Ji Xinghuo casually chose the nearest city gate, stepped out of Eternal Day City, and shuddered as the bone-chilling wind hit him.
"So cold."
It was still Frost Month, already past the middle of the month.
In another ten days or so, Cold Month would begin, the coldest ti in the Star Realm.
Having spent half a month in Eternal Day City and Earth Abyss Star, Ji Xinghuo almost forgot that it was still the dead of winter on the Bloody Plateau, but now it was daylight, and despite the cold wind, the wide-open visibility did not affect movent.
He wrapped his bear skin cloak tightly and quickly stepped into the cold wind.
Avoiding those heading towards Eternal Day City, Ji Xinghuo called out Qing Hong, letting it manifest its true form as an Ether Kirin, and mounted it, galloping all the way.
An hour later.
He found a valley located among a cluster of peaks, over a hundred kiloters away from Eternal Day City, where the cliffs on both sides blocked most of the cold wind. The valley was relatively quiet and also housed so wild beasts and monsters.
Ji Xinghuo did not bother with the beasts and flew into the valley to test shoot.
First, the normal titanium alloy arrows.
He notched the arrow, drew the string, and released.
Whizz!
The titanium alloy arrow flew out instantly, disappearing into the distance.
Ji Xinghuo watched as the arrow flew over two thousand ters away, then deviated from his original target, drifting further and further away. Eventually, although it exceeded the three-thousand-ter range, it was several hundred ters away from the target, too greatly influenced by the wind speed. Without the aid of Wanxiang Star Pupil, he couldn’t have hit the mark.
But the speed of the arrow was indeed very fast!
Without the acceleration of star power, he estimated the flight speed of this arrow to be over 700 ters per second. If this were Earth, it would have reached twice the speed of sound.
But in the Star Realm, supersonic speeds require over 1021 ters per second.
Ji Xinghuo shot a few more tis, all with titanium alloy arrows, and found it was virtually impossible to hit the target beyond a thousand ters.
Then, he tried injecting star power to accelerate the titanium alloy arrows. The speed increased slightly, reaching around 1000 ters per second. Although still not supersonic, it could maintain precision within 1500 ters, with increased lethality as well.
Capacitor arrows and explosive fla arrows were effective at around 1500 ters.
Silent arrows were even more suited for the Black Constant Crystal Battle Bow.
This bow was inherently equipped with Silence. Paired with silent arrows, not only was the vibration noise of the bow absorbed during the shot, but the arrows also made no sound at all, ensuring accuracy within 2000 ters.
The only downside was that the material of the silent arrows was not hard enough.
At such high speeds, the silent arrows shattered the instant they hit the target, their lethality sowhat inferior to that of the titanium alloy arrows.
"The arrows are too light and too brittle to withstand strong kinetic energy."
Ji Xinghuo shook his head and then switched to a tungsten core heavy arrow. He notched it on the bow, and as he drew the string, he infused star power. A flow of ink-like black brilliance traveled, soaking through the bowstring, and finally converged into the tungsten core heavy arrow, with a faint ghostly glow emanating from the arrow.
With a flash in his right eye’s pupil, he locked onto the target. The tungsten core heavy arrow turned into a dark shadow and shot out, vanishing instantly.
Whizz!
First, there was a moderate shockwave, and in the next instant, an explosive sound rang through the air.
It thundered through the valley like a lightning bolt.
The tungsten core heavy arrow struck a giant rock three thousand ters away, raising dust as the sound explosion ebbed, then all went quiet. But on the side of the rock that was hit, there appeared a depression several ters in diater, with a cavity in the center from which nurous cracks spread out like a spiderweb.
Ji Xinghuo flew over and landed next to the giant rock, marveling at the result of his shot.
With a gentle push of his hand.
The four to five-ter-tall rock imdiately toppled over, breaking into more than a dozen pieces.
It was evident that the inside of the rock had been impacted by the arrow. Barely half a ter more, and the tungsten core heavy arrow would have completely penetrated it. The trendous force and energy contained in the arrow had nearly destroyed the rock, which would soon have shattered even without external forces.
The strongest killing effect of the tungsten core heavy arrow lay in its armor penetration.
If this arrow hit a person, among those below the Legendary rank, one in ten thousand evolvers would survive!
Ji Xinghuo used a gesture to call back.
The tungsten core heavy arrow flew from the shattered rock into his hand; the arrow was only slightly deford, its tip flattened sowhat, but overall, it appeared minimally damaged.
He held the arrow, attempting to manipulate tal to restore it, and the tip sharpened anew.
"Not bad, it can be reused."
Next, Ji Xinghuo continued to test shoot with the tungsten core heavy arrows.
