This welcoming ceremony could be described as a scene of total disaster.
Everyone had originally been in high spirits, waiting to greet the Second Master and Erlang Shen, but no one expected the situation to spiral into such a brutal brawl!
They were literally fighting for their lives!
Lü Bu had nearly had his head lopped off, and Erlang Shen’s Celestial Eye had been gouged out!
Yet, not a single spectator complained; on the contrary, they were more thrilled than anyone could imagine.
After all, watching a fight is far more exhilarating than any formal ceremony!
"Thrilling! Simply thrilling!"
"And they call that the Heavenly Court! Nobody beats my Lü Bu when it comes to humans!"
"Honestly, though, I think Erlang Shen won. Lü Bu was almost dead!"
"Won? My ass! My Lü Bu might be capable of dying, but he will never be defeated! Didn't you hear Erlang Shen begging for mercy?"
"Exactly! His eye was dug out—how could that be a win!"
Two hours of emergency surgery later.
Lü Bu remained unconscious; his injuries were simply too severe.
He had thrown himself into the fight with the sole intent of killing or being killed.
Erlang Shen, for the time being, had been stabilized.
Lying on a pristine hospital bed, his head and chest were heavily swaddled in gauze.
The arrogance that once defined his gaze was gone, replaced by an uncontrollable, deep-seated fear.
That Demon God was truly terrifying!
That human Demon God, with his suicidal madness and the way he had stalked toward him, had co…
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