Chapter 174

【Material: Thunder-Struck Ironwood Bow】

【This bow is not man-made; rather, it is nurtured with secret medicine, growing from the Land of Thunder, naturally bow-shaped, uniform throughout, containing the intent of thunderous destruction.】

【The bowstring takes the great sinew of the Transformed Flood Python Dragon, soaked for a hundred years in a specially made glue broth.】

【Its strength rivals that of a large divine arm crossbow, easily capable of piercing city walls and a martial artist's vigorous energy.】

【Refinement effect: Storm Arrow (Perfected), Thunder Arrow (Perfected), Storm Thunder Dragon (Perfected), Wind Thunder Kill (Perfected)】

「This bow……」

Upon seeing Nie Jin Feng's hand holding the pitch-black great bow, even Qin Shuo's present self-control could not help but draw a sharp breath of cold air.

This bow not only carries the Perfected Wind Thunder Arrow Technique, but the bow itself is also not mundane.

A large divine arm crossbow, that truly sufficient to threaten a Martial Dao Master great weapon, usually requires dozens of Internal Energy Great Accomplishment martial artists to operate simultaneously in order to fire.

Such an overbearing strong bow is stronger than his fine iron great bow by an unknown number of times.

What is a divine bow?

Except for the elusive Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, and the Wind Thunder Valley's Treasure of the Valley, the Wind Thunder Subduing Dragon Bow.

This Thunder-Struck Ironwood Bow also absolutely counts as a divine bow.

Gazing at that divine bow carrying four styles of the Perfected Arrow Technique, Qin Shuo's eyes even went a little blank.

「Your eyesight is not bad! 」

Seeing Qin Shuo stare without blinking at his own hand-held ironwood bow, Nie Jin Feng, for once, did not belittle but instead praised him.

「This bow is named the Thunder-Struck Ironwood Bow, a specialty of my Wind Thunder Valley, famous throughout the Heavenly Phoenix Dao and even the whole Great Li Under Heaven. 」

Many military generals have once come from afar, not sparing a thousand li, to seek this bow.

However, this bow is naturally grown; it is produced in the Thunder Valley Forbidden Land, constantly bombarded by thunder and lightning, with an extremely low survival rate, not even guaranteed to produce one in a hundred years.

Today you being able to glimpse its appearance is already a great fortune.

Nie Jin Feng walked out of the pavilion holding the bow, continuing to say: 「This bow is naturally formed, possessing special grain, extremely suitable for the infusion of true essence and vigorous energy. 」

Moreover, with the specially made Gang-Breaking Arrow, it is sufficient to threaten a Martial Dao Master.

Yunzhou General Hong Four Xiang also possesses a Thunder-Struck Ironwood Bow; combined with his innate great strength, on the battlefield he can be called a god of slaughter.

In several collisions with the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, demon kings have died under its powerful bow.

While speaking, Nie Jin Feng had already drawn the bow to a full moon.

「I will now demonstrate a Thunder Arrow for you. 」

If you can, within an hour, comprehend the thunderous intent within the arrow, then you prove you have the qualification to become a Divine Weapon Tester.

If not, then everything is for naught! 」

Boom!

The bowstring twangs, like thunder exploding!

That pitch-black bow body, like two tightly coiled vigorous black dragons, erupts with unimaginable terrifying power.

At the moment Nie Jin Feng releases his grip, even with Qin Shuo's current eyesight, he can no longer see that ink-black arrow.

All that can be seen is a single thunder pillar as thick as an arm.

Boom!

In the instant the thunder pillar breaks through the void, the air wave sweeps the void, the vigorous wind shatters.

Strands of electric light intertwine around the pillar, like thunderclaps leaping, whipping the vast sky, emitting a scalp-numbing crackling explosive sound.

Bang!

The arrow light lands, a mountain peak directly explodes.

Smoke and dust roll, rocks fly airborne.

The Demon Suppression Office colonels searching in that direction were startled badly, thinking someone had ambushed, and all looked towards the direction the arrow came from.

Upon seeing this, many people immediately shuddered, their body hair standing on end, as if facing a great enemy.

「It's Valley Master Nie! 」

Many Demon Suppression colonels showed fear, while the Wind Thunder Valley disciples beside them wore cold smiles, almost ready to mock.

「Valley Master Nie, what do you mean? 」

The Mountain Moving General Chen Ao, responsible for that area, had an ashen face, his heavy iron great spear gripped until it creaked.

