I'm tied to Athena.

If you want to fight, you must win.

Although the Last King gives people a gentle feeling, he is also the God of Steel. The hope of winning is the common goal of all the Gods of Steel!

Judging from the current situation, even if he and the Monkey King fight for ten days or half a month, there will be no winner.

So, the Last King decided to take a risky move.

The Great Sage's stick swept to the side again, but the Last King gave up the idea of ​​using the Blade of Savior to resist - he switched the Blade of Savior to his other hand in a flash, and then launched an attack from the other side!

The sounds of blades cutting flesh and sticks hitting flesh rang out simultaneously.

The body of the Last King was smashed into the ground by the Great Sage with a stick, but the Great Sage's stomach was also cut open by the Last King's sharp blade, literally ripped open!

"I didn't expect you to use this kind of mutually destructive fighting style." The Great Sage barely landed from mid-air, his hairy hands covering his wounds. Although he had an indestructible body, the Blade of Salvation was the most powerful weapon, and even his body could not completely resist it.

“If I don’t use this fighting style, I’m afraid it will be difficult to determine the winner with the Great Sage.” The Last King stood up with the Blade of Salvation. It was obvious that he was also seriously injured by the blow from the Great Sage.

“Hahaha, that makes sense. It’s me who’s obsessed.” The Great Sage was stunned for a moment, then he laughed again, “Come on, fight me for another 300 rounds!”

The Great Sage and the Last King fought again, but this time, everyone, including Li Yun, believed that the winner had been decided.

The Great Sage was already injured, and the injury was to a fatal place like the abdomen. If it was any other opponent, even if the Great Sage was injured like this, he would not necessarily lose, but the enemy was the Last King, and such an injury was enough to decide everything!

Although the Last King also paid a price, the stick of the Great Sage did not cause such direct injury.

Simply put, the Monkey King was not only injured, but also had a bleeding debuff, while the Last King was only injured.

As expected, the Great Sage went from being evenly matched in the beginning to gradually switching to a defensive stance, as the injury in his abdomen had begun to affect his movements.

"ha!!!!"

The Last King roared, and the blade of salvation in his hand fell down like thunder.

The Great Sage raised his stick to block, but the loss of blood caused him to lose some of his strength, so he was unable to block the knife!

"Boom!"

A cloud of dust flew up, and the Great Sage's body rubbed against the ground and flew out. After about a thousand meters, it slowly stopped.

"The winner has been decided." Li Yun sighed softly. What a pity... The Great Sage would not have lost. If his weapon was a blade like the Last King, the outcome would still be unknown.

"If he loses, he loses. It doesn't matter what weapon he used. He was just so immersed in the fight with the enemy that he didn't realize immediately that this was the strategy of the Last King." Athena said calmly.

That's right, the Great Sage was completely immersed in the joy of sparring in the battle just now. He seemed to have forgotten that his original purpose was to settle accounts with the Last King and determine who was the strongest steel. He only wanted to compete with the Last King and even hoped that this competition could last longer.

“I never thought that I would be defeated…” In the smoke and dust, the Monkey King lay on the ground gasping for air. The golden cudgel had fallen out of his hand and lay quietly beside him.

Although he was defeated, the Great Sage had no complaints. He did not blame the weapon, nor did he blame the Last King for fighting in this way.

Losing is losing, winning is winning. As the Monkey King, he can’t afford to lose!

“Hahaha, but it feels great!” Struggling to get up from the ground, the Monkey King laughed heartily and happily, “Great hero, I acknowledge your title of the Strongest Steel!”

"You have shown the true value of steel in front of Old Sun!

Chapter 320 Rama: I Have a Story

"I am flattered to receive the praise of the Great Sage." The Last King walked up to the Monkey King and extended his friendly hand.

"Hahaha, stop talking nonsense to me, there is someone waiting for you over there." The Monkey King patted his body. Such an injury would be fatal to the outcome of this battle, but it was not fatal to the God of Steel himself.

Just take a break and you can recover.

Listening to the Great Sage's words, the King of the End looked at Li Yun.

"You wait here for a moment, I'll go talk to him." Li Yun said softly to the goddesses, and then walked towards the last king.

He came in front of the old hero with a gentle smile on his face, "Come to think of it, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Li Yun, an ordinary person."

"Li Yun?... I didn't expect that after waking up from my sleep, there would suddenly be a younger generation. I don't know how to face you." The Last King looked a little overwhelmed, as if he really did as he said, he didn't know how to face Li Yun.

"My name is...Rama."

The last king... no, now it should be Rama. He hesitated when he said his name, as if he was considering whether to tell Li Yun his name. Humans must not know his name, this is the rule set by the goddess of fate.

However, since Li Yun is his compatriot, there shouldn't be any problem.

