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Chapter 66 Archery Skills Show Their Power (Please Read On)

Richard was familiar with the giant trolley plant that had appeared in previous battles, but he had never seen these two enormous flowering plants before. Judging from the murky liquid in their red round holes, they must be some kind of plant with the ability to spray.

Moreover, it is very likely that this spray will be all-around and without blind spots.

A huge threat!

Therefore, Richard's eyes immediately locked onto the two Venom King Flowers.

"Whoosh!" Accompanied by a piercing whistling sound!

Richard's steel arrow pierced the center of the Venomous Giant Flower's body, leaving a hole the size of a bowl.

"Squeak!!!" The Venomous King Flower let out a shrill scream!

It turned out that after its red round hole, which was filled with corrosive venom, was punctured by a steel arrow, the venom was leaking everywhere. The venom, which was originally intended to corrode the enemy, was now corroding and dissolving its own flower-like body!

Ophelia was shocked by this, and she finally understood why Davos had been so wary of Richard's archery skills.

She thought she had overestimated Richard's archery skills, but she never expected that the steel arrow Richard shot would be so powerful!

Indeed, without a direct confrontation, it's difficult for the average person to imagine just how lethal the Shadow Hunter's giant bow really is.

Ophelia quickly controlled another Venomous Giant Flower, hiding behind a giant trebuchet, and immediately mounted a crossbow to cover her plant attack.

"Whoosh!" Richard fired another arrow at the giant beast-trapping plant!

The giant harbinger plant was covered with layers of palm-sized leaves, which blocked the steel arrows, so Richard's shot was not very effective!

Although it didn't cause much damage to the giant raptor, it did make it very agitated!

Seeing that the giant beast-trapping plant couldn't be dealt with in a short time, Richard immediately cast a slowing spell on it.

A black light enveloped the top of the giant beast-trapping grass, and soon its movement speed was greatly affected, less than half of its original speed.

So Richard calmly began to fire arrow after arrow, using the giant tarantula as a live target!

At that moment, Ophelia launched her counterattack, firing two crossbow bolts at Richard. While Richard dodged, she used the Bloodthirsty Vine as cover to reload the bolts.

Richard and Ophelia immediately began exchanging fire, creating a lively and intense battle!

Although the giant tussock plant had already been hit by several arrows, it was getting closer and closer to Richard.

Suddenly, the Venomous Giant Flower, hiding behind the giant tarantula, darted out its enormous petals, and a stream of red liquid shot out from the center of the hole, heading straight for Richard.

Richard rolled to the side and quickly dodged!

Despite his best efforts to dodge, a small amount of the Venom King Flower's red liquid splashed onto Richard's Dark Element Shield, making a "hissing" corrosive sound!

Richard smelled a foul odor that hit him right in the head, making him dizzy!

"Ophelia and these plants are really too troublesome, Richard is in a bad situation!" a freshman said.

"Yes, only after we advance to the second-level wizard apprentice level and learn to summon skeletons will we have a chance to fight against Ophelia's plant squad!"

"Indeed, Ophelia is now an absolutely incredible existence at the level of a first-level wizard apprentice."

"Yeah, it's already pretty impressive for an ordinary first-level wizard apprentice to know one or two level-zero spells, but they're no match for Ophelia at all!" a freshman said dejectedly.

It seems that his previous judgment was correct. He had to eliminate these venomous flowering plants first, otherwise his room for maneuver on the arena would become smaller and smaller, Richard thought to himself.

However, since Ophelia gained the upper hand by using visual obstruction, he could naturally retaliate in kind.

Richard had a sudden inspiration. He immediately moved to the front of the giant scorpion plant, so that he, Ophelia, and the giant scorpion plant were in a straight line.

At this moment, Ophelia's vision was blocked by the giant tussock grass, so she naturally couldn't aim her crossbow at Richard.

But Richard drew his bowstring taut and suddenly shot an arrow.

This arrow is one of the killer moves I just mastered a couple of days ago: the guiding arrow!

Under Richard's mental intervention, the arrow flew in a strange arc!

"Is Richard stupid? This giant beast trap has thick, tough hides; arrows won't have any effect at all!"

"Yes, Richard is only delaying his defeat by hiding out of Ophelia's sight."

"It seems Ophelia is going to win this round!"

"Hey! Look at this arrow, why is it arcing?"

"Holy crap, that's a bit too much of an arc! Is that a curved arrow?" a chubby freshman exclaimed in surprise.

After Richard fired the arrow, to everyone's surprise, the arrow deflected to the left, forming a perfect arc to bypass the giant scorpion in front of it, then deflected to the right and returned to its original path, directly hitting the Venomous King Flower behind the giant scorpion.

"Squeak!!!" It's the same spot again!

Another Venom King Flower has died at the hands of its own powerful corrosive venom, and its death is exactly the same as the previous one!

"Wow! Richard's archery skills are truly amazing! I've never seen an arrow that can curve before!"

"Now, Ophelia won't be so easy to beat!"

"Yes, after Richard cast the Slow spell on the Giant Beast-Trapping Plant, it can't keep up with Richard's pace at all. Sooner or later, it'll be riddled with bullets by Richard!"

"That's right, Ophelia has been passively attacked!"

The situation suddenly reversed!

After taking down the two Venomous Giant Flowers, Richard used the Giant Beast Plant to block Ophelia's line of sight while continuously attacking the Giant Beast Plant!

Finally, after Richard's heavy steel arrow struck the giant beast plant for the ninth time, the giant beast plant could no longer withstand the continuous bleeding attack and collapsed to the ground!

Now, the only obstacle between the two is the Bloodthirsty Demon Vine.

Once again, Richard and Ophelia's eyes met!

Just as Richard was pondering how to break through the Bloodthirsty Vines' defenses, Ophelia suddenly turned to the third-level wizard apprentice acting as referee and gestured, "I concede!"

"Huh!" Richard exclaimed in surprise, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Ophelia glanced at Richard and said, "There's no point in fighting any further!"

With your archery skills, you can easily break through my Bloodthirsty Demon Vines in a little more time.

I'm out of mental energy and can no longer cast spells. If I don't admit defeat, I'm afraid I'll lose miserably!

Ophelia seemed to know what Richard wanted to ask, and frankly explained why she had given up.

Richard nodded, his liking for the green-haired girl in front of him growing stronger.

In contrast to the calm on stage, the freshmen below the stage were making a huge fuss!

"Wow! Ophelia actually gave up! That's unexpected!"

"Yeah, even though they're slightly at a disadvantage, they can still put up a fight! I don't understand!"

"Hey, looking at how those two are exchanging glances, do you think Richard and Ophelia might...?"

"Definitely not!" the freckled girl said with certainty.

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On the platform, the witch Maya said, "Thales, it seems you've taken on a fine disciple this time!"

Seras smiled slightly, inwardly overjoyed, but said aloud, "It was just luck. If he could use magical artifacts, Richard shouldn't be a match for Ophelia."

"Richard Clavel wins!" The third-level wizard apprentice on the arena announced the result of the first match of the semifinals, followed by, "The second match of the semifinals, Andrea Johnson versus William Bannings, please come to the stage!"

(End of this chapter)