Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 492 - 88 Post-competition and Rest

Chapter 492: Chapter 88 Post-competition and Rest

“…In sum, there were two reasons for the defeat in the competition,” Deputy Captain Zhang Huaide said calmly in front of the cameras during the post-match press conference, “First was the unforeseen factors of the Mysterious Realm, and second was the failure of myself, the executor at the tactical level, to fulfill my responsibilities.”

Journalists were almost speechless, and suppressed sobs could even be heard on the scene. Many people turned their heads to look discreetly and saw that it was an intern reporter from the Western Metropolitan Daily, a die-hard fan of the Huofeng Team. She was crying a river, seeing Deputy Captain Zhang taking all the responsibility for the team’s defeat upon himself to avoid accountability from above.

“That’s enough,” Zhou Hongyu interjected, “The cause of the defeat lies with me.”

“The responsibility doesn’t lie with Captain Zhou,” Zhang Huaide insisted, “Anticipating the enemy and leveraging our strengths while avoiding weaknesses is the duty of a deputy captain, not the captain.”

“If we’re talking about anticipating the enemy’s moves, it was impossible to foresee that this Mysterious Realm would specifically counter Captain Zhou, right?” a reporter, unable to stand by and watch, asked, “Could a different deputy captain have handled this situation better?”

“Yes,” Zhang Huaide affirmed, “The Zhenhai Team didn’t know the intelligence on this Mysterious Realm either, but they were able to successfully conquer the goalkeeper. I don’t know if you watched the live broadcast or not, but Xie Ruoxi’s Thunder Method clearly had a restraining effect on the enemies of this Mysterious Realm. However, by the time their team and the goalkeeper engaged in battle, her True Yuan was already exhausted, and the battlefield situation was also quite unfavorable for them.”

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“Despite starting at a disadvantage, the Zhenhai Team successfully delayed long enough for Xie Ruoxi to seize the opportunity to recover her True Yuan.”

The journalists couldn’t refute because the boss that the Zhenhai Team fought this time indeed had substantial value. Even the most loyal fans of the Huofeng Team couldn’t bring themselves to say something as opposed to their conscience as “Zhenhai Team had an easy win.”

Although the Huofeng Team lost this time, Zhang Huaide’s analysis was crystal clear, attributing the defeat to “unforeseen factors,” which led to Zhou Hongyu being countered by enemies of the Mysterious Realm, forcing a division of forces, and ultimately, the defeat was inevitable.

Looking at the overall public opinion, fans not only did not blame the team for the defeat but actually increased their loyalty. Moreover, many onlookers were won over by Deputy Captain Zhang’s remarks. Thus, under the watchful eyes of the Pingxi Army’s host, the media did not pursue aggressively. They asked a few token questions and then expressed their understanding and well-wishes to the Huofeng Team.

After everyone left, it was Zhenhai Team’s turn to come on stage for the interview.

“First of all, congratulations to the Zhenhai Team on their victory in this competition,” asked the first reporter to get a chance to question, “May I ask, Captain Yan, who is the female cultivator you summoned during the fight with the goalkeeper? Can you reveal any details?”

“Oh,” Yan Yu said, “Sure, she’s a puppet.”

“A puppet?” asked the reporter.

“Yes, a puppet,” Yan Yu replied.

The two stared at each other for a moment, and the reporter’s expression soon began to falter.

You could at least expand on that!!!

As a reporter could only ask once, he could only sit down reluctantly, passing the microphone to the second reporter.

The next question was exactly what everyone was eager to find out:

“Captain Yan, why does your puppet look exactly like Zhao Yuanzhen from your team?”

As Mei Yingxue had already stated she wouldn’t pursue the matter further, and through the efforts of Chen Tianming, Zhao Yuanzhen had officially reverted to her real name at the end of last year. Although some Zhenhai Team’s fans were still getting used to it, the professional media journalists naturally wouldn’t make a mistake.

However, the girls from the Zhenhai Team, used to calling her “Sister Zhao” all the time, suddenly found the name “Zhao Yuanzhen” to be quite strange and uncomfortable when they heard it.

“Because the puppet was made by her,” Yan Yu answered.

The reporter was speechless: ………

So what? Why would Zhao Yuanzhen make a puppet? What specific effects does the puppet have? Could you please expand on that!

