Chapter 87 of 100
Chapter 87
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"Everyone, get ready!" Li Nianzhen shouted.
Immediately, the six students in the second level bent their bows and nocked their arrows.
"Beep!" A sharp whistle sounded.
Instantly, a hundred meters away, six roe deer burst out of the ground holes and fled desperately.
Their speed was about ten meters per second, and their movement direction was very chaotic.
Sulun used the fastest time to ignore all other targets and focused all his mental energy on one of the black roe deer.
Then he found that his mental energy could indeed lock onto this target firmly.
However, if he were to shoot at this moment, it would be impossible to hit.
Because, when shooting at a fixed target earlier, he first constructed an identical virtual space in his mind. Although he couldn't see the bullseye with his eyes, he could see and aim in the mental world.
But now, he couldn't construct this virtual space. Because the roe deer was moving very fast, causing the virtual space to constantly change.
Therefore, he could sense this roe deer and even lock onto it, but he couldn't aim at the same time.
The roe deer became faster and faster, and in just a few seconds, it was out of Sulun's locking range.
Sulun's heart turned cold. This was just the second level target. The third level target was a wild dog, which was two to three times faster than a roe deer and half the size.
If he couldn't hit the second level, he definitely couldn't hit the third level.
Moreover, Princess Zining, to ensure his death, might make the third level target even faster and smaller.
Sulun was in a panic. He had come this far and really, really didn't want to fail.
If he failed, all his previous efforts would be in vain. He would be finished, and the Sulun family would be finished.
Even if he failed, he would gain everyone's sympathy, but what he needed the least was sympathy.
"Yaoxing, without the help of my eyes, I can't aim at fast-moving targets," Sulun said. "In this case, I can't complete the second half of the exam."
Yaoxing also clearly perceived everything.
Sulun asked, "Is there a way? I remember you mentioned that when mental energy is strong enough, time can slow down in the mental world."
Yaoxing was silent for a moment and said, "It's possible, but it will cost a lot of mental energy and dragon power. It might deplete all the dragon power and mental energy we've accumulated, and even cause great harm to your body."
Sulun said, "Then let's do it! If I lose this time, I'll lose everything. Keeping this mental energy and dragon power would be useless."
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"Beep, beep, beep, beep..."
With ten whistles, the second level exam was over.
In the second level exam, hitting five out of ten arrows was considered passing. However, among the six students, only three passed, and the remaining three failed.
Originally, at least five out of six would have passed, but their minds were already in chaos, all focused on Sulun, leading to a complete loss of form.
However, the two noble girls who performed poorly didn't care. As soon as the exam was over, their eyes turned to Sulun.
The most crucial moment had arrived.
Everyone, whether supervisors, examiners, or students, was fully focused on Sulun.
"The third level exam is now beginning."
"The target is a black kite, and the shooting distance is 250 meters!"
Originally, this didn't need to be announced; the target would be released directly. But Li Nianzhen, out of spite, shouted it out, trying to incite anger.
Sure enough, everyone present showed a look of shock.
Could it be any more unfair and shameless? Sulun couldn't see, and even the wild dog as the third level target was already extremely difficult.
Now, it was changed to a black kite, the fastest flying bird, and it was only slightly larger than a human palm.
The black kite could fly at a speed of up to 90 meters per second.
Yes, you read that right, 90 meters per second. This speed was comparable to an arrow.
In other words, it could fly out of the locking range in just two seconds, and such a speed made it impossible to lock onto mentally.
Then, all eyes turned to Princess Zining on the platform in disbelief.
Shooting a flying black kite was something even seventh or eighth-level warrior archers couldn't do. Now, they were asking Sulun to do it, and he couldn't see at all.
This was definitely meant to kill him.
"Shameless, shameless..."
"Unfair!"
Immediately, all the students shouted loudly.
Li Nianzhen looked at the supervisor, the dragon archer Batur from the Divine Dragon Temple, and said, "Mr. Batur, what do you think?"
At this moment, Batur was in a difficult position.
He knew that if he nodded, he would become an accomplice in the royal family's suppression of Sulun, and his reputation would be ruined.
But if he didn't nod, he would offend the royal family. They, the dragon archers of the Tianxing Temple, were like stepchildren in the Divine Dragon Temple. The great cultivators of the Art Hall and the Mental Hall could be high and mighty, but they couldn't. When had you ever seen an archer being high and mighty?
Taking a deep breath, Batur said coldly, "The exam continues!"
Everyone looked at Batur in disbelief again. The dragon archer from the Divine Dragon Temple had also fallen.
"Mr. Batur, I will be expelled from the Divine Dragon Temple in three days," Batur whispered.
Princess Zining said, "Don't worry, I will arrange a better place for you."
Immediately, the crowd surged, and the angry students were about to rush the platform.
As for Li Nianzhen and the warrior students from the capital, they watched quietly, with no intention of stopping them.
Because they were also angry and indignant.
"Are you rebelling?" Jian Ning shouted sternly. "Once the time is up, if Sulun doesn't shoot, it's a failure!"
Immediately, the angry students lost control and rushed forward.
Just as the situation was about to get out of hand, Sulun suddenly raised his right arm high.
Instantly, the venue fell silent, and everyone stopped.
"Princess Zining, remember this day," Sulun said calmly.
Then, he said to Li Nianzhen, "Mentor Nianzhen, please take me to my position."
Li Nianzhen's eyes reddened, and he led Sulun to his position.
Then, all the students stopped their冲动, standing behind Sulun, holding their breath, and focusing all their attention on him.
Li Nianzhen shouted, "Everyone, get ready!"
Sulun quickly nocked his arrow, used his dragon power, and pulled the bow, pointing it diagonally at the sky.
His eyes were still covered, and he tilted his head, listening to the sounds in the air.
He took deep breaths, then held his breath, gathering all his mental energy, waiting for the whistle to sound.
"Beep..."
Instantly, Sulun released five times, eight times, ten times his dragon power and mental energy.
The powerful dragon power and mental energy instantly impacted his tendons and nerves.
The pain was unbearable, almost suffocating.
At the same time, a black kite shot into the sky like an arrow.
Its speed was incredibly fast, reaching dozens of meters per second, so fast that it was hard to see, let alone lock onto mentally.
But at this moment, in Sulun's mental world, because he had released eight times, ten times his mental energy and dragon power, everything around him slowed down, as if time had slowed in his mental perception.
It slowed down, three times, five times, even more!
Instantly, the fast-moving black kite seemed to become slow-motion in a movie, and every movement was clearly perceived.
Locked on, completely locked on, and the lead time and trajectory were calculated.
Absolutely, absolutely no mistake.
"Whoosh..." Sulun's arrow shot out.
In Sulun's perception, everything was in slow motion, slowed down.
But in the real world, everything was incredibly fast, taking less than half a second.
Everyone present saw an incredibly beautiful, incredibly stunning, and incredibly poetic scene.
Sulun, with his eyes covered, lowered his head, listening to the black kite in the air.
The black kite flew out like lightning, and in an instant, Sulun's arrow, like a black lightning bolt, shot after it.
The two points approached, approached.
The black arrow was chasing the black bird.
Then...
"Thud..."
The black kite didn't even let out a cry before it was shot through, trembling in the air, and then plummeted.
It was hit, one arrow, one hit!
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