Without activating Myriad Phenona, and only using Overclocking Thought to assist in shooting, he could only achieve shooting accuracy at a distance of about 2000 ters. Beyond 2000 ters, the accuracy would significantly decrease, losing its threat to the enemy. This distance should be the limit for most archers.
"That would be ," he remarked.
"Other archers using the Black Constant Crystal Battle Bow would do well to hit targets within 1000 ters."
Ji Xinghuo was quite pleased with himself.
Every shot of a Supersonic Arrow from the Black Constant Crystal Battle Bow consud 30 points of Star Power, limiting the archers from shooting recklessly. However, he was not too worried about it, as his over 3200 Star Power allowed him to continuously shoot more than one hundred arrows.
After testing it for two to three hours, Ji Xinghuo had completely mastered the performance of the Black Constant Crystal Battle Bow.
He filled the accompanying space with arrows: 50 Tungsten Core Heavy Arrows, 50 Titanium Alloy Arrows, Capacitor Arrows, Silent Arrows, Explosive Fla Arrows, and a few types of Special Arrows.
Then, he placed the Battle Bow on the ground, rolling it a few tis, coating it with mud and snow water, and shook it off deliberately without wiping it properly, making it appear a bit dirty—a seemingly ordinary Battle Bow. Coupled with a beast skin quiver on his back, it beca quite inconspicuous.
"Ti to head back," he said.
Ji Xinghuo glanced at the sky, which was about to enter nightfall.
He had just mounted Qing Hong and was about to rush out from one end of the valley when a voice suddenly ca from above, very far away, faintly carried by the wind.
Electromagnetic Induction imdiately located the source of the sound.
It was two Winged People.
They were flying over from outside the valley, heading towards Eternal Day City. Seeing pedestrians like that around this area was quite common. However, these two Winged People were relatively rare—a man and a woman, the man being Fourth Rank and the woman even stronger, being a Fifth Rank Feather King, a Legendary figure.
Ji Xinghuo looked up, his gaze piercing through the cold wind to see two flying figures.
The female Winged Person was from the Lingyu Clan, with wide wings and colorful satin-like feathers, emphasizing her noble status within her clan.
Judging by the two Winged People’s clothing, both were from the Sky Feather Royal Court.
Seeing Winged People on the Bloody Plateau was quite normal.
Ji Xinghuo paid no attention.
However, a phrase in the intermittent conversation caught his attention, carried by the wind, "...Earth person, I...take down..."
Due to the distance, he could not hear clearly.
But he was sure he had not heard wrong; these two Winged People were speaking the language of the Sky Clan, one of the three Star Clan languages he knew. The phrase "Earth person" was a unique term used in the Sky Feather Royal Court, specifically referring to an Alien Species from the Thousand Peak Abyss Forest.
The two Winged People flew swiftly, not noticing soone from the Highlanders was in the valley.
Ji Xinghuo watched their silhouettes.
He touched his chin, deciding to follow them.
He followed the two Winged People from a safe distance, and saw them approach Eternal Day City and descend, entering through the city gates.
He stowed away Qing Hong, quickened his pace, and also entered the city.
Electromagnetic Induction locked onto the two Winged People, and shortly after, they checked into a hotel managed by the Winged People. The Lingyu Clan Legendary Feather King, was imdiately treated with great honor, with a dozen Winged People serving her, clearly a regular here.
Ji Xinghuo observed from a distance for several hours, but did not gather any useful information.
Thus, he also rented a room next to this hotel and settled in, but there was no activity from the Winged People all night.
The next morning.
Ji Xinghuo could only temporarily stop monitoring and went to the rare treasures auction house.
The auction ti for the Heavenly Treasure Diamonds was approaching.
After almost 50 Star Ti of bidding, the prices of the other two Heavenly Treasure Diamonds had soared to over 180 Ether Crystals 400 Eternal Day rits.
However, the one he was bidding on remained at the current price of 60 Ether Crystals 1500 Eternal Day rits.
Throughout the day, nobody else bid.
Ji Xinghuo entered the auction hall and found a seat, waiting for the auction to end. Suddenly, he turned his head and saw several Winged People also coming in, led by that female Winged Person from the Lingyu Clan.
He listened intently to a few of the Winged People’s dialogues, realizing they were just there to watch the excitent and were not participating in the auction.
While secretly eavesdropping on the Winged People’s conversation, he kept an eye on the auction information on the screen.
The last Star Mont.
The bids for the two Heavenly Treasure Diamonds were rapidly refreshed, the competition fierce, while the third Heavenly Treasure Diamond remained silent until the auction ended.
"Sold!" Ji Xinghuo’s eyes sparkled with joy.
His bidding strategy had been correct, successfully winning a Heavenly Treasure Diamond!
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