Chapter 253: Chapter 252: One Arrow, Thirty Times the Power (Please Subscribe)
In the villa, Chen Fan looked at the skill bar on the panel.
[Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique: Completely Ignorant (0%)]
He moved his mind and added some experience points.
The skill level immediately increased by one-eightieth.
"Eighty points."
Chen Fan nodded secretly, increasing his expectations for the power of this archery technique by a few notches.
Because before this, [Basic Archery] level wasn’t as high as it was now, when [Cloud-Piercing Arrow Technique] was raised to the beginner level, it only consumed forty points of experience points.
But for [Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique], it directly required twice that.
After adding the remaining experience points, Chen Fan immediately felt a slight warm flow through his arms.
"It seems to also enhance the strength attribute."
He thought to himself, looking at the skill bar.
[Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique: Initial Glimpse (0%), Trait: Strength of One Ox Level 1]
[Strength of One Ox: For every level the skill increases, the strength attribute permanently increases by 100 points]
"A thousand pounds."
Chen Fan muttered.
Compared to [Cloud-Piercing Arrow Technique]’s powerful trait, it was more than doubled.
strength attribute points may not seem much, but if this archery technique is raised to perfection, it can increase 500 strength attribute points.
For someone like him, whose current strength attribute exceeds 10,000 points, that’s still a 5% increase.
It looks like not much, but don’t forget, this is just a Meridian Refining Realm martial art, and it’s one that focuses on weaponry.
If it’s the same level of fist and kick martial arts, when perfected, this attribute boost could be close to 10%.
Learning seven or eight such techniques could almost double the basic attribute.
"Continue."
Chen Fan added another 160 experience points.
This time, in addition to the slight warm flow in his arms, there was also a flash of inspiration in his mind.
[Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 2, Arrow Shooting the Sky Level 1]
[Arrow Shooting the Sky: Active Skill, when activated, consumes 3,000 points of True Qi, doubling the range, and for every level increased, True Qi consumption reduces by 10%.]
"Doubling the range."
Chen Fan showed a contemplative expression.
The advantage of an archer is mainly their long range, allowing them to attack the enemy while staying out of their reach.
If the range is doubled, then the archer’s deterrence on the battlefield will increase exponentially.
This active skill is quite powerful.
The only drawback is that as the skill level increases, the range does not increase further but instead reduces the True Qi consumption.
If raised to the perfection realm, it can reduce consumption by 40%, costing 1,800 points of True Qi for activation.
"Not bad, there should be more powerful skills to be unlocked later."
Chen Fan clenched his fist. After all, according to the introduction of this archery technique, it has the power to shoot down the sun.
After consuming 320 experience points, the skill level rose another notch.
Not unlocking any new traits did not surprise Chen Fan.
He added another 640 experience points without any new traits either.
"Only one last chance left."
Chen Fan took a deep breath.
He added 1,280 experience points at once, and almost instantly, a strange feeling surged in his heart.
[Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique: Perfection (No Upgrade), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 5, Arrow Shooting the Sky Level 4, Sun Arrow Level 1]
"It’s here!"
Chen Fan immediately clicked on it.
[Sun Arrow: Active Skill, when activated, consumes 10,000 points of True Qi, increasing the power of the archery technique tenfold. For every level increased, True Qi consumption increases tenfold, and the power of the archery technique increases tenfold.]
"Ten times!"
Chen Fan was overjoyed.
Previously, even using 3,000 points of True Qi to perform the Cloud-Piercing Stone-Shattering Arrow couldn’t instantly kill a Fire Scaly Pig.
Now, unlocking the Sun Arrow, he could definitely kill it with one shot!
He could even deal damage to a Commander-level Fierce Beast.
If he changed the bow in his hand to a better one...
Chen Fan didn’t dare to think further.
He looked ahead at the activation condition, which is the consumption of 10,000 points of True Qi.
This condition is quite harsh. He suspected that this skill might not be prepared for Meridian Refining Martial Artists but likely for True Essence Realm Martial Artists to execute.
Additionally, there was another line of information.
This trait can continue to be upgraded.
A Level 2 Sun Arrow would increase the power of the archery technique hundredfold!
As a consequence, the True Qi amount required for activation would spike to 100,000 points.
"Unfortunately, my current Basic Archery level is still relatively low. Even if I enhance my internal True Qi to 100,000 points in a while, it won’t be useful."
Chen Fan sighed slightly, feeling a bit regretful.
Still, the tenfold power Sun Arrow is already quite impressive for now.
The hundredfold power one will be unlocked eventually as he slowly increases the Basic Archery level.
"Spending less than 3,000 experience points in total to perfect the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique, next will be the Flaming Arrow Technique’s turn."
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on the Flaming Arrow Technique.
He was curious about this archery technique that could transform the True Qi attribute and wanted to see what traits it would unlock as its proficiency level increased.
