"That's not right!"

"I haven't lost yet. The outcome is still uncertain. Who's superior, who's inferior, who's the real waste—only a fair fight can tell."

Li Shi's confusion vanished as he checked his body. In his Sea of Consciousness, he discovered traces of disaster energy, two golden threads like lead and mercury, tainted with black and gray as if they were seawater turning into solid metal.

He recalled the events carefully. At the very beginning, he had been attacked by the opponent, but the Life Respect Incantation had supposedly expelled it. Could it be...