Xian Yu's unprecedented twelfth successive victory across five continents had not yet faded when Shadow's eleventh ic release quickly became the next hot topic.
The industry was shocked!
The media was shocked!
Netizens were shocked!
The topic spread from major manga forums in Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Han across the five continents to Tribe and blogs, and even to different social media platforms online.
The conversations centered around Shadow and his six new ics.
Countless discussions, reports, and analyses emerged one after another!
As the repercussions of this earthquake in the manga circle radiated out, their subsequent impact exploded with the force of lightning that leaves no time to cover one's ears!
Tribe!
Readers began to defect en masse—
"My favorite manga artists have all moved to the league, there's nothing left in Tribe ics that's worth my attachment. I'm going over to follow the ics there."
"The quality of the ics in the league is now better than that of Tribe, so of course, I choose the league."
"I particularly love Shadow's new manga 'Death God.' For this manga, I've decided to switch to the league!"
"I used to read from both sides, following three ics in Tribe and three in the league, but now there's only one ic left worth following in Tribe. From now on, I think I'll mainly choose the league to read ics."
"I'm going to the league for 'Gundam'!"
"The ics in the league are so exciting, especially 'Saint Seiya.' Shadow is responsible for all my joy, so who cares about Tribe ics!"
"Brothers, charge! Let's move to the league!"
The hottest and most popular ics are all in the league; it's only natural for readers to choose like this!
Almost on the very same day.
Tribe ics' traffic plummeted to an all-time low!
Even when Tribe ics was newly established, the traffic had never been this low, highlighting just how exaggerated this impact was!
As one declined, the other rose.
The loss of traffic from Tribe ics led directly to a surge in traffic for the league!
Within just a few days' time.
The number of user registrations in the league continued to grow.
Especially on December 12th, the league's traffic actually surpassed Tribe ics' peak period!
The manga world had truly changed.
The entire industry was restless.
Manga artists from Tribe began to panic as they could see the subscription details of their ics through the backend, and in the past few days, subscription counts for all Tribe ics artists were plummeting!
What did this mean?
This meant that countless Tribe ics readers had defected, all of them running to the league for ics, who could blame them when the league had Shadow's sensational new release, and each ic was so brilliant?
"Why the hell am I still drawing!"
"The readers have all run away!"
"The league already had the Shadow Corps to attract traffic, and now with six top ics artists joining them, their ability to draw traffic is simply unmatched. Unless Tribe ics can e up with someone on Shadow's level in the future, it will be very hard to get these readers to e back to Tribe ics for updates."
"We need to plan ahead."
"Shadow God is really too damn freakish, it wasn't enough for him to carry a single website on his shoulders, he's looking to support the entire manga industry by himself. My own ic is just at its concluding stage; after I finish, I'll immediately jump ship to the league to start a new work. There aren't many readers left in Tribe."
"I'm planning to cut off my current ic and go start a new one in the league!"
"I regret it so much. The editors from the league wanted to poach me before, offering really good terms, but I didn't accept because they were a new platform. Now the tables have turned, and I have to find that editor who wanted to recruit me, to beg him to let me join."
"Damn, me too!"
"If I had gone to the league earlier, my treatment would certainly have been good, but going there now, I guess the conditions will be quite ordinary!"
The league had previously tried to poach people from Tribe.
Unfortunately, very few manga artists from Tribe were willing to go.
But the times have changed now!
Manga artists from Tribe were rushing head over heels to defect to the league!
While they initially would've been weled with open arms, and carried over with great respect, now they had to brazenly push their way over; it was both awkward and helpless.
It was quite a tragic situation.
But some were even worse off!
Like those manga artists who jumped ship from the league to Tribe.
They were now extremely unfortable, fearfully huddling together to discuss their options:
"I betrayed the league before, would they still want me?"
"I must be on the league's blacklist by now, damn it, I was poached to Tribe just less than two months ago, how could Tribe be flattened by the league like this!"
"That's nothing, Burning Star has it much worse than you!"
"Burning Star Teacher seemed to have just been poached by Tribe from the league last week, right? I heard he even had a fight with his editor at the league over the matter. Now he's arrived in Tribe, and before he could even start a new work, he encountered this. It's simply brutal."
"Pfft!"
"Joining Tribe on the eve of Shadow leading the league to unify the manga world?"
"Okay, actually we're not the most unfortunate ones, even Burning Star isn't the worst off, the most unfortunate ones are those guys!"
Who were those guys?
Everybody knew in their hearts.
They were none other than Tianmen, Yeshenchen, and He Dajun.
He Dajun had a major fallout with Shadow earlier over the title "Number One in petitive Manga."
With Shadow's position in the league and even the entire industry now, He Dajun could never possibly develop his career in the league.
As for Tianmen and Yeshenchen?
These two were even more dramatic than He Dajun!
Initially, both of them had agreed to join the league. But when the league launched, they both backstabbed it, almost causing the league to fail to gain momentum. It was all thanks to Shadow that he helped the league to pull through.
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