Silence blanketed the basement. Even the crowd seemed to hold its breath in their lungs.
Above, those who had just raised their glasses in celebration fell mute as well.
Quake's eyes widened, stunned. The prey that had been gasping in his grasp now rose again, defiant and unbroken.
Blood dripped from Kai's wounds, yet his gaze blazed once more with fierce light.
His levo had shifted. No, not merely shifted—it had been remade. A torrent surged inside the glass cage, pressing down on Quake's veins like an iron weight.
Kai's levo was overwhelming him.
S-Rank?
"What the hell!"
The crowd erupted like an ignited bomb, shouting with shock and a sudden, feverish excitement. A one-sided slaughter had turned.
"Fight back, Red Bean!"
Those who had mocked Kai's futile struggling now swerved with the tide, cheering for him with unashamed fervor.
