Chapter 229

"I'm sorry, Teacher Ruthless, my hands were just too unlucky," Cao Dan said with a wry smile.

In his heart, he wished he could slap his own unlucky hands twice.

He knew full well that this episode was extremely important for Ruthless, yet he had ended up drawing a terrible slot.

Admittedly.

The fourth position in the performance order wasn't bad, but it was right after Avenger's performance.

Simply put, Ruthless had to follow Avenger's act; wasn't this just putting Ruthless on a roasting rack? Facing Avenger, Ruthless's already slim chances of winning had been lowered even further by his own draw.

Mingyue shook her head and said in a calm tone, "It's fine, it doesn't matter."

It was a trivial matter; she hadn't taken it to heart.

Mingyue's beautiful eyes looked toward the stage, where Queen of Hearts had already gone up and was standing in the center.

The sixth episode began.

Queen of Hearts had a very strong presence.

Like Ruthless the Great, she had fought her way from the first episode of "Masked Singer 3" all the way to this sixth episode.

And over these six episodes, her ranking had always been at the forefront.

Although she hadn't taken the championship, one could not deny that her strength was truly formidable!

This woman had a little bit of real skill under her belt.

Tonight, she chose a high-pitched song.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she blew the stage away!

The audience was stunned to find that her performance of this song was even stronger than her previous ones!

Fierce as hell!

"Holy crap! Queen of Hearts is awesome!"

"This song is so lit!"

"My DNA is reacting!"

"Is it this explosive right from the start?"

"It's already getting intense!"

"She must have brought out her hidden strength!"

"..."

Once the song finished, the applause was like thunder.

On stage.

Queen of Hearts' chest heaved as she panted heavily.

Yes.

She had brought out her trump card.

This episode was too competitive; with those two big shots, Ruthless the Great and Avenger, the only way not to be eliminated was to bring out her full strength, fight them head-on, and give it her all.

After Queen of Hearts left the stage.

Soon, Smurf went on stage.

Judging by his figure, this was a male singer, dressed entirely in blue, even his mask and hair were blue.

This often reminded the young lady of an advertising slogan—China Blue?

As soon as the singing started, the audience was stunned again.

"Sounds good!"

"Damn, Smurf is also going all out!"

"Strong! If this song had been performed in the previous episodes, it would have easily made the top three!"

"Must be a King of Songs!"

"So everyone was hiding their strength!"

In the fourth and fifth episodes, Smurf's presence was far inferior to those popular singers, but now, he made people look at him with new eyes.

The stage was even more lit!

The audience was even more hyped!

The scene was boiling over, and the audience watching the live stream was also incredibly excited.

Two performances in, their emotions had already been ignited.

Amidst the boiling audience.

Queen of Hearts received 902 votes, and Smurf received 875 votes.

This was a vote count that would have been enough to take first place in previous episodes, and now, it appeared right at the start of the show!

The barrage of comments continued to flood the screen.

Backstage.

In Avenger's lounge.

Avenger sat with his arms crossed, looking at the wall-mounted television with interest, as if the performances of the two masked singers just now hadn't brought him any pressure at all.

In fact.

They really didn't.

He was confident that the votes he would receive would be far higher than those of Queen of Hearts and Smurf, even though their vote counts were already very high.

He was a Heavenly King from Xiangjiang.

When he debuted, these people didn't even know where they were.

"Teacher Avenger, it's our turn." The temporary manager spoke up.

"Good."

Avenger stood up and strode toward the door.

"Tonight, I will be the champion... Heh." Under the grimacing mask, the corners of Avenger's mouth curled up slightly.

The code name 【Avenger】 wasn't chosen because he had a grudge against some singer on the masked stage; in fact, he couldn't even be bothered to care who the singers behind those masks actually were.

He just wanted to come to the mainland to make money.

After retiring, due to years of extravagant living and successive failed investments, the money Guo Yu had earned in his early years was long gone, leaving only thirty-some million and some fixed assets.

There was no hope of continuing to live the luxurious life he had before.

So he had to make money.

And before making money, he needed to awaken the mainland public's memories of him, so he could raise his market value and get higher endorsement fees and appearance fees.

The most suitable way was to appear on a music variety show, especially one with high national influence.

"I Am a Singer" and "Masked Singer 3" successively entered Guo Yu's sights.

"I Am a Singer" was the first to be ruled out.

After all, on the stage of "I Am a Singer," there was the Heavenly King Zhang Xiaotian presiding; this singer was extremely strong and also a Heavenly King, and Guo Yu didn't have absolute certainty of defeating him.

If he lost to Zhang Xiaotian in the competition, let alone raising his market value, it would actually lower it.

Thus, Guo Yu set his sights on "Masked Singer 3."

Coming to this show was much safer.

Those masked singers were at most Kings or Queens of Songs; what difference did they have from small fry?

The only one that needed consideration was Ruthless the Great.

But Zhou Ru... in terms of national influence and popularity, she definitely couldn't compare to him, a Heavenly King!

There was risk, but it wasn't high!

Avenger continued walking forward, heading toward the stage.

He wanted to let the audience and those brand owners see that a Heavenly King is a Heavenly King wherever he goes!

On the other side.

On stage.

Host Zhao Yong went on stage, looked at the audience, and smiled: "The next contestant, I believe everyone has been looking forward to for a long time, please welcome Teacher Avenger!"

Although everyone already knew that Avenger was Guo Yu, the disguise still needed to be maintained.

"Holy crap!"

"He's here!"