Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 161: The Arrow Never Misses Its Target, the Origin of the Snake Shadow

In the valleys and forests!

A group of young men were wearing black iron masks, with black iron stuck to their chests and backs, as well as their crotches.

Although it added weight to the body, no teenager dared not to wear it.

It’s just because this time, the assessment for them is to dodge arrows.

It's okay if this thing hits other places, but if it hits the head, chest or crotch, the person will be crippled if not killed.

More than 20 figures kept shuttling back and forth in the valley and woods, occasionally gathering to exchange information, and then dispersing. The black iron on their bodies did not affect their speed and flexibility at all.

As long as you are not hit by arrows within one hour, you will pass the test and get 20 points.

"Brother Shen, this time it's Brother Lin who's here to deal with us. He should show some mercy to the three of us."

Yin Aosong muttered in a low voice, they were all from Raozhou Prefecture, Lin Chen should appreciate this friendship.

"Forget it!"

Shen Ge shook his head: "Since the instructor arranged for Senior Brother Lin to shoot arrows, Senior Brother Lin will definitely not let us off. Maybe our assessment requirement is not to be hit by arrows, but Senior Brother Lin's assessment requirement is to hit us with arrows."

"I think what Senior Brother Shen said is very likely. It is impossible to expect Senior Brother Lin to show mercy. The forest is so dense that we can't say whether Senior Brother Lin can see clearly..."

call out!
Before the young man next to him could finish his words, he felt a shock in his chest. The horrible impact force caused blood to surge up in his throat.

鏮！
Shen Ge looked at his companion's clothes that were torn on his chest. There was an arrow mark on the half-foot thick black iron. Without any hesitation, he rolled on the ground and rushed towards the thorns beside him.

Yin Aosong's reaction was a little slow for a moment, and the next moment he felt a sharp pain in his forehead and fell directly to the ground.

Senior Brother Lin, this is not being merciless, it's just that you're targeting your own people!
After falling to the ground for a few breaths, Yin Aosong and his companion who also fell to the ground not far away looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

According to the rules set by the instructors, anyone who was hit by an arrow would be eliminated and would lie on the ground, waiting for Senior Brother Du to pick up the body, while being humiliated as a waste.

……

At the edge of the woods, Lin Chen did not draw his bow, but instead searched the woods with his eyes. If he wanted to shoot someone in the dense forest, he not only had to shoot accurately, but also quickly, and strike first before the other party could react.

Lin Chen was like a ghost hunter, shuttling silently through the woods. Every time he drew his bow, a student would fall down.

One, two...

In just a quarter of an hour, twenty students were eliminated.

However, facing the remaining nine students, Lin Chen did not shoot the arrow once in the next quarter of an hour.

It’s not that these students hid well and were not discovered, but that he was not absolutely sure.

There are twenty-nine students and only twenty-nine arrows. If one arrow misses, it is considered a failure.

These twenty-nine students were all very strong and had extremely quick reactions. They did not stop in the forest and kept moving around.

For a warrior who has opened up more than ten acupoints, running and moving for an hour does not consume much physical energy and he can completely persist for an hour.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes and followed these students, even revealing himself directly in front of them. His purpose was very simple, he just wanted to see the tiny movements of these students when they chose to avoid him after discovering him.

Compare the subtle movements of the opponent's body with the martial arts techniques he has learned.

"Any martial artist's behavior will be affected by the technique they practice. This is an instinctive reaction after practicing a technique for many years, and it is basically difficult to change."

Instructor Jia’s words of advice were still echoing in Lin Chen’s mind.

"You have practiced the Clear Wind Palm, Water Cloud Palm, Iron Bone Skill, and Wild Wind Kick. The first move of the Wild Wind Kick is [Wind Rising Green Duckweed]. You lean forward with your left toes, bend your right knee slightly, and move your body sideways. Finally, your left leg sweeps across the air. So when you want to move sideways to the right, your right knee will bend slightly. Even though the movement is very small, it can be captured."

In the bamboo forest, he kept changing directions, but was eventually blocked by Instructor Jia who drew his bow and shot an arrow.

After listening to Instructor Jia's advice, Lin Chen understood that this was not just a habit. Habits can be overcome, but the memory from muscles is difficult to overcome.

Half an hour later.

Lin Chen appeared many times, watching the fellow apprentices running away in front of him, observing the subtle changes in their bodies when they were running away, and then comparing them one by one with the skills and moves learned by each fellow apprentice in his mind, to find out the patterns of their luck.

Movements can deceive, but instinctive muscle movements cannot.

