The moment Luo Hao rubbed his head, he showed an expression of enjoyment.

"Hey, long time no see."

Before the sound arrived, a strong gust of wind swept in first.

Luo Hao raised his hand and grabbed Esdeath's ankle. With a quick sweep of his right foot, he knocked Esdeath's foot off the ground, causing her to float in the air.

Esdeath twisted her body, braced herself with her hands on the ground, and kicked her ungrabbed left leg toward Luo Hao.

The whip kick was swift and powerful, landing on Luo Hao's head and passing right through it.

"!!!"

Esdeath was momentarily distracted when she was thrown out and slammed against the wall.

"What is that? Your new ability?"

Esdeath stood up, dusted herself off, and walked towards Luo Hao.

"Yes, the new ability I gained allowed me to transform into a dream the moment you hit me, thus avoiding your attack."

It comes from Merry's ability, which is similar to elementalization, but not quite the same. It is more idealistic and not much different from some Paramecia-type Devil Fruits.

Just now, and also when Luo Hao was watching the battle between "Marquis Voban" and "Elf King," he used this method.

"That sounds amazing! Shall we have another match? I've gotten a little stronger now."

Esdeath struck a pose and extended an invitation to Luo Hao.

"..."

Luo Hao smiled slightly, looked at Esdeath, and his eyes sparkled.

"!!!"

A terrifying sense of crisis surged into Esdeath's heart, making her scalp tingle and her hair stand on end. She quickly shouted, "Mokotekomo!"

Extreme cold emanated from her body, but it encountered corresponding resistance in an instant.

A burst of intense lightning crackled, whipping up violent waves and sending up dust.

"Cough cough..."

Esdeath knelt on the ground, her face deathly pale, blood spilling from her mouth.

"So strong... It seems the gap between us has widened again!"

Esdeath knew, of course, that she was no match for Luo Hao; she simply wanted to see just how far the gap between them had widened.

Now she understood that she had gone from looking up to them to being unable to see them at all.

Despite having become much stronger through repeated battles here, she has even developed the ability to temporarily freeze time and space in an area.

Even so, they were still easily crushed.

To put it bluntly, Luo Hao used to need to physically kill her, but now he could probably take her down with just a glance.

"This is incredible!"

When Luo Hao described his abilities before, she only thought they seemed impressive, but now she truly felt how terrifying they were.

Even she was somewhat taken aback.

I understand now; that's the feeling between a genius and an ordinary person.

Although in theory, she is an absolute genius, a genius standing at the pinnacle of the world.

But when facing Luo Hao, they might not even qualify as ordinary people.

"However, I will not give up. I will continue to pursue you, and one day I will defeat you!"

Esdeath is mentally unstable, but this instability gives her an indomitable mental fortitude. Even though she fully understands the gap between Luo Hao and her, she will not give up.

Even if she spends her entire life like an underground insect gazing at the sun, she will never stop.

"Not bad! You have a strong heart..."

In some ways, he is much stronger than Luo Hao. If the roles were reversed, Luo Hao believed he did not have such a resilient and strong heart, and would most likely have been discouraged, let alone set such a monster as a goal and desperately pursue it.

Because reality is cruel; you can't get everything just by working hard and persevering.

"Humans have their limits! The more you persist, the more you pursue, the more you often feel the distance between the goal and yourself, and the more despair you feel. Esdeath, I'll tell you bluntly, even if you pursue this your whole life, your limit will most likely be what I am at now. And for me, here..."

"Is this just the beginning?"

Esdeath exudes a sharp and unwavering conviction, her eyes fixed straight ahead, steadfast and resolute.

However, her current determination may simply stem from a lack of clarity regarding the true extent of this so-called starting point.

They didn't truly realize the enormous, despairing gap that lay ahead.

Of course, it's also possible that even knowing this, Esdeath remained steadfast.

However, these things are not important.

Importantly, Luo Hao's purpose was not simply to attack Esdeath.

"I have a way to make you stronger, a way to evolve from the essence of life, but the process has some problems. Although I think I understand you and know that you will definitely choose to become stronger, I still have to ask you one question: are you interested in becoming one of my lovers?"

"Can it make you stronger? Then it can."

Upon hearing that she could become stronger, Esdeath agreed without hesitation.

"Hmm... Although I think you probably won't go against it... I'll still make the rules that you must follow as my lover clear in advance!"

Luo Hao spread his hands and continued, "Actually, it's very simple. As long as you don't hurt my other lovers or betray me, that's fine. You can do whatever you want with the rest. Even if you want to kill me, if you have the ability, go ahead."

Luo Hao is very selfish and unreasonable. He openly has many lovers, but he doesn't allow these people to belong to anyone else besides him.

We must not allow these people to harm each other.

Everything else is negotiable, and even asking Luo Hao for help is no problem.

For example, if "Artoria" were to govern Britain, having Luo Hao act as her henchman would be no problem at all.

He was happy to help, even putting aside his own unnecessary tasks.

However, he absolutely cannot accept the above two points.

Once someone bears his mark, they are his person, and he absolutely forbids anyone else from touching them.

That was his demand, which could be described as unreasonable.

But either you don't accept it, or you comply.

Esdeath readily nodded in agreement.

For her now, Luo Hao's request was as good as nothing.

Why would she hurt Luo Hao's other lovers if she wouldn't? It's completely unnecessary.

The latter, putting aside the fact that she has no ideas, even if she had to make a request, she would only have one wish: a man who could completely surpass her.

Not only in terms of current strength, but also in terms of potential and the speed at which he becomes stronger, he must surpass her.

Currently, it seems that only Luo Hao is one of them.

Therefore, she accepted both conditions without hesitation.

Chapter 116 Hancock and the Tool Man Voban

Holy Land Marie Gioia.

Outside Esdeath's room.

In an instant, her cheek pressed against the wall, her ears trembled slightly, her pretty face flushed, her teeth gently biting her lip, and her expression appeared somewhat dazed.

"Sister Setsuna? What are you doing?"

"Han...Hancock?! Um...I..."

A pretty girl appeared beside Setsuna at some point. Looking at Setsuna, she couldn't help but ask a question, which startled Setsuna.

"what happened?"

"That...I..."

In an instant, he became flustered and his speech became slurred.

"I heard my benefactor has returned. Where is she now? In Lady Esdeath's room?"

"Yep……"

Hancock's eyes lit up at the instant she received a response, and she reached out to knock on the door.

"Wait...wait a minute..."

"Is there something you need, Hancock, Setsuna?"

The door opened, and Luo Hao slowly walked out, giving Shana a faint smile.

"Is the knot... over?"

"It hasn't started yet."

She had only been in the room for a few minutes, and it hadn't actually started at all. It was just a psychological issue caused by eavesdropping that made her feel like a long time had passed.

She didn't hear anything at all; she was just making things up in her head.

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