If the other party weren't a martial arts master who had held his position for many years, he would have already rushed over and attacked.

Just testing the arrow!

Nie JinFeng spoke in a flat, casual tone.

Chen Ao, hearing this, was furious inside but could only pinch his nose and continue directing the search.

This old coot, he's definitely doing it on purpose!

Qin Shuo saw clearly that no one was on the nearby hills.

But this old coot deliberately picked the hill with the Demon-Suppressing Office commandant to shoot arrows, clearly to vent his dissatisfaction.

Did you see that clearly?

Nie JinFeng lowered his arm, put away the bow, and turned his head to look at Qin Shuo.

"What do you think?" Qin Shuo said with a cold sneer.

At such a distance, and with the other side not giving him any time to carefully observe the circulation of true essence and the intertwining of gang qi, if he could still see the trick, that would really be supernatural.

"Junior brother..."

Even Zhang Youlong beside him couldn't bear it, and he spoke up with a helpless expression to remind.

His junior brother has excellent foundation and talent, everything is good, just his temperament is a bit too bad.

If it weren't for the regulations of the ancestral masters, the valley lord's position would have to be held by the most outstanding in archery from Divine Arrow Peak.

His junior disciple probably won't even be able to take the Valley Master's position.

"All right, come over and put your hand on my arm, feel the circulation of my true essence and the interweaving of vigorous qi..."

Nie Jin Feng wore a look of disdain, as if he had made some huge concession, making Qin Shuo flare up in anger and immediately want to quit.

This old bastard, always playing both sides.

The one who sought cooperation with me is him, and the one who constantly pulls me down and belittles me is also him.

He is truly harder to serve than his past life's ex-girlfriend, so he simply decided not to serve him at all.

Fortunately, Zhang You Long timely dissuaded him, after much coaxing, which finally eased Qin Shuo's resentment a bit, and he reluctantly placed his arm on Nie Jin Feng's.

Perhaps realizing he had truly angered Qin Shuo, Nie Jin Feng's tone improved a little afterward, but he still acted as if Qin Shuo owed him several million.

"Watch closely!"

As Nie Jin Feng exerted force with his arm, Qin Shuo only felt a surge of true essence, like a mountain flood and tsunami, rushing out from his mysterious gate within his body.

At the same time, the true essence flowed along his fingers, rolling and roaring like a giant python coiling around a tree, disturbing the airflow around the arrow and emitting a deep thunderous roar.

Hiss—

With the violent friction between true essence and airflow, lightning seemed to be born from the void, coiling around the arrow.

But Qin Shuo knew it wasn't real lightning, but vigorous qi imbued with the intent of thunder and lightning.

Hum—

When Nie Jin Feng drew the bowstring to a full moon, an intense martial will, like the rising sun, suddenly surged in Qin Shuo's perception.

That was a Thunder Pool.

Surrounded by a sea of destruction filled with endless lightning and thunder, purple, blue, white, and red lightning filled it, terrifying to the extreme!

Thunder True Intent!

This is the Thunder True Intent that Nie Jin Feng has comprehended.

This way of comprehending martial true intent is completely different from his previous experience of refining martial arts with the aid of the Gluttonous Beast Cauldron.

Compared to that, this way of comprehension is more direct and brutal.

It can only be understood, not expressed in words!

Whether one can comprehend it depends entirely on personal aptitude and perceptiveness.

Under the influence of Nie Jin Feng's martial will, Qin Shuo felt as if he were truly immersed in a sea of thunder and lightning, that ultimate frenzy and destruction feeling so real and terrifying.

Boom—

Another arrow shot forth!

The bowstring trembled like thunder, the arrow split the air like a thunderclap.

In Qin Shuo's perception, the black iron arrow had already turned into a bolt of lightning.

Both its momentum and speed had reached an extreme.

Rumble—

Another small hill exploded!

But this time, Nie Jin Feng changed his angle, no longer provoking the Mountain-Moving General Chen Ao, who was busy searching the mountains.

"All right, it's your turn!"

Nie Jin Feng casually threw the Thunder-Struck Iron Wood Bow to Qin Shuo:

"From now on, within an hour, if you can shoot a single thunderbolt arrow, you will pass."

"Otherwise, you might as well give up on seizing the Divine Weapon of the Pacified Realm."