"Yes and no?"
What a strange answer!
Xu Jiawei thought to himself.
But since Huo Yuhao had a grudge against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, their relationship could take a different turn.
Xu Jiawei was a clever man. Huo Yuhao had a Limit Douluo at his side, yet had chosen to spend so long exchanging idle words with him. He must have had another aim in mind, which happened to align with Xu Jiawei's own intentions. He felt Huo Yuhao would make a good partner.
Sure enough, as confidence returned to Xu Jiawei's eyes, Huo Yuhao spoke.
"Your Majesty, I've come to make a deal with you. A deal you cannot refuse."
Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up. Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, a surge of imperial pride rose within him.
"A deal requires you to possess something I lack. Only then can it be called a deal. I am the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, and my vast nation lacks nothing. What could you possibly offer me?"
"Your life. Is that enough?"
The killing intent in Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly bore down on Xu Jiawei, making him feel a chill.
Xu Jiawei inwardly cursed himself for being so useless, frightened to this extent by a mere child. Then he began activating his martial soul. Dense starlight radiated from his body, as though reaching out to the billions of stars in the heavens, his presence surging magnificently.
"Such arrogance! Do you think you have me in the palm of your hand? I haven't spent all these years merely playing emperor."
Xu Jiawei already held his fourth soul skill, Star Guard, at the ready, able to release it at any moment. The power of starlight he had accumulated over decades made his Star Guard impregnable.
And as long as the slightest disturbance