Chapter 187: He Really Pulled It Open

Time rewinds to two or three minutes ago.

Several In-Jin Martial Artists walked out of their respective Training Rooms one after another and arrived at the pantry opposite the elevator.

"Jiang Yao, has that newcomer arrived yet?"

Kang Yuan's face was full of curiosity, his eyes flashing with intense anticipation; not only him, but the others were equally curious.

After all, a Martial Artist who reached the Dark Energy Realm at only seventeen years old, and who also used a bow and arrow, was truly a rare existence.

"That's right."

Jiang Yao shook her phone screen and said, "The president sent me a message a few minutes ago saying the newcomer has already arrived and asked me to notify everyone to gather here; he will bring the newcomer over in a moment to meet us."

"He came really fast."

Kang Yuan rubbed his hands together, eager to try, "I have to go up and shake his hand in a moment, and take the opportunity to test him."

"Kang Yuan, you guy are too unkind, aren't you?"

"I think it's quite interesting, we can try it, hahaha." Someone nearby, not fearing trouble, joined in the clamor.

"Kang Yuan, don't go too far."

Jiang Yao frowned, "Even if the newcomer is a Dark Energy Martial Artist, he probably just broke through recently. You've been at the Dark Energy level for two or three years; isn't this clearly bullying someone?"

"Oh, don't worry, I won't use too much force." Kang Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

Just as the few were about to continue arguing, the door of the secret room not far away slowly opened, and two figures walked out one after the other.

The gazes of both sides met instantly.

Immediately after, the six people including Kang Yuan opened their mouths in unison.

Although the president had informed them beforehand and they were mentally prepared, they were still deeply shocked when they saw Lu Yu with their own eyes.

This newcomer is just too young!

Lu Yu's gaze swept across the faces of the six people one by one, and he secretly pondered that these people should be the companions the president wanted to introduce to him.

Song Tian also came back to his senses at this time, brought Lu Yu in front of everyone, and said: "Everyone, this is the Dark Energy Martial Artist who has newly joined our Branch that I mentioned to you before, Lu Yu."

The six people looked at Lu Yu, each with different expressions in their eyes.

A strange look flashed in Jiang Yao's eyes, and she was the first to take the initiative to reach out her hand, saying enthusiastically: "Lu Yu, my name is Jiang Yao, and I am also a Dark Energy Martial Artist. You can call me Sister Jiang. Welcome to our group."

"Uh..." Lu Yu was slightly stunned, then smiled and reached out his hand, shaking hers lightly.

Jiang Yao retracted her hand with a smile.

"Lu Yu, my name is Chang Lei, and I am a Transformation Energy Martial Artist. You can call me Brother Chang or Uncle Chang." The middle-aged man Chang Lei smiled and reached out his hand.

Lu Yu hurriedly shook hands with him, thinking to himself that this was the only Transformation Energy Martial Artist in the Branch besides the president.

"My name is Yang Dongwen, and he is my younger brother Yang Dongwu. We are both Dark Energy Martial Artists." The two men, who looked extremely similar, also reached out their hands one after another.

"Little Brother Lu Yu, I am Kang Yuan, a Dark Energy Martial Artist. You can just call me Brother Kang." Kang Yuan reached out his hand with a chuckle.

Jiang Yao, who was on the side, saw this and suddenly coughed, glaring fiercely at Kang Yuan.

The smile on Kang Yuan's face stiffened instantly, and he hurriedly shook hands with Lu Yu in a friendly manner.

"Fan Sui."

The last man with a cold expression spat out two words briefly, his hands still tucked in his pockets, and no matter how others signaled to him, he had no intention of shaking hands.

"Lu Yu, Fan Sui has always been like this, even to us." Jiang Yao explained with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah, Little Brother Lu Yu, don't take it to heart." Chang Lei also said from the side.

"I won't." Lu Yu responded with a smile; he really didn't take this matter to heart.

After all, he and these people might just be nodding acquaintances, and perhaps they would go their separate ways before long.

Song Tian coughed lightly and said: "Now that everyone has met, I hope that in the coming days, everyone can be united and help each other."

"That goes without saying."

"It's only right, it's only right."

"Little Brother Lu Yu, you are already a Dark Energy Martial Artist at only seventeen years old, that's truly impressive."

"Yeah, when we were seventeen, we weren't even Arrow Martial Artists yet." Except for Fan Sui, Kang Yuan, Chang Lei, and the others were very cooperative, and their attitudes were very friendly.

"Eh?" Jiang Yao's gaze fell on the bow in Lu Yu's hand, and she asked curiously, "Lu Yu, this bow in your hand doesn't look ordinary, does it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the gazes of the others were also drawn over.

One could see that the bow limbs were almost as thick as an adult's arm.

