Chapter 72: Basic Archery Upgrade

Lu Yu sighed softly, his gaze falling upon the attribute panel:

Realm: Body Tempering Third Layer

Level: 8 (0/100)

Constitution: 65.67

Strength: 56.11

Agility: 32.28

Spirit: 12.97

Potential Point: 113 (7 points/1 day)

Experience Value: 10

The Strength attribute had soared from 46 points to 56 points; this increase was truly astonishing.

Lu Yu estimated that with a bit more effort, he might be able to draw the 300-jin draw-weight bow in Wang Liang's hands.

However, if he were to actually use it, it certainly wouldn't be as handy as the 200-jin draw-weight bow he had now.

Additionally, his Potential Points had accumulated to 113, which was enough to strengthen his body once.

Don't forget, he still had one opportunity to break through his Realm.

From the perspective of pursuing maximum gains, it was naturally better to stack attributes as high as possible so that the benefits gained during a breakthrough would be greater, but one couldn't be too stubborn about it either.

Lu Yu planned that if he didn't encounter any danger along the way, he would at least wait until he had raised the two Advanced Martial Arts, Wang Family Taiji Fist and Phantom Archery, to their limits before attempting a breakthrough.

Although this might not necessarily yield the maximum possible gains, it would still be quite substantial; he couldn't just never break through.

For the time that followed, Lu Yu poured all his focus into practicing 【Basic Archery】.

He was unhurried, shooting arrow after arrow at the target; he could shoot about twenty arrows in a minute, increasing his proficiency by six percent.

Of course, after shooting so many arrows, his body couldn't take it and required a rest of more than ten minutes.

Fortunately, the level 1 "Channel Clearing" characteristic was in effect, which could shorten the rest time by one-third, and this also accelerated the speed at which his proficiency increased.

After nearly two hours, Lu Yu felt an extremely faint warm current flow through his entire body.

Clearly, with his current attributes, the attribute point gains brought by raising 【Basic Archery】 by one level were already very small.

【Basic Archery: lv7 (0%), Characteristics: Body Strengthening level 7, Arm Strength Mastery level 7, Steady Shot level 7, Rapid Shot level 5, Continuous Shot level 2】

Lu Yu's gaze focused on the final Continuous Shot characteristic; that's right, this was exactly what he valued.

The level 2 Rapid Shot characteristic could increase his firing speed by sixty percent.

In other words, while he could originally shoot at most twenty arrows a minute with this 200-jin draw-weight bow, he could now shoot twenty-six or twenty-seven arrows.

When bursting with full power, a triple-shot that originally took about five seconds could now be shortened to a little over four seconds.

At first glance, it seemed to perform worse than before, but in reality, this was a 200-jin draw-weight bow, and its power far exceeded the previous one—by more than double.

"Continue, strive to raise it another level; it would be even better if a new characteristic could appear."

Lu Yu rested for a moment, shot another arrow at the target, and then looked at the Skill bar; his proficiency had increased by less than 0.1%, which was also within his expectations.

"Shooting one thousand arrows will raise Basic Archery to level 8. Calculating based on one round of 27 arrows per minute and six rounds per hour, that's 162 arrows; six hours should be about enough."

Lu Yu calculated with a serious expression; counting the afternoon time, it should be sufficient.

He was so persistent about raising Basic Archery to level 8 for his own reasons.

Because once Basic Archery reached level 8, the time for a triple-shot could be controlled to around 3 seconds.

By then, even if he truly encountered an Intermediate-level Fierce Beast like an Iron-Backed Black Ox, at a distance of one hundred meters, it would be enough for him to shoot three arrows.

And an Iron-Backed Black Ox needed a little over three seconds to sprint one hundred meters.

With a 200-jin draw-weight bow, as long as one arrow hit a vital point, it could make the Iron-Backed Black Ox drop dead on the spot.

If he couldn't hit a vital point with all three arrows and failed to kill the opponent, then he had nothing to say and could only blame his own bad luck.

