Chapter 531: 506
The next day.
Lin Yuan had just gotten up when he heard his sister making a fuss in his little sister’s room:
“Hurry up and vote for the Prince of Lanling! If we don’t vote, how will he ever come out on top? Every vote counts. Sooner or later, the Prince of Lanling will make his debut!”
“Okay, okay!”
Big Yaoyao’s voice was full of resignation, sounding adorably soft.
Not much later.
There was a knock at Lin Yuan’s door.
“Come in.”
His sister poked her head in, “So, I stayed up to finish watching yesterday’s competition and now I’m a fan of the Prince of Lanling. We should vote for him. If we don’t vote…”
“What vote?”
“Remember that official activity from The Masked Singer, where they asked online spectators to vote for their favorite singer? All the Prince of Lanling’s fans feel like he isn’t getting enough votes. He beat Illaoi in the last round, who was in fifth place, so surely he should now be in fifth place!”
Lin Yuan: “…”
Indeed, the show had organized such a voting activity.
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“Alright.”
Lin Yuan mimicked Big Yaoyao’s tone, even his voice was gentle and soft.
His sister paused for a moment, wondering if she’d heard wrong, then left a bit bewildered.
Lin Yuan took out his phone and checked the ranking.
Seems like quite a few new fans like his sister had voted for him.
In The Masked Singer, he had shot up to eight place from tenth.
He didn’t give it much thought.
Lin Yuan cast a vote for himself. According to the rules, everyone had one vote per day.
There wasn’t too much change in the ranks above him.
The robot had moved up one place in the ranking, replacing the samurai who was previously in fifth place.
Samurai was unmasked and had been removed from the leaderboard.
Underneath the rankings, there was a comment section where netizens discussed their opinions—
“Prince of Lanling is amazing!”
“Everyone said the Prince of Lanling had played all his cards, but it seems like he still had a secret weapon. ‘I Surrender’ was amazing!”
“It was okay.”
“I think everyone is overrating ‘I Surrender’; the best performance was clearly the battle between the robot and the spirit. That was like divine play.”
“Illaoi really chose the wrong song.”
“If Illaoi hadn’t tried to compete with the Prince of Lanling in terms of breath control, the Prince wouldn’t have stood a chance.”
“The Prince of Lanling is cunning, intentionally luring Illaoi into a challenge on his strongest ground. Illaoi fell right into his trap. One has to admit that the Prince is good at using competitive strategies.”
“How are these crazy fans so stubborn?”
“Wasn’t the Prince’s performance yesterday enough to shut you up?”
“We admit the Prince’s breath control is amazing, but someone praised his high notes, what’s up with that? Some people from the first team said his high notes weren’t really that high, it’s just that he has long breath control.”
“Please, the Prince never claimed to sing high notes. He’s so modest.”
“Exactly, the Prince even said it wasn’t high. I think that implies he can sing even higher!”
“Prince of Lanling’s fans are master interpreters. When he says it isn’t high, it shows self-awareness. He means others can sing higher, not that he himself can sing higher.”
“What is there to argue? Everyone will lose when facing the Overlord!”
“The Overlord is truly terrifying. Also, it’s clear from the team competition; the one who moves first always loses!”
“…”
Lin Yuan shook his head.
The controversy around him didn’t seem to have subsided after the competition. Thankfully, the competition goes on.
If one competition isn’t enough, there will be more.
As for the so-called “the one who moves first always lose”, that does seem to be true. For some reason, whenever the first team went against the third team, whoever opened the song lost. It was quite bizarre.
Lin Yuan didn’t think much, he just liked a few comments from those fans who had defended him.
Of course, he was using his secret account that nobody knew.
As for the Overlord that the fans mentioned, Lin Yuan paid close attention to him.
After all, the Overlord was widely recognized as the most likely champion.
Even the Maestro once commented that:
In the world of King of Singing, the Overlord is amongst the best.
Lin Yuan agreed with this statement.
Each one of the Overlord’s performances was overwhelming, and he was capable of mastering a wide range of song styles. As a singer, he was comprehensive and versatile.
…
Meanwhile.
In a certain company’s break room, a handsome and tall man was watching the team competition of “The Masked Singer” on a sofa.
“Greetings, Overlord!”
His agent entered the room with a beaming smile.
The man casually turned off the show: “Don’t call me that in the company, it would prematurely expose everything if others hear it.”
“There’s no one else around.”
The agent poured a cup of soda for himself, took a sip, and said, “In a few days, it will be the match between the second and fourth teams.”
“I just need to win.”
The man uttered these words with utmost confidence.
The agent laughed: “True that. You’ve won first place four times in a row. How could you possibly lose in the team competition? Just finish this match quickly and proceed to the finals…Were you just watching the match between the first and third teams?”
“Yes.”
“What do you think?”
“A bunch of weaklings.”
“All of them?”
The man paused for a moment, then toned down his remarks, “The performances of the Robot and the Elf were acceptable. The Swan is unpredictable for now, but I’ll handle it. The competition for the championship should play out between her and me.”
“What about the Prince of Lanling?”
The agent asked with a tinge of amusement.
For an instant, the man’s breath became heavier, “I’m glad he wasn’t eliminated!”
“Hahaha… If the Prince of Lanling knew he’s been targeted by the Overlord, the top favorite, he’d probably want to eliminate himself in the next match.”
The agent laughed uncontrollably.
In fact, the Swan is the real threat to the Overlord, but the Overlord deemed the Prince of Lanling more important than anyone else. If the outside world found out about this, it would probably cause quite a stir.
The man’s gaze was sharp and unyielding.
The agent put down his soda and remarked, “Speaking of which, we should thank the Prince of Lanling. If he didn’t attack our King Fei, King Fei wouldn’t have slaughtered the stage under the name Overlord.”
Whoosh.
The man pulled back the curtain, and the light revealed his identity—
Fei Yang!
That’s right.
The current top favorite on stage!
The one widely recognized as the potential champion of the first-season “The Masked Singer”, Overlord!
It is Fei Yang!
The agent said, “By the way, the Revenge Goddess who you’ve overshadowed for four episodes, it’s Yuan Xi, isn’t it?”
“Most likely.”
Fei Yang answered without hesitation.
The agent nodded his head, “Well, your fourth team is interesting then. Both you and Yuan Xi are targeting the Prince of Lanling. I just don’t know if Yuan Xi will eliminate the Prince of Lanling prematurely, take off her mask, and say, ‘I’m out, mission accomplished.’
“The Prince of Lanling is mine!”
Fei Yang asserted without hesitation.
The agent was momentarily stunned and wore a bizarre expression on his face.
The Samurai had said the same thing in the team competition.
And then…
Of course.
The Overlord is not the Samurai.
The Overlord is Fei Yang, the King of Singing!
The Samurai, Illaoi, could never be compared to Fei Yang in any aspect.
The most obvious difference being, the Samurai doesn’t possess the Overlord’s terrifying stage domination – a power that seemingly suppresses everything.
A few days later.
The epic battle between the second and fourth teams.
The Overlord demolished his opponents with an unprecedented lead of eight hundred votes—creating the largest gap in any team competition round!
Everyone online was shocked!
Some netizens even commented:
The Overlord reigns supreme in The Masked Singer, who could possibly rival the Swan if she doesn’t appear!
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PS: Thanks to the generous tip from Overlord Forest Spirit▄█▀█●. An extra chapter as promised, moving on to a new day’s chapter, no hope for a timezone change yet.