Some took a half-step back, as if instinctively trying to put distance between themselves and whatever was in that cage.
The three challengers in the ring froze, faces turning white as they also seemed to have not expected something like this.
Through the bars, Ash caught the glow of crimson eyes, and a snarling, beast-like face, covered in grey scales, appeared—its teeth jagged, its spine twisted unnaturally, and its claws dragging against the floor, leaving deep gouges in the reinforced wood.
"That's not a normal beast..." He muttered, his pulse quickening. He felt its aura had some similarity with the Nightmare mutant he faced, but at the same time, it was different.
His eyes activated without thinking, and floating above the beast's head were the chilling red-coloured floating words.
[Blood Ravager - Level 11]
"Level 11? That's an innate-level monster!"