Who was the strongest?
Hearing Qin Ran's question, the Variants present were all taken aback.
Was he planning to choose the strongest one as their representative for negotiations?
Or...
Was he preparing to establish his authority?
No one knew what Qin Ran truly meant by that question, but someone still stepped out from among the Variants.
Tall and handsome, he wore a long blue-and-white robe. Even stained with spots of blood, it did nothing to diminish his bearing.
If anything, it gave him an oddly sinister charm.
The other Variants watched him without stopping or opposing him.
Clearly, among the Variants who had remained, he truly was the strongest.
Yet Qin Ran raised an eyebrow as he looked at him.
Weak!
Far too weak!
Even weaker than he had imagined!
This Variant before him was not even a match for Songshi.
Still, even Songshi...
Thinking of the speculation that had just arisen in his heart, Qin Ran shook his head slightly.
However, that shake of his head was clearly misunderstood by the Variant who had stepped forward.
"Sir, do you believe that I am not the strongest among these people?"
Though terrified by Qin Ran's strength, the man still asked.
Because this concerned his glory.
Moreover, he did not think Qin Ran would do anything to him.
During the previous battle, Qin Ran had ordered his two Anomalies to avoid them. Combined with the people standing around him, that was enough to prove Qin Ran's identity as one of the Shepherds.
Everyone knew about the alliance between the Shepherds and the Variants.
To a certain extent, the Shepherds even needed to rely on the Variants.
Thus, when facing Shepherds, the Variants naturally held a psychological advantage, and that advantage sometimes led them to make the wrong judgments.
Qin Ran ignored