Chapter 860: Dominant Demon Lord

Although Lin Yuan was in the Returning Ruins, he constantly paid attention to the battlefield situation.

The pitch-black gate descended between Heaven and Earth, and in an instant, numerous Chaos Star Beasts had escaped.

The Yin Celestial Son was helpless and had to temporarily use the Six Paths of Reincarnation Seal Technique to first seal the pitch-black gate to prevent more Chaos Star Beasts from rushing out.

The Yin Celestial Son encountered a situation here, failing to stop it before the pitch-black gate entered Heaven and Earth.

On the other hand, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins also faced a situation.

After all, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was not as strong as the Demon Lord in the Chaos Star Beast state. After battling the Demon Lord for some time, he finally couldn’t hold on.

The Magic Treasure River of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was hard to maintain, and the power of his attacks was rapidly diminishing.

At this moment, the threat of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins to the Demon Lord greatly diminished.

With one weakening and the other strengthening, as the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins became weaker, it was akin to the Demon Lord becoming stronger.

After noticing the fatigue of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, the Demon Lord switched from his previous defensive stance to an offensive one.

Previously, during the peak period of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, he still couldn’t break through the Demon Lord’s defenses.

Now, as the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was running out of steam, the Demon Lord turned from defense to offense.

In this situation, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was even more unable to withstand it.

Being truly unable to withstand it, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins actively sought assistance from the Yin Celestial Son.

Whenever there’s even a slight solution, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins would hang in there to the death, rather than seek assistance from the Yin Celestial Son.

“Zing!”

A sharp saber sound resonated, and a Treasure Saber flew out from the Magic Treasure River towards the Demon Lord to slash.

Seeing the obvious weakening of the momentum on the Treasure Saber, the Demon Lord feared nothing and caught the white blade barehanded.

One of the Demon Lord’s tentacles was densely covered with palms.

It was the palms on this tentacle that emitted black light, and a gigantic black energy hand appeared out of thin air, gripping the saber blade firmly.

This alone showed that the Demon Lord in the Chaos Star Beast state was far stronger than the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins.

In the case of catching the white blade barehanded, that gigantic black energy hand tightly gripped the saber blade, preventing it from advancing even a tiny bit more.

Not only.

Not only was it unable to advance even a tiny bit more.

As the black glow on the gigantic black energy hand continuously intensified, the black glow became increasingly heavy.

At this moment, the Treasure Saber summoned by the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins emitted a crisp cracking sound.

When the first crack appeared on the Treasure Saber, it had already determined the defeat of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins.

“Crack!”

A crisp sound, and the first crack appeared on the Treasure Saber.

Immediately after.

The sound of “crack, crack” was incessant, and spider-web-like cracks appeared on the Treasure Saber.

With the last exertion of force by the gigantic black energy hand.

With a “boom”, the entire Treasure Saber exploded directly, shattering into pieces all over the ground.

“Puff!”

The whole body of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins trembled, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Previously, in the battles between the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins and the Demon Lord, the Demon Lord merely repelled the magic treasure of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins. After its defeat, the magic treasure would still return to the Magic Treasure River.

But this time, the Demon Lord completely destroyed the magic treasure of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, along with the Divine Thought controlling the magic treasure.

As a result, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins suffered a backlash and received some injuries.

The only positive news was that the injuries of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins were not too severe and were still within a controllable range.

“Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, you can’t hold on anymore, can you?”

“Being able to battle me one-on-one to this extent, you are indeed a respectable opponent.”

“After your death, the Returning Ruins will be mine. I will destroy the Returning Ruins, making the entire Returning Ruins your tomb.”

“Allowing the entire Returning Ruins to be your tomb, your death does have significant flair!” The ghostly flames danced in the eye sockets of the Demon Lord’s skull, appearing particularly excited.

Using the entire Returning Ruins as my tomb?

The Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins thought to himself, you really don’t need to, as I have no intention of dying yet.

After boasting, the Demon Lord was already waving his tentacles, menacingly attacking the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins.

At this moment, since the Yin Celestial Son was too distant, it would take some time for him to return from Heaven and Earth.

Facing the aggressive move of the Demon Lord, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins knew he had to block for a while.

“Buzz!”

“Buzz! Buzz!”

The Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins recited an incantation, and from the Magic Treasure River emerged a cauldron, a bell, and a Treasure Tower.

The cauldron, bell, and Treasure Tower were exceptionally adept at defense.

It seemed the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins intended to use these defensive treasures to withstand for a while, waiting for the Yin Celestial Son to arrive for support.

“Boom!”

“Boom! Boom!”

Three violent explosions sounded, as the Demon Lord’s tentacles struck the three treasures, creating a deafening energy shockwave.

Subsequently, the three treasures returned to the Magic Treasure River after merely withstanding one round of attacks.

These…

These three defensive treasures that were entrusted with great responsibility by the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins didn’t withstand the pressure!

However, is it truly like this?

Facing a Demon Lord stronger than himself, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins knew very well that if they only focused on defense, it would be passive suffering throughout.

It’s well known that when fighting opponents weaker than oneself, focusing on defense to find a flaw makes a kill with one strike.

When battling a stronger opponent, focusing on attack is crucial, for only by attacking incessantly can you find the opponent’s flaw.

Since the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins understood this, naturally, he wouldn’t just summon these three defensive treasures.

Moreover, judging from the defensive capabilities of those three defensive treasures just now, they definitely hadn’t reached their defensive peak.

This only indicated that the focus of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was not on controlling these three treasures.

The reason for not concentrating on controlling these three treasures was that the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins was controlling another treasure.

Thunder Hammer.

The Thunder Hammer was a palm-sized small hammer, with purple lightning crackling on its head.

The lightning on the Thunder Hammer could harm both flesh and soul.

Regarding attack power alone, this Thunder Hammer was unmatched in the Magic Treasure River of the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins.

Just when summoning the three defensive treasures, the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins quietly brought out the Thunder Hammer.

Besides its powerful thunder capability, the Thunder Hammer also had concealment abilities, capable of launching surprise attacks on others’ heads unexpectedly.

This was why the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins chose to use the Thunder Hammer among the many treasures in the Magic Treasure River.

One reason was its great power.

Another was its good concealment, ensuring effective surprise attacks.

Moreover, good concealment for surprise might was surely above power alone.

After all, no matter how powerful it is, if you can’t hit, it’s useless.

These explanations seem complex, but in reality, they transpired within a second or two.

When the Demon Lord looked back unexpectedly, he noticed a thunder-light emitting small hammer suspended above the back of his head.