Especially the singers.
Those singers, while competing, would ask themselves:
*Even if I actually win this championship, does it mean I am the most skilled person in Blue Star at this craft?*
In other words:
*If that Fish also entered the competition, could I still win the championship?*
The answer was something many contestants preferred not to face, because there was an uncrowned king watching them relentlessly in the livestream—someone who was likely commentating by outperforming their stage performances in every conceivable way.
Contestants from Qin Continent wouldn't think this way.
Because Qin contestants had already been traumatized by Xian Yu during their intensive training. Deep down, they didn't think they were particularly remarkable; in fact, even the way they looked at their opponents was brimming with confidence:
*Ha, how amazing can you possibly be?*
*Our Demon King just didn't take the stage, that's all.*
