Chapter 008: Champion

Five Forbidden Arrow Techniques!
Only powerful warriors like Moses and Naixiu could unleash them.
Yet even they couldn’t release all five at the same time.
The reason was that both used Level 9 techniques—ten Level 9 techniques combined were equivalent to five forbidden arrow techniques!
A massive tremor spread far and wide.
Du Fan, who was still sleeping in his room, was awakened by the noise.
When he opened his eyes, it was already noon. Naixiu had long disappeared.
Standing up, Du Fan stretched and smiled.
“That girl… I wonder how she’s doing. Such a loud noise—does she want to scare me to death?” With that, Du Fan turned and floated out.
Soon, he arrived at the competition site.
At the Kayi Tribe’s area, Lan Ling and the tribe members watched the match anxiously. For a neutral tribe like the Kayi, making it to the finals in a thousand-year festival was nothing short of a miracle!
“If the tribe leader can defeat Elder Moses and obtain the Eternal Bow, wow! Then our Kayi tribe could settle in a more central area. There, those despicable humans wouldn’t dare approach!” the tribe members thought happily.
According to the elves’ rules, the stronger a tribe, the closer it could settle to the heartland.
The deeper into elf territory one went, the more powerful the elves became.
Most humans who hunted elves did so only in the outer regions of elf lands—approaching the center required even greater strength!
Powerful humans wouldn’t stoop to such underhanded tactics.
“Great Sage Lan Ling, how’s the match going?” Seeing the match stuck in a stalemate again, Du Fan asked Lan Ling.
“It’s evenly matched,” Lan Ling replied after thinking for a moment.
Inside the barrier, the land had been ruined beyond recognition by intense energy fluctuations!
The scene resembled what it would be like after thousands of horses had rushed through!
“It’s quite intense,” Du Fan said, looking at the devastated area.
“Hehe, Elder Du Fan, are you worried about Chief Naixiu?” Lan Ling suddenly laughed.
“Am I worried about Naixiu?” Du Fan asked himself.
Smiling, Du Fan said to Lan Ling, “If the Great Sage were competing in there too, I think I’d be very concerned as well.”
“Hehe, you’re really good at talking,” Lan Ling blushed for the first time.

On the battlefield, Moses simply unleashed his domain ability. The long arrows shot at him slowed down drastically once they entered his domain. They moved slowly toward him before falling uselessly to the ground! After activating his domain, Moses rushed quickly toward Naixiu! With his domain fully activated, he resembled a giant elephant—each step he took caused a loud thud. Full of confidence, and relying on his powerful domain ability, Moses indeed had the strength to do so. However, what Moses didn’t notice was that the arrows shot at him carried a faint magical glow. To him, they seemed like ordinary arrows infused with arrow energy. “Haha, it’s finally starting,” Du Fan laughed inside himself upon seeing this. Moses charged at Naixiu like a wild bull, while Naixiu kept shooting while retreating. Whenever Moses got too close, she would use her “Dragon Snake” technique. “Dragon Snake” was a technique that released pure arrow energy, a type of energy-based skill unaffected by Moses’s gravity field. Only such techniques could stop Moses’s relentless advance! “I wonder how long you can keep using that ‘Dragon Snake’!” Moses thought viciously as he was about to catch up with Naixiu but kept being blocked by her technique. Arrow energy would eventually run out, but Moses’s gravity field could last for over an hour. In that time, he would definitely be able to catch up with Naixiu! One after another, arrows struck Moses’s body, with constant magical fluctuations. Seeing that Moses still remained energetic, Du Fan sighed inwardly. The magic warriors of the elf race truly were the strongest class among them. Even with so many weak spells cast on him, Du Fan wasn’t sure he could keep running like Moses. Although these spells were all below level five, Naixiu had already shot at least 500 magic arrows at Moses! “Could it be that this Moses is immune to magic?” Du Fan thought anxiously. Moses roared again and closed the distance to Naixiu by a few meters! Naixiu widened her eyes and shot a “Sun Piercing Arrow” straight at Moses! Another forbidden spell! It seemed as if Naixiu had endless arrow energy—she kept using “Dragon Snake” and “Sun Piercing Arrow” while still fighting back against Moses. Only Naixiu herself knew what was going on.

