If Su Mu had heard Tang Yuan’s inner thoughts, she would have teased her in a very honored tone, ‘You flatter me.’
This would surely have pushed Tang Yuan’s blood pressure to a new height.
However, Tang Yuan still had a stronger fan base after all.
Including those brainless beauty fans, many people were still helping her strike back at Su Mu, repeating the same few lines over and over.
[How dare this woman insult our Tang Yuan!]
[Ahhh! If you use that mouth to slander our Tang Yuan again, I’ll chop you up, do you believe me?”]
Su Mu dismissed them with disdain, not even in the mood to respond.
At this moment, she was more concerned about the timing of her upcoming face reveal.
Her follower count had not only crossed 1,000,000, but it was also still growing continuously.
The reason was simple: a large portion of Tang Yuan’s fans were being drawn to her.
Tang Yuan’s fans could be roughly divided into three categories.
The first were beauty fans, the second were fun-seekers, and the third were a mix of both.
Although Su Mu was covering her face, it did not stop the fun-seekers from becoming interested in her.
On the contrary, Su Mu’s fans were mostly indifferent to Tang Yuan.
After all, Tang Yuan had been driven away in a pathetic state during the first wave of verbal sparring.
The loser should be humiliated by the winner.
However, Tang Yuan was a veteran streamer after all.
She had not built her career on a sudden burst of popularity.
No matter how much capital one had, it still required good management to achieve anything, so she quickly assessed the situation.
“Tch, no matter how sharp-tongued you are, you’re just a turtle hiding under an emoji. In the end, you’re probably just so insecure about your own image that you can only attack others by saying these weird things.”
Tang Yuan understood that trying to out-curse Su Mu would definitely not work.
Insulting people was an art; being able to insult someone without using a single dirty word until they felt suffocated with frustration was a skill.
If Tang Yuan wanted to win a round, she would have to use profanity, but that would definitely lead to a warning for the Live Broadcast Room and would do more harm than good to her image.
Therefore, she chose to play to her strengths and avoid her weaknesses.
Su Mu’s biggest point of suspicion at the moment was the .jpg emoji that always shrouded her face.
Even if she used excuses like “not wanting to be disturbed in real life,” it would eventually lead to suspicion.
What if she was actually a hideous beast?
What if there was actually a man with a voice changer rubbing his feet behind the screen?
If people were tricked, it would leave a long-term psychological shadow on countless individuals—just like those guys who paid to be insulted left quite a shadow on Su Mu as well.
Tang Yuan keenly noticed this point and shifted the theme of the conversation to Su Mu’s true appearance.
It happened to coincide with Su Mu’s 1,000,000-follower face-reveal plan, which could be considered a quite coincidental opportunity.
There are gaps even between different kinds of beauty.
When the degree of beauty approaches the extreme, the gap between each other becomes smaller and smaller, but even a tiny sliver of a difference in the overall package can bring a completely different experience.
It could make the loser lose their luster entirely and turn them into a mere foil.
This also meant that as long as Su Mu was even slightly mediocre, Tang Yuan and her fans would seize the right to bark for the rest of the night.
It was a good calculation.
If it were Su Mu, she would also have considered this direction.
Unfortunately, Tang Yuan could never have imagined that Su Mu was currently planning to challenge another extreme.
“Oh my, oh my, do you want to see my face too? Then don’t be so shocked that you can’t speak later.”
Su Mu felt a secret joy in her heart.
She had buried a trap in her words, just waiting for Tang Yuan to jump in.
Hearing this, Tang Yuan immediately mimicked Su Mu’s burst of laughter.
However, no matter how good her acting was, it could not compare to a genuine expression of emotion.
In the end, it was lacking something, like a clown in an amusement park intentionally laughing their head off to amuse children.
“Hmph, scared to the point of silence? It’s more likely you’ll be so hideously ugly that it’s shocking. After all, sometimes an appearance can be so mean it’s hurtful.”
When Su Mu heard this, she thought, ‘Whoa! This girl is actually quite smart. I didn’t expect her to guess correctly. But so what? Not only am I going to scare you, I’m going to scare you until you burst into tears!’
“Think whatever you want. You like laughing, right? Do you believe I can make you cry in a moment?”
Issuing such a confident declaration of war was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Tang Yuan.
In her eyes, this so-called Irina was either a fool bluffing or someone who truly possessed absolute confidence.
One had to know that many third-tier celebrities would feel a blow to their ego upon seeing Tang Yuan’s true appearance.
This girl had not only been talking and laughing calmly from the beginning, but she now dared to be so arrogant; there was a high probability she truly had the capital to be confident.
After all, Su Mu was going to show her face.
If the result was mediocre, such big talk would cause a serious backlash.
Most people who could reach 1,000,000 followers were not idiots, and those who rose to fame in a short time were the elites among elites.
Could it be that she really was a Magical Girl?
Thinking of this, Tang Yuan could not help but break into a cold sweat.
After all, she had known for a long time that this Irina kept claiming to be a Magical Girl, but she had always treated it as part of her persona.
But if what she said was true, then the situation would be very bad.
Tang Yuan was confident that she wouldn’t lose to anyone, but that was within the realm of normal humans.
A Magical Girl was a level she could not reach.
After all, Tang Yuan only needed to cater to preferences, but a Magical Girl had to be well-rounded and flawless.
‘Damn it, this girl…’
Just like that, without Su Mu’s knowledge, Tang Yuan had already scared herself into wanting to retreat.
‘Should I avoid her for now? For example, I could use the excuse of feeling unwell, or I could clash with Irina’s confidence by splashing makeup remover on my own face. That way, no matter what happens, I won’t fall into the worst-case scenario.’
“Alright, I’ll stop keeping you in suspense. Actually, I wasn’t being that dramatic, so don’t have too many expectations. After all, I haven’t transformed yet. In daily life, a Magical Girl is no different from anyone else.”
Precisely at this time, Su Mu added another blow, making Tang Yuan even more certain of her guess.
Tang Yuan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then gave a light hmph.
“Since you put it that way, I won’t bully you. I’ll take off my makeup and compete with you.”
As she spoke, under the astonished gazes of the audience, Tang Yuan’s “hand slipped,” and she splashed makeup remover all over her face.
Her entire persona instantly became a water-soaked Dafan, her face a messy smear like a melting clay doll.
However, even so, her features were still neatly arranged on her face.
Moreover, she had only been wearing very light concealer to begin with, so no matter what, she wouldn’t look too ugly.
The people in the Live Broadcast Room immediately fell into a state of chaos.
The brainless fans began to anxiously comfort Tang Yuan, and the latter followed the lead, wiping her face.
Aside from the sticky parts, she still looked quite pretty and refined.
However, at this moment, Tang Yuan had no idea that there was still a massive gap between her level and Su Mu’s.
“A competition in ugliness? How interesting. Then you’ve certainly found the right person.”
Su Mu gave a cold hmph.
Looking at the screen full of comments urging her on, she calmly deleted the emoji.
“Then I’ll let you see what a real [JK (JOKER KING)] looks like!”