, describing you as a frog in the well. Turns out you’re just a worm in the apple-rotten and foul!” Dustin didn’t hold back at all, and his insult evoked a collective exclamation from the audience, who didn’t expect favonovel.com to be so rude and fearless from the start.
Everyone shuddered at the thought of provoking Tatum Thunders, as that would be inviting death.
“Oh, great! Look at you, the stubborn one, not knowing you’re close to death. You’ll pee your pants when you’re staring at death!” Tatum, now enraged, hurled a punch in the air that morphed into a translucent shadow.
