Chapter 234: Chapter 153: Returning to the Village, Anomaly in the Mountains
With that matter settled, Cheng Zongyang finally relaxed and turned back, heading in the three o’clock direction.
[Another half an hour passed.]
However, just as Cheng Zongyang was about to reach his destination, he stopped dead in his tracks. He quickly ducked behind a tree trunk vibrant with fresh, green leaves.
He saw a giant python, as thick as a grown man’s waist, hanging from a branch on a tree over one hundred—almost two hundred—ters away. Its massive body bent the bough, and the sparse leaves around it rustled softly.
The massive python was in the process of swallowing a creature, only two small feet and a section of its tail still visible.
With his excellent eyesight, Cheng Zongyang instantly recognized the prey as so sort of monkey.
Ever since he had seen the Black-Horned Python, every other snake or python he encountered seed like a re hatchling in comparison.
Even though this python would be considered an enormous beast by the villagers, in Cheng Zongyang’s eyes, it was only a third the size of the Black-Horned Python. Still, it was exceptionally large.
Cheng Zongyang wasted no ti. He vanished for a few monts, and when he reappeared, he was holding a Hundred-Forged Fine Iron Bow he had acquired from his item bar so ti ago and had barely used since.
It was also his only Green Level weapon!
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[Hundred-Forged Fine Iron Bow]
Description: A finished bow from the ruins of the Human Race in the Wilderness World. Though a casual creation by a Master Forger using leftover Refined Iron and the tough sinew of an unknown creature, it was crafted with the hundred-forging technique, making it a rare and valuable weapon.
Grade: Green Level
Durability: 1000
Weight: 25.9 kg
Maximum Range: 500 ters
Effective Range: 300 ters
[Note: Cos with fifty Refined Iron Arrows.]
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While the maximum range was useless to him, the 300-ter effective range for lethal shots was more than enough. It allowed him to launch surprise attacks from a distance with plenty of ti to react.
He was positioned a little over a hundred ters from the python as it swallowed its al.
Not caring whether the beast had noticed him, Cheng Zongyang held the Hundred-Forged Bow—its weight just right, its feel in his hands superb—and drew a Refined Iron arrow!
He nocked the arrow and slowly drew the bowstring into a full moon. The muscles in his right arm bulged, sharply defined!
’This draw weight... A Martial Artist below the Seventh Grade couldn’t even dream of fully drawing it!’ Cheng Zongyang marveled inwardly.
It wasn’t his first ti using the bow. Back when he was a Seventh Grade Martial Artist, it had taken all his strength just to draw it fully.
Now, he could draw it to its limit with less than half his strength!
After a mont of thought, he eased the tension on the string slightly, releasing it from a full draw.
His eyes, sharp as hooks, locked onto the python. It had already swallowed its prey and its body was contracting, forcing the al down its gullet. His aim traveled from its raised head, slowly moving downward.
Finally, his aim settled on the bulging section of its body.
Right where the swallowed prey was lodged.
Instantly, he released his fingers. The arrow vanished in a streak of black light!
It crossed the nearly two hundred ters in the blink of an eye!
THWACK! The nearly ter-long Iron Arrow struck the python right in its belly as it was preoccupied with swallowing, piercing it but not passing clean through!
The Arrowhead had just barely poked through the other side, lodging the shaft firmly in the python’s body. The shot had also pierced the prey within its belly, pinning the al in place!
The wounded python let out a pained shriek and fell from the tree, crashing to the ground. It imdiately began to thrash and writhe on the grass!
At the sa ti, it spotted Cheng Zongyang, who had revealed himself!
Cheng Zongyang watched as the python, in its agony, found itself unable to either regurgitate or swallow its al. A faint smile touched his lips.
’This is exactly what I wanted!’
He imdiately nocked another arrow and began to draw the bow. But in the next mont, his expression changed. The giant python, suddenly ignoring the pain, slithered rapidly toward him! It moved with a speed that defied its injury, completely catching Cheng Zongyang by surprise.
But what happened next shocked him even more!
The mont the giant python raised its head, its massive maw gaped open. A flaming fireball rapidly condensed in front of its mouth and shot forth!
The entire process took less than two breaths!
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