After firing that Sun-Shooting Arrow, the arrow energy in her body was on the verge of running out! Yet Moses still seemed full of energy! A single Sun-Shooting Arrow finally knocked Moses to the ground! Moses quickly got back on his feet. Shaking his dazed head, he found it growing heavier and heavier. He shook it harder, but it remained heavy. “Strange, that Sun-Shooting Arrow wasn’t particularly powerful. Why do I feel so overwhelmed?” Moses wondered. With one arrow, Moses was knocked down, giving Naixiu a chance to catch her breath. She quickly took several deep breaths to restore her strength and arrow energy. Moses stood up again and charged at Naixiu. He used his domain once more, but Naixiu clearly felt that his speed had slowed significantly. Even with his domain active, Moses sensed something was wrong with him. “Maybe I’ve been hit by too many Dragon-Snake techniques,” Moses thought, shaking his head. In this state, Moses was even more vulnerable to Naixiu’s magic arrows! One after another, the magic arrows struck Moses. Gradually, he felt his body growing heavier, increasingly exhausted, with his arms and legs losing strength slowly! Strange—was it the gravitational effect of the domain affecting him? Moses wondered, removing the gravitational field as he thought. Yet the feeling of heaviness and exhaustion persisted! The moment he removed the gravitational field, several long arrows shot at him quickly, releasing bursts of magical power. “Haha,” Du Fan laughed at Moses’s current state, knowing his magically enhanced arrows were finally taking effect. “Elder Du Fan, why are you laughing? It seems Chief Naixiu hasn’t won yet,” Lan Ling asked in confusion. “Well, though she hasn’t won, victory isn’t far off!” Du Fan suddenly quoted a saying from the distant Eastern Continent. “But I think Chief Naixiu’s arrow energy and strength are also running low,” Lan Ling said, frowning. “Yes, but Elder Moses’s condition is even worse,” Du Fan replied meaningfully. Another Dragon-Snake technique—this time, it knocked Moses to the ground in one strike! Ten minutes ago, this would have been unimaginable! But Naixiu also felt her own body’s energy was almost depleted!

Estimating her remaining arrow energy, Nayixiu figured she could still release one more Dragon Snake. Two Dragon Snakes at most—back in her prime, Nayixiu could unleash hundreds of them. After all, Dragon Snakes weren’t taboo-level archery techniques. This time, Moses was knocked over and it took three seconds before he managed to get up. Once on his feet, he staggered toward Nayixiu. This time it was walking, not rushing. “My head feels so heavy! My body feels so heavy!” Moses muttered to himself as he walked. With each step, it was as if he were walking in the depths of the ocean—the intense pressure throughout his body made every step extremely difficult! Despite this, Moses continued toward Nayixiu, unwavering in his pursuit. Another Dragon Snake was shot, knocking Moses back again. As this arrow was fired, Nayixiu was shocked to realize that all her arrow energy and stamina had been consumed by it! But by now, Nayixiu’s arrow energy was completely depleted; she relied solely on her stamina to stand firm. After about ten seconds, Moses, who had been rolling on the ground, finally stood up again, dragging his hands as he took steps toward Nayixiu. “I must win the championship! I must win! I’m the first elf since the previous Elf King to be baptized by the Spring of Life. I’m a magic warrior! I must take first place!” A voice in his heart encouraged him to keep moving toward Nayixiu. Nayixiu now had only a little stamina left. She struggled to draw her bow and fired a few magic arrows before having no more strength left to draw it. Staggering, Moses finally reached Nayixiu. At this point, he too had no energy left, aside from a sliver of stamina sustained by sheer willpower. Looking at Moses before her, Nayixiu knew that with just one finger’s touch, she could knock him over, but even that slight effort required all her remaining strength. What kept her standing was purely her mental resolve. “I can’t fall! I can’t lose! I need strength! I need power! I must avenge my parents!” Nayixiu cried inwardly as she stared at Moses. It was clear now that Moses still had a slight advantage over Nayixiu.

In that highly watched moment, Moses managed to lift a finger with great difficulty. The finger stretched slowly, bit by bit, from behind his back to the front. Then, it was raised a little more, just a little at a time. “Just a little more—I have to lift it, I must lift it! As long as I lift my finger, just a slight movement, Naixiu will fall!” With his eyes wide open, Moses kept thinking of Naixiu, who was still standing before him. Seeing her tense yet extremely weak state, Moses’s lips twitched slightly, revealing a hint of a smile. After all, he could still move, while Naixiu couldn’t move at all. Relying entirely on her mental strength, on that last bit of energy—her mental power—Moses’s finger slowly moved from his leg to his waist. Then, bit by bit, it rose from his waist to his chest. This entire process took thirty seconds! Finally, the finger stopped in front of Moses’s chest. “Just a little more effort, a slight movement, and she’ll fall!” Moses thought.