With Maud and Lafitte watching, an operation capable of influencing the balance of power in the world was about to begin...
Whether it would succeed was still unknown.
Baby-5 sensed the aura of death, and her bound body began to struggle.
"Bang."
Jim struck at just the right moment.
Baby-5 was knocked unconscious by Jim's punch.
Luo walked over and looked coldly at the unconscious Baby-5.
This former "companion" before him was now—and would be in the future—nothing more than one brick in the high wall he wanted to tear down.
"Room."
Luo raised a finger and opened a hemispherical space just large enough to contain himself and Baby-5.
The smaller the Room's range, the greater the precision of the ability.
To improve his chances of success, there was naturally no need to open a Room that was too large.
"I'm starting."
Luo glanced at Maud outside the space.
"Mm."
Maud nodded at Luo.
Luo then closed his eyes, but did not immediately begin the operation.
In his mind, the concepts Maud had once explained to him about developing his abilities slowly resurfaced.
It was precisely those words that had given him a new understanding of, and direction for, his Op-Op Fruit.
"Since even 'Soul Exchange' is possible, then preserving the 'devil' inside an ability user should also be possible!"
After a long while, Luo slowly opened his eyes.
Before officially beginning the operation, he had already verified the hypothesis Maud had proposed—Soul Exchange.
It sounded unbelievable, but he had indeed succeeded.
The key to it was still...
Luo glanced at Maud outside the space from the corner of his eye, recalling what Maud had said.
"Luo, in my view, the truly incredible part of the Op-Op Fruit isn't its ability to make others immortal. It's the absolute control within