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Chapter 329: Esdeath's Broken String
The strength of these three little guys is neither strong nor weak. It is indeed a waste of their talents to be a soldier, but they do not have the experience and ability to be a general.

Now Brand understood that he really had to keep him by his side and train him as a personal guard.

"Iyeas, Tatsumi, stay by my side as my personal soldiers. As for Sau, I will arrange for someone to take care of you."

Brand made a decision, and he obviously understood Ke Ling's meaning very well.

"Yes!"

Tatsumi, Iyeas, and Shayu naturally had no objections. Since they had joined the army, obeying orders was the first priority. No matter what Brand arranged, they would obey.

After arranging the three little guys, Ke Ling did not stay for long and went straight back to the "Shadow Realm". It was time for his daily study again.

This learning refers to learning how to "freeze time". Ke Ling came to the "Ice Prison", which was the place where the ice power released by Esdeath was previously stored and Esdeath was currently imprisoned in it.

After Esdeath began to cooperate with the studies, Ke Ling still gave Esdeath a lot of freedom, at least allowing her to move freely in this place instead of being tied up and imprisoned all the time.

Of course, Esdeath was not really convinced. She still had ambitions hidden. Ke Ling let her move freely and then came to fight her every day. She naturally accepted everyone's challenge. She also practiced hard, hoping that she could defeat Ke Ling and make him kneel at her feet in the end.

However, after playing for so many days, Esdeath's mentality has gradually changed, because she has never won once. When a person who has always won starts to always lose, it is difficult for her thoughts and beliefs not to change.

"You came."

Amidst the snow, Esdeath, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened her eyes and looked at Ke Ling who was not far in front of her. She knew without thinking that the person who came was Ke Ling, because apart from this guy, she had never seen anyone else here.

After so many days, Esdeath has traveled all over this icy and snowy land and has roughly figured out that this place is a closed prison, and the surrounding mountains block all ways out.

She tried to attack and break these barriers, but failed. The barriers around her were extremely tough, and even after being damaged, they would automatically fill in and return to their original state.

After trying several times, Esdeath decisively gave up because there was no possibility of success at all.

She tried to walk from the sky and used the power of ice and frost to build a long ladder, but the mountain was so high that it seemed as if there was no end in sight. Then, she found the end; it turned out that there was a ceiling on top of this place!
At that moment, Esdeath admitted that she was a little overwhelmed. This crappy place was too well sealed, making her completely give up the idea of ​​escaping. She began to practice hard and seize the opportunity to fight Ke Ling every day. That was also her only chance.

As long as Ke Ling can be defeated, all other problems will no longer be a problem!
"Today's meal."

Ke Ling threw a lunch box over. Every time he came to see Esdeath, he would bring food with him. After all, Esdeath was still a human being with normal needs. She would starve to death if she didn't eat. And there was obviously no food in this "Ice Prison".

Esdeath took the food and started eating in silence. Although this feeling made her uncomfortable, she was almost used to it. She should eat and drink as she pleased and not take anything to heart.

She only needed to understand one thing, that is, only when she was well fed and well-drinking would she have the strength to fight, defeat Ke Ling, and regain her freedom.

In the heart of Esdeath, who is almost losing consciousness, this is probably her last spiritual sustenance, her last string that is still stretched, but now this string is so fragile that it can't be broken at all.

After finishing her meal, Esdeath stood up and prepared for battle.

"You obey."

"Not convinced."

There was no need for Ke Ling to say anything, Esdeath started the process on her own, and this action made Ke Ling stunned.

"Please, let me finish my line before you answer."

Ke Ling smiled helplessly. Before every fight he would ask Esdeath if she accepted the challenge, and the answer she got was naturally "no". As a result, Esdeath now learned to answer quickly.

"Stop talking nonsense and get started!"

Esdeath wielded the ice blade and directly launched her ultimate move "Freeze Time" without any foreplay. She went straight into the final stage. There was no other way. She had fought so many times and Esdeath was already familiar with it.

