Chapter 1278: The World-Shocking Arrow (Fourth Update)
The Mute, the Blind, and the Medicine Master were smug, constantly glancing at Qin Mu and the others. The Blind Man laughed, "What use is having a high cultivation realm? Faced with such eerie strangeness, you still have to rely on us!"
The Mute nodded vigorously, making "Ah ba ah ba" sounds.
The Medicine Master also couldn't hide his pride, stroking the beard on his chin.
The First Ancestor's face flushed slightly. He had originally dismissed these three as having low cultivation and being useless, only holding them back. He never expected that in the end, it would be these three who saved them.
The withered bone hand was snapped off, and the light around the divine bow immediately converged, gradually revealing its true form.
Qin Mu channeled his strength, taking down this divine bow. The bow gradually shrank, but it was still about four meters long, covered in strange patterns. These patterns looked like runic imprints, yet he couldn't understand them.
The others gathered around, but they too were clueless about the runic imprints on it.
Qin Mu consulted the Primordial in the egg, but the Primordial didn't recognize them either.
Qin Mu tried to draw the divine bow. It was easily pulled, but as the bowstring stretched longer, he felt his primal energy and mana roaring as they were sucked into the bow!
At the same time, divine light blazed within the bow, and billions of rays of light gathered, forming an arrow!
Everyone's hair stood on end. The power of this divine bow was immense, an extraordinary treasure even among imperial throne-level artifacts.
Qin Mu slowly released his strength, and the bowstring gradually returned to normal. The arrow dissolved back into streaks of light, returning to the bow, while the power within the bow transformed back into primal energy and flowed back into Qin Mu's body!
Drawing and releasing the bow had cost him no mana at all!
Qin Mu handed the divine bow to the First Ancestor, who also tried it and marveled.
Each of them took a turn, all exclaiming in wonder.
The Mute's eyes lit up. "If we could incorporate this unique technique into artifact forging, divine weapons would consume far less mana, allowing for longer battles!"
Qin Mu handed the bow to him and examined the severed arm in the tree roots, puzzled. "Where did this hand come from?"
The Mute shook his large hammer, which transformed into an axe, and with a *clang*, he struck the pitch-black tree roots.
The axe hit the roots, sparks flying everywhere. The Mute scowled as he lifted the axe—the blade was chipped.
Qin Mu activated the remnant sword and slashed down, but his arm went numb from the shock, and he couldn't cut through the tree roots either!
"This person grew inside the tree roots."
The First Ancestor tried as well but failed to split the roots. "When I touched the divine bow earlier, that person spoke to me. He should still be alive!"
Everyone tried various methods to split the roots and see if the person was truly embedded in them, but no matter what divine abilities or artifacts they used, they couldn't cut through.
Suddenly, the Mute laughed. "We're fools. We have the divine bow right here, yet we're using our own treasures."
He took out the divine bow and strained to draw the bowstring, but could only pull it halfway before his mana ran out.
Qin Mu took the bow, exerting all his strength to draw it into a full moon. Almost all his primal energy was drained into the bow!
A divine arrow rapidly took shape, its light wildly converging, gathering at the arrowhead!
At that moment, suddenly, countless rays of light flew in from all directions, *whoosh whoosh whoosh*, attaching themselves to the arrow's light.
Those lights were the starlight of the Ancestral Court. The stars themselves seemed to be pulled by this divine bow, drawing closer and closer to the Ancestral Court!
Qin Mu immediately felt the power within the bow growing stronger, his arms struggling to bear the strain, causing his thick arms to tremble.
"Damn, the power is too strong!"
He tried to pull back, but the starlight continued to converge. Even the power of the Ancestral Court's heaven and earth seemed to be drawn in, forming swirling vortices of various sizes above this valley!
"Get out of here, all of you!"
Sweat broke out on Qin Mu's forehead. He realized he couldn't retract his primal energy and had to grit his teeth and hold on, his voice hoarse. "When the divine bow's power is unleashed, I can't control where it goes!"
Hearing this, the First Ancestor's face changed drastically. He was about to speak up to protect Qin Mu, but saw the three elders of the Crippled Village turn and run without any sense of loyalty. The Blind Man shouted as he ran, "Mu'er, hold on a little longer! Wait until we're out of this valley!"
The Mute's voice boomed like thunder: "First Ancestor, Yan'er, the wind's up—scatter!"
The First Ancestor hesitated for a moment, but Yan'er had already fled far away with her lantern. He had no choice but to set down the Primordial's egg and say, "Mu'er, be careful. Use this egg to protect yourself!"
Everyone rushed out of the valley, and above it, the swirling vortices spun wildly, drawing streams of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy down toward the divine bow in Qin Mu's hands at the valley's bottom!
By now, Qin Mu's body had grown to over two hundred zhang tall, a mountain-like giant radiating divine light, dazzling to behold.
Yet this giant was trembling.
The power of the bow in his hands grew stronger and stronger, surpassing his control!
When this arrow was loosed, the arrowhead would collide with the roots of the great black tree, and the arrow's power would explode in all directions. He was at the epicenter of the blast—the danger was unimaginable!
Now the arrow was on the string, and it had to be fired. He had no choice!
Just as everyone was about to fly out of the valley, at the valley's center, a blindingly brilliant light erupted!
A massive sphere of light spun and expanded at the valley floor, quickly filling the entire valley!
The people who had just flown out were thrown into chaos, swept away in all directions by the terrifying force!
The Medicine Master, despite having cultivated the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace, was still the weakest in cultivation. He was riddled with holes by the terrifying energy!
Within the light, it seemed as if countless arrows were flying!
Fortunately, the wonders of the Medical Dao Heavenly Palace were incredible. His wounds healed quickly, but then more wounds appeared on his body!
Finally, the turmoil subsided. Everyone landed, battered and disheveled. Dragon Qilin hurried over and found that Yan'er had not been injured at all, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
"The Sect Leader is still down there!" Dragon Qilin hadn't found Qin Mu and exclaimed in alarm.
At the valley floor.
On a cliff face, arrows made of light were embedded everywhere, deeply piercing the indestructible rock. Only one area, shaped like a human figure, was free of any arrows.
In front of the cliff, Qin Mu stood there, holding the divine bow, his front covered in arrow lights. Even his face was full of arrows.
As for the Primordial's egg, it had somehow slipped behind Qin Mu, not blocking in front of him.
*Thud.*
Qin Mu fell onto his back, the arrows on his body swaying slightly.
These arrows were made of light, and soon the light dimmed, and the arrows slowly disappeared.
The Primordial's egg rolled back, cautiously probing, "Mu Tianzun, are you still alive?"
"Not dead yet, just can't catch my breath..."
The Primordial in the egg relaxed.
After a moment, Qin Mu stood up again, looking at the divine bow in his hand. Suddenly, his face changed drastically, and he flung the bow aside.
This divine bow was too eerie.
But after throwing it away, he regretted it and picked it up again. "It can be used for long-range kills, but using it up close is definitely a death sentence."
He steadied himself and looked ahead. The roots of the great black tree that had buried the withered bone arm had been blown open by the divine bow, revealing the upper half of a skeleton, missing one arm.
The owner of the divine bow had indeed grown inside the roots of the great black tree.
Strangely, the inside of the great black tree's roots was fresh!
This unimaginably large tree's roots were still alive!
Suddenly, the skeleton in the roots raised its head, staring straight at Qin Mu. "You took my treasure and ruined my resurrection. Tonight, I will come for your life!" With that, the skeleton merged back into the roots and disappeared.
—Arrived in Shanghai. Even attending the annual conference, I'll keep writing, striving not to miss any updates or cut down on chapters!