In fact, Lou Xiaoyi really didn't have the time to consider the possibility of an organized attack in the future. Even those mavericks were enough to make him suffer!
Never underestimate others, and never think that the Heavenly Dao was set up for you. When the Heavens opened a door for you, it might also open a window for others!
Just like this cultivator from a small sect in front of him. His sect was so small that Lou Xiaoyi had never heard of it, but his cultivation and strength were really impressive!
One of Lou Xiaoyi's specialties was his long-range attacks! Because his flying sword had a spirit, his shooting range exceeded almost 99% of the cultivators. Coupled with his impressive Starlight Escape Technique and his crazy sword control philosophy, many powerful opponents were crippled by him. They couldn't use their offensive abilities, but their defensive methods were useless!
But the cultivator he met today was one of those rare exceptions! It turned his long-range attacks into short-range attacks. He went from not being able to fight back to not being able to do anything when others beat him up!
This person's name was Cui Qu. His first special characteristic was the strange beast he was riding on! This was a rare Foundation Establishment strange beast that had long gone extinct in the Fifth Ring. No one knew where this guy got it from, but just in terms of speed and agility, this strange beast's flying ability was far above that of humans. This was also a special characteristic of flying strange beasts!
Just this point alone made Lou Xiaoyi's sword control lose most of its effectiveness in front of him. He couldn't even run as fast as the strange beast, so what was there to control?
As for whether this thing had any special magical powers, Lou Xiaoyi didn't know. But in his opinion, he had to plan and prepare for powerful magical powers.
Cui Qu's second special characteristic was that he had a bow! Lou Xiaoyi also had a bow, but it was the treasure of the Qi cultivators on the Mother Planet. In his eyes, it was trash! It had always been on the shelf and rarely had anyone ask about it!
In the Cultivation World, there were two types of weapons that could improve a cultivator's combat ability in a certain aspect. One was amplification, and the other was range!
As the name implied, amplification was to increase the power of a cultivator's spell techniques, while range amplification was to extend the effective range of a spell technique.
However, everything had a fixed number. In the world of cultivation, there was also the principle of conservation of energy. If a cultivator improved in one aspect during battle, they would definitely be limited in another aspect. There was no exception!
For example, the increase in speed and range. They could indeed improve a cultivator's ability to cast spells, but they did not include the mysterious things like intent, aura, spirit, and other mysterious things. They could only increase the basic power of a cultivator.
This kind of artifact could be said to be a double-edged sword for cultivators. While improving their abilities, they would also lose a lot of things that were inconspicuous in the Foundation Establishment stage, and that was the cultivator's constant exploration in mysterious directions!
This was the reason why the big sects did not promote this kind of artifact. Because as the realm increased, the Tao state, mystery, and spirit would become more and more important. If you were always obsessed with things that increased your basic attributes, you would lose the fundamental perception of the Tao. You would gain instant benefits, but lose the future!
This was a balance. How to improve one's current combat ability while taking into account one's own future development? This was the choice that every low-level cultivator would make. The disciples of the big sects would give up this short-sighted method under the guidance of their masters, but the small sects and individual cultivators would rely on it for survival. The environment was different, and the starting point was different, so the choice was different.
Cui Qu's bow was a typical range amplification artifact! Its characteristics were that it had a long range of more than ten thousand feet and was very powerful. It used attribute arrows and could be automatically recovered. Of course, the recovery could not be like a flying sword that could be sent out at will. Instead, it was a process of scattering, scattering, changing direction, and finally returning to the cultivator's quiver!
To Lou Xiaoyi, this was a brand new way of fighting, and he needed a brand new way to deal with it! After a few leaps, he realized that even with his current abnormal escape ability, he was still no match for that feathered beast. This was nothing to be ashamed of. Humans could not compete with birds in flying, fish in swimming, and pangolins in burrowing. At the very least, cultivators of lower realms could not compete with them.
Unable to reach long range, and with his short legs, Lou Xiaoyi's only strategy was to stay as still as a mountain!
He set his sights on his opponent's arrows!
For every arrow released by Cui Qu, he would destroy it! He wanted to see if his opponent had more arrows, or if he had more transcendence energy!
The attacks of the bow were divided into physical arrows and transcendence energy arrows. This was similar to the Swordsman's internal and external swords. As long as the cultivator had enough transcendence energy, there would be an endless supply of transcendence energy arrows! But there was a limit to physical arrows, especially arrows like Cui Qu's. They had attribute bonuses, automatic recovery, precious materials, and complicated crafting. How many could he store?
A hundred? A thousand?
Although he was being rubbed against and enjoyed the invasion of different attributes, such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, ice, and so on, Lou Xiaoyi had made up his mind to destroy the arrows. He would place the arrows within a range of three thousand feet before attacking. Basically, he would be able to ensure that the arrows would not return!
Apart from the unsightly scene, his response was flawless!
Streams of light flashed in the sky, crisscrossing. Mother and Child Arrows, Three Talents Arrows, Four Symbols Arrows … all the way to Nine Stars Consecutive Arrows! Each arrow had different attributes of the five elements, and they were combined and resonated with each other from afar! The power and variations of long-range archery were displayed to the fullest! He had fully demonstrated his extraordinary talent in the Five Elements Arts!
With this skill, Cui Qu had never lost a battle. At most, he would run far away when he was no match for his opponent. He would always leave his opponent badly battered, unable to advance or retreat, and run for his life … It was just that he had always kept a low profile and rarely fought in public, so no one knew!
But privately, he believed that he could actually enter the top ten of the five-ring Foundation Establishment ranking! Now that he was at the age where he should take another step forward, he wanted to truly understand what level his abilities belonged to among the five-ring Foundation Establishment cultivators before he tried to break through to the Jin Dan realm. This was the best opportunity to prove himself, so he came!
Just like in his previous battles, this infamous Xuanyuan Swordsman who had persisted for five years on the Fish Leaping Cliff had no choice but to yield to his attacks. He couldn't even fight back. But after a moment, he found himself in a dilemma!
His problem was that although his arrows had a long range and had many variations, his arrows lacked the ability to determine the outcome of a battle with a single strike!
If he encountered other cultivators, he could use the variations of his archery combination to make his opponent reveal flaws in their left and right attacks, and then find an opening to break through!
But his current opponent was barbarically using a sword against an arrow. In the collision, the difference in strength between his arrows made him feel extremely aggrieved!
He finally understood the difference between him and the top cultivators! An attack that had a long range but no strength was imperfect!
His flaws were infinitely magnified by his opponent's correct response, and he was powerless to do anything about it. He didn't have a good solution!
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