To be honest, when he saw Li Yun, Rama was really shocked. He never thought that besides himself, there would be someone else who would bear the fate of a hero.

However, if the fate of a hero is divided into ten points, then Rama now occupies seven points, while Liyun only occupies three points. In other words, Liyun is not yet a qualified hero, and Rama, the senior, needs to teach him well.

Well, after some thought, Rama brought Li Yun into the role of his junior and recognized him as a partner.

Perhaps in order to get closer to Li Yun, Rama imitated Li Yun's way of speaking and added at the end, "An ordinary traveler."

Sure enough, Li Yun smiled when he heard Rama's words.

"If the legendary Prince Rama is also an ordinary traveler, then I can't think of anyone who can say that he is an extraordinary traveler."

Rama, the hero of the Indian mythology Ramayana, was a prince who was supposed to inherit the throne, but was forced by his stepmother to leave the country and travel around, which gave him the title of traveler. He also thought this title was good, so he often said that he was a traveler.

Of course, if that's all, you may not know much about Rama's strength. Let me explain it briefly. Karna, the son of the sun, is one of Rama's incarnations and a disciple of Axe-wielding Rama.

This description should be enough for most people to understand how powerful Rama is.

"Liyun, you woke me up this time. Is it because you want to defeat the demon king?" Rama asked gently after putting the sword of salvation back into the sheath.

For Li Yun, who inherited the fate of a hero, defeating the Demon King is his only destiny. From this perspective, Li Yun probably woke him up in order to defeat the Demon King.

"No, there's just a place I want to go, but I can't find a way to get there... No, to be more precise, I can't find anyone who knows the way."

"Place? Where?"

"The realm where the God of Destiny resides."

"!?"

Rama's eyes widened in an instant, and he looked at Li Yun in surprise, "You..."

"Actually, you should have considered this possibility when I appeared with the Great Sage." Li Yun looked at Rama, his dark eyes meeting those slightly brown eyes.

He saw that although those eyes were as calm as darkness, Rama saw resistance and disgust in them.

"Isn't this a matter of course? Senior, I don't know what you think, but I hate having my fate arranged by others." Li Yun said softly in a matter-of-fact tone: "I will let her give my fate back to me."

"It seems that you and the Monkey King are of the same type." Rama sighed softly and shook his head, "But I'm sorry, I can't take you to find the God of Destiny."

"Still the same as always." The Great Sage standing aside said with an unhappy tone, "Great hero, your character is not worthy of the value of steel you possess."

"But this answer is not unexpected to me." Li Yun was not surprised, so he took two steps back, "Senior, I must go to the realm of destiny, so I can only apologize for the offense."

".....Li Yun, it's not that I look down on you, but you are no match for me right now." Rama still smiled gently. He paused and continued, "Besides, I'm very happy that you can make such a decision."

"If you want to take back your destiny, I can help you. But taking you to the realm of destiny, no."

"Hmm?" Li Yun blinked, with some confusion in his eyes.

"What the God of Destiny needs is a hero who can defeat the Demon King, not a hero who can resist him. You have the destiny of a hero because the God of Destiny is tired of waiting for me because of my slumber." Rama expressed his thoughts: "Now that I have been resurrected, the task of defeating the Demon King will also fall on me."

"Therefore, there is no need for you to continue to bear the fate of a hero."

"Although it is a happy thing to have a descendant, if possible, I would rather you give up the fate of a hero."

In fact, Rama had intended to let Li Yun give up his fate as a hero from the beginning. When Li Yun just proposed to resist fate, there was more joy in Rama's eyes.

"This..." The unexpected answer left Li Yun and the Great Sage speechless. Rama's words were sincere. He really wanted to help Li Yun escape the fate of a brave man.

"...Liyun, do you mind if I tell you a story?"

The sudden words made Li Yun and the Monkey King even more confused, but he still nodded, "You say."

"The king of a certain country had three queens and four sons. His eldest son was gentle and elegant, and had a high reputation, so the old king decided to make him the crown prince and heir to the throne. However, his second queen, instigated by her maid, actually proposed to exile the eldest son for fourteen years and to make her own son the crown prince."

"Because the king had previously promised to agree to the queen's request, the eldest son was willing to go into exile in order not to break his father's promise. During his exile, the eldest son's youngest brother was willing to go into exile with him for the sake of brotherly friendship."

"During their exile, the eldest son and his younger brother encountered many hardships, but they overcame them with their wit. Along the way, they created more and more legendary stories, and more and more people sang their praises. At this time, they encountered the Demon King—a cruel and powerful Demon King."

“People asked the eldest son to defeat the demon king. It was only then that the eldest son realized the fate he was carrying.

