Cao Feng
Everyone Becomes a Lord: Starting with Female Hero Fusion
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Cao Feng (曹风) |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Zhao Chi’s class at the Lord Academy in Snowfield City 26 29 |
| Occupation/Role | Student lord; deputy class representative 26 |
| Status | Survives the Troll battle without injury 29 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 26 26 |
Background / History
Cao Feng comes from a relatively well-off commoner family. His family supplied his starting race, the Shadow Leopards, giving him access to a costly combat force. Zhao Chi estimates that their racial bloodline would cost at least 100 gold coins, though he acknowledges that he is unfamiliar with its exact price 26 29.
Cao Feng claims to have consistently ranked among the top three students in his class. He uses this record to dismiss Zhao Chi’s tactical advice, contrasting it with Zhao Chi’s earlier poor grades 27.
Personality
Cao Feng is boastful about his advantages and sensitive to challenges to his competence. When Lu Yi praises his Shadow Leopards, he acts casual about his family’s support while advertising their strength and offering help to other classmates. When Zhao Chi questions his assessment of the Trolls, he responds with insults and publicly shares their exchange to invite ridicule 26 27.
His hostility persists even after Zhao Chi’s warning proves correct. He defends his losses as an ordinary mistake, then becomes abusive enough to be muted by the system. His domineering behavior also extends to trading: he pressures Ji Ya to withdraw from a purchase and threatens anyone else who might buy the item 29 46.
Abilities & Skills
Battlefield Command
- Coordinates Shadow Leopards with Lu Yi’s Elven archers, using the leopards to draw enemy attention while the Elves provide ranged support 28.
- Activates an unnamed skill before ordering his leopards to approach the Trolls; its effect is not described 28.
- Knows the four criteria used to classify Trolls—muscle structure, center of gravity, battle markings, and bone ornaments—but incorrectly identifies two recently matured agility-type Trolls as strength types 27 28.
- Fails to revise his assessment promptly when the Trolls demonstrate unexpected speed, continuing to argue while Lu Yi urges a retreat 28.
Forces
Shadow Leopards
Cao Feng’s family-provided starting race is specialized for combat rather than territory development 26.
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Initial force | Five Shadow Leopards 26 |
| Appearance | Sleek, athletic, entirely black, and noticeably larger than ordinary leopards 26 |
| Strengths | High burst speed, surprise attacks, pursuit, strong night vision, and capable melee combat 26 27 |
| Limitations | Average stamina; cannot perform production or construction work 26 27 |
| Equipment compatibility | Can wear armor but cannot wield weapons; beast tamers and enchanters can improve their claws and teeth 26 |
| Troll battle deployment | Three accompany Cao Feng; two remain in his territory with his Basic Hero 27 |
| Documented losses | Two killed during the Troll battle 29 |
- Basic Hero — Remains behind to guard Cao Feng’s territory during his visit to Lu Yi; no further characteristics are given 27.
Story Role / Major Arcs
Troll Battle and Conflict with Zhao Chi
- Offer of assistance: Cao Feng answers Lu Yi’s request for help against two Trolls, promising to exploit his Shadow Leopards’ agility to draw their attention 26.
- Rejected warning: Zhao Chi privately advises Lu Yi that the Trolls are agility types and recommends poison rather than a direct confrontation. Cao Feng recognizes the advice as Zhao Chi’s and mocks him in the class chat 27.
- Battlefield reversal: The Trolls prove too fast to kite safely. One leopard suffers a broken hind leg from a thrown stone axe, loses speed, and is caught and killed 28 29.
- Outcome: Cao Feng and Lu Yi kill both Trolls without personal injury, but lose two Shadow Leopards and one Elf. Cao Feng’s subsequent abusive messages earn him a system mute 29.
Stocking Fashion Modification Book Dispute
- Cao Feng disputes Wang Lie’s three-gold-coin asking price for a Stocking Fashion Modification Book, arguing that its research-time savings do not justify the cost 46.
- He intimidates Ji Ya into abandoning her offer and declares that no one else should buy the book 46.
- Wang Lie instead agrees to trade it to Zhao Chi for 21 Goblin captives and pay the tax. Anticipating trouble from Cao Feng, Wang Lie asks permission to identify Zhao Chi as the buyer rather than confront Cao Feng directly 47.
Relationships
- Zhao Chi — Hostile classmate. Cao Feng belittles his academic record and rejects his tactical advice; Zhao Chi correctly predicts the loss of two Shadow Leopards and later mocks Cao Feng’s refusal to listen 27 28 29.
- Lu Yi — Classmate and temporary battlefield ally. Her praise pleases him, but she rebukes his insults toward Zhao Chi and challenges his conduct during the battle 26 27 28.
- Kong Xiang, Shi Juan, Zheng He, and Li Ke — Followers who join his public mockery of Zhao Chi; Kong Xiang and Shi Juan also defend him after the Troll battle 27 29.
- Wang Lie — Classmate and seller who resents Cao Feng’s arrogance but is reluctant to clash with him openly 46 47.
- Ji Ya — Classmate whom he pressures into withdrawing from negotiations for the modification book 46.