Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

[High-octane! Yan Zhanlong annihilates Thornbird, the ultimate aesthetic of Cultivator's sheer violence!]

Although her academic performance wasn't great, when it came to things she was truly interested in, Xie Ruoxi worked at an exceptionally fast pace. She managed to edit the video in just one afternoon.

Yan Yu took a look at it and was thoroughly impressed; he couldn't find any faults.

The BGM selected was The_Phoenix by the band The Out Boys, the fervent rhythm of the rock music complementing the intense battle scenes perfectly.

More amusingly, the superhero "Phoenix" in the footage, who was walked like a dog by Yan Yu and Li Minghu, is actually a translation of the word Phoenix itself.

The entire animation scene was chaotically edited. The video started with Thornbird's quote during an interview, "Yan Yu is a very strong, very strong, very strong Rikoku Cultivator". Then the robust and passionate BGM war song kicked in as the camera panned to the battle scenes, with Thornbird's camera view as the main perspective, interspersed with shots from two other people's footage.

From a tactical replay perspective, this kind of editing was certainly subpar. Frequent changes in viewpoint made it hard to reconstruct the original sequence of the battle.

But for the non-professional video audience, the trendiness was seriously off the charts. The dazzling interweaving of the Thunder Lance's lightning, Phoenix's flames, and the double sword lights of the Sky Flash Sword and Huang Tingjian, made it so you wished you had eighteen eyes to catch every detail.

What's more, Yan Yu noticed that every camera switch was perfectly timed to the beat of the BGM, further enhancing the effect of the rock music and the blood-pumping visuals, making for an even more provocative atmosphere.

What is talent? This is talent!

Xie Ruoxi, how did you end up as a beautiful good-for-nothing in your past life? What other treasures am I yet to discover within you?

Come on, reveal them all to me!

Seeing the girl's face beaming with pride, as if saying "please praise me", Yan Yu nodded reservedly and put on an air of authority as he said:

"Alright, let's go ahead and post it. But while video quality is crucial, we can't neglect follow-up operations. Make sure to track the data and provide feedback in a timely manner, and adjust our strategy accordingly."

"Understood!" She didn't state it explicitly, but Xie Ruoxi could tell he was very pleased (otherwise, why wouldn't he have found a single fault?), and she saluted before scampering off.

Post it! Post it ruthlessly! Let those naysayers see just how awesome my solo-promoted Yan Zhanlong is!

No sooner had Ruoxi released the video than she sought out a click-farm company within the content creator's circle and bought the largest traffic package available.

As everyone knows, the process for video recommendations often starts off by providing a small amount of traffic for a trial push. Then, based on the click-through rate, completion rate, and other playback data during the trial period, the amount of traffic for the second push is determined.

Click-farm companies can make the trial period traffic look good, ensuring that you get a substantial amount of platform traffic for the second batch.

Whether this wave of traffic can bring higher conversion rates and lead to subsequent third and fourth rounds of traffic ultimately depends on the quality of your video—you can't always buy views, especially since the monetization rate of videos is poor, it would be purely loss-making.

Ruoxi's video had the currently hottest keyword, "Yan Zhanlong". Moreover, it was a self-made video posted by a verified official account, which probably caught the platform operator's attention. Before the click-farm even started to vigorously boost the video, it received a huge traffic boost from the platform itself, and the data began to soar.

Most video viewers don't usually watch live streams or bother to visit smaller platforms for pirated broadcasts. Having only heard of "Yan Zhanlong", they had no idea how formidable it was. Once they clicked on the video, they couldn't pull themselves away.

On the return trip, the crews of the Zhenhai Team and Qing'an Team — all Cultivators — were sitting around two tables playing the card game 'Fight the Landlord'.

With eight people across two tables, and one person taking a break, it was Jiang Hong's turn to rest. He was idly browsing a video website on the ship's computer when he suddenly shouted:

"Holy shit! Looks like Yan's popularity just won't stop rolling in, wave after wave!"

Upon hearing that something was up with Yan Yu again, everyone quickly threw down their cards and gathered around the computer to enjoy the fun.

After silently watching the video, Lin Ning couldn't help but express:

"No lies, that was pretty cool."

Flying kites and walking dogs with Phoenix, the double sword strike on Thunderbird, and then Yan Yu's sudden ambush on Thornbird, a devilish trap with seven rapid flashes, moving so fast it was almost as if he was teleporting, which nearly filled the whole screen with barrage comments, and the advanced barrage was even more numerous, scrolling fancily with comments like "Disaster is always one step behind me".

