Chapter 730 - 724: Equality of All Beings

"Returning Ruins Arena, a place of equality for all beings."

"The combatants are unequal in strength, set according to the weaker party’s strength."

"The gladiator Demon Lord’s power has been downgraded to Tier Two Peak."

"The duel ends if one party yields or dies."

As the inexplicable voice echoed around, Lin Yuan also sorted out some useful information.

This is a place called Returning Ruins Arena.

It was unsurprisingly the Demon Lord who brought him here.

The Demon Lord likely intended to use the power of the Returning Ruins Arena to bring him here and then kill him.

Unfortunately, he never expected that the Returning Ruins Arena would be a place of equality for all beings.

The Demon Lord is stronger than him, so the arena based the duel on his strength, downgrading the Demon Lord to Tier Two Peak.

However, when you think about it carefully, it makes perfect sense.

This is called Returning Ruins Arena; naturally, it’s a place for dueling.

Matched strength is what defines a duel.

A vast disparity in strength is just slaughter.

"Hehehe!" Thinking about this, Lin Yuan glared at the Demon Lord with a strange laugh.

When strength is equal, Lin Yuan fears no one.

Even if the person was the Demon Lord, Lin Yuan was not afraid at all.

The Demon Lord overreached himself, and this time, he might end up harming himself.

The strange laughter came from Lin Yuan’s mouth and, in the next moment, Lin Yuan, holding the Human King Sword, charged at the Demon Lord like lightning.

"Damn!"

Seeing Lin Yuan charging, the Demon Lord couldn’t help but curse.

Originally, he thought that after bringing Lin Yuan over, he could easily kill Lin Yuan with his Tier One strength.

Never did he expect to be downgraded to Tier Two Peak.

This weak feeling is really disgusting.

However, facing the charging Lin Yuan, the Demon Lord showed no fear.

Although his power was lowered to Tier Two Peak, the Demon Lord’s Tier One combat experience remained.

In the Demon Lord’s view, even if they were in the same realm, there was no way he could be inferior to Lin Yuan.

The Demon Lord was shrouded in black demonic flames, his hand gripping a dark spear, and the spear moved like a dragon.

"Clang!"

The dark spear spun around, blocking Lin Yuan’s Human King Sword.

The sound of metal clashing echoed in the Returning Ruins Arena.

In this move, both sides were evenly matched, with no winner.

Lin Yuan dug his feet into the ground with all his might, borrowing strength to slash at the Demon Lord again.

"Clang!"

The Demon Lord laid his dark spear horizontally across his chest, blocking Lin Yuan’s strike once more.

"As expected from the Human King’s descendant, truly impressive!" the Demon Lord couldn’t help but praise.

After two consecutive offensive moves, Lin Yuan’s strength was acknowledged by the Demon Lord.

A cold glint flashed in the Demon Lord’s eyes; he was going to play dirty.

"Swish!"

The sound of something piercing through the air was heard.

Unexpectedly, the head of the dark spear that was originally blocking his chest suddenly turned.

Moreover, the spearhead spat out a snake’s tongue.

The snake’s tongue was sharp, like a keen dagger, aiming directly at Lin Yuan’s temple.

"Thump thump thump."

Lin Yuan reacted quickly, stepping back rapidly to avoid this deadly strike.

Just now, had Lin Yuan not dodged in time, that strike might have pierced his temple directly.

"What the heck?"

Lin Yuan looked at the Demon Lord’s spear in confusion.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Yuan finally saw.

The Demon Lord’s spear turned out to be a living creature.

This thing is a venomous snake.

What species of snake it is, Lin Yuan did not know.

Mainly because he’s never seen it.

Such a species of venomous snake does not exist in the world.

The venomous snake in the Demon Lord’s hand usually does not show any signs, looking merely like a dark spear.

At critical moments, it can come to life, transform back into a venomous snake, and launch a surprise attack unexpectedly.

The only ones who know about the Demon Lord’s Snake Spear are Buddha, Wa Huang, and Daoist Ancestor.

Because, this peculiar Snake Spear was something they found together while exploring the Returning Ruins long ago.

Surprise showed in the Demon Lord’s eyes as he stared intently at Lin Yuan.

He never expected that Lin Yuan could evade his surprise attack.

This Lin Yuan indeed has some tricks more formidable than he imagined.

The Demon Lord’s surprise attack with the Snake Spear could only be used once.

If it fails once, Lin Yuan would be on guard, rendering the move ineffective.

The two exchanged glances.

In the next moment, they charged at each other again, one behind the other.

"Clang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

The heavy sound of metal clashing echoed continuously, with the Snake Spear and Human King Sword endlessly colliding.

Before they knew it, they had exchanged over a hundred rounds.

With the weapons, Lin Yuan had the upper hand.

The Human King Sword, although seemingly ordinary and made of bronze, was incredibly resilient and indestructible.

After hundreds of powerful collisions, the Demon Lord’s Snake Spear lost countless scales.

The Human King Sword, however, showed no signs of damage.

After a series of full-strength exchanges, Lin Yuan’s wrist ached, his finger joints started to turn white, and his face was flushed.

The Demon Lord didn’t appear much better, gasping heavily, and most critically, a wound appeared on his abdomen, staining his clothes with blood.

By now, Lin Yuan had a slight upper hand.

Both sides were already exhausted, with the Demon Lord suffering some minor injuries, while Lin Yuan remained unharmed.

Lin Yuan’s lack of injuries was partly thanks to the advantage of the Human King Armor.

About ten meters apart, Lin Yuan and the Demon Lord watched each other cautiously, with neither attacking first.

Both were out of energy, and attacking first now might not yield results, but rather expose weaknesses.

Now they were both trying to fully recover their inner energy, preparing to fight again.

The Demon Lord looked at Lin Yuan and said in a negotiating tone, "Lin Yuan, actually, this was a misunderstanding, bringing you here wasn’t to fight you."

Lin Yuan: "?????"

Lin Yuan looked at the Demon Lord with disdain, thinking, we have no enmity, why are you treating me like an idiot?

Bringing me here was not to fight me?

Do you believe that yourself?

Indeed, you weren’t trying to fight me, you were trying to kill me.

Originally, the Demon Lord was intent on killing Lin Yuan, but since he now saw he couldn’t win, he wanted to cease hostilities.

For the Demon Lord, the urgent matter was still to look for ways to eliminate the Power of Cause and Effect.

If he continued to fight with Lin Yuan in the Returning Ruins Arena, the best he could hope for would be mutual harm.

In the worst-case scenario, he might end up dead at Lin Yuan’s hands.

No matter which result occurs, both would be detrimental to the Demon Lord’s further plans to find a way to eliminate the Power of Cause and Effect.

Besides, once the method to eliminate the Power of Cause and Effect is found, dealing with Lin Yuan later would be a piece of cake.

The Demon Lord was much stronger than Lin Yuan and naturally didn’t want to fight him in the same realm.

The Demon Lord wanted to reconcile, but Lin Yuan did not.

Because, this was the closest Lin Yuan had ever come to single-handedly defeating the Demon Lord, and if he missed this chance, it might never come again.