Chapter 2220: Stunning the Entire Audience

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“In sixth place is the main drawcard musician, Jin Ling’er! She received a total of 3,698 votes. Congratulations…” Sister Hong felt as awkward as could be as she said this congratulation.

However, Jin Ling’er still appeared full of energy and vigor as she jogged onto the stage. In fact, she even wore a pure and adorable smile as she thanked the spectators for their support.

She could swear that this was the most difficult performance in her entire life.

She was experiencing a mental breakdown, and she truly wanted to cry. However, she still had to force a smile onto her face, so what could she do?

The most astonished person was Jin Feihong.

Jin Feihong had only just started to feel more at ease, yet this sight was like a saber that pierced through his heart.

How is this possible? How could Liu Dabao have received more votes than a main drawcard? How is this possible?!

Meanwhile, the spectators were all sighing with emotion.

Liu Dabao’s performance had indeed been better than Jin Ling’er’s. Thus, it was only right that he won fifth place.

The spectators could accept this result.

This was worthy of the secret votes that they had cast.

However, when they came to their senses and realized that this trainee had received more votes than a main drawcard, they suddenly started to feel slightly sympathetic and sorry for Jin Ling’er, who was still smiling on the stage. Who knew what Jin Ling’er was thinking…

Sister Hong also sighed with emotion in her mind. She hadn’t imagined that this little brother who she had dragged over from the streets would actually shine so brightly. After tonight, Liu Dabao’s name was destined to spread throughout the entire eighth region.

“You did it! Brother Dabao, you actually did it!” There was a bright glimmer in Ying Bao’s eyes. She hadn’t imagined that the trainee who she had brought around the Red Ink Tavern would actually shoot to fame in one night and even surpass the votes of a main drawcard.

Of course, she still refused to believe that An Lin could become a main drawcard tonight.

At this moment, another image appeared on the giant screen.

This was a man from the Snake Spirit Clan who was suited in golden armor.

The sixty thousand spectators gasped in astonishment again.

This was none other than the God of Dance Lun Yang. He had come in at fifth place with a total of 3,850 votes.

Fifth place… hadn’t gone to Liu Dabao?!

God of Dance Lun Yang was dumbfounded.

I was actually beaten by Liu Dabao as well?

“In fifth place is the main drawcard dancer, God of Dance Lun Yang. He received a total of 3,850 votes. Congratulations!” Sister Hong immediately announced the results and congratulated God of Dance Lun Yang after recovering from her deep astonishment.

God of Dance Lun Yang sighed in his mind as he slithered onto the stage.

For some reason, Jin Ling’er suddenly didn’t feel so dejected anymore. She felt a sense of mutual pain as she looked at God of Dance Lun Yang.

She wasn’t the only main drawcard who had received fewer votes than the trainee.

This was worthy of praise.

Liu Dabao’s strong performance was worthy of her praise.

Sometimes, love and hate were just a single thread apart…

The spectators were still yet to catch their breath when…

The image of Ice Wolf appeared on the giant screen.

“In fourth place is the main drawcards sculptor, Ice Wolf. He received a total of 4,150 votes. Congratulations!” Sister Hong announced loudly. She was already feeling numb about these results.

Liu Dabao had already beaten Jin Ling’er and God of Dance Lun Yang, so it was seemingly acceptable that he had beaten this main drawcard Ice Wolf as well…

A slightly dejected Ice Wolf walked onto the stage.

Although Liu Dabao’s chicken had been delicious, his ice sculpture had also been fairly impressive! Moreover, he also had a huge fanbase! So, how had he lost?

A faint smile spread across An Lin’s face as he watched Ice Wolf entering the stage.

How could he not understand the main drawcards’ thoughts?

However, how could the main drawcards understand just how fatally enticing his fragrant chicken had been to the members of the audience?

These main drawcards did indeed have a lot of fans, yet a piece of fragrant chicken was all it took for them to betray their idols!

In the backstage, the trainees and drawcards suddenly felt as if Liu Dabao’s figure were growing taller and mightier…

Immediately afterward, the image of a beautiful mermaid appeared on the giant screen.

This was none other than the main drawcard singer, the Cloud Maiden. She had come in at third place with a total of 4,560 votes.