The video's final scene showed Yan Yu, having completed seven flashes to get in close, with a look of indifferent yet domineering arrogance, leaving the words, "You like Jump Rope, huh?" before delivering a killer punch that shattered the camera, followed by a meaningful black screen as the BGM ended abruptly, leaving viewers with a lingering aftertaste as the screen-filling barrage collectively became "You may now breathe".

Seriously, everyone had indeed held their breath subconsciously just a moment ago.

Yan Yu wasn't here, so everyone turned their gaze to another person involved, Li Minghu.

Li Minghu smiled helplessly and said,

"The credit is all his, I was just playing a supporting role."

No matter how much Li Zhaojiang wanted to protect his sister, he had to admit that this kid Yan Yu really stood out on his own. Strictly speaking, it was his sister who was basking in his fame.

Looking at the comments section of the video, sure enough, the audience's passion was also ignited. There were cheers, songs of praise, fans enthralled by Yan Zhanlong, and even those who said they were using the video as an accompaniment to their drinks, already starting to toast with their fathers-in-law...

In short, the reviews were overwhelmingly positive — the number of comments had already broken through the thousands, and the number of views had skyrocketed to the hundreds of thousands in no time.

At Shengjing Prefecture's Dingbei National Defense Academy, Liu Longtao had just finished practicing swordplay and picked up his phone during the break, only to see that his childhood buddies, the young princes, had sent him a video.

After watching the video in silence, Lord Master revealed a thoughtful expression.

Pretty captivating.

I'll have to ask Old Yan which studio he hired and get them to make one for me too.

"Ye Jun!" He made up his mind, turned around, and called out, "Come take a look at this."

In a certain establishment in Shuzhong Prefecture, the Huofeng Team was enjoying hotpot while watching the TV on the wall. Suddenly, the local news station inserted a last-minute news broadcast, headlined "Yan Zhanlong's compilation video of his battle defeating the Thorns Bird has sparked national attention and heated discussion."

Although it was a last-minute news story, there was no need to prepare any new materials. The anchor read off the script, and then the camera cut away to play the video, simple and relaxed.

But the team members watched with rapt attention. Zhou Hongyu was expressionless, not moving an inch. Zhang Huaide frowned slightly, feeling that the angle transitions were too chaotic. Qin Meng dropped his chopsticks without realizing it, while Tang Xiaolian had her mouth slightly agape.

Only Meng Qingxi was watching the TV and eating hotpot, occasionally lifting his plastic cup to sip some wine along with the music, thoroughly enjoying himself.

The reason for the local television's insertion of this program was not due to any keen sense of journalism, but because the Zhendong Army discovered that someone was promoting their affiliated cultivator, Yan Yu. Li Weiguo immediately made a phone call, requesting that local propaganda departments cooperate in drumming up support.

"Hahaha!" He watched the video over and over on the computer, unable to help but exclaim, "Good, good, good! You, young man, should stop showing off in front of me and start showing off in front of all the people of the nation! It should've been like this all along!"

Inside the Jinling Villa, Xie Ruoxi logged into the backend of various video sites, and upon seeing the explosive growth of view counts like rockets, she was momentarily captivated and intoxicated.

Although my video production deserves some credit, it's really because Yan Zhanlong is just too handsome! Three hundred and sixty degrees of unobstructed handsomeness!

As the leader of his fans, I wholeheartedly promote him, and there's not the slightest bit of him paying too much that factors into this!

She was holding her pretty face, thrilled to no end, when suddenly a new message notification popped up on her screen.

Looking at the nickname of the sender, it was according to the previous operational plan, where they had intended to hire some trolls to slander the video as fake to create a controversial sensation. Hence, Xie Ruoxi had specially contacted another marketing agency.

[Tempest Marketing Studio]: Client, we can't take this job anymore!

[Tempest Marketing Studio]: Yan Zhanlong is too damn awesome. Now the whole net is his fans, how could we possibly slander him? It would ruin our reputation.

[Tempest Marketing Studio]: I advise you to start pulling back too. He is the pride of our Lu Country, thoroughly beating the foreigners. It's really not something we can go against. Business is business, but some things really shouldn't be touched, with Lord Master watching over us.

[Tempest Marketing Studio]: We won't report you, but don't contact us again.

[You are not this user's friend. Please contact him/her to add you as a friend again.]

Xie Ruoxi stared at the screen for a long time before she realized she had been blocked by them.

Yan Yu's popularity had soared to such heights that even the marketing trolls had become his fans, and they were no longer taking business!

She jumped up from her chair, cheered, and hopped around a few times, releasing her joy. After calming her excitement, she hurried out of her study to share the good news with Yan Yu.