Chapter 11, Fire Root Archery
Early the next morning, Huo Gen and Lu Feng appeared at the entrance of Wuyou Village together.
Huo Gen prepared a light bow for Lu Feng. According to him, the heavy bow could not be pulled by Lu Feng, and this was also the case. For Lu Feng, a 'novice' with a level of strength, a light bow with a lower weight was not enough. is the most appropriate choice.
"Have you ever used a bow and arrow before?" Huo Gen asked.
"I've used it, but I'm not proficient in it," Lu Feng answered truthfully. When he first practiced swordsmanship, he had some experience with other weapons and equipment, but at that time he was focused on practicing swords and didn't invest much in other weapons.
Huo Gen took out a pair of gauntlets from his arms and handed it to Lu Feng, "Take this with you, otherwise your fingers may be injured if you fire the bow continuously later."
"Thank you, Brother Huogen," Lu Feng nodded and put it on his hand. The size was very suitable, and there was no discomfort at all. It was as if it was made by him.
After the preparations were completed, the two of them each held a homemade bow and arrow in their hands, one heavy and one light. They put more than a dozen arrow feathers in the quiver at their waist and embarked on the road of hunting.
With the bow and arrow in hand and no worries, if he encountered a wild wolf at this moment, Lu Feng was confident that he would kill it within a few encounters.
If one can learn the art of archery, it may be able to make up for the formation master's weakness in actual combat ability.
"Hush~, there is prey ahead," Huo Gen reached out to stop Lu Feng and said softly.
Lu Feng glanced ahead. Except for the wind blowing and the grass moving, everything was very quiet. Where did he look like there was prey? I couldn't help but want to ask.
However, Huo Gen had already drawn his bow and arrow at this moment.
"call out……"
Without any hesitation, the arrow in Huo Gen's hand flew out.
Just when Lu Feng thought nothing would hit him, there was a scream from the jungle nearly a hundred steps away from him, followed by the sound of dying "Gugu Gulu".
"Hit?" Lu Feng was shocked. He had never even seen the prey at such a long distance, but the fire root actually hit it?
Lu Feng walked toward the place where the arrow feathers landed with a look of disbelief on his face.
Sure enough, a completely dead raccoon rabbit fell in a pool of blood, with arrows pinning it to the ground.
"Awesome!" Lu Feng praised, and as he spoke, he was about to take the raccoon rabbit off the arrow.
"Wait a minute, take a closer look at the direction in which the arrow landed and the pattern of blood splattering around it," Huo Gen signaled.
Lu Feng understood that Huogen was guiding him, and he started to study seriously.
"The direction in which the arrow hits the ground and the pattern of blood splatter are enough for an expert to see the position of the person who shot the arrow. If you are fighting with someone, this is tantamount to exposing your own position, which is very dangerous."
Lu Feng kept Huo Gen's words in his heart and slowly understood them.
"I'll show you one more move." As soon as Huo Gen finished speaking, the bow in his hand was already at full strength. He was so fast that Lu Feng didn't even notice when he nocked the arrow.
"Did you see the wild pigeon flying in the distance? That's tonight's meal," Huo Gen shouted. Before he finished speaking, the arrow in his hand was shot out again.
No doubt, hit again.
Prejudgment!
This word came to Lu Feng's mind. Huo Gen had just predicted the wild pigeon's flight path, and it looked like the pigeon had fallen into a trap.
Lu Feng recalled Huo Gen's archery skills in his mind and felt the power of his bow and arrow. Is this really what a mountain villager can possess? For the first time, he had doubts.
"If you want to become an archery master, the first thing you must master is prediction." Huo Gen said with a smile.
Under the guidance of Huogen, Lu Feng then fired several arrows. At first, he didn't even touch the skin of the prey. But fortunately, Lu Feng had some experience before and made rapid progress. The next few arrows were already 80-90% similar. .
"I'm hit!" Lu Feng shouted, and then a wild bird fell from the sky. He had mastered the skill of prediction.
Lu Feng contacted the formation and felt that the path of arrows was somewhat similar to the way of formation. This skill of prediction was also often used in formation. After all, you cannot wait for the enemy to step into the formation on his own.
Seeing Lu Feng's progress, Huo Gen smiled meaningfully.
The two placed the small beasts they had hunted in a pile of rocks aside, preparing to take them back when they returned.
move on.
After walking for nearly half an hour, all he saw were hares, wild birds and the like. Lu Feng couldn't help but wonder, "Why don't you see any bigger beasts?"
"It's a bit strange," Huo Gen looked around, "Normally this is an area where large beasts roam."
"Look," Lu Feng pointed forward and shouted suddenly.
About fifty steps away from the two of them, there was a strange beast covered in black, shaped like a leopard, covered in black mane, with faint blue cloud-like lines between the hair, and a faint stream of light flashing between the roars.
"The first-order Nether Leopard is equivalent to the Nether Leopard of the third level of human beings. There is a spiritual beast here!" Huo Gen said with some fear.
Lu Feng glanced at Huogen in surprise when he heard this. It was not surprising that he knew this based on his experience, but it was a bit strange for a villager in a small mountain village to be so familiar with spiritual beasts.
"Roar…"
The Nether Leopard opened its mouth and roared, its four sharp teeth gleaming like sharp blades, and a stream of blood flowed from the corner of its mouth. It was obvious that it had eaten a lot of the beast here just now.
"When it rushes forward, we will wait for the opportunity to move," Huo Gen said as he and Lu Feng slowly moved back.
The thing that Lu Feng was worried about "being stupid" finally happened. In this situation, how could Lu Feng escape alone.
