While Lin Ming, Shrek's senior leaders, and the professional team he had brought were heatedly discussing their plans for what came next.
An entirely different scene unfolded inside a tavern still doing business in the hastily built Shrek City.
A figure as burly as a small mountain occupied an entire large table by himself, his head down as he guzzled liquor.
Xiong Jun gripped a glass in one hand while stuffing braised delicacies into his mouth with the other, eating until grease coated his lips and letting out the occasional belch.
He gulped down a great mouthful of liquor, satisfaction written all over his face.
The food in this human world was pretty tasty, and the liquor packed a punch too.
I should have come to the human world to enjoy myself sooner. Staying in the Star Dou Great Forest all that time, drinking the northwest wind-I really lost out.
Of course, he was not stupid enough to say it aloud. He merely thought it to himself, so he looked very glum on the surface.
Xiong Jun finished another large glass of liquor, slammed it onto the table, and called out:
"Boss, another ten Bloody Marys!"
"Coming right up!"
The tavern owner answered and immediately served another ten blood-red Bloody Marys.
This fellow really could drink. He alone could match a whole table of people.
At this rate, he might drink the tavern dry today.
Still, he could sense that Xiong Jun was quite powerful, so he was unlikely to skip out on such a small bill. He could just keep serving him without limit.
But just as Xiong Jun was drinking like mad and thoroughly enjoying his food, his tipsy expression suddenly changed. His gaze sharpened as a familiar presence appeared nearby, drawing closer and closer.
That presence was