Today's first update: Chapter 1528! 1/4!
The moment Ou Yezi said this, everyone present was shocked. Xu Kun stared at him with wide eyes.
"Master!"
Behind him, Gan Jiang and the others wanted to say something as well, but Ou Yezi merely waved a hand.
His expression allowed no doubt.
"A wager of lives? Don't you think that's ridiculous?" Hephaestus shook his head.
"Ridiculous? What's ridiculous about it?"
"You all want nothing more than to see Xiao Kun dead. As his master, since I can't win him justice in other ways, then I can only fight you to the death through forging!"
As he spoke, bloodshot veins filled Ou Yezi's eyes, and his face twisted into an incomparably ferocious expression.
"Master..." Xu Kun murmured. From Ou Yezi, he felt the selfless care of an elder.
"When a child is bullied and the parent doesn't so much as let out a fart, how could I call myself a master? Answer me—do you dare wager your lives?"
Facing the first-, second-, and fourth-ranked forging masters among the myriad races, Ou Yezi's presence completely suppressed them at that moment.
Aurn and Du Hualin fell briefly silent.
Hephaestus's expression darkened. "You're insane..."
"Cut the crap. Just tell me whether you dare. Oh, right, the other two are only avatars, aren't they? Only you, Hephaestus, are here in person. What, afraid of losing?" Ou Yezi mocked.
"What kind of joke is that? We would lose?" Hephaestus put on a fierce front while hiding his weakness. The fiery scar on his face twitched, making him look even uglier!
"Then wager!"
"Fine. Since you want to gamble with your life, we'll play along!" Aurn spoke, settling on a wager of lives in addition to the physical stakes.
"I want this wager announced to all the myriad