Eyeballs and Tongues

Oculus knew full well that the boss would take notice. He just hadn't expected that attention to come so quickly, nor that the boss would intervene personally.

After their conversation ended,

Oculus finally returned to the audience stands.

Perhaps because it had been so long since he had spoken with the boss alone, a thick layer of scorched crust had formed over the surface of his eyes, leaving them terribly dry. He could only take out the barrel of eyedrops he carried with him and wash himself on the spot.

Just as his vision gradually cleared, thunderous cheers suddenly erupted around him.

Most of the nobles had already risen from their seats, cheering in wild excitement.

"What happened?"

Oculus's cluster of eyeballs turned toward the arena as well.

Luo Di, still holding the Iron Rod, remained standing there. He had already completed his second slaughter, his gray hair drifting in the air.

Luo Di's condition was somewhat different from the first match.

At that moment, some of the material covering his body was rapidly fading away, retracting into the gaps between his vertebrae.

At the same time, he bent down to pick up the metal jaw that had fallen to the ground and reattached it to himself.

Right in front of Luo Di,

the Archfiend known as the Bug King, who had once displayed extraordinary prowess in the World War, now lay shattered all over the ground. Its appendages were scattered across nearly the entire area.

Its centipede-like spine twitched faintly, unable to rise again.

Luo Di still chose not to kill it, whispering two words into its ear as well.

Oculus commented softly,

"This guy fought twice in one day and won both times, defeating renowned Archfiends at that.

Can the growth brought by the Corner really be this