"Additionally, in every world I visit, I seek out exceptional talents and invite them to become my companions."
"I see."
Luo Hao smiled.
"So you have taken an interest in me?"
"Precisely."
She did not dislike Rin's invitation and even felt inclined to accept.
She had long found life too dull.
Now that such an opportunity had appeared, she could not remain unmoved.
As for the Holy Cult of the Five Mountains and the Chinese magic world, she did not truly care about them.
She had served as Martial Arts Alliance Leader for over two hundred years. It was time to step down and let someone else take her place.
"However."
Even so, she still had one question.
"These so called companions should also have a superior and subordinate relationship, right?"
"Who is the leader, you or I?"
Her question was sharp and struck at the core.
"What do you think?"
Rin did not answer directly. He only smiled at her.
"Hmph."
Luo Hao lightly tapped her folding fan against her palm and chuckled.
"Logically speaking, you possess the ability to traverse worlds. No matter what, I would need to rely on you to reach new worlds."
But how could she allow herself to be subordinate to anyone?
Even though she was truly lonely.
She longed for someone of equal status who could ease that loneliness.
The alleviation she sought was not romantic.
More than a partner, she desired a younger sibling.
And it just so happened that Rin was the person she had been waiting for.
"How about this?"
"Let us become sworn siblings. From now on, we will address each other as older sister and younger brother."
It was indeed a clever solution.
Once they became siblings, there would be no need to argue over hierarchy.
She was not unreasonable.
Since Rin had more experience exploring other worlds, she would naturally listen to his suggestions.
And it was only natural for an older sister to care for and protect her younger brother.
As long as Rin acknowledged her as his older sister, she would fulfill any request he made.
That was the responsibility she was willing to shoulder.
"Shameless."
"Too shameless."
At that moment, in Demon Lord's Castle, Velzard could no longer endure it.
"What kind of person dares to snatch my younger brother?"
"Rin, you must not agree."
"As for being an older sister, having me is enough."
Luo Hao's appearance gave Velzard an immense sense of crisis.
She even ignored the possibility of Velgrynd joining in the future and directly claimed the position of Rin's only older sister.
"Ah."
Rin said awkwardly, "I was not planning to agree."
He had absolutely no regrets about acknowledging Velzard as his older sister.
Not only was she powerful and capable in battle.
More importantly, she was truly wonderful.
An older sister who could fight, hold him, and indulge him was perfect.
Compared to that, could Luo Hao do the same?
Rin could not say.
Becoming sworn siblings was only a formality. If their relationship deepened later, he was confident he could win her over.
"So your reason for being an older sister is simply that you are older than me?"
However, instead of accepting her proposal, he said something that angered her.
"You."
Luo Hao trembled with rage. It had been a very long time since she had been this furious.
"How dare you speak like that."
If anyone else had offended her, she would have crushed them immediately.
Campiones and mortals existed on different levels.
She did not regard mortals as her kin, so she would not feel insulted by them.
If an ant offended you, you would simply step on it.
Only someone equal could truly provoke her.
Undoubtedly, Rin was the only person in all these years she considered her equal.
That was why his words made her feel both ashamed and enraged.
"It seems I must teach you what it means to respect your elders."
"Elders?"
Rin smiled.
"The kind who are only older?"
Crack.
The folding fan in Luo Hao's hand shattered.
"In that case, let us settle this with our hands."
"If you can defeat me, you may do as you wish."
"You said that."
Rin did not expect her to be so direct.
"A promise once spoken cannot be taken back."
She was not someone who would break her word.
Moreover, she did not believe she would lose.
Even if he was a traveler from another world.
She, Luo Hao, would not lose.
Boom.
Just as they were about to clash, violent shockwaves erupted from the Western Palace.
"This is."
She suddenly recalled why she had come to Japan and immediately used her clairvoyance to observe the battle.
"Tsk. To think that a once great heroic god has become so pitiful, like a mere beast."
"If you are weak, at least have some dignity."
"Indeed."
Rin also saw Sun Wukong.
The form he displayed after breaking the seal was that of a hunched monkey, completely lacking the imposing aura of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
"Hmm."
She glanced at him.
"You, from another world, also know him?"
"It is not only this world that has legends of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven."
When Rin was a child, he truly liked the Monkey King.
Unfortunately, in the end, he became the Victorious Fighting Buddha, his edges smoothed by society.
"Oh."
Luo Hao was no longer in a hurry to fight him.
She intended to wait until the two Heretic Gods in the Western Palace exhausted each other, then strike and capture them both.
Do not mistake her for lacking martial honor.
Strategy and tactics were also within her expertise.
When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
Only a brute with nothing but muscle in his head would insist on a fair duel.
Yes, that is about you, Doni.
(To be continued.)
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