Just then, Lu Guohao's voice came from the Zhai: "Time for lunch!"

Wang Liang put away his bow and arrows and said to Lu Yu: "I'll practice until here for today."

After all, there were still quite a few people in the Zhai waiting for him to guide their martial arts practice in the afternoon.

If one added the new arrivals from the Qin Family Stronghold, there would be even more people needing guidance.

"Mm," Lu Yu said with a smile, "Uncle Wang, then tonight let's do the same as yesterday and practice spear techniques?"

"Alright." Wang Liang was slightly stunned, appearing a bit surprised, but he agreed nonetheless.

Seeing that Lu Yu was willing to spend time on spear techniques, he felt quite gratified.

"Qin Hai, why don't you go to the Warehouse with Uncle Qin and the others to learn martial arts this afternoon?" Lu Yu looked at Qin Hai, who was to the side.

"Learn martial arts?" Qin Hai was stunned for a moment.

"Mm, practicing fists without practicing internal energy leads to nothing in old age; the same logic applies to Archery. If you don't raise your physical fitness, no matter how superb your Archery is, it's useless against an Intermediate-level Fierce Beast."

"Alright, I understand." Qin Hai looked at the bow and arrows in his hands, a hint of reluctance showing in his eyes.

But Lu Yu was right; whether for ordinary people or Martial Artists, the stronger the body, the better, and this was even more true for him as an Awakened, because he could double his Strength Amplification.

The three of them took the arrow targets back to the Zhai; to Lu Yu's surprise, his family was actually eating with Qin Hai's family.

At the dining table, Lu Guohao and Qin Lianjun were chatting happily, with laughter ringing out constantly.

Geng Lian was also chatting very happily with Qin Lianjun's wife.

Lu Yu and Qin Hai were relatively quiet; the former was thinking about how he must raise Basic Archery to level 8 this afternoon, while the latter secretly resolved to practice martial arts diligently in the afternoon and strive to break through to Body Tempering First Layer as soon as possible.

In this way, with the amplification of his ability, he would also be able to use a 200-jin draw-weight Long Bow. Only Lu Chen was enjoying the delicious food with a clear mind.

After finishing lunch, Lu Yu left the Zhai alone to continue practicing archery.

Lu Guohao took Qin Lianjun and the others to the front of the Warehouse to practice Standing Post.

Although the food in the Zhai was still quite sufficient for now, it was still unable to satisfy the consumption of everyone practicing martial arts.

Just like Lu Yu, who now had to eat nearly ten jin of meat a day; after others practiced martial arts, if they ate to their heart's content, three or four jin was also indispensable.

Therefore, priority must be given to satisfying the adult young men.

Time slipped away quietly; before one knew it, the sun set behind the western mountains, and the veil of night was about to descend.

"Little Yu, come back quickly!" An anxious shout from a man came from the Watchtower. In the distance, the faint sound of beast roars could be heard; it was already the time for Fierce Beasts to be active.

If Lu Yu were still outside, he would very likely attract some powerful Fierce Beasts.

"Mm, right away." Lu Yu responded, and looking at the proficiency about to reach its maximum value, he decisively performed a triple shot.

The moment the third arrow left the string, that familiar, faint warm current surged again; Basic Archery had successfully leveled up!

【Basic Archery: lv8 (0%), Traits: Body Strengthening level 8, Arm Strength Mastery level 8, Steady Shot level 8, Rapid Shot level 6, Continuous Shot level 3】

"Hoo..." Lu Yu let out a long sigh of relief; he had finally managed it before dark.

With Continuous Shot level 3, as long as he wasn't unlucky enough to encounter an Advanced Fierce Beast, no Intermediate Fierce Beast could withstand this power, which was equivalent to three sniper rifle bullets, within one hundred meters.

This time heading to Zhou Family Fort, he should not need to worry about encountering Fierce Beasts.

However, he could not let his guard down; in this doomsday, people were sometimes perhaps even more dangerous than those low-to-intermediate-level Fierce Beasts.