The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

The sun finally set, but Denverville was lit up, and the arena was as bright as day. Most of the lights were around the arena-covering every corner.noveldrama

"Felix, please." Nala turned toward Felix, a tear falling down her cheek.

When he saw this, he said solemnly, "You will be Nala Hughman from now on."

They took a deep breath, stood up, and walked forward in sync. At this point, everyone standing below could see them clearly.

Nala slowly took off her veil, and the black and red scabs on her face were displayed in front of an audience for the first time. There was a hiss as everyone took a sharp breath of air. Some even covered their eyes!

It was truly terrifying. No matter how beautiful Nala's eyes were, they couldn't overshadow the scars on her face. Even looking at her for over a few seconds would upset the audience.

Nala was suffering from pure humiliation as she stood there. On the other hand, Joanna was laughing so hard she could barely cover her mouth. This had all been agreed upon and thus had to be seen through to the end.

The next moment, Felix stepped closer and whispered, "I'm sorry, but I must do this."

However, Nala took the initiative to kiss him instead. She had long accepted this man in her heart-so what was a kiss to her? There wasn't anything she could do about it since Joanna had already schemed this.

Otherwise, anyone could've pretended to be her husband. A public kiss would put all doubts to rest.

"Ugh! That guy is a real man. How can he kiss her?" Joanna cried out, pretending to gag as if she couldn't stand it.

"This Felix guy truly isn't picky with his women! I wouldn't be able to eat for days if I looked at her face up close. How does he do it?" Ezra couldn't bear to look at them.

However, this was the first time Natalie didn't find Felix annoying. "As a woman, I must say, I respect Felix very much."

The corners of Zayn's lips twitched. He didn't know if Nerissa could even get along with Felix in the future

when she saw this. Felix's tastesnet?

were little extreme-either a breathtakingly beautiful woman, or an unbearably ugly one.

As the crowd gossiped, the murmurs grew louder. Felix and Nala heard vulgar remarks—they regarded this as merely an invisible attack against them.

"Prepare to embrace your new life." With that, Felix smiled and jumped into the ring.

At the same time, Howie jumped down-holding back all his power. He feared Felix would run if he sensed his power, which would then thwart Zayn's plans.

Knowing that Howie was in the middle-stage of the Transcendent Realm was one thing, but facing it firsthand was another. It was like being brave enough to say that he would enter a haunted house but when truly facing it, he would run.

"Begin!" A voice called out.

Howie immediately went for the kill—but he couldn't do it too early. He rushed

over quickly, pretending to throw the first few moves.

There was a bang as their fists collided.

"The early stage of Transcendent Realm?" Howie exclaimed in surprise. On the platform, Jonana's expression turned ugly.

"How is that possible? Why would someone in the early-stage of the Transcendent Realm marry her-especially with someone like Nala? Besides, he's quite a young and outstanding man, no less!"

Similarly, Zayn wasn't in a good mood. "Fuck, this man also has such skills for martial arts? Is he just blessed by the gods?"

His subordinate quickly said, "Calm down, Your Highness. He's only in the early stage. It'll be easy for Howie to kill him.

This made Zayn smile again. That was right—each gap between each stage between the Transcendent Realm was like heaven and earth.

Felix was doomed to die.