Four Seasons Daoist

Only a dozen or so breaths passed, yet Yue Ji's stiff, wooden corpse remained utterly motionless. Not even the hem of his robes stirred. Dried blood had congealed into dark-brown Cloud Patterns across his shattered armor, while the edges of the wounds covering his body had taken on an eerie bluish-purple hue, as if corroded by some virulent poison.

"Hmph! You won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

Gou Paili's scarlet pupils suddenly contracted. The golden sword aura flung from his sleeve swept forth with countless phantoms, making the air shriek wherever it passed. It carved a golden trail of inch-by-inch fractures through the void, within which the savage faces of ancient ferocious beasts could vaguely be seen.

Like lightning, the sword aura pierced through the arena's restrictive barrier. In the blink of an eye, it had reached Yue Ji's corpse. Just as everyone thought the body was about to be utterly destroyed, a green light more vivid than jade suddenly shot out from Yue Ji's shattered skull.

Boom! Yue Ji's head burst apart like a mountain struck by heavenly lightning. Bone fragments sprayed through the air like torrential rain, each piece wrapped in wisps of black smoke. The nauseating stench of scorched flesh and blood filled the air.

"How dare you, as the referee, interfere in the duel? That is against the rules!"

A voice filled with rage and unwillingness came from the fist-sized green orb in the distance.

Ripples spread across the orb's surface like waves on water. Yue Ji's twisted face flickered in and out amid the ripples. Bloodshot veins filled his wide-open eyes, and his expression was so savage that it was almost terrifying.

"Enough. Continue the match."

Gou Paili lightly flicked his sleeve, his tone calm.

Upon hearing this, the child-sized Chi Kun suddenly