Ray ignored him completely, focusing all his energy on spatial compression.

The thirteen ordinary men couldn't withstand it. Bone after bone shattered with sickening snaps, their bodies pressed and embedded into each other. Yet, none of them died instantly—this agony left them so paralyzed with fear that they couldn't even scream.

Only Atkin fared slightly better. Being an ability user, his bones were far tougher than a normal person's, so he hadn't yet been crushed into another body. But he w