"I... hate this."
Yun Lie stared fixedly at Heavenly Heart, gritted his teeth, and used every last ounce of strength to force out those three words. Then his head lolled to one side, and he finally breathed his last.
His body remained there, kneeling quietly on the ground.
"Alright, the battle is over. Let us congratulate our three-crown champion, Heavenly Heart, on his victory."
"Our three-crown champion may soon become a four-crown champion. Let us congratulate our four-crown champion!"
At the impassioned announcement, the entire audience erupted. Countless spectators rose to their feet and roared.
"Fuck, it was fixed! It had to be fixed! They definitely rigged the match! Yun Lie clearly had such a huge advantage, and Heavenly Heart was practically dead—how could there be such a massive reversal?"
"Yeah, it was definitely fixed! Absolutely fixed! I refuse to accept this!"
"I refuse to accept it too! What I hate most in my life is rigged matches! Give me my money back!"
"Fuck your mother, give me my money back!"
Countless cultivators who had lost everything screamed in fury.
But the Duel Arena could not care less about them.
"Let us congratulate the cultivators who bet on Heavenly Heart."
"Let's take a look at the odds. Heavens, the odds for Heavenly Heart and Yun Lie actually reached an astonishing seven to one."
Hearing the announcement, the cultivators who had been silent for so long sprang to their feet, their faces brimming with excitement.
"Fuck, I bet two hundred thousand, and now I've made 1.4 million in one go. Hahaha!"
"Hahaha, I bet one million, and now it's turned into seven million. I've gotten rich overnight—I need to go on a proper spending spree."
"Spend, spend, spend!"
Listening to them, the entire Duel Arena was instantly thick with the smell