Blue Demon had never felt that he was inferior to others.

But at this moment, it was a single sentence from Xu Yuan that made him begin to doubt himself.

Xu Yuan was far more noble than he had thought; his level of vision was truly something he could not match.

Only until this moment did Blue Demon finally understand why there were so many people following Xu Yuan.

Those powerful demon kings, and even those unyielding players, all followed him.

'No wonder. A person with such vision and personal charm... is destined to be admired by tens of thousands...'

Thinking of this, Blue Demon's heart suddenly became much clearer.

'As long as the goal is the same, winning or losing actually is no longer important.'

Thinking of this, Blue Demon let out a relieved smile and said, "Alright, then let us, without any ulterior motives, have a good and fierce fight!"

Actually at this moment, Blue Demon's heart had already been completely convinced by Xu Yuan.

All the previous doubts he had about Xu Yuan had already completely vanished during this brief interaction.

Naturally, Blue Demon was also willing to assist Xu Yuan, to witness the birth of new rules, to witness the rebirth of the animals and monsters.

In Blue Demon's heart, there was no longer a need to fight.

But after all, this was his own proposal from the beginning, if he suddenly went back on it, it would be somewhat embarrassing.

Moreover, although Blue Demon no longer cared about Xu Yuan's strength in the Trial Grounds, he still wanted to prove his own strength to Xu Yuan.

Blue Demon actually already had the idea of submitting to Xu Yuan; he also knew that Xu Yuan had many powerful subordinates.

If he wanted to gain a foothold under Xu Yuan, naturally he needed to prove his own value.

Strength was also a kind of expression of one's value.

After Blue Demon agreed, he went first to handle the deployment of personnel and the changes to the notice boards.

Actually, Xu Yuan could have had Black Blade handle these preparations, but Xu Yuan merely told Black Blade to help oversee it.

Because in the future, those who would live under the new rules would be the animals and monsters, the disadvantaged groups.

They had to figure out a suitable plan on their own to achieve long-term peace.

After parting from Blue Demon, Xu Yuan arrived early at the wooden stake in the center of the rainforest plaza, sat down, and closed his eyes to rest.

About twenty minutes later, Blue Demon arrived as promised.

Hearing Blue Demon's footsteps, Xu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

"All arranged?"

Blue Demon nodded and said, "Mm, all taken care of."

"I thought it wouldn't be a difficult task, but once I did it myself, I realized there's quite a bit of knowledge in it."

"Thinking about how we'll need to put thought into this going forward, gives me a headache."

Saying this, Blue Demon gave a bitter smile.

Just after saying this, he suddenly froze a little, feeling like he had said something wrong, and quickly explained, "But using your brain is definitely better than using force."

"Having some things to worry about is a good thing too. If suddenly we did nothing and could live in peace, we probably wouldn't know what to do with ourselves every day."

Blue Demon's words were actually the current situation of the monsters, they simply had no time to do what they wanted to do.

So they wouldn't even think about what they wanted to do.

Just staying alive already took up all their strength.

Letting go of fear and hatred, they would indeed lose direction for a while.

Hearing Blue Demon's words, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a bit of sorrow in his heart.

"Looks like there's still a long road ahead."

The establishment of new rules was just a stepping stone.

Giving animals and monsters space to survive was only the beginning.

They were conscious beings, and helping them find their self-worth was the real meaning of completion.

Seeing Xu Yuan's expression, Blue Demon couldn't help but be moved inside.

Although Xu Yuan always displayed absolute justice and fairness, showing no bias to any side, he was not cold-blooded. He could empathize with others.

Blue Demon originally had many things he wanted to talk to Xu Yuan about, but he knew clearly that time was tight.

So he took the initiative to pull the topic back.

"I really respect you. So during the upcoming fight, I'll go all out."

Saying this, he hesitated for a moment, then continued, "But I know our time is limited, so we'll just go until the point is made."

"Alright," Xu Yuan nodded in response.

After a bit of preparation, they chose the southern side of the plaza as the battle location.

This was a pure contest with no spectators, and no concern for any interests, so neither side felt much pressure.

After both stood in position, Blue Demon finally pulled out his trident.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan looked at Blue Demon, nodded, and signaled that it could begin.