At the last quarter of an hour of the countdown, Lin Chen put the bow on the bow and shot the arrow!
boom!
A figure fell down.

Hearing the noise that had stopped for a long time reappear, the expressions of the remaining people became solemn.

As long as they can hold on for another quarter of an hour, they will win this test, but the more time passes, the more cautious they must be.

However, what made them despair was that, every few dozen breaths, they could hear the sound of metal colliding.

In this forest, there is only one possible reason for the sound of metal collision: the sound of arrows colliding with iron sheets.

Shen Ge, who was lying in the grass, listened to the sound without moving. But after fifteen breaths, he saw Lin Chen standing ten feet in front of him, gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground.

"Senior Brother Lin!"

Shen Ge knew very well that Senior Brother Lin appeared ten feet away because he must have discovered him, because he was the only one nearby.

Shen Ge spoke, but Lin Chen, who was ten feet away, remained silent and just drew his bow and arrow. Seeing this, Shen Ge's pupils shrank and his figure suddenly moved quickly left and right, hiding behind the trees in the forest, but his eyes were fixed on Lin Chen.

The moment he saw Lin Chen let go, his body also moved, but this time it was not to the left or to the right, but he jumped high upwards.

When facing archers, the most fearful thing is to be in a high place, because this will make you a living target for the archers.

However, there was a hint of pride on Shen Ge's face. He decided to jump up after careful judgment.

After Senior Brother Lin eliminated most of the students, the forest returned to silence. He even ran into Senior Brother Lin several times later, but Senior Brother Lin never shot any arrows. It was definitely not because Senior Brother Lin showed mercy because they were from the same Raozhou Prefecture. There was only one explanation: Senior Brother Lin's arrows were limited.

It is very likely that Senior Brother Lin only has twenty-nine arrows, and if he misses one, it will be equivalent to failure.

Although this guess is incredible, it would take twenty-nine arrows to hit twenty-nine of them, and in a place like the woods where it is easy to hide, but considering that Senior Brother Lin cannot be viewed with common sense, it is not impossible that the instructors set such an assessment rule.

With some guesses in mind, Shen Ge also thought of a strategy to deal with it.

It is absolutely impossible to hide within an hour.

But as long as Senior Brother Lin could miss his arrow, he would win, because Senior Brother Lin didn't have any more arrows.

From the moment Senior Brother Lin showed up, he fell into the plan he had designed. Senior Brother Lin would never have thought that he would end up choosing to jump high into the sky.

boom!
The moment he felt a sharp pain in his chest, Shen Ge couldn't imagine how Senior Brother Lin made that judgment.

"Junior Brother Shen... you are indeed from the same hometown. He was afraid that I would fail the test, so he let me win in the end."

The words that Lin Chen left before he left made Shen Ge's mouth twitch, but the next moment his pupils shrank rapidly, and a guess emerged in his mind: Could it be that he really was judging others by his own standards?
Senior Brother Lin, when the last arrow saw me, he was going to let me go, otherwise he wouldn't have shot it high into the sky. But it just happened by accident, and I was so self-righteous that I got shot instead.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Senior Brother Lin shot the arrow high into the sky, and it is impossible for Senior Brother Lin to know what he was thinking.

Thinking of this, Shen Ge's face showed some shame.

……

……

"Master Jia, I was lucky enough to complete it."

Outside the forest, Lin Chen looked at Jia Nanzhu with a smile, and Jia Nanzhu was not stingy with her satisfied smile towards Lin Chen.

He believed that Lin Chen could do it, but he originally thought that Lin Chen would have to try several times before he could succeed, so he gave Lin Chen three days. Unexpectedly, he completed it on the first try.

"How did you do it? I'm afraid it's not that easy with just the martial arts secrets I gave you."

"In my room, there is a note left by a senior. It mentions many contents about the operation of acupoints. While observing the subtle movements of my junior brothers, I also observed their breathing rhythms and made a prediction in the end."

Lin Chen answered truthfully, but he omitted a few words. In dark places like forests, his [Darkness to the End] enhanced his comprehension and perception. His comprehension increased his brain's ability to react and analyze, while his perception allowed him to see his fellow students' actions more clearly.

Just like the last arrow shot at Junior Brother Shen Ge, Junior Brother Shen Ge was very smart and there was almost no flaw in his subtle movements, but in the last shot, there was a contraction detail in his abdomen, which was a manifestation of his luck in lifting up in one breath. Junior Brother Shen Ge was practicing the Liaoyun Palm, and one of the moves in the Liaoyun Palm was to leap high into the air.