Of course, with a little thought, one could realize that the Zhenhai Team would certainly not disclose their secret weaponry to the media openly. Therefore, the third reporter wisely chose not to linger on this topic and instead moved on to another question:

“Deputy Captain Zhang Huaide of the Huofeng Team claimed that the defeat in this competition was mainly his fault. What are Captain Yan’s views and opinions on this matter?”

“Haha, I just heard that,” Yan Yu laughed. “What he said is completely off the mark.”

Completely wrong? The reporters all widened their eyes in disbelief.

The explanation given by Zhang Huaide earlier was generally agreed upon by everyone. Now, listening to Yan Yu’s sharp critique, they all perked up, with some of the more impatient ones having even thought up headlines for the news:

“Shocking! The True Reason Behind Huofeng Team’s Defeat Turns out to Be This”

“It’s quite simple,” Yan Yu started, putting up his thumb and poking his own chest. “The reason the Huofeng Team lost is, of course, because I’m too strong!”

The reporters: ………

Although it sounded both arrogant and shameless, it was unexpectedly irrefutable.

Indeed, it was Yan Yu who first took the stage for the Zhenhai Team. He exchanged blows back and forth with Zhou Hongyu, and after the full Huofeng Team assembled, he led them unscathed like a steam train to the south of the Underground Palace into the Great Hero Treasure Hall—even the demon that naturally restrained Zhou Hongyu and forced the Huofeng Team to split its forces was released by Yan Yu when he seemingly casually but perhaps intentionally smashed a statue in the hall.

Just discussing this battle, the rest of the Zhenhai Team hardly had to exert any effort. They only took the stage leisurely to reverse the situation after Yan Yu had forced the opponent to split its forces. They cornered the Huofeng Team so thoroughly that Zhou Hongyu had no choice but to propose a one-on-one duel…

The many fans of the Huofeng Team watching the press conference live finally seemed to have found the main culprit. One by one, they all came to a sudden understanding.

Who was it that drained Sister Zhao of her True Yuan and caused her to lose her composure?

Who was it that forcibly released that demon, forcing the Huofeng Team to divide their battle group?

Who forced Captain Zhou to choose a one-on-one duel, only to leave her with a bloody nose and in regrettable defeat?

Who caused Deputy Captain Zhang to take the defeat upon his shoulders, making millions of Huofeng fans shed tears and have a sleepless night?

So, it was you! Yan Yu!

We shall be sworn enemies!

In no time at all, the internet was flooded with ardent fans from the Shu Region claiming, “Even though everyone relies on their own methods in the Mysterious Realm confrontation, Yan Yu’s performance was indeed outstanding. However, as fans of the Huofeng Team, emotionally we just can’t bring ourselves to like Yan Yu.”

The fans of the Zhenhai Team, on the other hand, changed their pre-battle confrontational and aggressive attitude and began to comfort the fans on the other side with a smile:

“Don’t worry, whether you like Yan God or not, he won’t mind—who the hell are you anyway?”

“If you’re really upset, I’ll teach you a trick: take a taxi to the southern entrance of Sword Southern Old Street in Mianzhou Prefecture, find the Temple of Lord Guan there, kneel down in front of Lord Guan and cry out ‘I and the traitors of Eastern Wu shall not coexist under the same sky.’ Lord Guan will descend from his altar to teach you—Yan God protects the country, how are you even worthy of disrespecting him? If you don’t like it, just keep it to yourself!”

“I’m very curious. If Yan Yu ends up marrying Zhou Hongyu in the future, will you Huofeng fans be overjoyed or mourn as though you’ve lost a loved one? Wouldn’t you go as far as renouncing your fan membership? Hahaha!”

The last comment was like a bombshell, angering many Huofeng fans and thus igniting another round of verbal battles. Calls for duels, confrontations, role-reversals, family greetings, short essays, online unboxings—it was a chaotic dance of demons, too dreadful to witness.

Some even wrote lengthy articles pointing out, “Foreign countries have football hooligans; we have brainless fans. The worst of human nature certainly isn’t confined by country or race.”

Of course, none of this had anything to do with the Zhenhai Team anymore.

As the winners of the confrontation, the girls proposed to have fun in Shuzhong Prefecture for a day.

And the host responsible for entertaining everyone was, naturally, the recently defeated Huofeng Team.