Chapter 92: By Any Means to Lose

There was no grand spectacle; the strange gold-and-black flame in Ye Li’s hand drifted slowly toward him, utterly ordinary, like a lamp burning in the night.

Yet Ye Kun saw a bizarre sea of fire rushing straight at him. Terror and despair closed in from all sides, and even his feet could barely move an inch.

“Don’t struggle. Face despair with honesty. That is the last gift you can give yourself. Treasure every breath you have left, because later you’ll discover that even air is a luxury!”

“You...” Ye Kun murmured. So this was what it felt like to lose.

So he really wasn’t invincible after all; when faced with a rare artifact, he could still be wounded.

Still, that was fine. My Brother Kun’s winning streak was finally coming to an end.

Suddenly, Ye Kun laughed.

That left Ye Li somewhat puzzled. “Is that the bitter laugh of despair?”

“No. You’ve finally let me experience the feeling of losing. It really is wonderful.” Ye Kun spread his arms. From childhood to now, he had been invincible in all but name, and only today did that invincibility come to an end. It was as if the chains of fate binding him had been burned away by that strange fire.

To lose so satisfyingly, to lose so worthily!

“Hmph! Even in death you have to act like a show-off until the very end?” Ye Li snorted. “Under the strange flame I’ve fused, no one survives!”

Ye Kun said nothing in reply and thrust out his right fist once more.

But this time, the power was far weaker than before. Even Ye Li could see it; he only assumed that after Ye Kun unleashed that earlier devastating blow, he had fallen into a weakened state. If every punch were that terrifying, it truly would be unbearable.

Only Ye Kun knew how desperately he longed for even one failure, even over something trivial. Yet heaven had not spared even the trivial.

So only this fused strange flame could satisfy his wish!

Ye Kun’s fist slammed into the Black Death Golden Wheel.

Whoosh.

It went out.

Ye Kun froze.

Ye Li’s jaw nearly hit the ground.

How was that possible?

Do you think this is an oil lamp? Something you just blow out like that?!

Impossible!

Ye Kun’s right hand slowly dropped, and inwardly he screamed.

Why? Why is it still like this?!

This is a strange fire! A fused strange fire! And you extinguished it with one punch! Why don’t you tell me to blow it out with my mouth instead?!

A deep sense of helplessness flooded Ye Kun. If I could lose just one match, I’d be willing to die for it.

However, it seemed heaven had heard Ye Kun’s cry. Flames of gold and black suddenly burst from his right fist, instantly devouring the entire arm.

Ye Kun turned to look at his arm, his eyes lighting up. Well now! You really are taking my Brother Kun’s heart on a ride up and down!

Seeing that his strange fire had not been extinguished, Ye Li finally breathed easy. Otherwise, that would have been far too humiliating.

He had just said so many ruthless things, and then it went out—how embarrassing would that have been?

In truth, this was Ye Li’s first time using the fused strange fire to attack, and he had no idea what its properties would be, which was why he had been so surprised just now.

“Everything is exactly as I expected.” Ye Li said calmly, though in truth he had nearly panicked.

Ye Kun looked at Ye Li with an expression that seemed to say, Why didn’t you say so earlier? You nearly made me think I was going to win again.

“Today has been truly wonderful. I’m very satisfied.” At this point, all Ye Kun could feel was the searing heat in his right arm. It was even more thrilling than roasting an arm.

Ye Li wore a look of contempt. This was obviously an act. He was clearly terrified to death inside, yet still pretending to be calm.

Suddenly, there was a sharp crack from Ye Li’s golden mask.

Its cracks widened, and it seemed on the verge of shattering into pieces.

He could not stay any longer. As for this man, his death was basically assured.

“Enjoy your last struggle.”

With that, Ye Li turned and shot away. Yet at the very instant he turned, the golden mask shattered.

Fortunately, Ye Kun did not see it. If he had realized it was his own wife, who knew how colorful Brother Kun’s expression would have been.

Even without seeing that, Ye Kun’s expression was already quite colorful.

The Black Death Golden Wheel had wrapped around his entire body. Its searing heat burned away the armor on him. If Ye Li had waited a little longer, he would probably have seen his husband being roasted alive by a single flame, the kind that could not be extinguished no matter what.

It was visible to the naked eye that the Black Death Golden Wheel was burrowing into Ye Kun’s skin, and his entire skin was turning translucent, even revealing the meridians throughout his body.

The pain of burning through his meridians made Ye Kun roll his eyes, but all he felt was...

Pleasure!

At last, he had shaken off that damned “good luck”!

At long last, Ye Kun could be an ordinary person!

At this very moment, he wanted nothing more than to play the zither to express his joy.

However, just as Ye Kun was feeling delighted, two figures descended from the sky!

Looking at the white-clad man and the black-clad man before him, Ye Kun was filled with question marks.

Yet the white-clad and black-clad men, seeing the mass of fire before them, were also filled with question marks.

When the man in white and the man in black stared at each other, murder instantly lit up in their eyes.

“Dong Ci!”

“Da Ci!”

A fierce killing intent erupted from both of them, as if they wished to grind each other’s bones to dust. Another overwhelming wave of killing intent swept across the land.

Earth: Could you please pick another place? I really have a hard time with this.

Ye Kun looked at the two strangers before him. To be honest... it’s impolite to laugh at someone’s name.

So I, Ye Kun, won’t laugh, really... Besides, I’m inside a fire. They can’t see me.

“Why are you here!”

“Why are you here!”

“Why are you copying me!”

“Why are you copying me!”

Ye Kun felt that these two were actually quite in sync. Not good... the strange fire on his body was growing hotter and more violent. Did it really have to hurt this much?

No wonder the golden woman had spoken such harsh words.

At this moment, the power of the Heavenly Venerable Dao was operating frantically, resisting the erosion of the fused strange fire.

This made the two men in black and white stop questioning each other. They turned to look at Ye Kun, and then...

With a thud.

Both of them dropped to their knees before Ye Kun, saying in unison, “Heavenly Venerable, we have finally found you. We never imagined the honored elder would be here, reborn in fire.”

Ye Kun: ...

After saying that, the two looked at each other again, as if to say, You’re copying me again!

But then a thought suddenly struck them: their Heavenly Venerable!

“Your Heavenly Venerable?!”

“Your Heavenly Venerable?!”

Ye Kun was a little distracted by all this, especially by their kneeling posture, the kind of expression that made them willing to lick the strange fire if necessary.

It seemed they had mistaken him for some Heavenly Venerable.

Before his fall, the Compassionate Sea Heavenly Venerable had indeed said he had many subordinates. One of these two was probably his.

But the Sinful Heavenly Venerable, before falling, had not left behind any last words at all.

The two Heavenly Venerables had fallen too quickly.

Just as Ye Kun was pondering this, the two streams of Heavenly Venerable power within him suddenly erupted, and his eyes nearly popped out.

No way! Again!