Contract Red Hair Shanks, the school beauty kicked me off the boat

Chapter 255 Arrogance
The Seven Deadly Sins? There are six more?

Ye Yu's eyes narrowed.

“Not bad.” The fox-eared succubus’s figure began to become somewhat illusory, and the surrounding pink mist was dissipating rapidly. The entire palace garden scene peeled away like a faded painting, revealing the deep, lightless dark void behind it.

"You think this is the end? How naive! This dark and crimson secret realm is called the 'Corridor of the Seven Sins.' I am merely the guardian of the first level, representing 'Lust'!"

Her words carried a hint of amusement and warning: "Next, there are six more trials waiting for you: pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony... Each one is more dangerous than lust, and more directly targets the weaknesses deep within the human heart! What you just experienced was merely an appetizer."

Ye Yu's pupils contracted slightly, his heart trembling. The Seven Deadly Sins! This secret realm was actually a series of trials built on the basis of the Seven Deadly Sins. He had thought that the extreme allure he had just encountered was the first hurdle, but he hadn't expected it to be just the first one!
The difficulty was greater than expected, but a strong desire to challenge him instantly replaced his previous seriousness, and Ye Yu's lips curled into an excited smile.

He stood up, stretched his limbs, and the power he had used to resist his desire was rapidly recovering. A burning fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.

"Just the first one. It seems I underestimated the difficulty of this Black and Red Secret Realm. However..."

Ye Yu clenched his fist, an aura of dominance emanating from him. "This suits me just fine. After sailing for so long, and with no powerful enemies or crises in the past six months, I was getting a bit bored. This secret realm... it's starting to look interesting!"

"interesting?"

The succubus was astonished to see the undisguised excitement and anticipation in Ye Yu's eyes; she was not afraid at all.

Before her figure completely vanished, the succubus left only a soft sigh: "You can't possibly pass. You haven't seen it yet, so you're being arrogant. You'll be in despair later, hehehe..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the powdery mist completely dissipated.

Ye Yu found himself standing in an endless dark void, and in front of him, a huge door slowly emerged from the void!
The second level of the Seven Deadly Sins Corridor is about to open.

Ye Yu's eyes showed no fear, only burning fighting spirit. He stepped forward and entered without hesitation, curious about the second challenge: what kind of emotion would it be?

Ye Yu stood in the boundless darkness, before him the huge, ancient door that exuded a heavy sense of oppression had completely solidified.

After entering, the back door closed. Looking back, I saw an arrogant human figure carved on the door, head held high and chest puffed out, looking down on all living beings.

“Arrogance…” Ye Yu murmured, his eyes showing no fear but instead burning with an even more intense flame.

Lust tests primal instincts, while this arrogance may point directly to the deepest, most subtle perceptions and self-identification within one's heart.

He took a deep breath, preparing to face the new challenge.

"Come, let me see just how serious this 'sin' is." Ye Yu's lips curled into a confident smile as he strode forward and pushed open the heavy door. Beneath his feet lay a massive, mirror-like platform paved with pure gold. Countless golden steps extended from the platform's edge, spiraling upwards, leading to a hazy, divinely illuminated platform at the far end of his vision. An indescribable aura of nobility permeated the air, as if he were in a divine palace. Every ray of light silently proclaimed: This place is extraordinary; only the most venerable can ascend to its summit.

Even more striking is the enormous mirror, carved from a single piece of crystal, standing at the very center of the golden platform. Its surface is impeccably smooth, clearly reflecting Ye Yu's figure—bearing the Black Blade Night on his back, his posture upright, his eyes sharp as an eagle's.

However, the moment Ye Yu looked in the mirror, something unexpected happened!

The "Ye Yu" in the mirror didn't move in sync with his actions. Instead, it slowly raised its head, a ridiculously exaggerated smile spreading across its lips, filled with endless mockery and contempt. That smile seemed to be looking down on all the ants in the world, carrying an innate, deep-seated sense of superiority.

"Tch..." The person in the mirror let out a disdainful chuckle. The voice was exactly the same as Ye Yu's, but it was full of an extremely uncomfortable arrogance.

"You've finally arrived? It's impressive that you've come this far, but you can't get through. I am the king here, far surpassing any other king. I will stop everything."

Ye Yu's pupils contracted slightly, and he instantly understood the form of the second test—confronting the projection of arrogance within himself!

This mirror amplified the sense of superiority that might exist in his subconscious, stemming from his powerful talent and the contract, and made it concrete and extreme, transforming it into the gatekeeper before him.

Ye Yu's eyes turned cold as he replied, "A mere phantom in a mirror dares to call itself a king?"

"A phantom?" The person in the mirror seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and the laughter grew even more grating. "Foolish! I am the truest and noblest part of your heart! Look at you, Ye Yu! Level 10 talent, contracted with Pirate King Roger, Dark King Rayleigh, Red-Haired Shanks, the world's greatest swordsman Mihawk, former Marine Admiral Zephyr, Giant Demon Oars, and Knight of the Sea Jinbe! The power of seven top-tier powerhouses gathered in one body! Shouldn't you be the only supreme being in this world? Shouldn't you regard all living beings as ants?"

The voice of the person in the mirror carried a strong seductive power. Every word was like a boulder thrown into the lake of Ye Yu's heart, trying to arouse his hidden absolute confidence in his own power and the arrogance that followed.

"Look around you!" The person in the mirror spread his arms, pointing to the endless golden staircase. "Only a true 'king' is qualified to step on this staircase to heaven! You were born to stand at the highest point and receive the worship of all spirits! Those who mock you, like Lin Muxue and Li Cang, are nothing but clowns, not even qualified to look up at the soles of your shoes! That so-called bounty list, the number one position should be engraved with your name! Wang Quanshi, Song Ling, Bai Shaohan, they should all bow down and submit before you!"

The powerful mental impact was like a tangible wave, crashing against Ye Yu's will wave after wave.

The words of the person in the mirror accurately struck at the pride deep within Ye Yu's heart, a pride born from his strongest potential that he himself had never consciously examined—a pride stemming from absolute confidence in his own choices, from a profound understanding of the power of his contracted partner, and from a clear foresight of his future achievements.

This pride, magnified and distorted by the mirror, is growing wildly in the direction of extreme arrogance.

Even though Ye Yu realized in the first test that as long as he didn't continue to follow the other party's lead, obey, or succumb to it, he wouldn't fail. But if he touched, felt moved, or made any intimate gestures in the first test, he might fail.

Even though he had reminded himself, these sins were subconscious and gradual, and Ye Yu was now wavering.

(End of this chapter)