Everyone had been focused on Xu Fan's counterattack against Sharman.
Only after hearing Warrior King Chen's analysis did they realize something was wrong.
"Are you saying our contestant Xu Fan might have some kind of special ability?" Guest Brother Qiang exclaimed, eyes wide.
The Live Stream Room fell silent.
In this day and age, not only was technology advanced,
but the internet was also progressing by leaps and bounds.
If there really were any special abilities or superpowers on Blue Star,
how could they have remained completely unknown all this time?
Almost everyone knew
that such things were completely outside the realm of reality.
They didn't follow the laws of science.
They simply didn't exist.
But the problem was...
What was going on with Xu Fan?
How could they explain it?
What they had just seen wasn't witnessed by a handful, dozens, or even hundreds of people.
The witnesses numbered in the hundreds of millions!
They couldn't possibly say that over a billion people around the world had all hallucinated at the same time, could they?
Countless questions arose in people's minds.
Yet no one knew the answers.
Or rather, they found the answers hard to face.
"Could Holo have done it?"
Host Xiao Ying swallowed nervously, her throat bobbing as she directed the question toward the Female Snow Wolf.
When they encountered the Nuger Worm, the Female Snow Wolf had stepped forward
and fought to protect Xu Fan.
Now that it sensed Sharman's threat,
it had stepped in to take out the enemy.
That didn't seem strange either.
Besides...
Xu Fan had given the Female Snow Wolf the Ghost Stone Hell skill, awakening the bloodline within its body.
So it made sense that it could wield supernatural powers.
But Warrior King Chen disagreed.
After all, he was a professional.
He had a keen instinct for combat.
He was also far better than ordinary people at noticing details and reconstructing events.
He shook his head and immediately refuted Xiao Ying's theory. "The Female Snow Wolf couldn't have been the one to do it. I watched closely at the time."
"When Xu Fan was in danger, it was asleep."
"Besides, the skill description was quite clear: the Female Snow Wolf had to pounce on and bite its enemy to petrify them."
"But neither contestant Xu Fan nor contestant Sharman showed any signs of petrification."
Those few words left Xiao Ying speechless.
All it took was a careful recollection to see that neither contestant had been petrified.
Seeing that no one interrupted him, Warrior King Chen continued.
"So I think it's very likely that our contestant already had some kind of ability!"
His words set off an uproar!
Warrior King Chen, who was always so meticulous, had actually declared that contestant Xu Fan possessed some kind of ability?
That was incredible!
"I agree with Warrior King Chen," Director Zhang said, endorsing his theory.
"Could it have something to do with the Treasure Chest reward? Wrist Strength Enhancement?" Brother Qiang interjected, as if he'd suddenly thought of something.
"I don't think so. The description of Wrist Strength Enhancement says it only gives Xu Fan several times the wrist strength of an ordinary person. That wouldn't be enough to catch a bullet and send it flying back."
Warrior King Chen immediately refuted him.
"Shouldn't the main concern right now be contestant Sharman's death?" Writer Yuanyuan frowned.
The contestant from the Curry Kingdom had been taken out by Xu Fan.
Weren't they worried
about the public outcry this would cause?
And a million people in the Curry Kingdom would die, wouldn't they?
No matter how they looked at it, this was a serious matter!
Yet Director Zhang shot Yuanyuan a disapproving look. "Under those circumstances, Xu Fan was only acting in self-defense. He was the victim."
Then Director Zhang stopped discussing the matter
and abruptly changed the subject. "But it's common knowledge that there are no superpowers on Blue Star."
"So could it be that contestant Xu Fan wasn't using a superpower at all?"
"What do you mean?" Warrior King Chen and Brother Qiang asked in unison.
They didn't understand what Director Zhang was getting at.
"For example, qigong, as practiced in traditional martial arts?" Director Zhang said after thinking for a moment.
In the past, qigong had indeed been widely taught in the Yan Kingdom.
One qigong master after another had appeared on the scene.
Although it was later proven that these people were all fraudsters who'd been swindling the public,
was it possible
that qigong really existed?
Of course, even Director Zhang found the theory rather far-fetched.
But he couldn't come up with a more reasonable explanation.
"Qigong?" Warrior King Chen's brow furrowed as he tried to recall the details.
He was certain
that when contestant Xu Fan counterattacked Sharman, both his hands had turned black.
They looked as if something had wrapped around them.
Could it have been some kind of airflow?
That was it!
Airflow!
"I don't think Director Zhang's theory is impossible."
Warrior King Chen then described what he had noticed.
He also asked the production team
whether they could replay the footage.
After all, this was a global livestream.
The technology used by the production team and the staff involved were all top-tier talents working at the national level!
Before long, the production team pulled up the replay.
Just as Warrior King Chen had said,
Xu Fan's hands had indeed changed when he counterattacked Sharman!
In an instant, people all across the Yan Kingdom couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.
Contestant Xu Fan...
seemed to have really mastered some kind of qigong!
"The most extraordinary physical fitness in the world."
"A calm, collected mind."
"A decisive approach to killing."
"And exquisite swordsmanship, combined with qigong that defies explanation."
"Who exactly is contestant Xu Fan? He may be even more mysterious than we imagined..."
Warrior King Chen couldn't help letting out a sigh.
He had always thought that, given his status, he knew plenty of the country's secrets.
But now...
there was so much
he didn't know.
If it weren't for this Forbidden Land livestream,
he never would have believed in his entire life
that the so-called traditional martial arts actually existed!
Because Xu Fan might very well be a martial arts master!
For a moment, even a soldier with nerves as strong as Warrior King Chen's was deeply shaken.
Needless to say, the audience in the Live Stream Room was even more stunned.
"Holy crap, Xu Fan suddenly seems so mystical. A qigong master? That's insanely cool! Where can I learn it?"
"The guests are only speculating, right? Maybe Xu Fan really is a superpowered person?"
"I'll pay five million! Where can I learn the qigong contestant Xu Fan used?"
"I'll pay ten million! QR code or cash, either works. I'm sincerely looking to become his apprentice!"
"Xu Fan really has become God Xu now!"
"Unbelievable! Qigong, which people had doubted for so long, has actually been proven real like this!"
In an instant, the Yan Kingdom erupted into excitement!
Foreign viewers were no exception; they all found themselves yearning for the traditional martial arts of the Yan Kingdom...
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