Merging with Demon Spirits

Chapter 654: Chapter 477: Time to Stir Things Up

There is quite a famous account on the Martial Arts forum.

This account is named: Please Call Me Jianghu All-known.

This account has posted four posts, averaging one post per year.

Yet this account has over tens of millions of followers.

Having over tens of millions of followers is almost the treatment of an Honor All-Star Player, and generally, professional players don’t have this many followers. Moreover, this account is not even active; the last post was half a year ago.

The main reason for the large following is the suspicion that this account might be Lin Feng’s alternate account.

From before Lin Feng even first gained attention, it started posting news about him.

The first post was a ridiculously cheesy love essay.

But this particular essay topped the Jiang City popularity charts three years ago and ranked third nationwide.

This account has millions of followers, a third of whom have set up notifications.

As soon as this post was published, many people received alerts, and it was quickly fervently shared and commented upon. Within just two minutes, it was pinned to the top by the Martial Arts forum.

The Martial Arts forum is very proud and does not lightly pin posts, let alone feature them on the homepage.

Even an All-Star player doesn’t receive this treatment.

The Lin Feng squad has this treatment not only because their popularity is high but also because their record is impressive enough.

”Lin Feng Squad returns! Is it for real?”

”It must be true, this account is definitely Lin Feng’s alternate account!”

”Taking three spots right away is a bit too domineering, isn’t it?!”

”The style of this post is Lin Feng’s style, if you’re not convinced, hit back, power is all that matters!”

”Damn, he’s finally back. I’ve been waiting so painfully long.”

”What I’m trying to say is, isn’t their tone a bit too arrogant, taking three spots just like that? Based on what?”

”Based on their performance, enough or not? Which of these performers can match their accomplishments.”

”Performance and ability are two different things, right? This is the King Becoming plan, not a Same Tier battle! They’re picking out top-notch Ninth Grade experts, not geniuses!”

Exclamations and discussions were like waves, one after another, echoing through the Glory Arena, drawing everyone’s attention.

The Lin Feng squad, missing for over three months, returning is not a small piece of news in itself.

Although people’s attention is currently drawn by the ’King Becoming plan’, many are still watching the Lin Feng squad’s movements, and fans are hoping Yun Tianqi and Ye Xing might make a comeback to assist someone.

In fans’ eyes, it’s a pity that the two didn’t participate in this King Becoming plan.

However, no one expected that the moment the Lin Feng squad appeared, they would cause such a stir.

This news quickly made the headlines on major news media in a short period.

The headline is the same as the post title, unchanged: ”Three Slots, We’re Taking Them.” As for the article, it’s just a selfie of the Lin Feng squad from the Martial Arts forum post.

Taking three spots right off the bat is indeed bold.

Bold enough to directly top the Martial Arts forum’s popularity chart.

At this moment, no one was paying attention to the six teams on stage anymore.

The matches were already finished, so what was there to watch? They had seen plenty of such matches, even if they were thrilling, they didn’t have much novelty.

Viewers could tell when something was a gimmick or a routine, they just didn’t pay attention, considering it like watching a movie.

At this moment, even the reporters who were asking questions quickly put down their microphones and were leaving the scene quickly, leaving behind confused and somewhat perplexed professional players.

”What happened?”

Wearing a dark grey suit, looking like a suit thug, Zhang Junhao asked with a slight frown.

During the match, they weren’t allowed to have phones, not even for the post-match press conference, so they had no idea what had happened.

Just a moment ago, they were the focus of attention and cheers from two hundred thousand spectators.

But in the next second, it seemed as if they had lost their aura, becoming dispensable.

Xie Yixiao’s face changed slightly, he didn’t know what happened, but he heard a familiar name.

A name he least wanted to hear.

Since childhood, Xie Yixiao had shown outstanding martial arts talent, and after Awakening Day and refining the demon spirit daily, he was recognized as a genius by those around him.

After graduating high school, he was admitted to Great Wall University.

Upon entering, he stood out in the freshman challenge, catching the attention of the Ju Xing Club.

In his junior year, he signed with Ju Xing.

After graduation, he went straight into the Professional Alliance.

Within a year, he went from a substitute to a main player.

Like Ye Xing, his entry into the Alliance was smooth sailing, without encountering setbacks, and ultimately becoming an Eighteenth All-Star Player.

His professional career was very high-profile and brilliant.

The only blemish was being defeated by Lin Feng in the rookie challenge contest and having his arm blown up.

Although his arm has since healed, people still mock him with those embarrassing postures of being blasted and the photos of him showing fear.

They ridicule him for being inferior to a college student.

So hearing that familiar name, some bad memories surfaced in his mind.

His expression at this moment was filled with resentment, alongside a trace of hidden fear.

