All-rounder Artist

Chapter 546: Chapter 516: Once Upon a Time (Extra for the Easygoing Alliance Hierarch) _1

Fei Yang was on edge!

He was confident that he could win with any song that had appeared on the stage so far. In fact, he had indeed defeated the White Swan in the subsequent match. However, the song he had to face next was ——

The song “Pretentious”!

Prince of Lanling’s “Pretentious”!

Just his luck. He had to face the most daunting song!

From below the stage…

An audience shouted, “Overlord!”

Following the momentum of Overlord just defeating the White Swan, millions of voices mixed together:

“Overlord!”

“Overlord!”

“Overlord!”

Someone even shouted, “No one else stands a chance against ‘Pretentious’! Only the Overlord can hope to turn the tables! Our Overlord displays the stature of an emperor!”

On the screen, the barrages of comments began:

“Our Overlord displays the stature of an emperor!”

“Our Overlord displays the stature of an emperor!”

“Our Overlord displays the stature of an emperor!”

Fei Yang, “…”

You lot, don’t talk nonsense!

I really don’t have it!

Fei Yang’s mentality crumbled even more!

But…

These are the rules.

The song that the judge chose to save will directly serve as the saver’s final song choice. The Prince of Lanling doesn’t need to sing again.

Fei Yang would directly sing a song and compare it with “Pretentious” one more time.

If he loses, it’s equivalent to the Prince of Lanling killing both the Revenge Goddess and Overlord with just one song— “Pretentious”!

Fei Yang felt weak…

He had to feel weak, “Pretentious” was just too powerful!

At that moment…

Host Anhong suddenly said with a smile, “In fact, concerning the rules of song submission, our program team provides flexible options. At present, there are two choices for Professor Lanling: Would you prefer to use ‘Pretentious’, which you just performed, as the duel song, or would you like to sing another song?”

Hidden rules!

The privilege of the saver!

That is to say, Lin Yuan could choose not to sing again, and simply duel with “Pretentious”. Alternatively, he could sing another song and start a brand-new duel with Overlord!

But…

Is there a need to choose?

Everyone knows how much of a masterpiece “Pretentious” is. Prince Lanling had no need to overreach; one song is enough for a double kill!

The audience awaited the Prince of Lanling’s answer.

In front of the screen, countless people were also waiting for the Prince of Lanling’s answer.

At this moment…

The audience had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, everyone hoped Prince Lanling could sing one more song;

On the other hand, everyone felt that singing another song was too risky. What if he ended up losing?

Using “Pretentious” was a safe choice. As a duel song, it could likely secure his victory!

However…

Just when everyone thought the Prince Lanling would choose “Pretentious”, he gave an answer that caught everyone off guard:

“Let’s sing another song then.”

There was an uproar from the audience!

“My heavens!”

“Prince Lanling is awesome!”

“That was audacious!”

“He clearly could have won by choosing ‘Pretentious’ as the duel song!”

“I am really convinced this time!”

“This is what a real man is like!”

“How do you know Prince Lanling is a man?”

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? From the beginning of the competition, all the songs Prince Lanling chose were mainly male vocals, which means the female vocals were falsetto. He must be a male singer!”

“…”

Users in front of the screen were also exhilarated!

“He’s going to sing again!?”

“Not going to use ‘Pretentious’?”

“This is giving Overlord a chance!”

“I feel that Overlord basically can’t beat ‘Pretentious’. That song is too explosive, yet Prince Lanling actually wants to compete with Overlord again!”

“Prince Lanling really isn’t afraid of Overlord!”

“What kind of spirit is this!”

“The Revenge Goddess has lost the competition and lost her dignity!”

“…”

As for Lin Yuan, he didn’t find it a difficult decision.

Although choosing “Pretentious” as the duel song was a safe choice, what Lin Yuan wanted was not to play it safe, but to bring out a new song in each round of duels.

Moreover…

The competition was about to end.

Being able to sing one more song, why would he refuse?

In a certain sense, this was something more important than winning the championship.

