All-rounder Artist

Chapter 442: Chapter 420 Who Else _1

Stunned!

Everyone was stunned!

Had it not been for Chu Kuang tagging each of the famous fairy tale authors with different work titles each time, everyone might have doubted whether Chu Kuang had understood the rules of the Literary Duel. They might suspect that he thought one work could accept challenges from nine individuals at the same time. But looking at those nine completely different new work titles, such doubts were completely unfounded. This was a fact unambiguous no matter how many times it was verified, he was taking on all nine challenges at once!

“Holy shit!”

“This is too exciting!”

“I bow to this old rascal!”

“It’s a one-against-nine challenge!”

“I was joking with a lady from Yan Province I had just met saying Chu Kuang, this old rascal, is the most brazen writer we have in the Great Qin. We should have Yan people challenge Chu Kuang more often. But looking at it now, I wasn’t lying when I said that. Chu Kuang is indeed the most brazen writer we have ever had in Great Qin. This is like regarding all the heroes in the world as nothing. He’s accepted all the challenges from the nine great writers. Regardless of the final outcome, the courage he has shown to bravely confront the nine great writers alone is already so freaking impressive!”

“This is so Chu Kuang!”

“The nine planets have aligned!”

“Ever since Chu Kuang made his debut, he’s always been challenging himself. When he started writing fantasy novels, there were so many popular topics on the market he could have written about, but he chose to write about less popular ones. He went an untraveled road, and each of his books established a new genre!”

“…”

Previously, netizens had imagined the nine great writers challenging Chu Kuang. They saw nine tall figures, glowing brilliantly, surrounding Chu Kuang. All their eyes were filled with a mad desire for battle and intense provocation, as if they were about to gang up on Chu Kuang.

And now…

Netizens’ imaginations had come up with a thrilling continuation. As Chu Kuang was confronted by the nine great writers, he suddenly gestured to them, and calmly said:

“All of you can come at me together.”

None knows how Chu Kuang’s simultaneous dispatch of nine works can be tied up. But the grand ambition and courage Chu Kuang has shown, accompanied by the imaginative continuations, have already left countless netizens in awe.

At the same time!

The Yan people were also stunned!

Especially the group of Yan territory’s fairy tale greats which Chu Kuang had tagged one by one. They had a collective sense of surprise followed by a surge of sudden anger and embarrassment, their blood rushing to their heads!

Too arrogant!

Too conceited!

What makes you so confident?!

When Chu Kuang initially tagged Qiqi, these great authors who had challenged Chu Kuang were somewhat disappointed. It seemed that Chu Kuang was not as formidable as the netizens made him out to be. He didn’t even have the courage to face the Yan people, but then they were subsequently tagged by Chu Kuang.

It turned out Qiqi was just the beginning!

Blue Star once said that we, the Yan people, are naturally proud and untamed. But Chu Kuang is even more Yan than the Yan people. His battle on nine fronts is insanely audacious. Is it that he respects himself too highly or disrespects our Yan territory’s fairy tale greats?!

“Have the fight!!”

“A hard fight!”

“I’ve been in the Yan Continent’s fairy tale circle for so many years, and I’ve never seen such an arrogant guy. He actually invited us to challenge him together. Does he even realize what a one-against-nine challenge means? It’s equivalent to him writing nine fairy tales at the level of a great writer all at once!”

“This madman!”

“Brothers from Yan Territory, this is not a Literary Duel anymore. This is a war initiated by Chu Kuang. He wants to use us Yan People to establish his authority. As long as he can win two or three duels, he would be both famous and profitable. He’s even craftier than us, but unfortunately, he picked the wrong figures for his show!”

“…”

The Yan people were completely outraged. Literary Duel was a tradition they had inherited for countless years, yet now someone was provoking the Yan people with this very heritage. No one had ever dared to belittle them so!

…

As for the situation on Qin, Qi, and Chu’s side.

All the fiction writers were shocked, particularly the renowned fairy tale authors in Qin, Qi, and Chu. An almost surreal feeling arose; some couldn’t help but wonder:

Am I dreaming?

Has Chu Kuang gone mad?

Although his one-against-nine stance was indeed gallant, hadn’t he considered the reality of the situation? His opponents were nine fully committed fairy tale luminaries, which meant that he had to write nine different works, all of the same quality as “Snow White”!

Meanwhile.

In the studio.

Jin Mu saw with his very own eyes as Lin Yuan successively tagged nine fairy tale authors to challenge in the Literary Duel. The entire operation carried out flawlessly, without a pause or hesitation. And so, Jin Mu’s first thought was:

Has the boss gone mad?

After completing this series of operations, Lin Yuan, as if it was all no big deal, said to Jin Mu, “We don’t need to serialize these in the magazine this time. The space it offers isn’t enough. Let’s publish a fairy tale collection instead. How about we call it ‘Chu Kuang’s Fairy Tales’?”

“Chu Kuang’s Fairy Tales?”

Jin Mu foolishly repeated.

Lin Yuan nodded. He had been reading fairy tales in the System’s library for days on end, almost to the point of exhaustion. His reward was a collection of stories he’d already created: “Including ‘Snow White’, which has already been published, we have a total of ten fairy tales.”

Lin Yuan had initially planned to publish more.

He customized quite a few with the System.

But on second thought, ten stories would be enough for now to achieve the desired effect. Anything more would be overkill, and a waste of money. The official “Blue Star Fairy Tale Collection” was only planning to include thirty stories, and most of his ten could likely qualify for inclusion by the Literature and Art Association. It wouldn’t be fair to take most, if not all, of the slots for himself, would it?

With the System’s support.

Lin Yuan could probably do it.

But Lin Yuan was maturing, understanding things more clearly. The opportunity to be in the “Blue Star Fairy Tale Collection” was eyed by many authors from Qin, Qi, and Chu. If he took more than half, or even all of the slots, it’d be like hogging the meat soup without leaving a sip for others. He would inevitably become public enemy number one in the fairy tale world, and not everyone could bear that!

It would offend too many people.

Of course, that was not the main point. The Literature and Art Association probably wouldn’t allow it. They were compiling the Blue Star Fairy Tale Collection, not Chu Kuang’s Fairy Tale Collection. They couldn’t possibly only include works from Chu Kuang. Additionally, the fairy tales Lin Yuan planned to publish varied in length, some with more content than others; the amount in one story might equate to two of others’. From any standpoint, ten fairy tales wasn’t a small number.

What about the challenge from the nine major artists?

Lin Yuan only needed to customize nine desired fairy tales to duel with the other party. Regardless of whether nine or an additional ten top authors challenged Chu Kuang, Lin Yuan would still go all-out. Virgin on the popularity of the Literary Duel, even nabbing nine in one go felt absolutely delightful! That was a crucial reason why he decided to take on nine opponents at once.

“I’ve sent it to your email.”

While these thoughts flashed through his mind, Lin Yuan instantly forwarded the completed manuscripts from the past few days to Jin Mu, “These manuscripts need to be given to my sister, not anyone else. Try to get Silver Blue Books to publish them before the end of the month.”

“Oh…”

Jin Mu robotically nodded.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment, worried about other famous authors challenging him. In that case, the nine new stories wouldn’t be enough. It’d be better to call out on the internet first, and if further challenges arose, he could add a few stories temporarily. So, he operated Chu Kuang’s account again and kindly posted a status. The content was simple and straightforward:

“Who’s next?”