Chapter 128: Chapter 105: Long-Range and Close-Quarters Combat, Archery Upgrade_3
Hua Lian’er was on Chen Ping’s back, which meant that whether attacking or defending, he had to expend more physical strength and inner qi.
As the fight went on, he naturally grew weaker. When his strength slightly waned and was no longer at its peak, that was the time for an all-out attack.
So, continuing to tangle in the open field was the worst strategy.
He had to turn defense into offense.
Chen Ping mastered the Seven Stars Step and Swallow Returning Butterfly Dance, two of the world’s top-level dodging techniques. Although his cultivation realm wasn’t very high, he wouldn’t be easily caught up to in a short time.
Illusions arose around him, creating shadowy figures everywhere, making it impossible to tell the real from the fake.
His speed was both swift and elusive, flickering as he returned to his original spot, then with two turns, concealing himself behind the huge cliff that blocked the mountain recess.
Even though Yuchi Yu’s arrows were fast, they almost couldn’t keep up with Chen Ping’s body technique, and with the Clear Wind Shadowless Sword as protection, naturally, neither Chen Ping nor Hua Lian’er could be harmed.
"What should we do? Hide?"
The two hid in a spot unreachable by arrows; they were safe, but if they still wanted to continue to Ling Mountain Prefecture, they couldn’t just hide.
Chen Ping knew this, of course.
He also understood what the two outside were thinking. They might keep a watch, or they might call for reinforcements again.
"I had some enlightenment about archery earlier. Let’s rest a bit and come up with a way to deal with Yuchi Yu,"
Chen Ping said directly.
After speaking, he didn’t care about Hua Lian’er’s colorful expression and focused his thoughts on the Spring and Autumn Silkworm attribute column.
During the battle in Yuanxi, Hero Zhao’s significant reputation was justified by the reward for defeating him.
Combined with his disciples and the obstacles caused by the entire city’s government targeting him, after breaking through, Chen Ping gained a total of 32 points of tribulation.
He had 2 points of tribulation left before, unused, and now his total tribulation has reached 34 points.
As for fortune, the total reached 24 points, and the "Trace Origin and Steal Fortune" talent was not activated...
Now, Chen Ping roughly understood that seizing fortune does not necessarily become valuable just because the opponent’s strength and realm are high; it also depends on whether it benefits oneself.
In this case, there wasn’t much from Hero Yuanxi that could help his growth, nor were there any opportunities that might have a profound future impact...so the Spring and Autumn Silkworm was too lazy to plunder.
However, he was now satisfied with the Clear Wind Shadowless Sword, having achieved great success with it, and he wasn’t disappointed at not obtaining Hero Yuanxi’s Spring Water Swordsmanship.
After focusing on the "Sunset Divine Arrow" (Great Success) in the attribute column for a long time, Chen Ping made up his mind.
With the previous arrow confrontation with Yuchi Yu, it ended up in a draw.
His arrows were heavy, one arrow was equal to ten arrows...
The arrow’s attribute carried a strong annihilation aura that ordinary people couldn’t withstand, and even for Yuchi Yu, it required a lot of effort to block.
However, the Sun-Shooting Arrow wasn’t without drawbacks; shooting one arrow consumed a lot of essence and inner qi, and even mental fatigue was significant.
It allowed for only a few shots.
The opponent’s advantage was speed; he could shoot one arrow while the other had shot ten.
Not only was there the Multi-Arrow, but also the Continuous Arrow.
The action of drawing and shooting arrows was as fast as an illusion, almost impossible to see.
At times, among the arrow rain, some Wind-Splitting Arrows, also known as Silent Arrows, were mixed in.
Breaking his arrows wasn’t easy either.
In such a situation, with a grandmaster whose sword technique was not inferior to his and whose realm surpassed his by nearly two levels secretly lurking nearby...
If he wanted to win,
he had to enhance his skills.
What to enhance?
If he enhanced his body technique to run faster, it wouldn’t change the essence, as he still couldn’t close in.
Enhancing his sword technique wouldn’t be very useful either; they were kite flying him, essentially teasing him. An extra level of sword technique would be of limited use.
The best method was to enhance the arrow technique.
Shoot against shoot.
As long as he could quickly kill the archer and ruin the opponent’s kite-flying strategy, whether the Cui family’s Heaven-Questioning Swordsman, who only dared ambush from the side, would dare to confront him head-on, was another question.
’It’s you, Sun-Shooting Arrow, enhance.’
32-Point Tribulation Burning.
Countless archery experiences and force-exerting techniques transformed and materialized in his mind, giving Chen Ping a sense of enlightenment.
He realized his understanding of archery had reached another level.
He merely drew the bowstring lightly.
Qi, blood, inner qi, and spirit effortlessly flooded into the longbow and strong arrows.
And even separated into layers.
’I see, the perfection level of the Sun-Shooting Arrow is an arrow technique that can endlessly enhance, a method of stacking force.’
After the Sunset Divine Arrow (Perfection), Chen Ping finally understood what the "Sun-Shooting" move truly entailed.
With qi and blood stacking, inner qi mobilizing the accumulation of Heaven and Earth primordial qi, plus the stacking of divine will, the power of this arrow could be said to be limitless.
The previous move merely gathered all strength, regardless of attribute, into one arrow, which was a rough method.
Due to his own imbalance in qi-blood energy, inner qi, and divine power, the arrow technique’s power didn’t just fail to leverage his qi-blood advantage but actually held it back.
Resulting in immediate weakness after one arrow, and unable to shoot a second arrow in a short time...
Now, however, he could stack qi and blood three times, combining the power of three arrows into one, tripling its power.
After shooting an arrow, only his qi and blood churned, and within a few breaths, he could recover again.
The power increased more than threefold.
This was perfection.
Chen Ping exhaled deeply, a smile forming on his face.
"Based on the Sun-Shooting Arrow, achieving three times the attack power, let’s see if your Wind-Chasing Divine Arrow can still withstand it."
Moreover, Chen Ping knew that after reaching perfection, the power of this arrow technique was not fixed.
With future enhancements to his qi and blood, his triple stacking would grow stronger and stronger.
And with inner qi mobilizing Heaven and Earth primordial qi, this arrow could truly be an ultimate strike capable of crossing levels.
When mental growth advanced, transforming void into reality, and divine will took shape, it could also be infused into the arrow.
By then, with ninefold stacking of qi, blood, inner qi, and divine will, who knows what level of attack might be reached?
Truly inspiring.
After a mere cup of tea’s time, Chen Ping stood up, energetic once more.
"Let’s go face them again. Hopefully, they haven’t run away yet."
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