(District 527) Nan Feng: "Looking for my son, looking for my son! My foolish son has gone missing. Please help me find him!"
(District 39) Sakura One-Sword: "???"
Nan Feng's sudden message instantly drew the entire channel's attention.
(District 68) Cheng Mo: "@Nan Feng, bro, did you win?"
(District 381) Lin Tianqi: "You finished that quickly? It's only been a few minutes!"
(District 17) Xiao Angran: "Oh-ho, looks like certain Little Cherry Blossom Devils are about to be disappointed?"
(District 527) Nan Feng: "@Cheng Mo, of course I won. Wasn't it easy? How could a son possibly beat his father? Don't you agree? By the way, have any of you seen my son? Why hasn't he come out to call me Dad yet? @Sakura Kojiro"
With Nan Feng's affirmative answer, the entire Cross-Regional Chat Channel instantly exploded.
(District 288) Emilia: "Oh my God, is this real? District 527 actually defeated District 132?"
(District 8) Mike: "Heh, Sakura Country is truly a pile of shit. They lost even with a level advantage. Trash."
(District 3) Andrei: "A challenge across levels? Impressive."
(District 39) Sakura One-Sword: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! That brat must be talking nonsense!"
(District 39) Wensaka Takuto: "Baka! Everyone from Dragon Country is a liar. Nothing they say can be trusted!"
(District 381) Lin Tianqi: "Where are the people from District 132? Why isn't anyone coming out to talk? Did they get their vocal cords knocked out?"
(District 17) Xiao Angran: "Looks like Sakura Kojiro isn't much after all. A level 6 couldn't beat a level 5? Why even play? Hurry home and raise pigs."
At this moment, every Chosen One from Sakura Country wore a sour expression.
They had never expected Sakura Kojiro, in whom they had placed such high hopes, to lose to a level 5 Chosen One from Dragon Country!
If he had lost to someone from another country, that would have been one thing, but it had to be Dragon Country.
The Chosen Ones of Sakura Country simply could not accept it. They felt as miserable as if they had eaten shit.
(District 113) Ye Piaoling: "Attacker level ＜ target level. Damage = (Attack Power - Defense Power) / (1 + level difference). With a one-level difference, damage is halved directly. @Nan Feng, you still won even with your damage halved. Does that mean Sakura Kojiro is really weak?"
Looking at the formula Ye Piaoling had posted, Nan Feng suddenly understood.
So when a lower-level person attacked someone higher-level, the damage was reduced by that much.
With a one-level gap, damage was halved. With a two-level gap, only one-third remained. If the gap was nine levels, only one-tenth of the original damage remained.
Fortunately, Nan Feng had put all his points into Strength, giving him enough Attack Power. Sakura Kojiro was also quite fragile, so even with his damage halved, Nan Feng could still deal over 150 damage to him.
Otherwise, Nan Feng truly would not have won.
It was precisely because of this damage reduction mechanic that challenging someone above one's level was nearly impossible. No wonder everyone found it unbelievable that Nan Feng had won.
Coming back to his senses, Nan Feng answered Ye Piaoling's question.
(District 527) Nan Feng: "Well... let me put it this way: I didn't lose a single point of health."
(District 527) Su Ziran: "I remember your Destined Divine Weapon being a dagger... You faced a dagger against a Katana and came out unscathed?"
Nan Feng silently gave Su Ziran a thumbs-up. What a godlike assist!
That way, everyone would automatically assume that Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon was a dagger.
It gave Nan Feng much more room to maneuver.
(District 3) Andrei: "An unscathed challenge across levels, and with a melee weapon at that? I don't think I could do that."
(District 288) Emilia: "I heard everyone in Dragon Country knows kung fu. Is that true? To challenge someone above your level without taking damage... Nan Feng, your movement technique must be incredible, right?"
(District 8) Mike: "Heh, movement technique? It's useless before absolute strength."
(District 78) Kim Hyun-wook: "Perhaps Nan Feng isn't too strong. Perhaps Sakura Kojiro is simply too weak."
No one was willing to admit that Chosen Ones from other countries were strong, but everyone was willing to admit that Chosen Ones from other countries were weak.
Kim Hyun-wook's words immediately gained the approval of most Chosen Ones.
(District 8) Mike: "You're right. Sakura Kojiro is just too useless."
(District 502) Shivani: "Heh, if Sakura Kojiro can't even beat District 527, then he definitely can't beat me."