"Coming!" Just as Blue Demon's words fell, he fiercely hurled the trident in his hand toward Xu Yuan's direction.

The two weren't very far apart. Blue Demon's weapon mastery could be said to be maxed out, the trident flew out at a tremendous speed.

Xu Yuan glanced at Blue Demon's trident and quickly noticed something strange.

The tail of Blue Demon's trident seemed to have an extra section of brown material.

"It's a rope!"

Xu Yuan instantly realized and quickly glanced at his quick-use bar.

After thinking for 0.1 seconds, he immediately pulled out wooden planks and quickly stacked them in front of him.

As soon as the wooden wall was up, a muffled sound followed immediately.

Naturally, it was Blue Demon's trident piercing into the wooden planks.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan hurriedly pulled out a fishing rod and swung the line forcefully toward the trunk of a tall tree behind Blue Demon.

Xu Yuan held the line, and his body was lifted by the pulling force, flying toward the big tree.

At the same time, Blue Demon, using the pull of his own trident, also flew up into the air.

As they met in the air, only a "smack" sound was heard.

Blue Demon had somehow produced another trident in his right hand, and he struck directly at Xu Yuan's left-hand-held iron sword.

"Nice moves!" While praising Xu Yuan, Blue Demon didn't stop his attacks.

Seeing his first strike fail, Xu Yuan was retreating midair toward the tall tree.

Blue Demon seized the opportunity and launched a follow-up attack.

After predicting Xu Yuan's landing point, he once again hurled his right-hand trident with force.

Blue Demon's offensive was extremely fierce, and he had accurately anticipated Xu Yuan's position.

Although Xu Yuan had a shield, he was hanging in midair with no recoil support, even if he took out the shield, he wouldn't have the upper hand.

It was clear Blue Demon knew this move was hard to deal with.

He thought he was about to win.

But to his surprise, Xu Yuan suddenly let go of the fishing rod midair, his body falling directly from the sky.

And as he fell, his hands weren't idle.

One after another, he pulled out several torches and threw them toward Blue Demon.

Blue Demon dodged quickly and wasn't hit by the torches.

But the torches burned the wooden planks Xu Yuan had previously set up to block the trident.

Seeing this, Blue Demon was slightly puzzled.

Although the torches seemed to be aimed at him, the accuracy was a bit too off.

As Blue Demon was lost in thought, Xu Yuan had already used a landing boat to land safely.

Then Xu Yuan pointed behind Blue Demon, signaling him to take a look.

As soon as Blue Demon turned his head, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

The wooden wall had already been burned away by the flames.

And because of that, Blue Demon now saw what was behind the wall.

'TNT...'

'I actually never noticed it at all...'

Behind the wooden wall sat a single block of TNT.

Its bright red color made Blue Demon a little alarmed.

"No wonder you clearly had a shield, but didn't use it to block the attack..."

"So you were doing something in my blind spot."

"Those torches looked like a desperate counterattack, but they were actually just to draw my attention, right?"

"My attention would always be on you. Once the planks burned through, you'd throw one last torch to ignite the TNT."

"And I'd think you were out of tricks, and wouldn't look back. By the time I reacted, it would be too late..."

Blue Demon wasn't stupid.

After seeing the TNT behind the planks, he already understood Xu Yuan's entire plan during their battle.

"I lost..."

Blue Demon admitted defeat with complete sincerity.

He had great confidence in his strength; the reason he lost to Xu Yuan this time was due to strategy.

Xu Yuan had, in a way, taught Blue Demon a lesson.

In previous battles, Blue Demon rarely needed to use strategy.

After all, with solid personal strength, brute force was usually enough to crush everything.

So he had never worked on this aspect, most of his training was purely physical.

"Looks like there's still a lot to learn..."

Since Blue Demon first gained awareness, not much time had actually passed.

Many things needed to be accumulated through time and experience.

That he could grow to this point already showed his high talent.

Moreover, this kind of mindset was quite rare, not arrogant, not impatient, able to calmly reflect on his shortcomings.

As long as Xu Yuan gave a little guidance, he would be able to grow rapidly.

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