Chapter 321: After saying so much, we still have to fight

"To defeat the Demon King is the destiny of the eldest son. He is a brave man who came to the world to defeat the Demon King." Rama said quietly, Li Yun and the Great Sage listened quietly.

"In order to respond to the people's requests and expectations, the eldest son, who was unwilling to start a war, finally raised the banner to fight the Demon King. The eldest son fought the Demon King for ten years and finally won."

"The eldest son who fought against the demon king for the people was loved by the people and returned to the country to inherit the throne."

"The story of the eldest son ends here. It is a happy ending..."

"However, this is the end of the story, not the end of the eldest son's life. For the eldest son, his life has just begun."

At this point, Rama stopped. Liyun and Sun Wukong both guessed that he was telling his own story - the real Ramayana!

The air suddenly became quiet and no one spoke. Li Yun and the Great Sage were waiting for what to come, while Rama seemed to be reminiscing... no, probably making fun of himself.

"The story after that is no longer important. Li Yun, Great Sage, you should have guessed that I am telling my own story. The story of how I became a hero."

"As the Great Sage said, I can end it all. Whether it's the goddess of fate or some other destined opponent, I can end it all if I want to."

"However, I cannot do this." Rama clenched his hands. "Even if I defeat the goddess of fate, the fate of the hero will fall on someone else. In other words, someone new will take my place to carry out the mission I have been carrying out for thousands of years... and will step into a world of nothing but killing and killing."

"I don't want to, and I don't want to see this happen. I'm the only one at the mercy of fate. So I chose to sleep."

"In order to prevent this fate from falling upon others, I choose to use sleep to fight against the goddess of fate...but..."

Rama said with apology and guilt, "I'm sorry Liyun, I didn't expect that my deep sleep would make the goddess of fate make such a decision."

"This should have been my sole responsibility, but now..."

Rama's explanation was truly surprising. From the words of other gods, Li Yun initially thought that he was a submissive hero, a weak person who unconditionally obeyed fate, but now he knew that he was a dedicated hero who bore pain and responsibility alone.

Although his tone was just a little bitter, Li Yun could read the struggle and pain between his words.

Countless times of galloping on the battlefield, countless times of fighting with the devil, countless times of sleeping and waking up... His originally peaceful life completely disappeared, and all he had now were battles and enemies.

He could obviously end this struggling life if he wanted to, but for someone in the world, he was willing to bear it.

This guy is a little too gentle.

What is the definition of a hero? Li Yun has never thought about this question. Because he is not a hero, he is just an ordinary person who has been assigned the fate of a hero.

But Rama thought about it, and after he was given the fate of a hero, he considered what he should do.

The fate of the brave man given by the God of Destiny is by no means as good as that of the brave man in fairy tales. It can even be said that the brave man is the strongest puppet in the hands of the God of Destiny.

No one would like such a fate, not even Rama.

However, while Rama considered himself, he also considered others more.

"If you don't accept the fate of a hero, someone else will." "If you don't bear the pain, someone else will bear the pain."

Between himself and someone he had never met, Rama chose to take on this responsibility himself.

Even though this decision would cause others to look down on him and would make him rejected by all the gods, he never regretted it.

This is a man who takes on everything with his tenderness.

“Is that so...?” Li Yun, who understood Rama’s difficulties, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

Not only Li Yun was speechless, but the Great Sage was also speechless. Compared with Li Yun's normal communication, the Great Sage started a fight without saying a word, and even said something that denied Rama. He was at a loss now, and didn't know how to face Rama.

"Don't worry about it, Great Sage. I'm used to it." Rama gently comforted the Great Sage, "And what the Great Sage said is right. It's my own problem."

"How can the God of Steel be called the God of Steel if he can't even protect himself?"

"Alright, Rama, you're only making me feel worse by saying that." The Great Sage stood there scratching his head, "It's me who is not as good as you! Whether it's temperament or strength, I admit that I'm not as good as you!"

The words of the Great Sage only made this gentle man smile lightly. He looked at Li Yun and said, "I will find a way to solve your fate. So, leave this matter to me, okay?"

"Senior has already said this, how can I... just sit there and do nothing?" After careful consideration, the black-haired man decided to reject the gentle man's proposal.

"Why!" Rama was very puzzled.

"I understand what you mean, Senior, but Senior, the feud between me and the God of Fate is not about whether or not I have the destiny of a hero. You gave me such a destiny at will without even a word of apology. I can hardly swallow this."

"Besides, I also have to settle accounts with the God of Fate for them."

That’s right, the goddess of fate controls more than just Li Yun’s fate. The moment Ishtar and the others came into this world, the goddess of fate tied them here.

Even if Li Yun had not happened, Li Yun would still have to settle accounts with the goddess of fate.

"....Do you really have to go?"

"must go!"