Angry curses rose and fell across the spectator stands.
Outside the barrier, piles of fruit and wine cups lay discarded in the crowd's fury.
Unfortunately, the barrier only transmitted sound one way, so Jiang Ping An could not hear the abuse at all.
He turned to the referee standing dazed on the arena and said, "Madam Referee, you may announce the results."
The female referee finally came back to her senses and loudly declared, "This match has ended. Jiang Ping An admits defeat. The victor is Zheng Chiyan!"
"Zheng Chiyan has won fifteen consecutive matches without a single defeat, claiming first place in Star Brilliance City's lower Lord God Realm Body Cultivator competition!"
"Having suffered one defeat, Jiang Ping An takes second place in this competition!"
"The prize money will be distributed to your Identity Tokens once the competition has fully concluded."
Several people behind them were still tied in the rankings and needed to continue fighting.
However, the battle between Jiang Ping An and Zheng Chiyan had already ended.
Jiang Ping An politely saluted Zheng Chiyan, then vanished from the arena.
Zheng Chiyan frowned.
For some reason, something about Jiang Ping An felt deeply off to him.
The other man had clearly lost, yet he showed none of the resentment or regret that came after defeat.
Even if ordinary people knew they would lose, they would still feel some regret after being defeated.
Yet Jiang Ping An was utterly calm, as though he did not care about the outcome.
Could it be that Jiang Ping An was simply able to take things in stride?
In the spectator stands, Zheng Xionghan was so furious that his nose nearly twisted out of shape.
Although Jiang Ping An had suffered some injuries, it had not achieved the effect he had hoped for.