Even beasts knew to retreat before a powerful opponent.
But humans were different.
Greed, mixed with wishful thinking, always drove them to gamble.
Watching Qin Ran walk up to the transparent case, some of the trial participants could no longer hold back.
Maybe the move he used against the monster had already exhausted him!
He was just putting on a strong front now!
These thoughts spread wildly through their minds.
Then they moved.
One after another, they charged toward Qin Ran like arrows loosed from a bow.
Qin Ran raised his head and looked at the charging participants, a cold gleam flashing through his eyes.
"Back off!"
His low shout rolled like thunder.
In the eyes of the charging participants, the monster that had just vanished appeared again, rushing toward them with even greater savagery and madness than before.
Instinctively, they turned to flee.
But their feet felt as though they were filled with lead.
They could not move an inch.
Worse still, the snow-covered ground began to melt, swallowing them like a swamp.
A monster pursued them from behind.
A swamp trapped their feet below.
Fear and despair flooded their bodies until they consumed them completely.
Pfft! Pfft!
The sounds of people coughing up blood rang out one after another.
Under [Dead Gaze] and [Fear Illusion], powered by Qin Ran's current SSS+ Spirit, not a single charging participant escaped.
They collapsed to the ground, one after another, never to make another sound.
Qin Ran swept his gaze over the corpses scattered across the ground. After confirming that there was no loot, he looked at the participants who had still been debating whether to act.
The remaining participants immediately shuddered.
They backed away in remarkable unison.
Not one dared meet Qin Ran's eyes.
Even Ogden, Fitz, and Black Hound were