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Chapter 101 Endless Blades

Ye Fei clicked "match" and tried advancing to level six again.

The matching circle spun for two minutes, but there was still no one there. He tried several times, but the result was the same.

"Could it be that I typed too fast?"

He switched the advanced level back to level 5 and clicked match. This time it was much faster; he was in a game in less than a minute.

He casually played a few rounds, adding over a hundred points to his score. He tried A6 again, but still no one was there.

"Could it be that my score was too high?"

He waited for two minutes, sighed, and helplessly switched back to A5 to re-match.

In the land of cherry blossoms, a traditional-style house stands somewhere.

"Katen" is a famous figure in the Hanada region and the undisputed number one hunter in the Sakura Kingdom. He has just finished a few rounds of the "Dragon Slayer Ranking" and is currently meditating with his eyes closed.

He was slightly overweight, wearing a white loungewear outfit with cherry blossom petal patterns. A strand of hair in front of his forehead was tied back into a thin braid, revealing his shiny forehead.

He sat in front of the computer, the screen displaying the "Dragon Slayer Ranking" matchmaking interface, Advanced Level 5.

He had just finished two games, one a complete victory and the other a narrow win. After each game, he would close his eyes and meditate for ten minutes before playing again.

"Too many mistakes this time. My training isn't enough. Too much, too much—"

"This time, I was a little slow in playing my cards, not decisive enough, too much, too much—"

"In this game, the deck's tempo control was far from perfect, much worse!"

Ten minutes later, he finally opened his eyes and prepared to sit cross-legged back down at his computer desk.

However, a series of violent vibrations from his phone interrupted his thoughts.

"What's going on?" Hanada frowned and opened the private message list.

His YouTube account was flooded with messages in American English, Japanese, and other languages ​​he couldn't understand, totaling hundreds!

He opened the translator and randomly selected a few lines to translate:

"So you're 'Sakura 0's Second Slash'?"

Apologize to the United States!

"So you're the one who defeated EIan? If you're so tough, fight me!"

"Stop pretending, you dare to use your real name?"

Hanada's brows furrowed more and more. He scrolled up and down a few more times, and almost all of them were US addresses with similar content.

He finally understood that these people regarded him as the "second slash of Sakura".

But most importantly, even he himself didn't know who this "Sakura ① Second Blade" was, that he dared to impersonate him?

And he, the true number one hunter of Japan, failed to defeat EIan, yet was burdened with the blame for insulting American professional hunting: "Damn it! Who on earth is impersonating me and deceiving the world!"

He stood up in anger, suddenly drew his bamboo sword from his waist, and cleaved the straw mat in the room in two.

"You arrogant brat, impersonating me? You dare to challenge me?"

He immediately went online to search for information about "Sakura 0 Second Cut".

"Don't let me touch you!"

Just then, a message popped up on the matching screen: "Match successful."

Nationality: Japan (Sakura Country) Rival ID: 『Sakura O Second Cut』!

Hanada's eyes widened instantly.

Not long after, a new room appeared in the e-sports live streaming section of YouTong.com.

"The true number one hunter of Sakura Country, in a decisive battle against the fake 'Sakura 0's second strike'!"

Facing the camera, Hanada's expression was serious, his tone filled with unwavering determination: "I, Hanada Meijin, am entering this battle today, staking my name as 'Sakura Country's Number One Hunter'!"

"If I lose to this imposter, I will retire from the professional scene and never return!"

The live chat exploded with comments from various languages: "Is Hanada-sensei serious?"

"I didn't realize they weren't the same person. I thought he was an imposter."

"It's Hanada! The Little Knife Style is invincible!"

"This is going to be interesting; the real deal is here to get revenge on the imposter."

The number of viewers in the live stream went from several thousand to tens of thousands, and then to hundreds of thousands.

Americans, Japanese, Koreans, and Americans—the "D"s from various countries intertwine in the bullet screen.

The game begins.

Character: Silent Hunter Advancement: A5

Hanada took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and immediately entered battle mode.

The first level is called "Dense Forest".

Someone discovered that in matches where both players are playing the same character, the seeds, cards dealt, and shops are all identical.

This type of game eliminates any other random or asymmetrical factors.

This means that this will be a match where skill is absolutely everything!

Hanada Meijin, the "Wood King" among the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Japanese esports, is one of the world's top Silent Hunter players. His knife-style gameplay is precise, powerful, and features exquisite and perfect construction, earning him the title of "the artist of the knife."

His outstanding record has also left behind the legend that "as long as you have a knife, you will never lose!"

"I heard that in this flower field, whoever catches the knife won't lose. Is that true?"

"I've heard that too. Whenever he gets the knife, his win rate is 100% so far."

"Huh? That's so exaggerated?"

"This is the true skill of a top hunter, not something you can fake with a second strike."

Soon, after defeating the second monster, Hanada looked at the three reward cards dropped by the monster, and one of them, "Accuracy," was clearly among them.

The chat erupted in cheers:

"It's here, it's the Dagger Style!"

"The core of the 'Small Knife Style' is here so quickly."

"This is it!"

Hanada smiled slightly and added the "Precision" card to his deck.

However, the third monster did not drop a knife.

The first level of elites did not drop knives.

He tapped the first fire, saying "Precise".

He looked around the first shop, but still couldn't find a single knife.

His deck contained only one "Precision" card, like a gun without bullets.

"This...this isn't right, is it?"

"What kind of luck is this? Why is it deliberately making things difficult?"

Hanada, however, remained calm and composed, telling himself, "No rush, just be patient!"

The first boss is the "Fellow Clan Squad".

Hanada didn't have a knife, so he relied on his initial attacks and a few transitional attack cards to slowly whittle down his health, losing more than half of it.

The screen lit up, and three rare reward cards popped up:

"Assassination", inherent, 0 cost, 10 damage, inflicts one stack of Vulnerability, cost.

"Blade Trap", 2 mana, play all the knives from your deck at an enemy.

"Erosion", a skill card, grants 1 Agility and 4 Thorns.

The mouse hovered above the card for a long time without dropping it.

He doesn't have a single card that produces a small knife in his hand right now, only a naked "Precision" card.

If he draws "Blade Trap" and doesn't encounter any more knife cards on the second floor, his deck will completely collapse!

He steadied himself and began to analyze the situation calmly:

For him, if he didn't catch the knife, he wouldn't play any other styles, so he might as well not play them at all.

But as long as you can grab a knife, your skill level will instantly be maxed out, and you'll remain invincible!

From this perspective, although the "blade trap" carries a certain risk of being caught naked and missing, it does not mean that the trap will be effective.

However, if he doesn't catch it, his "precision" move will be wasted. If he encounters a small knife but doesn't catch it, he will only lose more!

The other two cards have extremely high costs and are completely incompatible with the existing deck.

If you catch them, you win; if you don't, you die!

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, his gaze was suddenly resolute: "A true warrior never looks back!"

He chose the "Blade Trap," betting everything on the knife style.

Then he stepped forward and went into the second floor.

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