Realizing that no one in the entire Heaven Palace guild could match Ethan's overwhelming strength made many members finally lose whatever courage they had left.
Their confidence, once loud and bold, collapsed the moment they saw how easily Ethan cut down their comrades.
Their friends, who had stepped forward earlier with determination, now lay scattered across the ground—some motionless, others groaning in pain—while their dropped weapons clattered uselessly beside them.
The metallic scent of blood thickened the air, making the entire battlefield feel colder and heavier with every breath.
The most frightening part was how obvious it had become that Ethan was not even using his strongest skills.
Everything he had unleashed so far was just Skill 1 or Skill 2. Even while holding back, Ethan's strikes were sharp enough to break advanced defenses and deadly enough to kill without giving them time to react.
