Just as Black Obsidian Saint shouted his surrender, his twin blades fell from the air.
Among the gathered cultivators, a thin, gaunt cultivator's heart suddenly stirred. From his neck, a pair of vine-like tentacles shot out and seized the long blades separately.
But in the very next instant, the cultivator's body collapsed, and his breath vanished in a flash.
All around, the cultivators froze on the spot, staring in utter confusion at the now-lifeless cultivator.
"This is..."
"I understand. Black Obsidian Saint wasn't dead. His weapons had only been knocked away, but they were still his weapons, so this guy basically seized something that had an owner. That's why he was directly annihilated!"
While they were analyzing it, after Black Obsidian Saint's words of surrender fell, Absolute Nothing Saint's attack also slammed heavily into him.
With a thunderous boom, the cracks across Black Obsidian Saint's body seemed to become even more obvious.
Yet Black Obsidian Saint suddenly laughed.
"You're dead."
Black Obsidian Saint had clearly been injured, yet now he pointed at Absolute Nothing Saint and smiled with extraordinary brilliance.
"I already surrendered, but you still attacked me. You violated the rules."
A look of terror also appeared on Absolute Nothing Saint's face. He had indeed thrown another punch after the other party admitted defeat, but that punch had also been driven by momentum. After he heard the other party's words, it was already too late to pull back.
This...
No...
All of a sudden, he reacted.
If he had violated the rules, he would already be dead. Those cultivators who violated the rules were all annihilated instantly, but now, he was still perfectly alive. In other words...
Once a wagered fight began, there was no such thing as surrender or no surrender at all.
He immediately came to his