The Four Heavenly Kings flew into a rage.
King Dhritarashtra pointed at Long Batian.
"Kid! Our CEO Lu was kind enough to..."
Then he realized he couldn't say that CEO Lu had wanted to let him go.
He changed his words. "...invite us for drinks, and you repaid his kindness by taking him hostage! Are you even human!?"
Long Batian roared, "Let me out! Or I'll kill him! I really will kill him!"
At that moment, King Virupaksha suddenly appeared at his side and pried open Long Batian's fingers—the one that had been caught in the door.
Long Batian let out a howl of pain and released Lu Chengwen.
Seeing that things were going badly, Lu Chengwen grabbed Long Batian's loosening hand. "Don't make any rash moves!"
King Virupaksha wrapped an arm around Long Batian's neck from behind and stabbed him in the lower back again and again. "I'll let you bully CEO Lu! I'll let you bully CEO Lu! CEO Lu is such a good man! I'll stab you to death! I'll stab you to death!"
Long Batian felt waves of icy cold shooting through his lower back!
Lu Chengwen was clutching his arm from the front and refusing to let go, while behind him, King Virupaksha—the one who loved slapping people—was repeatedly stabbing him in the kidneys.
Long Batian spat blood. "I fucking..."
Council Hall.
Two people stood below the steps. Liu Rufeng sat in the seat of honor, with Liu Ruyan standing behind her.
Liu Ruyan said coldly, "Long Batian, in the spirit of not killing envoys during wartime, I originally intended to lock you up for a few days as punishment before letting you go. But why did you take Tianwu's prince consort hostage?"
Long Batian was momentarily speechless.
Lu Chengwen said, "You're really a