Without You, This Banquet Couldn't Happen

"Do you submit?"

"I... I submit..."

After several uninterrupted minutes of brutal beating, Karathen finally gave in.

The human before it was absurdly strong, utterly beyond the laws of physics.

Though he was far smaller than it, his strength was outrageously immense. Every time it tried to struggle or resist, he forcibly suppressed it, followed by an even more vicious round of beating.

Even more terrifying was that this human could unleash an extremely high-temperature flame.

Even Karathen, which could soak in lava like it was taking a bath, could not withstand the scorching flames. Many parts of its body had been burned bright red—at least medium-well, ready to be eaten while hot.

Karathen had lived for thousands of years, yet this was the first time it had ever been beaten so miserably.

This human was simply too brutal!

Seeing that Karathen had finally settled down, Du Mu stopped and said with satisfaction, "Wouldn't it have been over if you'd done this earlier? You had to take a beating before behaving. What was the point?"

Hearing that, Karathen felt so wronged it nearly cried.

In truth, it had wanted to surrender less than a minute after Du Mu began beating it.

But who would have thought that after asking those first two questions, Du Mu never asked again? He just kept throwing punch after punch at its face.

It had tried to speak several times, but every time it opened its mouth, a fist came flying at its face. The words at its lips were beaten straight back into its stomach, leaving it no chance to make a sound.

Karathen chose to skip this painful subject and said in a deep, muffled voice, "Since you have defeated me, you have passed the first trial. You may now undergo the final