Chapter 79: Archery and Arrows
He was about to step forward when he suddenly became alert and thought to himself: "Why is this archery target dead?" He stopped and squatted down slowly, and sure enough, he found a thin thread in the front. This thin thread was covered with fallen leaves. It would be difficult for players to spot it if they didn't look carefully.
This filament was very close to him, only one step away. If he took another step forward, he would definitely touch it.
"This must be a trap planted by the system." He took a few steps back, picked up a rock on the ground and threw it at it. Sure enough, the trap was triggered.
I saw several sharp arrows shot out quickly from the left, and then several more sharp arrows shot out quickly from the right.
After seeing this scene, he broke out in a cold sweat. If he had stepped on the thread just now, even if he didn't die, he would still shed a layer of skin.
"It's easy to hide from an open gun, but hard to defend against a concealed arrow" is indeed a wise saying. It's no wonder that the official will strictly control long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows.
In the following time, he became more cautious, taking precautions in advance for any unclear points on the road, either taking detours, or testing and sabotaging them in advance.
The assessment lasted for an hour and ten minutes, and Feng reached the eighth floor.
The map on this level is an intricate ancient city, and the targets for clearance are no longer arrow targets or small animals, but have become NPC archers and NPC crossbowmen who can counterattack players.
Moreover, he also found that the number of bows and arrows in his quiver was not enough, which showed that this level of assessment was not only testing the player's shooting ability, but also testing the player's close combat ability.
Neither of these two items was a big problem for him, so he made great progress and quickly passed the level.
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Entering the tenth floor, this is the hall of the Shenjian Camp. The officer NPC in the hall said to him: Congratulations to No. 468 of the North Camp for arriving on the tenth floor of the trial tower.
The officer then gave him two options:
First, end this audition immediately. Because the players who can enter the tenth level are all shooting masters and have passed this audition. At the same time, they do not need to participate in the second round of elimination in the afternoon and directly participate in the third round of promotion.
Second, continue the challenge on the tenth level. If you win the challenge, you will receive special rewards, and regardless of whether you win in the end, you will directly participate in the third round of promotions.
This is simply a fool's question. Anyone would choose the second option.
The officer then gave him a challenge card with a number and relevant rules for the tenth level challenge.
The condition for clearing the tenth level is to shoot the flag.
The flag is placed on the top of a mountain. All players participating in the tenth level challenge start from the foot of the mountain at the same time. Whoever shoots the flag on the top of the mountain first is the winner.
When at the foot of the mountain, the distance between the player and the flag is 1,000 meters, and the shooting range of ordinary bows and arrows is within 70 meters, so the player needs to climb the mountain. Every 50 meters the player climbs, they will encounter a level and obstacle. Players must clear the level or obstacle before they can continue climbing.
"It seems that it will be a hard battle to win." He understood after reading the rules.
The challenge of the tenth level will begin after the audition, so there is still some time for players to continue training their shooting abilities at the training ground of the Divine Arrow Camp.
The number on his challenge card is 3, which means that there are already two players who have reached the tenth floor one step faster than him. When he arrived at the training ground, he saw these two players conducting shooting training.
As the saying goes, outsiders watch the excitement and insiders watch the door. He only watched for a while and realized that these two players were real shooting masters.
The outstanding performance of these two sharp archers suddenly made him realize the true meaning of the saying "There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky."
He couldn't believe that there were players who could master long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows to such an extent in just over an hour. Could this be the true genius in the legend?
In fact, these two players did not use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows today. The names of their two games are respectively: Kyudo and Arrow.
All from the big game studio: Pantheon.
Although Pantheon is a large studio, they did not pay attention to this game at all during the closed beta. When they found out that the game was very popular, it was too late to regret it because the closed beta quota was already full.
Therefore, when the game was in public beta, the pantheon organized a large number of manpower to work on this game. Both Kyudo and Shiraiya first came into contact with the game during its public beta.
Whether it was by accident or premeditated, the questions that Kyudo and Jianlai asked the old village chief were all about the sects of bows and arrows and crossbows. Moreover, they were lucky enough to have joined the sect: Divine Arrow Villa a few days ago.
Because long-range weapons are strictly controlled by the government, Arrow Villa is a semi-official organization. The owner of the village told both Gyudo and Jianlai: After leaving the villa, bows, arrows and crossbows are not allowed to be used casually, otherwise they will be punished by the official;
If players want to legally use bows and crossbows anytime and anywhere, they must obtain official approval and obtain an official long-range weapon use certificate.
