Meanwhile, Lucen and Bale had reached a point where shock had turned into numbness. Every new thing Bruce did hit harder than the last, until they simply couldn't be surprised anymore.
Inside the pod room, where Lucen and the other eliminated recruits were gathered, the atmosphere was thick, heavy with awe, disbelief, and a faint trace of fear.
No one spoke. No one dared to.
The silence was broken only by the faint hum of the pods and the flickering light of the massive screens before them, each one displaying the live VR feeds of the remaining participants.
All eyes were on one man.
Bruce Ackerman!
They had seen it all, the moment he turned the Golden Mane Lion into a living bomb, the way he tore through beasts and humans alike, every single self-created skill more devastating than the last. It wasn't just power anymore; it was creativity twisted into something terrifying.
