The moment that voice rang out, Sun's body swayed slightly, as if his thoughts had been jolted awake.

And the owner of this voice was also exceptionally clear to Lu Ce's ears—the Arbitrator!

After all, this was also a game. Since it was a game, this referee still had a necessary role to play.

It was just unclear why this referee wasn't planning to appear right now, not even showing his face. Perhaps he didn't want to see a certain someone.

"Oh? Sounds like my brother. Have you settled things with the gods?"

"Why not come out?"

Arbitrator: ......

The Arbitrator simply pretended not to hear at all, continuing to announce the rules of this game.

"This game's rules: Player 'Sun' must engage in a battle to the death against the contestant selected by [War]!"

"On this final battlefield, only one person can leave alive in the end."

"If successful, Player 'Sun' will obtain a portion of [War]'s power and gain the opportunity to contend with [War] for the divine position."

"Rules introduction complete. The game begins immediately!"

After finishing, the Arbitrator vanished directly, not even [War] himself appearing in person.

The final battlefield fell silent again, leaving only Lu Ce and Sun, just the two of them.

That's right. The two sides of this wager were [War] and "Sun."

But he had been dragged into this for no reason at all, becoming "Sun's" test content! This was just a complete waste of time!

Instantly, Lu Ce's blue face twisted into an exceptionally ferocious expression.

"You all really are... sore losers, huh."

The gods had probably lost too much already. For this final game, they directly set up a lose-lose situation!

If he won, it would be equivalent to personally helping the gods kill the world's second-strongest human, and he wouldn't gain any benefit himself.

The other side could also use this method to gauge his current upper limit of strength.

If Sun won, the gods would probably laugh themselves awake. Their biggest trouble would be directly eliminated, and even the threat of [Agony] would practically vanish!

This personal wager's final result was actually that one human player would definitely die!

"What a clever scheme!"

Right after he finished speaking through gritted teeth, a star flickered in the sky. A pillar of light descended from the heavens, crashing into Sun's body.

That massive frame shuddered violently, then threw its head back and let out a furious roar towards the sky!

"ROAR!!!"

Rock-like muscles were instantly torn apart. Across that fissure-riddled body, the energy of [War] spread.

[War] had actually directly handed over his own wager to Sun!

Although this power didn't belong to him, in a life-or-death situation, it could force him to use a portion of it.

This clearly showed they were afraid Sun wasn't currently a match for "Sin" and couldn't force out his opponent's full capabilities, so they even resorted to this method.

Looking at the frenzied Sun now right before him, Lu Ce almost laughed in sheer anger.

It seemed [War] that guy, compared to whether he himself could win the wager, actually hoped for his death a bit more.

"Damn it, this is pure exploitation..."

Lu Ce's expression was exceptionally savage. Usually, he was the one taking advantage. He had just won big in the previous game.

Now the gods had completely abandoned all shame, blatantly trying to take advantage of him. It infuriated him so much that the greed on his face was already beginning to transform into wrath.

He looked at Sun before him and spoke:

"Idiot! We're being played, you know that?"

"By the way, do you still have your sanity? Do you still remember who I am?"

He said this purely offhandedly; after all, Greed was also a chatterbox. But who would have thought that this already mindless monster before him would actually curl its lips upward.

On that already monster-like face, this smile made it seem even more like a demon crawling out of hell.

Then, it slowly opened its mouth, using a voice that sounded like it had been scorched by fire, rasping out:

"Sin..."

Lu Ce: ?

"Holy shit..."

He had originally thought the Sun before him had long lost his sanity. He never expected him to still recognize him!

Just as he was planning to use the Ignorance Aura to see if he should try to manipulate him, he noticed the other had already raised its fist.

The current Sun clearly had no intention of chatting. Its fist raised high, flames coalescing upon it, like a black sun.

Lu Ce instantly understood. With the other's speed, if it wanted to, this punch should have already landed by now.

But the other hadn't. That meant this was a challenge.

—Both sides hadn't continued fighting for so long; this was about testing each other's foundation.

Lu Ce certainly had no reason to back down now either. He stepped one leg back into a bow stance, similarly gathering strength in one arm.

"Is this... the way to say hello?"

Both their pupils constricted simultaneously, erupting with exceptionally dangerous, murderous glints. They threw their punches at the same time, colliding squarely together!

BOOM!

A tremendous roar. The power of both sides, suppressed until now, erupted violently, like a dam opening its floodgates, causing the final battlefield to shake violently.

The explosive shockwave swept out. Sun's massive frame instantly staggered back repeatedly, while Lu Ce shot out like a cannonball.

Scrape, scrape... 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

His feet carved long trenches in the ground. Barely stabilizing his posture, the bone in Lu Ce's right elbow was actually protruding out!

That was the hand that had been broken before.

He looked down and adjusted his arm, realigning the bone. This temporarily reattached hand wasn't very sturdy.

But that was it. For him, an injury like this was practically equivalent to being completely unharmed.

Only when he looked up again, that playful expression had completely vanished, leaving only calm, murderous intent. His blue face had already transformed into a pale green.

—Wrath.

From that single heavy blow, the spot where the two originally stood had now become a large crater. The distance between them had also been pulled apart to hundreds of meters!

The Wrath-version Lu Ce stood quietly. The two gazed at each other from afar. Suddenly, a ferocious smile erupted on Sun's face. Then, as if gone mad, he clutched his own head and roared at the sky.

After venting the anger in his heart, that raspy voice finally slowly spoke again.

"I... seem to have forgotten many things... It's fine."

"But, I still remember you!"

"Sin, how come I remember your strength used to be greater than mine? Why are you so weak now?"

Lu Ce calmly twisted his wrist.

"Oh."

"Then your memory isn't faulty. But you might have forgotten—before, you never admitted you were inferior to me."