Bai Qingxue was suddenly stopped. Just as the middle-aged man leading the way beside her was about to step forward and say something, Gale Soulbreaker, the leader of the group, suddenly shot him a glare.
With just that one look, the middle-aged man immediately did not dare move.
Even though he knew full well that no player would dare make a move here, Gale Soulbreaker's sharp gaze still intimidated him. The dense killing intent in those eyes gave the middle-aged man the illusion that Gale Soulbreaker was holding a keen blade to his throat. The moment he moved, his head would be separated from his body.
Such killing intent! Bai Qingxue, standing nearby, also clearly felt the astonishing pressure and could not help taking Gale Soulbreaker, who had suddenly appeared before her, seriously.
Put plainly, killing intent was a form of mental pressure.
Though it could neither be seen nor touched, the human brain could sense such signals. Or rather, the brain received this danger signal, yet the person could not consciously perceive the threat, resulting in a self-protective instinct that made them afraid to move rashly.
It was like how certain small animals froze in place when startled.
In reality, people often joked about killing someone with a look, but gazes could indeed convey signals.
It was like facing a fierce wild animal: as long as one stared at it with a vicious look, the animal would not dare rush forward to attack so casually.
Wild animals were naturally more sensitive than humans, so they could detect such things more easily.
The signals emitted by an ordinary person's brain were difficult for other ordinary people to sense. Experts who had endured trials of life and death were different. Their willpower and spirit had long been honed into something hard