The suicide bombing indeed left a shadow in his heart.

”Seems like it’s related to the Lin Feng Squad!”

Zhao Zhou said.

Soon, they understood the reason from the host’s words.

”Three spots? Really confident and really daring to ask!”

Zhao Zhou said with a smile, not hiding the sarcasm in his words.

Three spots are obviously not from ’Might Makes Right’, which relies on absolute strength, leaving no room for forgery, and hasn’t started yet.

So those must be the three popularity vote spots.

As the 17th All-Star, even with his fan base and strength, he has had to frequently attend some events and competitions in the past six months to maintain heat and exposure.

Ranked 11th on the popularity list, 1.27 million votes are the result of the hard work in the past six months.

Even Zhang Junhao, who is more popular than him, needs to do so.

Lin Feng Squad posting for spots, and for three spots, seems like a joke to him.

He doesn’t deny Lin Feng Squad’s glorious achievements, beyond what they could compare, but achievements and strength are two different matters.

The only one in Lin Feng Squad with a chance to get a spot is that Bu Yuanlong who doesn’t have long to live.

And that’s for a ’Strength Over Might’ spot, as Bu Yuanlong currently has no popularity.

As for Ye Xing and Yun Tianqi, unless they attach themselves to someone on the popularity list, they don’t even have the possibility of becoming a helper.

And those masters on the popularity list have already tied up their helpers early, and cannot switch last minute.

Even though Lin Feng is somewhat devilish, no matter how strong, he’s still at Eighth Grade. No matter how popular, or how glorious their achievements, wanting to gather a large number of votes in a week is impossible.

Fans aren’t foolish.

They know how precious a spot is.

Achievements and strength are two different matters!

He couldn’t see how Lin Feng Squad could get three spots.

Of course, even if Lin Feng Squad got the spots, it wouldn’t affect him, ranked 11th in popularity; the ones truly worried are people like Zhou Shengkai, who are lower on the popularity list.

At this moment, Zhou Shengkai’s face looked a bit grim, even though he didn’t know why Lin Feng Squad dared to speak such bold words, but he had a bad feeling in his heart.

At this critical juncture, any unexpected factor could affect his ranking.

”Since they dared to speak up, they must have some confidence; they aren’t clowns attracting ridicule.”

Zhang Junhao looked at the excited audience and said slowly.

Though he hadn’t interacted with Lin Feng Squad, those achievements couldn’t be faked.

Would a squad with such achievements speak carelessly to humiliate themselves?

Even though he didn’t understand the others, he knew Ye Xing well.

Ye Xing is the type whose character wouldn’t act recklessly without seventy to eighty percent confidence.

As a team member, he had such a personality, and the team’s personality wouldn’t be too different.

Zhang Junhao didn’t want Lin Feng Squad to get the votes.

Because it might affect Zhou Shengkai.

Zhou Shengkai was his former teammate, his partner, and if Zhou Shengkai couldn’t participate in the King Becoming plan, it obviously would affect him significantly.

Although he couldn’t guess what method Lin Feng Squad would use to get three spots, Zhang Junhao knew this week was going to be lively.

In the VIP seats, Jiang Jun put down his phone and looked around at the excited and thrilled crowd.

At this moment, he seemed to be back three years ago at the Thunder Martial Arts Dojo in Jiang City.

Back to the ring, where Lin Feng, only at Body Cultivator Eighth Rank, fiercely defeated a Martial Artist.

”In five minutes, Lin Feng’s votes increased by twenty thousand, now at thirty-one thousand, Yun Tianqi up by eighteen thousand, now at forty-three thousand votes, Ye Xing increased by twenty-three thousand, now at fifty-two thousand votes.”

The colleague next to him exclaimed.

In mere five minutes, the vote increase was indeed impressive.

Compared to the vote increases of Lin Feng and the others, Ye Qiu and others had almost no movement, still at a few hundred votes.

Evidently, in the fans’ view, the three most likely to get spots were Lin Feng, Yun Tianqi, and Ye Xing, and naturally, the votes reflected that.

”Something’s going to happen!”

Jiang Jun murmured.

In the Lin Feng Squad, even Ye Xing, who had the most popularity votes, only had fifty-two thousand, ranking at the bottom of the popularity list, not even close to the figures of those on the list.

And this rate of increase was certainly limited.

Even if it rose more, it couldn’t exceed a hundred thousand.

Because fans are still rational.

After all, Lin Feng’s trio was somewhat lacking in strength, with only a week left until the voting deadline.

Trying to enter the popularity list was almost impossible.

Unless Lin Feng Squad released some big news soon.

Or some major action?

From his understanding of Lin Feng Squad, the chances of them causing a stir next is very high...