"Luo Xia, I treat you like a brother, and you secretly go after my daughter?"
The roar of Kaido of the Beasts echoed endlessly through Skull Hall.
Thud!
King the Conflagration facepalmed. He knew that from this moment onward, the situation was no longer under their control.
What should have been a focus on Luo Xia's capital crime of releasing Yamato had now turned into Luo Xia coveting the boss's daughter.
"Spit it out. How far have you gone with Yamato?"
Kaido glared fiercely, his demeanor completely devoid of the ruthless father who had previously sentenced his daughter to death. Instead, he now resembled an overprotective father whose precious cabbage had been stolen.
"Sigh..."
Luo Xia sighed but didn't answer directly—though his reaction was more than enough to fuel wild speculation.
"Admittedly, it was wrong of me to take an interest in your daughter right off the bat. So, to make you feel better, I'll stand here and let you hit me to vent your anger."
As he spoke, Luo Xia raised a single finger.
"Hah?! After all this, you think getting hit just once will settle it? No way it's that easy!"
At the very least, I should get to smack him a hundred times, Kaido thought.
But what happened next once again far exceeded Kaido's expectations.
He had thought demanding a hundred strikes was excessive—only to realize his imagination was still too limited.
"No, no, no. Not one strike—ten thousand!" Luo Xia grinned, dropping the staggering number.
Huh?
Huh?!
HUH?!
The entire Beast Pirates were yet again stunned by Luo Xia's declaration.
T-ten... ten thousand strikes?!
Standing still and letting Kaido-sama hit him ten thousand times?!
Th-this... this was like lighting a lamp in the outhouse—pure suicide!
Kaido was the world-renowned Strongest Creature on land, sea, and air!
"B-b-b-bro, have you lost your damn mind?! Stop joking around!" Page One muttered in shock.
"Figures. Anyone who'd fall for that idiot Yamato must be an idiot too!" Ulti cursed under her breath.
"Gurarararara!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Kaido burst into laughter at Luo Xia's absurd logic.
"You say you'll take ten thousand of my attacks? Boy, do you have a death wish?"
"True, even I probably can't take all those hits at once. So how about this—I'll apply for an installment plan!" Luo Xia said seriously.
"Installment plan? What's that?" Kaido blinked in confusion.
"Fifty strikes a day for two hundred days—totaling ten thousand!" Luo Xia explained. "Of course, installments come with interest. The first hundred days will be fifty strikes daily, then the next hundred days increase to a hundred!"
At this stage, he estimated that enduring fifty strikes from Kaido per day would be his limit—enough to avoid severe injury.
Once his Armor Dragon Slayer Magic proficiency rose past forty, he'd be able to handle more.
Moreover, the higher his proficiency climbed, the more "experience points" he'd need. Later on, even a hundred strikes a day might not be enough to level up.
By then, Luo Xia would have to find a way to raise the interest rate even further—until his Armor Dragon Slayer Power reached full mastery, he couldn't afford to stop.
This was Luo Xia's personally tailored Two-Hundred-Day Armor Dragon Slayer Mastery Plan!!!
No pain, no gain.
While he still had the chance, he'd max out his defenses—so that in the future, even if he had to "skip the beef," he'd have the confidence to back it up.
"Gurarararara!"
Kaido's hearty laughter once again boomed through the hall.
"Luo Xia, you truly are the most interesting man I've ever encountered. I'm growing fonder of you by the minute. Very well, have it your way!"
"Deal!" Luo Xia's grin widened.
King the Conflagration: "???"
After all the twists and turns, things had circled back to their original course.
But... was it just my imagination?
Why was that guy still smiling when he's about to get beaten?
On the field, Kaido strode forward with dragon-like majesty, his Spiked Club Eight Precepts slamming into the ground and sending shattered stones flying.
"At this point, it's too late for regrets!" Kaido bared his teeth in a grin.
"Enough talk, bring it on!" Luo Xia eagerly prepared himself.
Hearing this, Kaido wasted no more words and swung his club without hesitation.
Clang!
A sharp metallic clang reverberated through the air.
The terrifying force sent Luo Xia flying back over ten meters, his feet carving deep grooves into the ground.
This casual strike packed as much power as Yamato's full-strength attack.
Such was the might of the world's strongest creature!!!
Using Kaido to temper his Armor Dragon Slayer Magic was indeed the best choice.
"Forty-nine more to go!" Luo Xia grinned.
"Urororo, what a monstrous brat. Have you grown even stronger in just half a month? Then let me test your limits!"
Kaido laughed as he attacked, gripping his spiked club with both hands and swinging it like a baseball bat for the second strike.
Whoosh!
Boom!
The upward strike sent Luo Xia flying through a tall building.
Simultaneously, Kaido leaped into the air, running on the atmosphere itself as he delivered the third strike.
Whoosh!
It was as if a meteor had crashed into the Skull Dome.
Boom!
Kaboom!
With terrifying explosions, the ground shattered instantly, cracks extending hundreds of meters deep. Rocks rose into the air before disintegrating into dust.
From the center of the massive crater spanning dozens of meters, Luo Xia slowly stood up, shaking his arms. Just three strikes from Kaido had left his arms numb.
"Already giving up? That's not the face you were making when you boasted earlier!" Kaido taunted, resting the club on his shoulder.
"Far from it!" Luo Xia retorted without backing down. "These hits don't even count as a massage!"
Page One: "!!!"
"He's insane! Absolutely insane! He's still provoking Lord Kaido at a time like this!" Black Maria's forehead beaded with sweat.
"That guy really doesn't fear even Lord Kaido... it's kind of cool~" Ulti muttered under her breath, pouting. "Too bad he's blind—doesn't like me but prefers that idiot Yamato!"
"Urororo, bold words!" Kaido's eyes flashed with menace. "That was just the appetizer. Try this!"
Kundali - Dragon Flourishing Army!!!
The ultimate technique among the Four Wisdom Kings Techniques, combining speed and area attacks, exploded forth.
Dark shadows of the spiked club filled the entire space, raining down on Luo Xia like a storm.
"11...15...22...35...43..."
In mere seconds, Kaido unleashed forty consecutive strikes.
The entire Skull Dome trembled under his power.
Powerful shockwaves demolished tower after tower within the dome.
A massive dust cloud billowed skyward, obscuring everything.
When the dust settled, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a battlefield riddled with devastation.
The earth churned as if ravaged by dragons, upturned and twisting like the distorted bones of serpents, with shattered stones scattering in all directions.
Drip!
Drip, drip!
Crimson blood trailed down Luo Xia's forehead, streaking across his face before dripping onto the ground.
"Seven more strikes to go!"
Luo Xia grinned wildly, his eyes blazing with intensity.
[Armor Dragon Slayer Magic Proficiency: 26%]
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