Chapter 173: Chapter 94: The Arrows Whistle Like the Wind! The 18 Ninth Grand Thieves!_3
The two sides engaged in battle, but for a time, neither could secure a victory.
Sikong Huang, however, was hiding in the shadows, looking for the right moment to intervene. Should Sikong Zhan find himself in danger, she would not hesitate to join the fight!
“This spot is good!”
Su Changkong did not charge with the Giant Whale Gang martial artists. Instead, he found a small hill about three hundred meters away from the battlefield. Standing there, he had an unobstructed view of the fight, making it an ideal shooting location.
Wind Thunder Archery (3rd tier Complete Understanding 51%)
Su Changkong was ready to test out his newly practiced Wind Thunder Archery. In just two months, he had mastered this archery technique to the 3rd tier! No matter how much one practices, the ultimate goal is always to put it to use in real combat!
With the bow in his left hand and taking a metal-tipped arrow from the quiver on his back with his right, he notched the arrow on the bowstring. Pulling back the string, which ordinary people couldn’t manage, he bent the iron strong bow into a full moon. His left shoulder dipped slightly as he aimed at the target and released the bowstring with his fingers.
“Boom!”
In the deafening sound of the bowstring vibrating, the string snapped back and the arrow flew like a hurricane, howling and roaring as it broke the sound barrier, crossing a distance of two to three hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
A sea pirate with a scar on his face had a sinister look as he raised his cleaver to strike at a Giant Whale Gang martial artist in front of him.
“Thwack!”
But in the next instant, amid the sound of flesh ripping, the pirate’s body trembled violently. His head burst open, sprayed with blood, as the howling arrow pierced through, creating a hole the size of a baby’s fist!
The pirate collapsed with a thud, utterly unaware of how he had died.
“Another one!”
Su Changkong was excited, his two months of practicing Wind Thunder Archery was now being applied in real combat!
He reached into his quiver for another arrow and prepared his bow once more.
“Thud!”
Three hundred meters away, another charging sea pirate’s ribcage exploded with a hole, the arrow piercing through to the other side of his body and sending him flying sideways through the air.
“Excellent archery! In only two months, has Third Brother advanced his Wind Thunder Archery to the point where his arrows howl like the wind?”
Sikong Huang also noticed Su Changkong successively killing two sea pirates and couldn’t help but exclaim at his extraordinary talent once again.
Wind Thunder Archery is roughly divided into several stages: Arrows Howl Like the Wind, Arrows Roar Like Thunder, Wind and Thunder Merge, Wind Thunder Linked Beads.
Sikong Huang’s own talent in martial arts was that of a genius, and it had taken her a year or two to reach this level with Wind Thunder Archery. Su Changkong had only taken two months, a level of martial arts talent that was truly enviable!
Even among geniuses, there are levels of distinction!
“Awesome!”
In that moment, Su Changkong was utterly lost in the thrill of shooting down his enemies with arrows. At first, he was concerned that his archery might fail, accidentally harming members of the Giant Whale Gang, so he was very cautious. But once he realized his archery wasn’t that bad, he loosened up and began shooting bow after bow.
In just a short time, he had killed eight or nine sea pirates, most of whom didn’t even realize how they had died before they were struck down by Su Changkong’s arrows to their vitals!
Yet Su Changkong’s actions had also drawn the attention of the experts from the Heaven Source Sea Bandit Group.
“Damn it! Hiding like rats, only daring to harm with hidden arrows!”
That was a muscular man in leather armor with disheveled hair, standing six feet tall. Bloodshot-eyed, he looked towards the small hill three hundred meters away and saw Su Changkong drawing his bow.
“I’m going to slaughter you!”
The muscular man roared with rage and charged forward, his body enveloped in a thick Qi-Blood Veil. With a single rush, the Giant Whale Gang martial artists blocking his path were sent flying like toys, their bones shattered by the impact.
“A Martial Artist of the Qi-Blood Realm? He is Xu Jiashi, the deputy leader of the Heaven Source Sea Bandit Group!”