She already understood that no matter how much foreplay she did, it was useless. Without "freeze time", the foreplay was just Ke Ling playing with her. Without "freeze time", she would never be able to defeat Ke Ling. This no longer needed to be verified.

The purpose of Ke Ling fighting her again and again is to "freeze time". Esdeath has already understood this. Ke Ling obviously hopes to comprehend this ability by fighting with her.

Therefore, using "freeze time" right from the start can be said to directly save time for both people, and each gets what they need.

In the "time barrier", everything around came to a standstill. Esdeath rushed towards Ke Ling with a numb face, and was easily blocked by Ke Ling. Six seconds later, everything returned to normal. The restless ice power began to howl in the "Ice Prison" again, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Not bad, there is progress, it actually increased by one second."

Ke Ling exclaimed in admiration. It was only a short period of time, but Esdeath had already extended the freezing time by one second. One could only say that she was worthy of being the Jinchūriki of [Magic God Appearance·Essence of Demon], and was truly blessed with natural talent.

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Facing Ke Ling's praise, Esdeath had a complicated expression. What good was it if she made progress? Wasn't she still powerless to fight back? She had done so much, but in the end, it was all in vain.

The "freeze time" ended, the attack failed, and Esdeath simply put away her weapon. Ke Ling would not kill her anyway. Both parties had achieved their goals, so there was naturally no need to continue fighting. They could just do their own things.

It can only be said that repeated battles and failures have indeed made Esdeath numb. Every day is a mechanical repetition, and she does not see any hope of defeating Ke Ling.

“You can only use it once a day.”

Seeing Esdeath put away her weapon, Ke Ling also put away his weapon. Then he sighed and said that even someone as talented as Esdeath could not break through this shackles in such a short time.

While thinking about it, Ke Ling tried it himself, and unsurprisingly failed again, unable to freeze time.

"You are doing useless work. Your ice power is too weak to freeze time, so it is useless for you to do this."

Seeing Ke Ling's expression, Esdeath spoke directly. She naturally saw what Ke Ling was doing, so the comments she gave were very harsh, but they were the truth.

Esdeath was almost fed up with this kind of life, so she wanted to see what Ke Ling would do when he knew this.

"." Ke Ling rolled his eyes. He knew that his ice power was not as strong as Esdeath's [Demon God Appearance·Essence of Demon], so he was now more focused on exploring the principles.

"So after all this time, in the end, we still have to use [Devil God Appearance: Devil's Essence], and the method of use is secondary, as long as the output power is strong enough?"

Ke Ling was a little helpless. It seemed that he just couldn't complete the task with the blood ghost technique he mastered. He had to use [The Demon God Appears·Essence of Demon]. Ke Ling felt that he had realized that only the weak would look for ways, while the strong should prove their truth with strength!

"So, what are you thinking about?"

Ke Ling looked at Esdeath and told her directly about the [Devil God Appearance·Essence of Demon] experiment.

There are two paths before Esdeath. One is to surrender and then hand everything over to Ke Ling.

The second is to continue to resist, then Ke Ling will forcibly control her and turn her into a simple container for extracting [The Demon God Appears·The Essence of the Devil].

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Obviously, neither of these two options is a good choice, but if given a choice between the two, most people would definitely choose the former. Having your life in human hands and serving others is always better than becoming a mere tool for extracting blood.

At least the former might be able to find a chance to break free and endure hardships, but the latter will be completely ruined, with no possibility of recovery and he will be unable to do anything.

Faced with these two choices, Esdeath naturally chose the former. She wanted to leave here now, even if she had to work for Ke Ling after she left. It was not impossible. Working for anyone was not working for anyone. She was just unwilling to accept the defeat before, but now she accepted it.

The last string in Esdeath's mind finally broke, and after that, Esdeath began to look at Ke Ling with more favor.