As usual, he tested the waters by adding one experience point to it.
Seeing the proficiency level increase by 1% and then stop moving.
"Hmm?"
Chen Fan was a bit surprised.
[Flaming Arrow Technique] consumed even more experience points than [Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique]?
This made his anticipation grow even more.
He added the remaining required experience points.
A slight warm flow passed through his arms again.
His strength increased by a small amount.
[Flaming Arrow Technique: Initial Glimpse (0%), Trait: Strength of One Ox Level 1]
Looking at the skill bar, Chen Fan found it amusing.
This was exactly like the beginner level of Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique but required twenty more experience points.
After some internal complaining, he added 200 experience points.
In an instant, a strange feeling arose from within.
[Flaming Arrow Technique: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 2, Fire Fiend Level 1]
"Fire Fiend?"
Chen Fan’s eyes lit up.
He didn’t expect to unlock a trait related to the Fire Attribute True Qi so quickly.
[Fire Fiend: Active Skill, when activated, consumes 3,000 points of True Qi, converting the practitioner’s internal True Qi into Fire Attribute True Qi, infusing it into the arrow. When the arrow hits the enemy, the Fire Attribute True Qi invades the enemy’s body and explodes, causing massive fire attribute damage. For every level increased, True Qi consumption and explosion power both increase by onefold.]
"Invading and exploding inside the enemy’s body."
Chen Fan frowned slightly.
This effect was quite strong!
After all, the fierce beasts’ defenses are mainly on their exterior, like scales or tough skins and muscles, but their internal defenses are not as strong.
With the same 3,000 points of True Qi, a Cloud-Piercing Stone-Shattering Arrow could only severely injure a Fire Scaly Pig.
But activating Fire Fiend, the arrow might not even break through the opponent’s scales, yet the Fire Attribute True Qi carried by the arrow could invade the opponent’s body upon contact.
Directly exploding and killing the opponent from the inside.
This move would also be effective against human martial artists, including Awakeners, especially those with defensive measures. After all, they could only block the arrows but hardly guard against the True Qi.
"If raised to the perfection realm, the explosion power could be increased to fourfold. When given a chance, I want to verify its power; it shouldn’t be much less than the tenfold power Sun Arrow."
Chen Fan murmured.
After all, the Level 4 Fire Fiend consumes 12,000 points of True Qi per shot, 2,000 points more than the Sun Arrow at Level 1.
His gaze fell on the skill.
This was only the small success realm. If it unlocks another trait later, it would be even more beneficial.
Another 400 experience points invested did not unlock any new traits.
"The third trait should unlock at the perfection realm."
Chen Fan thought, continuously adding experience points, directly raising this archery technique to the perfection realm.
Just as he expected.
A strange feeling surged in his heart.
[Flaming Arrow Technique: Perfection (No Upgrade), Traits: Strength of One Ox Level 5, Fire Fiend Level 4, Flaming Arrow Level 1]
[Flaming Arrow: Active Skill, when activated, consumes 30,000 points of True Qi, converting it to Fire Attribute True Qi, coating it on the arrow, causing massive fire attribute damage to the enemy. For every level increased, True Qi consumption and power both increase by onefold.]
"30,000 points of True Qi..."
Chen Fan took a deep breath.
This consumption is too terrifying!
Not to mention an average Meridian Refining Martial Artist, even the top tier ones might still find it challenging.
As for the power.
The description wasn’t specific, only describing it as enormous.
But if calculated by True Qi consumption, Sun Arrow Level 1, with tenfold power, consumes 10,000 points of True Qi.
Flaming Arrow consumes 30,000 points of True Qi, so its power should also be three times that of the Sun Arrow.
That’s 30 times the power of a regular arrow!
"No wonder it requires more experience points than the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique."
When the Hundredfold Sun Arrow isn’t unlocked yet, the Flaming Arrow can serve as a final trump card.
Of course, provided that his internal True Qi exceeds 30,000 points, otherwise it would be just wishful thinking.
"One final archery technique to go."
Chen Fan showed a smile on his face.
Honestly, the previous two archery techniques are already sufficient for use.
But as the saying goes, it’s never wrong to have more skills.
Moreover, this third one is an archery technique that can attack the opponent’s Divine Soul, which has much greater range than regular spiritual attacks.
[Divine Arrow Technique: Completely Ignorant (0%)]
After spending one experience point, the skill level increased by one-two hundred fortieth.
"So it requires 300 experience points to reach the beginner level? Indeed, martial arts related to the Spirit attribute have a higher difficulty."
Chen Fan thought.
Fortunately, over ten thousand experience points are just a drop in the bucket for him now.
After adding the remaining required experience points.
Chen Fan was surprised to find that not only did his strength increase slightly, but his spiritual power also seemed to grow stronger.
"Could it be that this archery technique has the effect of enhancing spiritual power as well?"