Martial Artist Forum

It was ten o'clock in the evening.

Inside a well-decorated room, Yang Fan sat before his computer, his hands flying across the keyboard.

His previously bruised and swollen face had returned to normal. He had gone to the hospital for treatment after school that afternoon, costing him twenty thousand new dollars.

This was the advancement of modern technology. As long as there were no fractures or missing limbs, injuries could be treated quickly.

Footsteps could be faintly heard from outside the door.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock sounded at the door.

"Yang Fan, I heard Ji Yu beat you up today. How are you?"

It was his second brother's voice. While it sounded like a caring inquiry, the tone clearly carried a hint of schadenfreude.

"Xiao Fan, even if you don't have martial arts talent, you still need to study hard. Don't think I don't know what nonsense you're up to at school!" This was his third brother's voice, still with his usual scolding tone.

"Open the door. I'm telling you, Dad knows about this too. Don't you know our family is currently cooperating with Yunhai Group? Don't provoke Ji Yu in the future."

Listening to the voices outside the door, Yang Fan remained silent, his expression tinged with sadness.

He had been beaten, and not a single family member had asked why or shown any concern. All they offered was gloating and sarcasm.

One day, I will make all of you shut your mouths.

Yang Fan vowed silently.

He turned off the lights, ignoring the voices outside. He had an important task tonight.

The Martial Artist Forum, as its name suggested, was a forum related to martial artists.

Martial artists could communicate freely on the forum.

The Martial Artist Forum was one of the three major forums in China, with a registered membership of up to 300 million. Millions of various posts were published every day.

Besides the Great China section on the homepage, the Martial Artist Forum was divided into twelve sections, categorized by the twelve base cities.

At this moment, in the Jiang City section of the Martial Artist Forum, a post titled "High School Student Beats Up Martial Artist" was being clicked and replied to frantically.

The title of this post was exaggerated, consisting of only seven characters: High School Student Beats Up Martial Artist.

Netizens who saw this title for the first time couldn't help but want to complain.

Why don't you just call it High School Student Beats Up Grandmaster?

However, netizens only complained for a few seconds. On the Martial Artist Forum, exaggerated post titles were countless. Without any exaggeration, it was impossible to attract attention; they would simply be drowned in the ocean of posts.

Many netizens had grown accustomed to it, finding such posts annoying. Many wouldn't click on them, instead reporting and blocking the poster.

However, this time, when they saw the five photos under the post, they clicked without hesitation.

Seeing is believing!

The first photo showed a teenager standing on a stage, with a martial arts hall in the background.

The distinctive decorative style and layout were not unfamiliar to many netizens. They recognized it as the Thunder Martial Arts Hall at first glance. On the stage, a teenager in a white shirt stood alone in the center, dismissively wagging his right index finger at the audience below. This was a dynamic image.

The second photo was a close-up of the audience's angry, disdainful, and even cursing faces, extremely high-definition.

The third photo was a close-up of the front and back of the teenager's white shirt, displaying: "High School Student Beats Up Martial Artist" and "Recruiting GG."

The fourth photo showed the teenager's undefeated record of 9 wins and 0 losses, displayed on the big screen under the title "High School Student Beats Up Martial Artist."

The fifth photo showed the teenager's cold and disdainful expression, with words spoken, accompanied by subtitles: "I'll be back tomorrow night, directly challenging a First-Rank Martial Artist."

Below these five photos was also a short, edited video.

This post, published by a lowest-level ordinary member, without any promotion or fake accounts, had garnered over 460,000 clicks, 1.89 million replies, and 140,000 reposts in less than two hours.

And it was still rapidly increasing.

Undoubtedly, this post had gone viral!

In the Jiang City section of the Martial Artist Forum's hotness ranking, "High School Student Beats Up Martial Artist" ranked 17th, very close to 16th place, just a little more to explode.

"So fast?"

In the room, Yang Fan refreshed his backend fan count and points.

His originally V0 account had now soared to V5, just 460 points away from V6. His fan count had jumped from single digits to 150,000.

Even with a high membership level and fan count, the forum didn't provide rewards, but accounts on the Martial Artist Forum were very valuable.

Forum accounts, as long as they had real and active fans, could be used to sell products and earn from fan economies.

A real and active V5 account was already selling for a hundred thousand yuan, and it was in high demand with limited supply.

Besides money, having his post noticed and commented on by so many people also brought a sense of accomplishment.

Yang Fan continuously browsed the comments.

989th floor: "Holy crap, isn't this kid afraid of getting beaten to death with that name?"

990th floor: "This kid is really arrogant, but I like it."

991F: "Such strong combat skills. I wonder what grade this high school student is in, and if he's refined a Demon Spirit?"