The spectators instantly lost their cool.

The Cloud Maiden could be considered as an elite member of the main drawcards.

Yet… Liu Dabao had actually defeated her as well!

“Wuu… I shouldn’t have cast my vote for Dabao. I should have cast my vote for the Cloud Maiden…” a fan said in remorse.

The surrounding fans of the Cloud Maiden all glowered at that person in anger. It was as if they were saying, “It’s all your fault, you traitor! It was because of you that the Cloud Maiden lost to Liu Dabao!”

Of course, this feeling of remorse wasn’t only unique to this fan.

The hardcore fans didn’t dare to look at their idols anymore. They couldn’t help but feel like they had disappointed their idols…

However, the Cloud Maiden wasn’t feeling any sense of negativity as she entered the stage. Instead, she frequently turned her gaze to the backstage as if she were waiting for An Lin’s turn to enter the stage.

The atmosphere of the theatre started to become a little restless.

As a new trainee, Liu Dabao had actually won second place! This was definitely a historical feat. If it weren’t for Gu Qiu’s suppression, perhaps Liu Dabao would have soared into the heavens and directly won first place! Just thinking about this was terrifying…

The sixty thousand spectators started to feel increasingly nervous.

Meanwhile, the Spirit Emperor, Dragon Emperor, and Red Empress were all on the edge of their seats.

They wanted to see how many votes Liu Dabao had received.

It was at this moment that a new image appeared on the giant screen.

This was a beautiful and gentle-looking woman. It was as if this woman had just walked out of a painting. She had used the night sky like ink and used heaven and earth like paper as she had illustrated the swansong of their era.

This was none other than the main drawcard artist, Gu Qiu. She came in at second place with a total of 11,968 votes.

Everyone suddenly fell silent.

That was Gu Qiu, a main drawcard whose popularity was always in the top three of the entire Red Ink Tavern!

Even so, she had only ranked second during this Night of Red Ink?

The windows of the personal loges were suddenly opened one after another as the main drawcards of the Red Ink Tavern all stared at the image on the giant screen in astonishment.

This was unexpected… extremely unexpected.

Apart from two other top main drawcards, Gu Qiu had never lost to anyone else before. Indeed, even the other main drawcards could only suffer resounding defeat if they were to come up against her. Now, however, she was going to lose to…

A new trainee?!

The sixty thousand spectators were stupefied.

The performers were also stupefied.

In fact, even the Regional Leaders who were waiting to see Liu Dabao’s vote count were stupefied.

They all came to a shocking realization.

The trainee Liu Dabao’s votes had actually surpassed that of Gu Qiu?!

The trainee Liu Dabao had actually won the title of “Flower Owner” during the Night of Red Ink?

“In second place is the main drawcard calligrapher, Gu Qiu. She received a total of 11,968 votes. C-congratulations…” Sister Hong’s voice was trembling as she announced this result.

She hadn’t imagined—not even in her wildest dreams—that such a result would eventuate.

This was already far beyond her understanding and imagination.

“My Goddess Gu Qiu!”

“No, this is impossible! How could Goddess Gu Qiu have lost to a trainee?! The votes were tallied incorrectly, right? They were definitely tallied incorrectly, right?!”

“Give it a rest. The votes were tallied by the branch system of the Holy Barrier. In other words, the votes won’t be tallied incorrectly even if this entire world were to be obliterated…”

“Wuu… I should cut my hands off… Why did I cast my vote for Liu Dabao…? Wuu…”

Some of the spectators were stunned, while some of them were sobbing in remorse.

“Have you guys realized? The main drawcards have received relatively few votes…”

“Yeah, I also noticed this.”

“Don’t tell me…”

A cold chill shot down some of the spectators’ spines as they thought of a possibility.

Even though the spectators didn’t dare to believe this, the new image on the giant screen was inevitably going to shatter their disbelief…

The expected image of the man appeared on the giant screen. This was an image that caused their heads to go numb with shock.

This was a man in white who was holding a frying pan in his left hand and a spatula in his right hand. His appearance was peculiar, yet it contained a strange sense of beauty.

He was none other than the trainee Liu Dabao! He came in at first place with a total of 26,720 votes!

This result… shocked the entire theatre!