The Death Killer's desire for attention and control, including his arrogance and conceit, must be based on two foundations:
His strength and his intelligence.
His strength goes without saying; compared to Lü Yang, he had at least six months' advantage in having access to the strange artifacts. As for intelligence, the Death Killer was quite confident in himself…
He said… Blindly showing off is foolish; I prefer intelligent opponents. Don't disappoint me…
He also said… Now, it's time to test your wisdom…
Therefore, the opponent is definitely an extremely cunning person. Everything he says and does could be a form of misdirection, part of a trap, designed to manipulate his opponent to satisfy some perverse desire.
Given the complete information asymmetry, the only thing Lü Yang could d
