Sakura One-Sword of District 39 was preparing to challenge District 527.
Nan Feng looked at the message Su Ziran had sent him. Combined with the discussions in the Chat Channel, he roughly understood what had happened.
Ever since the three Dragon Country war zones had handed Sakura Country's District 132 three consecutive defeats that morning, District 132 had been thoroughly crippled.
Over the course of that morning, who knew how many war zones had challenged Sakura Kojiro? There were war zones from Monkey Country, Kangaroo Country, Han Country, Owl Country...
Seeing that Sakura Kojiro was finished, all those war zones wanted to pick up scraps and plunder a few resources.
Sakura Kojiro had held on fairly well at first. He had even won a match against a Han Country war zone and spent half the day swaggering around in the Cross-Regional Chat Channel.
Kim Hyun-wook from District 78 immediately couldn't stand it anymore. "You little Sakura Kojiro, how dare you mock our Han Country? Wash yourself clean!"
Kim Hyun-wook took out a Cross-Region Challenge Token and gave Sakura Kojiro a brutal beating.
After that, powerhouses from Eagle Country and Kangaroo Country each won a match against District 132 as well.
That was disastrous. District 132 had lost six matches in total, and all Chosen Ones had their attributes reduced by 20 points!
Sakura Kojiro's strength plummeted. It was as if he had been hit with a debilitating curse—he couldn't beat anyone anymore.
As a result, District 132 became a beginner's gift pack. Most war zones that possessed Cross-Region Challenge Tokens chose to bully District 132 and add resources to their own war zones.
By lunchtime, it was said that District 132's trees had nearly been stripped bare, while ferocious beasts had become pitifully scarce.
Barring any surprises, District 132's Chosen Ones definitely wouldn't survive the Beast Tide twenty-six days from now.
Sakura One-Sword flew into a rage when he heard the news.
His younger brother, who had grown up with him since childhood, had actually been bullied into such a state?
How was he supposed to explain that to their father?
Sakura One-Sword immediately decided to challenge District 527—he believed Nan Feng was the main culprit behind all this.
He issued District 527 a challenge in the Cross-Regional Chat Channel, declaring that he would thoroughly defeat Nan Feng and avenge his brother!
If that were all, Nan Feng wouldn't have cared much.
They had won a match before, so even if they lost to Sakura One-Sword, they would merely return those 10% resources.
Overall, it wasn't a loss.
It wasn't a big problem.
But Sakura One-Sword clearly didn't intend to let Nan Feng off so easily—or rather, he didn't intend to let District 527 off so easily.
He recruited several war zones through the Cross-Regional Chat Channel and planned to make District 527 lose three matches in a row!
This immediately panicked the District 527 Chosen Ones who had been lurking in the Cross-Regional Chat Channel, and they hurried back to spread the news.
A reduction of 10 points to all attributes was far too severe a punishment. No one could bear it!
In the Chat Channel:
Bao Jian: "What do we do? Sakura One-Sword has recruited seven war zones, and they're planning to challenge District 527 one after another. How are we supposed to fight this?"
Huang Yuanming: "Fuck, Sakura Country is bullying us, and A San Country and Pretty Country are joining in too! Then let's fight!"
Ma Yong: "Fight? How? Sakura One-Sword said he'll reach Level 8 before nightfall, then challenge our war zone. He's cautious as a dog."
Tian Zhiping: "The highest level in our district is only Level 5. How can we possibly beat him? It's all Nan Feng's fault. He insisted on provoking Sakura Country. Great, now all the Chosen Ones in the district have to suffer along with him."
Bai Ji: "How about we have Nan Feng apologize to Sakura Country? Maybe they'll let us go."
Nan Feng sneered.
An apology would not only be useless, it would just earn him further humiliation from Sakura Country. Nan Feng wasn't about to do something so stupid.
At that moment, Su Ziran sent another private message. "Nan Feng, come talk in the small group."
Nan Feng did not rush to join the group. Instead, he first looked over the situation around him.
The cliff where he and You Ran were located was very high. The Bloodthirsty Wolves truly couldn't climb up and could only rage helplessly below. It was safe here for the time being, so it wasn't a problem to spend a while chatting in the group.
You Ran seemed to have received the news as well. Her expression was somewhat grave. "Sakura One-Sword will reach Level 8 soon. When a Level 5 fights a Level 8, damage is reduced to 25% of its original amount. How can we win...?"
That was true. Nan Feng couldn't think of a way to win either.
Even with the Desert Eagle in hand, Nan Feng couldn't find any opening for a comeback.
You Ran put away her staff and sat down cross-legged. "Let's hurry and discuss it in the group. Don't worry about these Bloodthirsty Wolves for now."
"The group? You're in the group too?" Nan Feng casually sat beside You Ran, catching the faint fragrance drifting from her.
Hmm... it must be cosmetics soaked into her skin.
You Ran had no idea what Nan Feng was thinking and nodded. "Su Ziran just added me."
Nan Feng opened the panel and checked the members of the Handsome Men Group. Good grief, all the top twenty Chosen Ones on the rankings were in it.
You Ran: "@Su Ziran, I suggest changing the group name to Handsome Men and Beautiful Women Friendship Group."
Shen Pan: "I'm stunned, bro. What kind of show is this? You can actually create groups? Can someone teach me how? I want to make a matchmaking group."
Su Ziran: "We can talk about those trivial matters later. Let's discuss the important matter first. Has Nan Feng joined?"
Nan Feng: "I'm here."
Seeing Nan Feng enter the group chat, the other Chosen Ones stopped chatting idly and became serious.
Su Ziran briefly explained the situation first, then threw the question to Xiao Luo.
Su Ziran: "@Xiao Luo, you're currently the highest level. Are you confident you can beat Sakura One-Sword?"
Xiao Luo was a leveling maniac. He never stopped hunting ferocious beasts, and his level had always remained among the highest.
If there hadn't been so many spiders in the mine, Nan Feng's level would definitely have been left far behind by Xiao Luo.
Xiao Luo pondered for a while before replying, "Not confident."
Su Ziran: "What about Nan Feng?"
Nan Feng thought for a moment and shook his head as well. "If he's Level 7, I can still fight him. But Level 8 won't work. The level suppression is too severe."
Everyone had already expected that answer, so no one was particularly surprised.
Su Ziran: "Sakura One-Sword will reach Level 8 before nightfall, and he will definitely challenge our war zone today. You two are currently the highest-level members. Can you reach Level 6 before nightfall?"
Xiao Luo: "Yes."
Nan Feng glanced at his own level: Level 5 (1268/3200).
There were more than forty Level 5 Bloodthirsty Wolves here. If he killed them all, Nan Feng could reach Level 6 as well.
With that thought, Nan Feng replied, "I can too."
Su Ziran: "Alright, level up as quickly as possible. The challenge match will select the highest-level person in the district to fight, so it will definitely be one of you two."
Wu Yuansheng: "Reaching Level 6 still won't be enough. A Level 6 fighting a Level 8 is still far too big a gap."
Huang Yuanming: "I have a piece of equipment—the Beast Hide Hood. It can add 2 points of stamina. I can lend it to you first, and you can return it after the fight. Does anyone else have equipment that can increase attributes? You can lend it out as support too."
Wang Zhiyang: "Heh, forget it. What if they take the equipment and don't return it?"
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