During this Ministry of War event, Kyudo and Arrow were assigned to the North Camp at the same time, and the assessment also happened to be shooting. Both of them were full of confidence in the assessment of the "Shooting" trial tower.
They have two goals. One is to stand out in this assessment and become a master known all over the world. The other is to be recognized by the government and obtain a long-range weapon usage certificate.
These various coincidences, just like God's blessing on them, seem to be destined for the two of them to shine in this event.
Things also went smoothly. The two of them passed all levels and made great progress, reaching the eighth floor in just half an hour. But the eighth and ninth levels not only test the ability to use bows and arrows or crossbows, but also test the players' melee combat abilities.
Their melee abilities were nothing compared to Feng, so it was very difficult for them to pass the eighth and ninth floors, but even so, they still reached the tenth floor with first and second place.
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"As soon as it comes, let's make peace with it" Feng silently recited his mantra. Facing the two marksmen, he could only face it calmly. After all, he had entered the tenth level and passed the assessment. It was a blessing to be able to compete with the masters now.
So, without thinking too much, he turned around and came to the weapon rack in the training ground. The types of bows, arrows and crossbows on the weapon rack were very complete, including ninth-grade bows and ninth-grade crossbows.
The official placement of the ninth-grade bow here must be for players to use, so he walked up to the ninth-grade bow and took the ninth-grade bow into his hand.
At this time, there was a sound of ridicule in the ears, and the laughter came from the mouths of Gyudo and Jianlai.
"Someone actually overestimates his ability and wants to use a ninth-grade bow. Do you think it's funny or not?" Jianlai saw this scene and said with a smile to Kyudo beside him.
"Don't laugh, don't laugh. Maybe someone else is born with supernatural power and can draw a ninth-grade bow?" After the bowman next to him said this, the sound of ridicule was louder than the arrows.
Hearing the other party's ridicule, Feng didn't pay attention, but spread out his posture to test the power of the ninth-grade bow to see if this ninth-grade bow was really as difficult to draw as the other party said.
I saw him holding the bow bone in his left hand and pulling the bow string with his right hand, and then began to exert force. Under his power, the ninth-grade bow began to slowly deform.
As the deformation of the bow intensified, Kyudo and Arrow, who were watching the joke, began to feel complicated. It's not that they haven't seen ninth-grade bows before. When they were in the teacher's sect, they had seen various ninth-grade bows and ninth-grade crossbows. They also tried them all, but they couldn't draw them at all.
Master's introduction: Only after you have mastered the internal skills and mental methods to a certain level can you draw the ninth-grade bow and ninth-grade crossbow.
In the training ground, the tense atmosphere did not last long, because the ninth-grade bow in Feng's hand was only slightly half-opened, not full.
"It's hard to see that this person is actually a master who has practiced internal strength and mental skills." In the opinion of Kyudo, Feng's ability to pull the ninth-grade bow to half-open must be due to the use of internal strength.
Jian Lai also breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "No matter how good he is at practicing internal skills and mental skills, the competition now is not about close combat ability."
Then the two of them were no longer interested in Feng, because the half-opened ninth-grade bow could not shoot arrows at all; and Feng, who used an ordinary bow, was not taken seriously by them at all.
However, only Feng himself knew that he did not use his internal strength at all, but relied solely on his physical strength to pull the ninth-grade bow halfway. If he uses his internal strength, he is confident that he can draw the ninth-grade bow to full length.
However, this is just his guess. After all, he doesn't have much internal energy, and he doesn't know how much internal energy is consumed by drawing the bow.
"If it weren't for the fact that the recovery speed of internal power is too slow, I really want to try using internal power now." After thinking about it, he put the ninth-grade bow back to its original position, then found a place in the training ground and started with an ordinary bow. own training.
Not long after, a player numbered Beiying No. 937 also came to the training ground. After looking around the environment, this person also set his sights on the ninth-grade bow. Then he couldn't help but stepped forward and took the ninth-grade bow. In hand.
The two players, Kyudo and Jianlai, started talking in quarrel mode again and began to taunt this player. Player No. 937 of Beiying did not argue with archery and arrows. After trying the ninth-grade bow, he put the ninth-grade bow back to its original position.
After that, a player came to the tenth floor every few dozen seconds. What puzzled Ling Feng was that Kyudo and Jianlai didn't seem to care about training at all. The two of them stood near the weapon rack and treated each player All players who entered the tenth floor were taunted without exception.
