Chapter 849 - Who’s Next Steps Forward

The arena was dead silent, the kind of silence that pressed against the ears and made even breathing feel loud. Ethan stood alone at its center, relaxed but immovable, his presence filling the space far more completely than his size should have allowed. His three-word question, "Who's next?", lingered in the air like something solid, heavy enough to settle onto the chest of every spectator and dare them to answer.