Reno's eyes were rapidly blinking along with his heart beat. He was wondering if one of the plants he had used was perhaps a type of hallucinogen. He had been working with many different fumes after all.
Because, he just couldn't believe his eyes, they had to be playing a trick on him! It was the only thing that would have made sense to what he had just witnessed and he wasn't the only one that felt this way.
Clipper had fallen; one of the squad leaders of the Behemoth Clan had been taken out, and not just that, but it was with a single strike.
Reno had just been fighting the person himself after having broken through to the next stage so he was aware of the others strength.
Before Reno was at the lowest of the middle stages, stage 7, after consuming the poisons using his new item, he had gained strength and had become a stage 8 Warrior. Most of the Crimson Crane were mid-level stage 8 users, with some closer to stage 9.