Lu Feng clenched the bow and arrow in his hand and shouted to Huo Gen, "Brother Huo Gen, what is your current level of cultivation?".
"Where did the cultivation come from? I'm just a little stronger," Huo Gen responded mockingly, looking at the Nether Leopard warily.
Lu Feng was very surprised when he heard that such incredible archery skills were actually performed by an ordinary person?
Ordinary people actually have a power of no less than twenty stones?
At this time, the Nether Leopard roared again, clawed hard with its front paws, and jumped forward with its entire body. It borrowed strength from the tree many times along the way, and arrived in front of Lu Feng and the two in the blink of an eye.
Now that I have given up the idea of escaping alone, I can only fight to the death!
"You are on the left and I am on the right, attack with arrows and cover each other," Huo Gen said quickly, his concentration increased to the limit.
The same is true for Lu Feng.
The Nether Leopard pounced forward and landed where the two of them had been. At this moment, Lu Feng and Huo Gen had already taken advantage of the terrain to hide themselves.
The two of them were hiding in the dark, the bows and arrows in their hands were full, aiming at the Nether Leopard.
The Nether Leopard seemed to smell something, and suddenly turned around and slowly sniffed towards a place. Not far away was the place where the fire root was hiding.
Eight meters, five meters, three meters...
Huo Gen, who was hidden in the grass, was motionless, not daring to breathe, and nervous sweat was dripping from his head. He knew very well that if he dared to move rashly at this moment, the Nether Leopard would definitely kill him if he pounced forward, but Huo Gen was not afraid in his heart. He trusted in the distance. of land breeze.
Watching the Nether Leopard gradually get closer to the fire root, Lu Feng finally moved in another place, and quickly shot out a full bow of arrows, aiming directly at the Nether Leopard's hind legs.
If your leg is injured, your speed will inevitably decrease.
Lu Feng never thought that he could kill this first-level spirit beast with one arrow, so he settled for the safer option.
"Ding…"
The sound of the arrow's feathers falling was heard, and the arrow failed.
Lu Feng was not too disappointed when he saw this. After all, he was a novice in bow and arrow shooting, so it was inevitable that he would miss. However, he had rich combat experience. He moved his position the moment the arrow missed.
At the same time that the arrow feathers hit the ground, the Nether Leopard changed direction and jumped back towards Lu Feng's previous location.
In fact, when Lu Feng's arrow missed and the Nether Leopard diverted its attention, the arrow in Huo Gen's hand was enough to hit it, but just hitting it would not kill it. Instead, it would anger it. It was so close. Such a distance would inevitably lead to death, so the fire root never moved.
What is waiting for is the moment when the Nether Leopard turns around and jumps.
The arrow in Huogen's hand suddenly shot out.
Seeing that the Nether Leopard has jumped up and is about to reach Lu Feng.
Leaping up and staying in mid-air is the hardest thing to dodge. It was at this moment that Huogen's arrow arrived.
"Bah..." The arrow feathers accurately penetrated into the Nether Leopard's retreat, teaching Lu Feng a lesson like a lesson.
With an angry roar, the Nether Leopard roared and turned around, no longer caring about sniffing the weak Lu Feng, and ran towards the place where the fire roots were without hesitation.
After all, Huogen was an experienced hunter. After he shot the arrow, he had already changed his hiding place immediately. This was not only an advance in consciousness, but also the confidence in the arrow.
The Nether Leopard looked even more angry as it jumped into the air, blood was flowing on its hind legs, and its originally green eyes turned red at this moment.
After a failed attack, he turned around in an instant and ran towards the location where he had smelled it before.
Lu Feng was not stupid. Although this was a life-and-death adventure, it was also a good learning opportunity. Lu Feng not only saw Huo Gen's behavior of changing shape and position as soon as the arrow left his hand, but he also learned it.
"call out"
Huo Gen fired another sharp arrow, shooting with wind-breaking speed.
If the Nether Leopard was in full health, it would definitely be able to dodge this arrow, but at this moment, the injury to its hind legs seriously affected its reaction, so that it failed to dodge immediately and was pierced by Huogen's arrow. The skin on the back was damaged. Although it only passed by, it still caused quite a lot of injuries.
This time, the Nether Leopard did not turn around, but continued to explore Lu Feng's new position. Perhaps out of the animal's instinct of preying on the weak, it understood Lu Feng's weakness and wanted to devour him first.
Seeing that he was about to be discovered, Lu Feng concentrated on it, holding the bow that was already full of strings in his hand, waiting for the opportunity.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh"
The clear sound of breaking wind came, and immediately, Lu Feng saw a scene that shocked him.
I saw three spiral arrow feathers shooting side by side in the air, maintaining the same intensity and direction.
"Open three arrows with your bow!"
Lu Feng was speechless and said that he could no longer use the word 'impressed' to describe Huo Gen's archery skills.
The injured Nether Leopard dodged hard and successfully avoided two arrows, but it could not avoid the third arrow and was shot in the abdomen.
His movements were slower, but he was still much faster than an ordinary wolf.
As if it had lost its mind, the Nether Leopard frantically attacked Lu Feng, not caring about the injuries all over its body.
"Fight it." Lu Feng gritted his teeth and finally shot out the arrow in his hand.
Aiming at the left eye of the Nether Leopard.
The sound of "squeaking" was heard. Lu Feng was overjoyed at first, and then his expression changed drastically.
At the critical moment, although he successfully hit the Nether Leopard's left eye, he did not stop it from continuing to attack.
The Nether Leopard raised its front paws, and Nuo Da's body suddenly jumped into the sky above Lu Feng.
