With Xu Fan's slaying of the Nugel Worm King,
official subtitles appeared in every Live Stream Room.
Everyone following the Forbidden Land broadcasts now knew that Xu Fan had once again secured precious resources for the Yan Kingdom.
The whole of Blue Star was swept up in a commotion.
Viewers from every country around the world
flocked to the Yan Kingdom's Live Stream Room.
The scene that greeted them left foreign viewers utterly stunned.
Their hearts were like seas battered by a storm,
surging wildly,
unable to calm down for a long time.
On screen, Xu Fan sat on a small patch of open ground, gently wiping his blade.
All around him lay the corpses of the Nugel Worms, scattered chunks of flesh, and dark green fluids.
Even through the screen, they could almost smell the foul stench of blood.
Quite a few viewers with weaker stomachs threw up on the spot.
"Y-you've got to be kidding me. The Yan Kingdom's contestant wiped out an entire swarm? And all he had was a long blade?"
"Those Nugel Worms must be at least a meter long, right? That Worm King was especially huge—its head alone was three or four meters across. Is the Yan Kingdom's contestant some kind of monster?"
"Could this guy be a cyborg? Some kind of Terminator?"
"I think the Yan Kingdom definitely cheated! They must have used advanced weapons to provide fire support for their contestant!"
If Xu Fan had used heavy weapons to hold a stronghold and shot down the Nugel Worms as they surged toward him,
it would have been unbelievable, but at least it would have been possible to accept.
After all, the Yan Kingdom was a powerful nation in the East.
Its military strength was not to be underestimated.
It wouldn't have been hard to believe that it possessed some kind of superweapon.
But...
From what they could see, Xu Fan didn't look like he had used any firearms.
The only one with him was a Female Snow Wolf.
His sole weapon was a long blade made by tying a cleaver to a wooden pole.
This was simply unbelievable!
Many people began searching online,
looking for footage of Xu Fan facing the swarm.
They hoped to find evidence that the Yan Kingdom had cheated
and condemn them for it.
But...
The recordings showed that Xu Fan really had slaughtered every Nugel Worm with nothing but a long blade!
Even the terrifying beast that was the Worm King had been no match for him!
"Is this a joke? One man and one blade wiped out nearly a thousand Nugel Worms?"
"Yan Martial Arts—where can I learn it?"
For a time, many foreign viewers became intensely interested in Yan Martial Arts.
And yet...
It wasn't just those foreigners who didn't know the full story.
Even the Yan Kingdom's viewers, who had been following Xu Fan closely,
were completely dumbfounded.
They still hadn't managed to process what had happened.
The host, Xiao Ying, and the guests all stared wide-eyed, looking utterly lost.
Warrior King Chen in particular was stunned.
He had joined the military at nineteen.
From the beginning, he had been groomed as a pillar of the nation.
Within a year of enlisting, no one his age could match his training scores.
Two years later, he became the leader of a simulated combat squad.
Three years after that, he led combat units to victory again and again against other forces in military exercises.
After that, he never lost once.
He was given the title of Warrior King!
Chen had always been immensely proud of his experiences and achievements.
And yet...
Compared with Xu Fan's performance, he suddenly felt defeated.
If he and Xu Fan had switched places,
forget wiping out an entire swarm—
his body would probably have been devoured by those Nugel Worms in less than five minutes.
Not a trace would have remained.
"Xu Fan is so strong he doesn't seem human. He's more like a monster wearing human skin..."
Warrior King Chen couldn't help grumbling to himself.
But he kept the thought to himself.
The entire production crew fell silent.
Even the highly professional host, Xiao Ying, seemed to have gone mute.
She still hadn't recovered from the shock.
She didn't know what to say.
Meanwhile...
By a small stream in another part of the Forbidden Land,
Neon Nation's contestant, Koichiro Mori, received the news too.
"Another contestant from the Yan Kingdom?"
Koichiro Mori frowned.
He had just defeated the Stream Lord and claimed the area for his country,
securing precious resources.
Not long afterward, the Yan Kingdom's contestant had killed the Snow Wolf King and gained a vast stretch of forest.
Xu Fan had completely stolen the spotlight from him.
And now, in less than a day,
Xu Fan had wiped out a swarm of insects
and obtained the Wolf Ancestor's remains.
He didn't know what use they were, but they could be materialized in the real world
and had even been classified as a resource.
They had to be something valuable.
"A swarm..."
Koichiro Mori's throat bobbed as he nervously swallowed.
He hadn't seen the so-called Nugel Worms with his own eyes, but the Worm King's threat level had reached D+.
Meanwhile, he had needed to use everything he had just to deal with an E+-ranked ferocious beast.
A swarm made up entirely of E+-ranked beasts or higher...
Even thinking about it
sent a chill down Koichiro Mori's spine.
"How did the Yan Kingdom's contestant... manage that?"
"Did he bring a tank or an armored vehicle into the Forbidden Land?"
You Yu couldn't imagine it.
Koichiro Mori had no choice but to picture such a scene.
And deep down, he thought it was entirely possible!
"Looks like Xu Fan has the full support of the Yan Kingdom."
Koichiro Mori muttered to himself.
As for using a melee weapon to deal with a swarm in the Forbidden Land?
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible.
Even he, the greatest swordsman in Neon Country, couldn't do that.
Let alone a contestant from the Yan Kingdom.
Xu Fan must have accomplished that feat with the help of some advanced technology.
"That has to be it."
With that thought, Koichiro Mori felt much better.
"Whatever advanced weapon Xu Fan used, that kind of outside help will eventually run out."
Koichiro Mori gritted his teeth.
"Only your own strength is truly reliable."
"With my current abilities, I can kill E+-ranked ferocious beasts."
"As long as I keep killing them, I'll keep obtaining Forbidden Land Treasure Chests."
"If one isn't enough, I'll open ten. Eventually, I'll get something good."
"Just you wait, Yan Kingdom's contestant."
A spark of confidence flashed in Koichiro Mori's eyes.
Because of history and various other factors,
the Yan Kingdom and Neon Nation had always been rivals.
Even a master swordsman like Koichiro Mori wanted to help his country crush the Yan Kingdom's contestant
and claim the title of the strongest nation in the East.
However...
The viewers in his Live Stream Room had rather complicated expressions.
Quite a few Yan Kingdom viewers were among them.
"Hahahaha, Neon Nation's contestant sure has an imagination. He can even dream up tanks and armored vehicles."
"I'd love to see his face when he finds out our Xu Fan wiped out an entire swarm with swordsmanship."
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