Huff! Huff!
The twisted-faced trial-takers stared at Qin Ran, gasping heavily through their mouths and noses.
Under the influence of the Island of the End, they had long forgotten the fear in their hearts.
Only greed and jealousy remained.
Like poisonous vines growing within their hearts, they spread everywhere and took root.
It was a state of utter self-forgetfulness.
They had been completely dominated by desire.
Roar!
With a cry that sounded less like human speech and more like a beast's roar, the roughly thirty trial-takers who had originally maintained a formation completely abandoned it.
They charged madly at Qin Ran.
Buzz!
Light flickered across the massive dark-red blade, and as Qin Ran rushed forward and swung it, that flickering suddenly burst forth.
Defiant!
Untamed!
With a joyful hum, [Words of Arrogance] once again displayed an extreme resonance with Qin Ran.
He swept his sword horizontally.
The eerie red seemed to become the protagonist between heaven and earth.
It obscured the red of the setting sun.
It obscured the red of blood.
The trial-taker before him was severed in two without any chance to react.
Even in death, the body retained its forward-lunging posture as it brushed past Qin Ran and crashed to the ground in the distance.
This was the first.
And it was only the beginning.
With a shift of his feet, Qin Ran dodged the spear thrust at his chest. [Words of Arrogance] stabbed forward, like a mountain peak cleaving through clouds and mist.
The spear snapped.
The dark-red blade pierced through the spearman's chest, but even more weapons came chopping and stabbing at Qin Ran from both sides and behind him.
Without any intention of dodging, Qin Ran gripped [Words of Arrogance], pushed the corpse before him, and charged three steps straight ahead.
Squelch, squelch!
Amid