992F: "This is the first time I've seen such a GG. Society is too complicated, I don't want to grow up."

993F: "Classic 'pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger.' Those spectators probably wanted to kill him."

994F: "His stamina is so strong, does he lack a girlfriend?"

995F: "My chest is big, click my avatar 6666"

996F: "Does anyone know little brother's contact info? I'll reward you handsomely!!!!"

997F: "There's been a lot of activity in Jiang City these past two days. Ye Qiu burst onto the scene yesterday on Awakening Day, and this high school student is also amazing today."

998F: "Are all high school students this strong now? Earth is truly terrifying, I want to go back to Mars."

999F: "Even a Body Cultivation Ninth Stage was brutally killed. Which school in Jiang City is this high school student from?"

1000F: "Can anyone help me ask how much the endorsement fee is? I want to endorse myself!"

Yang Fan carefully browsed the comments. He even replied to some of the humorous ones. Seeing that the original poster was actually replying, the netizens felt encouraged and began to flatter him.

"We're already 11th."

Upon seeing the replies in the comment section, Yang Fan quickly clicked his mouse. He then discovered that his post had already ranked 11th on the daily charts.

It was just one step away from the top ten on the daily charts.

The top ten on the daily charts would be directly recommended on the homepage. One could imagine how popular the post would become then.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that entering the top ten on the daily charts was something one could brag about for a lifetime.

Nowadays, no one cared about the gossip of entertainment stars. Therefore, the top ten rankings were all about glorious players or major club news, news about the Glory League and teams.

The number one post on the daily charts was: "Thunder Team Head Coach Replaced."

The number two post on the daily charts was: "Dual-Blade Yun Tianqi May Transfer."

Ye Qiu had ranked first on the daily charts yesterday, but his popularity had decreased slightly today, placing him third on the daily charts. This showed what an honor it was to enter the top ten.

"Charge! Charge!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge!"

Countless netizens' "Charge!" comments flooded the comment section. Yang Fan personally witnessed his post enter the top ten and gain eligibility for homepage display. Shortly after appearing on the homepage, it exploded and directly ranked ninth.

The effect of the Martial Artist Forum homepage was obvious. Over a million people had noticed this extremely arrogant post. Thus, more people clicked out of curiosity, causing the post's views and replies to skyrocket.

Yang Fan's account had now soared to V7, with over 1.45 million fans. The notification sound of messages in his backend never stopped.

Yang Fan clicked to check. Almost all of them were asking for Lin Feng's contact information, as well as where to watch the matches. Many people wanted to watch the matches live.

There were even many certified accounts from martial arts gyms and clubs that left him messages, asking what grade Lin Feng was in, whether he had participated in Awakening Day, and what Demon Spirit he had refined.

They hoped to obtain complete information.

It was clear that Lin Feng had attracted the attention of the clubs.

Lin Feng's combat talent, which far surpassed that of his peers, was extremely rare, even unprecedented. As long as one had soul cultivation talent, even if the talent was slightly worse, they would still sign them and cultivate them with priority.

Quite a few people were also interested in Lin Feng's GG, but the prerequisite was to understand Lin Feng's specific situation and strength.

Yang Fan did not reply to these messages. The heat was not enough yet.

"Someone already knows?"

While browsing the posts, Yang Fan quickly discovered that someone in the comment section had already released Lin Feng's information, and it had garnered tens of thousands of likes.

Yang Fan had originally thought that the post's popularity would decrease once netizens learned that Lin Feng had not refined a Demon Spirit, but he did not expect that many people in the comment section would post photos of Yage and start gossiping. As a result, the post's popularity did not decrease but instead increased, even showing signs of moving towards sixth place on the daily charts.

At this moment, the class chat group where Lin Feng was located, which was originally quiet, became exceptionally lively, with people constantly sending photos.

"Is this Lin Feng? When did he go to the martial arts hall?"

"Holy crap, I went to check the Martial Artist Forum, it's exploded."

"The Jiang City section of the Martial Artist Forum has already climbed to seventh, it scared me to death."

"No matter how strong your combat talent is, it's useless if you can't become a Demon Spirit Master."

"I'm still better than you. You don't even qualify to carry Lin Feng's shoes."

The class group was very lively. Many people @ Lin Feng, but he didn't reply. Then they started to @ Gao Hai, but there was no response either. Many people wanted to @ Yage, but they didn't have the courage.

In the dark room, Yage hid under her blanket, watching her classmates' chat, remaining silent and not commenting.

After a long time, when no one in the group was replying anymore, she turned off her phone. The light disappeared, and Yage slowly closed her eyes, letting out a sigh.