"Huh?" Xie Daoqing frowned. "Who asks for something like that?"
"Duan Chongfang, you already lost one set of Tier Four Armor in your last fight. Now you're going to lose another. Doesn't that hurt?"
In Xie Daoqing's eyes, Duan Chongfang certainly wouldn't throw away his life over a final. He ought to concede before his Tier Four Armor was completely destroyed.
Tier Four Artifacts weren't thousand-foot mushrooms you could find by the roadside. Xie Daoqing still hoped to talk Duan Chongfang into surrendering and save himself a Tier Four Artifact.
"It's fine." Duan Chongfang tapped his Armor lightly. Hearing its clear metallic ring, he couldn't help smiling faintly.
"You..."
Duan Chongfang's smile faded, his tone as indifferent as ever. "Stop wasting time. Make your move."
"Duan Chongfang, you fucking... mmph... mmph..."
Xie Daoqing looked toward the voice and saw Qin Siyang flailing in Southern Glory's spectator section, his face furious. He seemed to have something to say, and his choice of words would probably be rather blunt and heated.
But Zhao Longfei had his hand clamped firmly over Qin Siyang's mouth, preventing him from getting a single word out.
Zhao Longfei looked toward the Arena and chuckled. "Keep fighting. Don't let the noise from the sidelines distract you."
Xie Daoqing ignored all that and looked at Duan Chongfang. "You asked for this. Don't regret it!"
"What would I have to regret?" Duan Chongfang spoke with his usual composure, neither meek nor arrogant. "If I conceded outright, wouldn't you get away without losing anything? If you want to beat me, you'll have to sacrifice at least one or two pieces of Tier Four equipment."
"Fine!"
Xie Daoqing's expression hardened as he shoved an Artifact Energy Conversion Device into the cage.
Boom-
A violent explosion resounded across the Arena. Scarlet light instantly