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

Chapter 258 The Easiest Jealousy

The suffocating, violent rage in the space receded rapidly like a tide. The heat remained, but it no longer carried the madness that consumed reason.

Ye Yu was excited because this secret realm was so difficult, so once he passed it, the rewards would definitely be generous.

Ye Yu stood on the scorching rocks, slightly out of breath. His Sulong form dissipated, his white hair returned to its jet-black color, and his crimson eyes became deep and unfathomable.

In the distance beyond the lava sea, space twisted once more, and a new door slowly materialized. The door was a sickly, unsettling eerie green, its material resembling some kind of semi-solidified, viscous venom, with bubbles constantly rising and bursting on its surface, emanating a cold, slippery aura.

In the center of the door, there is a distorted human figure. It is hunched over, stretches its neck, stares intently ahead, scratches its chest with one hand, and stretches out to the void in resentment with the other.

envy!

A chilling feeling tried to envelop Ye Yu, but when Ye Yu's gaze fell on the mark of the Gate of Jealousy, a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"Jealousy?" Ye Yu's voice was calm, yet carried a disdainful indifference as if looking down on ants. "To me?"

Ye Yu pushed open the door that emitted a faint green light.

Behind the door, a chaotic stream of consciousness surged in instantly. Countless fragmented images, distorted sounds, piercing shrieks, and suppressed sobs mingled into a storm, frantically assaulting Ye Yu's senses. Venomous whispers tried to burrow into his mind:
"Why him?"

"Why does he have to have the best?"
"I'm not satisfied! I want it too!"
"Take it! Take everything from him!"

At the same time, a series of meticulously woven dreamlike scenes unfolded before Ye Yu's eyes:

Lin Muxue rode the thunder, her fleet blotting out the sky, becoming the "Pirate Queen," enjoying unparalleled glory, her eyes sweeping contemptuously over Ye Yu.

The royal advisor transformed into a blue dragon, perched atop the golden throne, wielding immense power.

Zhou Ge manipulates time, is mysterious and unpredictable, and plays with fate.

These illusions depict the glorious path Ye Yu "did not choose," attempting to amplify his potential "resentment" and "loss."

That omnipresent embodiment of jealousy, its voice like the serpent's hiss, resounded directly in Ye Yu's heart, filled with seduction and incitement:
"Look at them! Look at Lin Muxue! She climbed the throne by stepping on your 'failure'! Enjoying everything that should have been yours! Her glory, her power... all of that should be yours! It's what your level ten talent deserves! Look at Wang Quanshi and Zhou Ge! Which of them is weaker than the seven you contracted? They command the wind and rain, dominating their respective regions! And you? Ye Yu, you gave up the chance to become a god! You could have been high above, are you jealous? Ye Yu! Do you regret it?!"

"Look at Lin Muxue! She's the real winner! You're just a joke that got kicked off the ship!"
The voice of jealousy suddenly became shrill, and the image of Lin Muxue looking down on all living beings in the illusion was magnified infinitely.

However, Ye Yu stood still, his eyes calm and unwavering, even carrying a hint of... pity? As if watching a clumsy, self-deceiving performance.

He let the venomous whispers buzz in his ears and the magnificent illusions flicker before his eyes. But the voices, like the buzzing of mosquitoes, could not shake his mind in the slightest; the images, like reflections in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water, could not stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

"Heh." A disdainful chuckle escaped Ye Yu's lips, echoing clearly in the chaotic space, instantly drowning out all the noise. "Jealousy?" Ye Yu's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an absolute confidence that pierced through illusion and looked down on everything. "You... are trying to make me jealous of the 'possibilities' you imagined that I didn't choose?"

Ye Yu shook his head slightly, his eyes sharp as knives, scanning the dark green chaos as if he were staring directly at the invisible embodiment of jealousy.

"Lin Muxue's fleet? Wang Quanshi's dragon might? Zhou Ge's mysterious time manipulation?" Ye Yu's tone was calm, yet contained unparalleled arrogance. "These are nothing but your self-righteous 'glory' woven from the limited understanding of frogs in a well. You have no idea what kind of power I wield, nor do you understand the dazzling path I have chosen!"

His gaze seemed to pierce through the illusion, glimpsing a more distant future:

Ye Yu took a step forward, and his aura surged forth! It wasn't a violent rage, but an absolute confidence as deep as the vast starry sky and as heavy as a towering mountain! His Conqueror's Haki flowed naturally, perfectly blending with the auras of the seven contractors within him, forming a majestic and overwhelming power that suppressed everything!

"My goal has never been to become some kind of 'Thor' or 'Dragon King'! What I want is to be the strongest!"

"As for Lin Muxue..." Ye Yu's lips curled into a cold, indifferent smile. "Her 'glory'? Her fleet? It's nothing but a sandcastle built on her shallow understanding. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit is powerful, but she's not worthy to be a stumbling block on my path."

"And you..." Ye Yu's gaze locked onto a certain spot in the void, the point where the power of jealousy was most concentrated, "This so-called poison of jealousy is not even a breeze to me. Trying to shake my Dao heart with such a shallow illusion? It's utterly laughable!"

"break!"

There were no flashy moves, no earth-shattering strikes. Ye Yu simply concentrated his unparalleled belief and absolute confidence in his path, uttering a single, cold word.

Om-!
As soon as the word was uttered, the invisible will formed by absolute belief and Conqueror's Haki swept across the entire dark green chaotic space like the purest light.

Chi Chi Chi -!
Like melting ice and snow, all the resentful whispers ceased abruptly, and all the glorious illusions shattered inch by inch! The omnipresent, eerie green poisonous mist that tried to erode the soul, under the pure and powerful light of Ye Yu's will, was like snow meeting the scorching sun, melting with a piercing sound, and quickly disintegrated and vanished.

The Gate of Jealousy, along with all the illusions and powers within it that attempted to bewitch, was like a fragile soap bubble before Ye Yu's absolute state of mind and conviction; it burst completely at the slightest touch.

Ye Yu's figure reappeared on the reef of the lava sea, the eerie green door behind him vanishing without a trace as if it had never existed. He didn't even seem to be breathing abnormally, as if he had simply brushed away a speck of dust.

"A waste of time," Ye Yu commented indifferently, his eyes completely unmoved.

He passed the jealousy hurdle with extreme ease, after all, he knew the Pirate King best, so why would someone with such overpowered abilities like himself be jealous of those powerful ability users?

If you don't know One Piece, you might feel jealous after seeing those scenes, but because you know the story, you know that no matter how much you imagine, it's far less impressive than having a contract with seven top-tier individuals.

In this world, only others are jealous of you.

(End of this chapter)