"Very well. Contestant Holy Spirit Pneuma has chosen to surrender. Contestant Olga Marie wins," Chen Li announced loudly.
"???" Olga Marie looked at Chen Li with a complicated expression.
Mash, Ritsuka Fujimaru, and the others in the friends-and-family section were also stunned for a moment.
Was this what they called rigging the match? Calling a deer a horse?
Well... that was indeed some seriously black officiating.
As Chen Li's words fell, Olga Marie was directly thrown out of the arena.
Holy Spirit Pneuma immediately turned its attention toward Chen Li, the referee who had just rigged the match, its imposing aura surging.
At the same time, countless golden rays burst forth and swept toward Chen Li.
[Holy Spirit Magic Flash]!
"The contestant is attacking the referee! This is outrageous!" Ritsuka Fujimaru shouted from outside the arena.
"If you rig the match, how could you not expect a beating?" Chen Li was not surprised in the slightest.
New effect added to the Two-star Artifact Revival Match—[Rigging the Match].
This was an ultimate move that an Artifact Wielder could only use once in their lifetime.
Once used, they would be banned for life.
In that situation, they either had to use Magic Skill three times or Magic Technique once to archive the record and lift the ban.
Or... kill all the spectators and contestants.
"Wait, we have to die too?" When Ritsuka Fujimaru saw Chen Li blocking Holy Spirit Pneuma's attacks with the Friends Circle shield while fixing a kindly gaze upon him, he instinctively took a step back.
"Yes." Chen Li nodded without changing expression.
Even with Holy Spirit Pneuma's world-destroying energy fluctuations behind him, Chen Li remained perfectly calm.
"..." Ritsuka Fujimaru was so angry that he laughed. Then he pointed at himself, then at Chen Li, his eyes full