A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1685

The force was so great the earth itself almost got split apart.

The sky seemed to have cracked open while a terrifying air current rolled through the place.

Nothing could withstand the attack; not even the mountain, which had been shattered upon impact.

It took a while before the dust and debris cleared up.

Eventually, the darkened sky returned to its original state but not the battlefield.

After getting destroyed by attack after attack, the place had almost turned into a wasteland.

Cough, cough!

At that moment, everyone at the scene could see the Demonic Duo coughing out blood after sustaining severe injuries. Even their usual deadpan expressions had become grimaces.

Like birds that had lost their wings, the duo plummeted from the sky and landed heavily on the ground.

Evidently, that was the end of the Demonic Duo's winning streak.

If Chu Zhenghong were around that day, he would be surprised to see his own words brought to realization by his son.

In the end, Ye Fan's Invoke the Celestial Sky managed to take down everything the Chus had to throw at him.

Even their guardian, the Demonic Duo, was no match for his ultimate move.

After emerging as the victor and showing his opponents that he had them in the palm of his hand, Ye Fan crossed his arms proudly and smirked.

He was like a god to everyone at the scene at that point, for he somehow managed to do the impossible.

Even after the battle concluded, their eyes remained glued to the man. Everyone, including Mochizuki Kawa, Sword Saint, and Aaron, trembled in fear after witnessing such a majestic display of power. In that instant, everyone's mind was completely blank.

All they could think about was how Ye Fan defeated the Demonic Duo with his ultimate move.

"How... How is that even possible? How can someone be that powerful?" Sword Saint finally broke the silence after a while.

It was unbelievable! That was the only sentence that came into Sword Saint's mind.

He thought Chu Tianfan was only as powerful as himself, but after witnessing how the man bested Chu Zhengliang, he knew that Ye Fan possessed more powerthan a War God.

Sword Saint was even more mind-blown when the Infernal Duo, too, got outmatched by Ye Fan. At that point, he realized that words were no longer enough to describe how mighty Ye Fan was. Could he be top ten on the Sky Ranking? Maybe top five? Heck, maybe he's already gone beyond the ranking system!

"You've lost, Xuan, Ming." Ye Fan cared not what others thought about him because most of them were not even close to his level of capability. His eyes were focused solely on the two elderly men after defeating them.

Cough, cough!

Short of breath, the Demonic Duo's faces were completely drained of colors and were as pale as a ghost.

As much as they tried to get on their feet, their bodies would not allow them to do so.

They were injured so severely that they would start coughing violently whenever they tried to move a muscle.

Even when they were not coughing, blood continued to come out of their mouths.

Still, the duo summoned every bit of strength left in them to lift their heads so that they could look Ye Fan in the eye. "You've managed to perform every form of Invoke the Celestial Sky, didn't you? Back then, even with six forms, your father still lost to us. But it only took you five to humble us. At first, we had no idea what was going on. Then, we thought of the long-lost complete version of Invoke the Celestial Sky. That's what you used to take us down, wasn't it?" inquired the Demonic Duo with a weak voice.

When the Chu family heard the two, they froze like statues.

Taken aback, Chu Qitian could feel his legs turning to jelly before he slumped to the ground. "But how? How is that possible? Even I, an official family of the Chus, don't have the complete version of Invoke the Celestial Sky, so how could a bastard son like him get his hands on it? It's impossible! I refuse to believe it!

Compared to his defeat, Chu Qitian found Ye Fan's possession of the complete version of the ultimate move even more difficult to accept.

What made it worse was the fact that Ye Fan, the banished Chu, was the only one who mastered the move.

Immediately, the Chu family felt embarrassed for ridiculing Ye Fan and claiming his version of Invoke the Celestial Sky to be fake.

After what had happened, the tables had turned on the Chus, making them the laughingstock instead.

In response to the Demonic Duo's question, Ye Fan nodded. "Correct. I hope you don't feel too humiliated because you just lost to the complete version of Invoke the Celestial Sky."

Unexpectedly, the duo burst out laughing after listening to Ye Fan. "Of course not! It was our honor to witness such a brilliant move first-hand. Now we can die with no regrets. You're even more powerful than your father ever was. No, let me rephrase that. You're more powerful than any of the Chus! It's time to finish this. Do it, boy! We're ready."

Prepared to surrender their lives, the Demonic Duo lifted their chins to expose their neck to Ye Fan.

Like all great warriors, the duo was well aware that losing the fight meant losing their lives. That was the undefiable rule.

After the two elderly men submissively shut their eyes in front of their opponent, Ye Fan smirked. He knew that he had defeated the Demonic Duo and their Yin Yang Slash, and that was enough for him. "Gentlemen, I'm not going to kill you. I came for the Chus, so their lives are the only ones I'm going to take. This is between the Chu family and me, not you two," explained Ye Fan after shaking his head. After that, he walked past the Demonic Duo and went straight for the Chus.

"What are you... What are you planning to do to us? Chu Tianfan, are you really thinking about wiping us out? We have the very same blood running through our veins! In fact, I'm your elder! How dare you disrespect me!" Chu Shen and the other Chus were filled with terror as they watched Ye Fan slowly approach them with malicious intent.

"Elder?" Ye Fan suddenly cackled after hearing what Chu Shen had to say. "Are you telling me that we're family now? That's odd. I don't remember you saying that when you tried to have me killed." As Ye Fan mocked the man, energy had already begun to converge into his hand.

Before long, the fearsome force took shape on his palm.

Chu Shen and the others instantly fell to their knees and begged for forgiveness when they saw that Ye Fan was ready to obliterate them.

"Please have mercy! We're willing to do whatever it takes to get our entire family over to China to apologize personally to your mother. All we ask is that you let us live. Please!" pleaded Chu Shen at the top of his lungs.

"I don't think so. It's too late now," responded Ye Fan coldly, unmoved by the plea.

With that, he swiftly struck Chu Shen's chest with his palm, breaking the older man's ribcage and puncturing his lungs.

Like a rag doll, Chu Shen was sent flying while wailing in agony.

However, that was not enough to kill the man.

After landing on the ground, Chu Shen continued to moan in pain after vomiting a pool of blood.

"What do we have here? It seems like you were saved by the armor underneath." Ye Fan wondered how Chu Shen survived his attack at first but then realized the man was protected by a piece of armor. "I'm assuming it can only save you from one strike. What do you say we try another?"

Before Chu Shen could respond, Ye Fan was ready to rush forward to continue his assault.

However, he had forgotten that Chu Qitian was lying on the ground near his feet. The man had embraced his head with both his arms while he trembled fearfully right beside Ye Fan, too afraid to say another word.

"Watch your step, Dragon Master," reminded Gaius playfully.

At that point, Chu Qitian was in complete desperation.