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Bullshit! I can kill you with one slash!"
At last, Sakura Kojiro, who had been lurking for a long time, could no longer hold back and spoke up.
Nan Feng immediately perked up.
He had been waiting forever. He had thought Sakura Kojiro would not dare show his face.
(District 527) Nan Feng: "Good son, where did you run off to? Dad's been looking for you forever!"
(District 39) Sakura One-Sword: "@Nan Feng, watch your mouth!"
(District 527) Nan Feng: "I'm talking to my son. What's it got to do with you? Huh? Wait, you're my son's older brother, so doesn't that mean... you're my son too?"
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Baka! You dare insult my brother? You're courting death!"
(District 527) Nan Feng: "@Sakura Kojiro, good son, didn't you say you would call me Dad? Why haven't you done it yet? Where is the samurai spirit of Sakura Country?"
(District 39) Sakura One-Sword: "Kojiro, did you really lose?"
The Chat Channel immediately fell silent. Everyone was waiting for Sakura Kojiro to directly answer that question.
Sakura Kojiro remained silent for a long time.
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Yes, Oniisan. Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon is a pistol. Its range is extremely long. Before I could even get close to him, my health was nearly depleted."
(District 39) Sakura One-Sword: "What? A pistol?"
(District 68) Cheng Mo: "What the hell? A Destined Divine Weapon can awaken as a pistol? I'm jealous..."
(District 8) Mike: "That's impossible."
(District 288) Emilia: "Oh my God, is that true?"
Nan Feng took a deep breath and considered how to steer past this topic while making most Chosen Ones doubt Sakura Kojiro's words.
After thinking it over, Nan Feng typed out a message and sent it.
(District 527) Nan Feng: "Well, damn. So my Destined Divine Weapon is actually a pistol? If you hadn't said so, I wouldn't have known. Thanks for reminding me, Dad's good big son."
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Stop pretending. If you didn't have a pistol, how could you possibly have beaten me?"
(District 527) Su Ziran: "Sakura Kojiro, I think you were too embarrassed after losing, so you came up with such an excuse."
(District 68) Cheng Mo: "What a lousy excuse. Even my grandma would shake her head after hearing it."
(District 381) Lin Tianqi: "Everyone's Destined Divine Weapons are cold weapons. How could anyone awaken a firearm like a pistol? Could you at least draft your lies before saying them?"
Nan Feng saw that the Chosen Ones from Dragon Country were all speaking up for him.
After thinking for two seconds, Nan Feng understood why.
If Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon really was a pistol, then it was undoubtedly one of his strongest trump cards. They were all from Dragon Country, so how could they casually let a fellow countryman's trump card be exposed? Of course they would refute Sakura Kojiro.
If Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon was not a pistol, then they had even more reason to refute him.
Who was he looking down on by making up such a lame excuse? Did he take everyone for idiots?
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Hmph, the samurai of the Great Sakura Empire never lie. Nan Feng's Destined Divine Weapon is a pistol. I dare swear it upon my Katana!"
The Katana was what Sakura samurai valued most. Since Sakura Kojiro dared swear upon his Katana, there was a good chance that he was telling the truth!
The Chosen Ones from other countries were seventy percent convinced.
(District 527) Nan Feng: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. My Destined Divine Weapon is a pistol. So what? When are you calling me Dad?"
Seeing that Nan Feng did not deny it, the other Chosen Ones became doubtful again.
He admitted his trump card so easily? That was not right.
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Heh, you finally admit it? If you didn't have a gun, you could never have beaten me!"
(District 527) Nan Feng: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do have a gun. So what? When are you calling me Dad? Why do the samurai of the Great Sakura Empire refuse to accept a loss after making a bet?"
(District 68) Cheng Mo: "Heh, I don't believe a single punctuation mark from those Little Cherry Blossom Devils. Anyone who believes them is an idiot."
The Chosen Ones from other countries immediately nodded at that.
Sakura Kojiro truly had no credibility. His words could not be fully trusted.
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Baka! You people from Dragon Country cheated to beat me, and you still want me to accept my loss? Dream on!"
(District 527) Nan Feng: "How did it become cheating again? Didn't I stab you to death with a dagger? Where did I cheat?"
(District 132) Sakura Kojiro: "Hmph, if my health hadn't been so low, how could you have killed me with one stab?"
The moment he sent that message, Sakura Kojiro immediately realized something was wrong.
Nan Feng grinned. This little brat had taken the bait!
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