After the match ended, Fang Zheng naturally became the target of the media once again.
In fact, Fang Zheng had always been very popular with the media. On one hand, his strength was exceptional; on the other, his personality was quite aggressive, and he often said things that made for explosive headlines. For media outlets that loved stirring up trouble, there was no interview subject more entertaining than Fang Zheng.
But from the organizers' perspective, they had a love-hate relationship with Fang Zheng.
Generally speaking, the organizers of the Star Martial Festival tried to avoid having overwhelmingly powerful competitors participate. It made the matches less entertaining, and it was difficult for bookmakers to make money from them. During the finals of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, the bookmakers had not even opened betting, because everyone knew Fang Zheng was guaranteed to win. Opening bets under those circumstances would have simply been asking for trouble.
Yet at the same time, the organizers had to admit that Fang Zheng's matches were incredibly sensational. His previous Musical Duel against Rusalka had not only greatly boosted viewership, but might even have been the only duel in the history of the Star Martial Festival decided through music. After all, instrument-type Imperial Armaments like the Northern Lyre were not easy to come by, and the only person capable of opposing one through music was Fang Zheng. Unless the two teams met again at the Griffin Star Martial Festival three years later, it might truly become an unprecedented and unsurpassable event.
The fact that Fang Zheng was even accomplished in music had shocked quite a few people. Given his aggressive personality, most people had always assumed he was nothing more than a brute. No one had expected him to possess musical ability equal to—no, perhaps even far