Chapter Seventeen: The Touch of Darkness (Part One)
After discovering that the heavenly beasts that had been branded were fearful of him, Zhou Weiqing thought carefully and realized that this was undoubtedly due to the strange black pearl. The black pearl brought him the Black Tiger Phantom, and tigers are the kings of beasts - these heavenly beasts were probably afraid of its aura.
He spent only 500,000 gold coins and Zhou Weiqing accomplished what others couldn't with 50 million gold coins. Now he is a genuine first-rate Heavenly Jewel Master, with all skills complete.
Darkness Touch, Primary Level. Can separate into twelve dark tentacles, dispersing within a twenty-five meter radius around the body. Within this range, Zhou Wei Qing's perception will be tripled by Darkness Touch. At the same time, once he selects a target and it is touched by Darkness Touch, it can instantly stick to the target under his control and release a pulling force of up to 1,000 kilograms. If the target object weighs less than 1,000 kilograms or its struggling strength is not enough to reach 1,000 kilograms, it will be immediately pulled in front of Zhou Wei Qing, causing an instant mental daze.
This is a skill that Zhou Weiqing imprinted from a massive black octopus, said to have an attack range of 1 kilometer in radius if used by the creature itself. Once it comes into contact with its target, it can instantly seal and pull it back as food with a force of up to 100,000 kilograms.
Zhou Weiqing had already learned from Shangguan Xue'er that the skills of the Heavenly Jewel Master would evolve automatically with the increase in the number of Heavenly Jewels, and the evolution speed was one and a half times that of an ordinary Heavenly Jewel Master. Therefore, if his cultivation could be raised to a certain level in the future, the power of this Dark Demonic Grip would naturally become extremely terrifying. It was absolutely a top-level skill among dark attribute touch skills.
After releasing the Dark Shadow, Zhou Weiqing was not in a hurry at all. The range of 25 meters was already quite large, and as long as Xiao Se progressed into this area, he would definitely win. Comparing archery skills? Only fools would compare with him, just by looking at his confident appearance, it's clear that his archery skills were far superior to his own. Because he couldn't cultivate Heavenly Energy before, Zhou Weiqing had already brought out the best of his archery skills in the previous New Soldier Competition, and as for more profound archery skills, without the support of Heavenly Energy, they couldn't be practiced, so naturally, he wouldn't.
Xiao Se was also very strange at this time, why Xiao Pang didn't make any noise this week. He had already made his move and given the other party a target, even if he didn't respond, he should have taken action by now! As he thought about it, he carefully moved forward.
Zhou Weiqing soon became depressed after his brief moment of triumph, because he discovered that although his Dark Demon's Touch skill was powerful, it would continuously consume his Heavenly Energy after being released. Although the consumption speed wasn't too fast since he hadn't activated it, with his fourfold Heavenly Jewel cultivation base's Heavenly Energy, the amount of time he could sustain it was also extremely limited.
What's to be done? It seems that we can't keep waiting like this. If we wait until our own strength is exhausted, it's uncertain whether we'll be able to defeat him.
Thinking of this, Zhou Weiqing carefully slid down from the tree and picked up a stone from the ground, throwing it forward.
The stone fell into the bushes, and suddenly a light rustling sound was heard, but to Zhou Weiqing's surprise, Xiao Se's arrow did not arrive as scheduled.
On the other side, Xiao Se's mouth twitched slightly. Trying to test me with this little trick? He lightly jumped up, grabbed a branch and flipped onto a large tree, quietly approaching the source of the sound. As an excellent archer, calmness and composure seemed to be essential qualities.
Zhou Weiqing came up with another plan, leaning against a large tree and suddenly shouting: "I'm over here!"
This time, Xiao Xi didn't hesitate for a moment. With a swift whoosh, an arrow shot out and accurately hit the large tree that Zhou Weiqing was using as cover, producing a loud thud. To be precise, he used the Purple Star Bow, and with one arrow released, its power was immense, causing the large tree to shake slightly.
Just as Zhou Weiqing was about to change positions, the heightened senses brought by the Dark Demon's Touch gave him a strong sense of crisis, and he didn't dare move. Suddenly, two feather arrows arrived almost in the next instant after the previous one hit the tree trunk.
Wow, so strong. Consecutive arrow plus double shot, no wonder he's so confident.
What is called "lian zhu jian" (consecutive shooting) refers to the extremely fast speed of one arrow after another, while "shuang qi she" (double shooting) refers to two arrows being shot out simultaneously from a single bow. Both are advanced archery techniques that are extremely difficult to practice. Especially for double shooting, it is even more challenging as it requires precision in shooting out two arrows at the same time.
Xiao Se was now 150 meters away from Zhou Weiqing, shooting arrows as he jumped down from the big tree and rapidly closed in on Zhou Weiqing. With his right hand moving swiftly, one feathered arrow after another leapt into his hand before being shot out with lightning speed using the Purple Star Bow, completely suppressing Zhou Weiqing behind that large tree, making it impossible for him to escape. Meanwhile, Xiao Se himself was rapidly changing positions, advancing forward while circling around to shoot at Zhou Weiqing from the side.
The swift and successive arrows were too fast, even with Zhou Weiqing's enhanced senses from the Dark Attribute, he didn't have confidence to dodge them head-on. After all, over a hundred yards of distance plus the astonishing shooting speed of the Purple Star Bow made it extremely difficult for him to dodge at his current level of cultivation.
The distance between the two quickly narrowed, and in just a short while, it had already shortened to eighty paces. The whizzing arrows were getting faster and faster, and Zhou Weiqing could only rely on his senses to keep moving around the large tree that protected him, using the tree as cover to block himself.
A hint of coldness flashed at the corner of Xiao Se's mouth, in his view, he had already won this trial. There were still more than 20 feather arrows left in his quiver, and as long as he got within 50 paces, relying on his own two-level Tianli cultivation, it would be enough to shoot down that thousand-holed tree, and when the time came, without cover, see how Zhou Xiaopang could hide. This would be a crushing victory.
But just at this moment, Zhou Weiqing, who was hiding behind the tree, suddenly had an epiphany and thought to himself that he wasn't just a Heaven's Jewel Master, but also a Heaven's Jewel Archer!
The dark aura that had spread out was instantly withdrawn, and Zhou Weiqing leaned against the big tree to put away the Purple Star Bow. The attribute wheel in his eyes was still in the black area.
His right hand lifted, and a faint mist spread out, the Dominating Bow instantly expanded, appearing in his grasp. Along with the continuous infusion of Heavenly Power, the bowstring, emitting a faint mist, quietly appeared. Zhou Weiqing handed the bow to his left hand, and with a thought, the cat's eye gem on his wrist suddenly moved, rolling quietly, and fell into the Heaven's Jewel recess on the Dominating Bow's grip. Instantly, the entire Dominating Bow was imbued with the flowing colors of the cat's eye gem.
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Here is the translation:
Today's second update has arrived, and my cold still hasn't gotten any better. It's really frustrating, I can't even kiss my daughter. This is today's second update, there will be a third one tonight around 7 or 8 pm.
