After they had spent quite some time deferring to each other, the referee was the first to lose patience.
The Round-Head Referee called from below the platform, "Contestants, please stop stalling and start fighting!"
Xiao Chubei frowned at him. "Who's stalling? Aren't we about to fight? We just haven't made a move yet."
"Everyone is waiting..." the Round-Head Referee said gravely.
"Hey!" Xiao Chubei snapped. "Winter Melon Head, what's that supposed to mean? Are you looking down on us? We haven't broken any rules. Why are you butting in? Think you're something special just because you're the referee?"
"You..." The Round-Head Referee pointed at him. If his position hadn't forbidden him from attacking contestants, he would have loved to punch the brat.
Qi Dian chimed in, "Referee, you really are in the wrong here. The tournament rules don't specify any time limit for finishing a fight."
The Round-Head Referee gritted his teeth. "The whole audience is watching. You two are the worst of the lot, yet you're dragging this out forever. Fight if you're going to fight, or get down here!"
"Aha, so you are looking down on us!" Xiao Chubei pointed at him and shouted, "Don't think I'm scared of you just because you're the referee! So what if you're in the Sixth Realm? Come up here and fight if you've got the guts! Oh, you can't, because you're too old! You old Winter Melon Head!"
"Teacher Winter Melon Head, we really aren't stalling. You really are wrong about this." Qi Dian shook his head. "Do me a favor and apologize to us, and we'll let this go."
"..."
The Round-Head Referee was so furious that his eyes rolled, but he truly had no grounds to give them a red card, nor could he go up and punch them