Looking at Ke Ling from a different perspective, Esdeath felt that Ke Ling was extremely outstanding. Not only was he stronger than anyone she had ever met, he also had many strange abilities.

Moreover, even though Ke Ling is already so strong, he still works very hard, always pursuing new abilities and always wanting to become stronger. This mentality is very much to Esdeath's liking.

In Esdeath's opinion, Ke Ling has a unique charm, which is truly revealed when she lets go of her confrontational mentality. The only bad thing is that it is Ke Ling who is controlling her, not her controlling Ke Ling.

"Buzz!"

Ke Ling didn't care what Esdeath was thinking, but directly transformed Esdeath. Of course, the time spent on transforming Esdeath was obviously much longer than that of Tatsumi. After all, the strength of the two was not on the same level.

It was not until the next day that Esdeath's transformation was truly completed. Esdeath's transformation also brought Ke Ling a special trait, which was not a big surprise.

After all, Esdeath is also the final boss with a lot of scenes. She has rival scenes with the male and female protagonists, and her strength is very strong. It is understandable that she can bring a special trait.

This special quality that Esdeath brings is also very much her personal characteristic, and its name is [The strong are respected].

[The strong are respected: When facing someone weaker than you, you will have a mental deterrent effect. When challenging someone stronger than you, you will gain a 5% bonus to all attributes.]

Seeing the effect of this special trait, Ke Ling was quite satisfied. Facing the weak, he could consistently bully the weak, challenge the strong, and also had attribute bonuses. It could be said to be a very comprehensive trait.

[The Strong Are Respected] plus [The Emperor of Mankind], these two traits are a perfect match, and the effects can obviously be linked.

First, intimidate the weak, and then make them admire and worship you. Coupled with the high charm value, this can definitely be said to be a real dimensionality reduction attack for humans who are weaker than Ke Ling.

"We'll see the effect of this trait later. Now we have to see if we can extract the imperial weapon [Demon God Appearance: Devil's Essence]."

Ke Ling did not pay too much attention to the new trait [The Strong Are Respected], but instead focused on [The Demon God Appears·Essence of the Devil], which was what he had been looking forward to for a long time.

"bring it on."

Esdeath stood in front of Ke Ling, looking as if she was willing to let Ke Ling do whatever he wanted.

"Don't worry, it's very easy."

Ke Ling stretched out his hand and directly used the imperial weapon [Water Dragon Possession·Black Marlin]. Just as he said, with this imperial weapon, things like drawing blood did become very easy.

Under Ke Ling's operation, Esdeath's blood began to be drawn. The blood mixed with the imperial weapon [Magic God Appearance·Essence of Demon] and Ke Ling's power of the Ghost King gathered in the air and formed a ball, which looked very strange.

Of course, Ke Ling was not just busy drawing blood, he was also maintaining Esdeath's life and helping her recover quickly. For sustainable development, he couldn't drain Esdeath completely.

“This is probably enough for one person.”

Looking at the blood ball, Esdeath made an evaluation. Of course, her "portion" refers to a portion for someone like her, that is, someone who drank the remaining half of the jar.

"Okay, then I'll try it first and see if it works."

Ke Ling nodded. Of course, what he wanted was just this single serving, at least not less than what Esdeath used.

"Is there going to be a problem?"

Seeing that Ke Ling was about to experiment on himself without hesitation, Esdeath expressed her concern, which made Ke Ling silent for a moment. The relationship suddenly changed from tense to what it is now. Ke Ling was really a little uncomfortable with it. After all, fighting every day had almost become a habit before.

"Don't worry, no matter who has problems, I won't have any problems either."

Ke Ling answered confidently that it was just an imperial weapon and it wouldn't do anything to him.

Without any hesitation, Ke Ling directly absorbed the power. Under Esdeath's gaze, Ke Ling did not show any abnormality.

"Buzz!"

But in the next second, the whole world stopped. Ke Ling looked at everything around him. Time and space stopped at this moment, including Esdeath, who also stood still.

(End of this chapter)