After listening to Lin Chen's explanation, Jia Nanzhu was speechless. It is easier said than done.

Many warriors have thought about predicting their opponent's moves and direction, but only a few can do it. The reason is that making predictions in a split second is a great test of one's thinking ability.

This is a flawless rough gem!

At this moment, Jia Nanzhu was glad that she would rather resign from her position as deputy director of the Wuzheng Department and come to the special training site.

Lin Chen is worth the trip!
"I told you that if you can complete this task within three days, I will give you a gift. Come with me."

Jia Nanzhu turned around and Lin Chen quickly followed behind her.

On the other side, Yu Fei, Shen Ge and others looked dejected. In front of them was Senior Brother Du, whom they privately called a poisonous mouth.

"A bunch of rubbish! Lin Chen only has 29 arrows, and you 29 people stayed in the woods, but you were all shot! Even if there were 29 pigs in the woods, they would still be better than you!"

Some students were not convinced, and Du Yong sneered: "Why, do you think what I said is wrong?"

"Brother Du, you're going too far. If there were twenty-nine pigs, Brother Lin wouldn't need twenty-nine arrows." One student retorted, stiffening his neck.

"Yes, so trash like you can only be compared to pigs!"

Shen Ge: ...

Yu Fei: ...

Senior Brother Du has a very poisonous tongue. He is deliberately waiting here for them to refute.

"Everyone, go and try the level. You are not allowed to stop until everyone has completed it ten times!"

As soon as Du Yong said this, many people's faces changed instantly. To pass the level ten times means that they will be seriously injured ten times.

"Let's go!"

On the contrary, Yu Fei and his companions left silently with gloomy faces.

"Brother Shen, what's going on with these people?"

"As the top student in each prefecture, the gap between me and Senior Brother Lin is getting bigger and bigger. I feel very angry."

Shen Ge looked at the backs of Yu Fei and the others as they left, and he knew in his heart that they must be feeling bad.

Even when Senior Brother Lin defeated the four of them alone when they first entered the special training ground, the blow was not as great as that caused by a single arrow.

It would have been better if Senior Brother Lin could shoot more times, but Senior Brother Lin only shot twenty-nine arrows in total, and he never missed a single shot.

Although Senior Brother Du's words were a bit harsh, he was not wrong. In Senior Brother Lin's eyes, they were probably no different from pigs.

……

……

In the bamboo forest, Jia Nanzhu held a transparent bottle no bigger than a finger joint, which contained a drop of blood.

"Bring me your snake shadow bow."

Lin Chen approached with the Snake Shadow Bow as instructed. Jia Nanzhu said with a serious expression, "Hold this bow tightly for a while."

"Yes."

Jia Nanzhu took off the cap of the bottle in his hand. Lin Chen was a little confused at first, but after a few breaths, his pupils suddenly shrank and his right hand tightly grasped the Snake Shadow Bow in his hand.

The Snake Shadow Bow is vibrating!

It vibrated wildly, as if it was attracted by something and wanted to escape from his grasp.

Snapped!
Jia Nanzhu put the cap back on the bottle, and the Snake Shadow Bow returned to silence. Lin Chen looked up at the bottle in Jia Nanzhu's hand and asked in confusion, "Teacher, is the blood in this bottle related to the Snake Shadow Bow in my disciple's hand?"

"Well, the blood in this bottle and your bowstring are of the same family."

"Blood of a snake demon?" Lin Chen had made a judgment in his mind, but since Instructor Jia could call it a gift, it was very likely not an ordinary snake demon, but at least a strong one among the snake demons.

When he encountered the snake demon at first, he smashed it into a bloody mess, and the Snake Shadow Bow had no reaction at all.

"It's not the blood of a snake demon, but the blood of a dragon."

Jia Nanzhu said lightly, looking at the shocked look in the young man's eyes, a smug smile appeared on his face after showing off the suspense.

He is always the one who is shocked, and now it is Lin Chen's turn to smile in shock.

"I was not sure at first, but now I am sure that the real name of this bow should be Dragon Shadow Bow, and the bowstring of this bow should be made of the tendons of a dragon."

Dragon tendon!

A Jiaolong is also a dragon!
Lin Chen looked at the Snake Shadow Bow in his hand, oh no, it was the Dragon Shadow Bow. He never thought that the bow he chose on a whim from the Class C treasure house actually had such a great origin.

"I brought this drop of dragon blood here not just to verify whether this bow string is made of dragon tendons, but as a gift to you."

(End of this chapter)