Someone caught a glimpse of the Arrow Quiver on Lu Yu's back out of the corner of their eye and couldn't help but gasp.

Good heavens, these aren't arrows, they are clearly javelins! No, they are even thicker than javelins!

What kind of bow and arrow is this?

"Little Brother Lu Yu, is it convenient to disclose how many catties of draw weight this bow of yours has? It doesn't matter if it's not convenient to say." Chang Lei couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"You are too polite, Uncle Chang."

Lu Yu smiled slightly, "This bow is one I just got from headquarters, it has a draw weight of ten thousand catties."

"How much?" Kang Yuan exclaimed in surprise.

"Ten thousand catties." Lu Yu repeated again.

In an instant, all six people, including Kang Yuan, stood frozen on the spot, their brains blank, and their ears buzzing.

A bow with ten thousand catties of draw weight? Did they hear wrong? Or is this newcomer spouting nonsense?

If it were ten years ago, they would definitely think that a bow with such draw weight only existed in ancient legends.

Nowadays, although they believe such bows exist, it is truly hard to believe that a mere Dark Energy Martial Artist could use a bow with ten thousand catties of draw weight.

"Pre, President?"

Yang Dongwen widened his eyes and looked at Song Tian, his gaze as if asking, President, is what he said true?

"That's right." Song Tian nodded, "It is a bow with ten thousand catties of draw weight, sent from headquarters this morning."

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the scene became terrifyingly quiet. The few people looked at one another, completely at a loss.

"Lu, Lu Yu," Jiang Yao asked, stuttering, "can, can you draw this bow?"

She truly could not believe it, but Lu Yu had already equipped the bow and arrows; he couldn't just be doing it for nothing, could he?

The gazes of the others were also fixed tightly on Lu Yu, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Drawing a bow with a draw weight of ten thousand catties? How is that something an In-Jin Martial Artist could do? Even if a Transformation Energy Martial Artist came, it would be a stretch!

Lu Yu could neither laugh nor cry, and said, "I was just planning to go to the basement with the Branch President to test its effectiveness."

The few people looked at Song Tian again, and the latter nodded helplessly.

How could he not hope that Lu Yu could draw this bow, but reason told him this was almost an impossible thing.

"Branch President, shall we go over and take a look together then?"

"Yes, let's go take a look."

"Branch President?"

Song Tian looked at Lu Yu, and Lu Yu indicated it was fine.

Thus, Song Tian walked at the very front, Lu Yu followed closely behind, and Kang Yuan and the other five followed at the very back.

"Do you think Lu Yu can really draw it?" Jiang Yao asked, trembling with fear; as a Dark Energy Martial Artist, being able to draw a bow with a draw weight of 3000 catties was already her limit.

"How is that possible? That is a bow with a draw weight of ten thousand catties! Even Brother Chang couldn't draw it." Seeing his companions looking at him, Chang Lei shook his head very decisively.

"Then where does his confidence come from?" Kang Yuan was full of confusion, unable to figure it out no matter what.

"Newcomers, aren't they all like that?" Fan Sui, who had been taciturn, said coldly.

Soon, the group arrived at the basement.

Under Song Tian's arrangement, the Branch staff set up two one-meter-thick steel plates against the wall and pasted a target on the foremost steel plate.

Lu Yu stood five hundred meters away, his feet planted firmly, his right hand took an arrow from the Arrow Quiver, nocked it on the string, then raised the bow in front of him, and his right hand slowly pulled backward.

Behind him, Song Tian and the others all held their breath, their eyes widened like copper bells, staring fixedly at Lu Yu.

"Creak, creak..." The sound of the bow body being stretched came from the air.

One could see the shape of the bow gradually changing from an initial crescent moon to a half-moon, and it was still continuing to change.

"!!!" The breathing of Song Tian and the others instantly became rapid; could it be, could he really draw it?

They were so nervous they felt their hearts were about to pop out of their throats.

Everyone watched with their own eyes as the crescent-like bow body turned into a gibbous moon, and immediately after, it actually turned into a full moon!

The entire process actually took less than a second!

The key was that the entire movement was smooth and flowing, without the slightest sense of stagnation.

Immediately after.

"Boom!" A loud noise.

Almost at the same instant, with a "snap," the arrow shot through the bullseye with ease like lightning, until half the arrow shaft was deeply embedded in the steel plate, and the nock was still vibrating violently, emitting a buzzing sound that lasted for a long time.

Until the vibration sound of the nock completely disappeared, the entire basement remained in dead silence.

Except for Lu Yu, the same words kept echoing in everyone's minds: He drew it! He really drew it! He actually really drew it!!!

Lu Yu, however, did not care about the reactions of the people around him, but instead looked at his Skill bar impatiently.

He was eager to know, just from this one shot, how much had the proficiency of Basic Archery actually increased?