Chapter 136: Everyone Wants to be the Second Li Xu

A press conference can be seen as a minor release of internal and external pressures, and more importantly, as a signal of the beginning of the de-escalation of alerts for a series of ghostly incidents.

As for the protagonist, Li Xu, it was merely a matter of right place, right time—he just happened to be there.

The public reaction, however, was different. It seemed a rising star emerged—a widely known, extensively followed, and hotly debated unconventional celebrity.

The clips from his trial had become the most popular content on the internet. The stunning slash, the mass slaughtering after receiving three state buffs, and the scene of him being impaled by four long spears and collapsing thunderously...

A great number of edits, music accompaniments, emotive post-production, and dramatizations resulted in various versions.

Some were exceptionally outstanding pieces, having heart-stopping immediate effects, comparable to that of big-budget special effects films.