The Giant Whale Gang Martial Artists nearby all avoided the wildly charging robust man like the plague, their hearts pounding as they recognized him as the second-in-command of the Heaven Source Sea Bandit Group.
Xu Jiashi had been in the Qi-Blood Realm for many years, having achieved the stage of the Qi Blood Three Transformation, far surpassing those who had just entered the Qi-Blood Realm. He was capable of fighting a hundred adversaries alone. At this moment, he charged at Su Changkong, each step leaving deep footprints in the ground, covering a distance of two to three zhang in a single bound.
“Hmm? Coming at me?”
Su Changkong naturally also noticed the astonishingly vigorous Xu Jiashi, who was rushing toward him.
“Shoot him!”
Su Changkong was excited too, as killing such an expert would give a true sense of accomplishment!
“Whiz!”
The bow, drawn to its full arc, released an arrow that tore through the air like a hurricane, breaking the sound barrier and aimed straight for the face of the approaching Xu Jiashi.
“Pfft!”
But Xu Jiashi, nimble in his leap, dodged just as the arrow grazed past his face; it missed him!
“Continue!”
Su Changkong did not hesitate and immediately aimed and shot a second arrow, but with Xu Jiashi’s Qi Blood Three Transformation, his speed and reflexes were far beyond those of ordinary Martial Artists. He still managed to predict the trajectory of the incoming arrow and dodged it!
Three hundred meters might seem far, an average person needing to sprint for half a minute to cross it, but to an expert such as Xu Jiashi, going all out, it was a matter of just a couple of breaths. Su Changkong could only fire three arrows.
“Pfft!”
The third arrow arrived as expected, yet this supersonic projectile was still avoided by the agile Xu Jiashi!
“Filthy coward who attacks from the shadows! I’ll tear you to pieces!”
Xu Jiashi was not there yet, but the oppressive force of his vast Qi and Blood, along with his ferocious laughter, was already bearing down. He swore to himself that he would tear this young man in black limb from limb.
However, Xu Jiashi saw a trace of resignation mixed with coldness in Su Changkong’s eyes.
“If it were my second sister, this Qi-Blood Realm Martial Artist would never even get close to her; she’d have shot him down mid-approach. I’ve only been practicing Wind Thunder Archery for two months; indeed, it’s a bit forced to try to kill him… However, archery isn’t exactly my strongest suit!” Su Changkong’s eyes were cold and indifferent.
“Damn it!”
As Xu Jiashi got closer, Su Changkong showed no signs of panic or fear; this made Xu Jiashi’s expression even more ferocious. His body surged with Qi and Blood, and the Qi-Blood Veil on his skin almost solidified into substance. Having reached the Qi Blood Three Transformation, he held the second highest position in the Heaven Source Sea Bandit Group with firmness!
Xu Jiashi channeled his Qi and Blood, reaching out with a large hand that carried immense pressure toward Su Changkong.
However, at that moment, Su Changkong had put down the strong bow and his hand rested on the hilt of his sword at his waist, ready to draw and strike!
In the next instant, a cold gleam flashed in the air. There was no earth-shattering noise, no dazzling Blade Qi, just a fine line of light that flashed like an extremely compressed water jet cutting through.
“Hiss!”
In a slight sound of tearing, Su Changkong and Xu Jiashi brushed past each other. Xu Jiashi continued to run forward out of inertia, then his head separated from his neck, rolling on the ground as boiling, scalding blood spurted nearly ten feet high, his eyes still filled with a hint of unwillingness and astonishment.
He seemed unable to grasp how a master archer could also have such a different and superior mastery of Blade Technique!
Even though they were both in the Qi Blood Three Transformation and on par physically, the factors that determined their strength in battle were real combat experience and the profound depth of their Martial Arts. Su Changkong, integrating the essence of the Quick Draw and Giant Whale’s Exhalation, maximized his lethality. His Iron Cutting Blade Technique, which had reached the Eighth Realm, was indeed terrifying!
He could almost horizontally chop down any Martial Artist of the same tier and below!