Besides…

Who says that Lin Yuan couldn’t win the championship without using “Pretentious”?

…

The Overlord was startled!

He didn’t expect the Prince of Lanling to not use “Exaggeration” for a duel, he even wanted to have another song contest with him!

Under the mask.

Fei Yang did not feel the surprise he anticipated—

Fei Yang thought he would be surprised because this was a chance his opponent had given him to turn the tables.

But for some reason, he couldn’t feel any happiness.

At this moment, he remembered the opinions of the Prince of Lanling and Yang Zhongming and others in the recent years, including some private messages left by fans:

“There is no emotion.”

“He’s too obsessed with singing skills.”

“King Fei is becoming more and more like a singing machine.”

“King Fei’s high pitch is getting higher and higher, but after I listen to it, I always feel empty, and I even forget what he just sang, even though it felt so exciting when I listened.”

“King Fei’s technique is almost perfect now, but it seems that his classic works are getting less and less over the years.”

“Fei Yang’s singing skills are really great!”

“…”

Fei Yang’s singing skills are great?

Rather than Fei Yang sang really well?

Fei Yang suddenly felt choked in his heart, I worked so hard to practice singing skills, just to constantly improve myself—

What did I do wrong?

At this moment.

Fei Yang suddenly remembered the “Exaggeration” that the Prince of Lanling had just sung.

The opponent’s throat has not fully recovered.

Just now his voice was hoarse at some points—

Just when he sung the last few lyrics, there were two beats that were off—

Just now his voice cracked—

If judged from a professional perspective, that part was a blunder, a terrible blunder!

But why didn’t anyone think it was a problem?

Why didn’t anyone even mention it?

Didn’t everyone notice it?

No.

The audience noticed.

Anyone with ears could tell.

But he still won the warmest applause of the audience, won the respect of everyone, set a new record for the highest vote count in the competition!

Even higher than the record he set himself!

FYI, when he set the record, his opponent was just a headliner!

And when the other party set a new score record, the opponent was just a song queen!

Why is that?

Because of feelings.

Because he released all his emotions in his singing.

With his abilities, he could have completely prevented his voice from cracking. Any professional singer could keep the rhythm.

So there is only one answer.

The Prince of Lanling no longer cared about anything.

The most touching song is not about technique, not about high pitch, not about anything professional—

Although they are all important.

But the most important thing is feelings, expression, and why we sing—

The initial intention of singing.

So no one cared about those flaws, those were not flaws, they were another kind of perfection. It was these flaws that gave the song a bigger shock.

He also was shocked, wasn’t he?

The Overlord laughed.

He bowed to the audience, “The next song, I dedicate to myself.”

He said in his heart:

I dedicate it to myself, who was willing to scream on the streets in winter for my dreams, to myself who no one was willing to stop and listen to;

To myself, who was willing to live in the basement for two years for my dreams and not care for anything else but my old guitar;

To myself, who was willing to eat instant noodles for several months for a new guitar until it was hard to swallow;

To myself, who was moved to tears by a few coins from pedestrians while singing at the subway entrance for the sake of music;

The Overlord sang a song.

The name of this song is “You”.

This song, without high pitch or skill, only the simplest self-expression, even a few lines of lyrics, Fei Yang almost didn’t sing, but spoke out.

After finishing singing, the Overlord saw some audience crying.

But he himself, isn’t he also in tears?

He bowed, with a somewhat hoarse voice, “Thank you to Teacher Yang Zhongming for this song, this song encouraged me through the most difficult times of my life…”

Also, thank you to the Prince of Lanling.

You were not wrong in what you said.

Your song has taught me a lot.

This is the first time since the Overlord became famous that he let go of everything and spoke with the same voice as he did when he was a street performer.

he didn’t hide.

He didn’t fear.

He was not worried that everyone would say:

Look, Fei Yang has become the Perennial Runner-up again.

He just sang a song that moved others, and also moved himself.

This time, he sings without the heart of gain or loss.

Fei Yang exited the stage amidst the applause.

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