201: Chapter 201 Reaching the Pinnacle
Chapter 201: Peak of Perfection. At this moment, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop curling up as he faced the heavy crossbow bolts firing from all directions.
Iron Shirt: mastery (10/5000).
Being hit once by a giant heavy crossbow bolt increases experience by 5 points; this conclusion was verified once again.
Seeing this scene...
Chen Yichuan stopped resisting and instead moved toward the heavy crossbows, using his body to catch the bolts.
"Jie jie jie! You bandits... fire away with all you've got! Help me Cultivate!"
The group of bandits was dumbfounded upon seeing this.
Taking crossbow bolts with his bare body, and doing it on purpose.
They were suddenly at a loss, and the firing speed of the heavy crossbows slowed down for a moment.
However, only a minute passed.
The firing rate of the heavy crossbows accelerated again, and they were fired at Chen Yichuan with a rhythmic cadence.
The reason was simple.
The five Chieftains from the two mountains had arrived and saw the situation below.
Initially...
Third Chieftain Lu San was very reluctant, blaming the kid below for interrupting his good time.
But once they learned the person below was Chen Yichuan, their eyes instantly lit up.
Especially First Chieftain Song Da; he looked like he had inhaled something, becoming instantly hyper-focused.
"Hehe," Song Da chuckled coldly and said, "Chen Yichuan is using the giant crossbow bolts to Cultivate a Body Protection Martial Art."
"Since that's the case, I, of Qinglong Mountain, must certainly lend him a 'helping' hand."
"Brother Wu Er, I wonder how much stock remains in Erlong Mountain's warehouse!"
Song Da couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth from curling up wildly as he turned to look at First Chieftain Wu Er.
Hearing this...
Wu Er, who shared Song Da's thoughts, immediately gave a hearty laugh: "Haha, Brother, I was thinking the exact same thing."
"Half a month ago, Guangjiang County sent over quite a few giant crossbow bolts... I have more than enough for you, Brother!!"
As the words fell...
The several men looked at each other and smiled.
Chieftain Gongsun gently shook his feather fan, looking very pleased: "Let the giant crossbow bolts consume this Lord Constable's Protective Aura, and then we will slowly lure him in."
"Brothers, watch for my signal later!!"
"We'll strike together, swarming him to take down this 'confident' Lord Yichuan."
Once these words were spoken...
The men laughed and all agreed.
Lu San even stepped forward holding his Buddhist staff, claiming he would be the first to charge.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
A group of fifty people looked at the sky-covering, continuous barrage of giant crossbow bolts and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Chen Yichuan.
In the crowd, a player leaned in.
With a solemn expression, he looked at Head Escort Qian and said, "Manager Qian, are we not going to help Lord Yichuan?"
"Can he truly withstand so many arrows?"
Hehe.
Hearing his subordinate's worried words, Head Escort Qian smiled faintly and patted his shoulder:
"Haha."
"Brother, just watch closely. Brother Yichuan is likely Cultivating a Body Protection Martial Art."
"Once Brother Yichuan breaks through the defenses of The Narrow Pass, everyone must be ready... first, kill the bandits guarding the heavy crossbows."
Speaking to this point, Head Escort Qian gave a mysterious smile.
"Everyone, later it'll be every man for himself to grab kills. If you're slow, you'll get nothing!!"
As the words fell...
The crowd, which originally held a trace of worry, instantly wore smiles on their faces.
Each one rubbed their hands together in anticipation, waiting to see what would happen.
...
Battle in progress.
At this moment, Chen Yichuan had already lost count of how many giant crossbow bolts he had tanked with his Physical Body.
He only knew...
About an hour had passed.
The sky-covering barrage of bolts had turned into a sparse rustling, with only a few bolts coming at intervals.
Seeing this, a flash of disappointment crossed Chen Yichuan's face.
"Sigh!"
"Bandits will be bandits after all. Is this all the stock you have?" Chen Yichuan spread his hands and shook his head slightly.
But even so...
He was incomparably satisfied. There was no other reason...
"Hehe, to be fair, this group of bandits are truly good people."
"Iron Shirt jumped from mastery all the way to Peak of Perfection. Tsk tsk tsk, good people."
"I've decided. Later when I kill you leaders, I'll leave your bodies intact... I'll just dig a hole and bury you." Chen Yichuan gave a wicked smile.
He paid no mind to the crossbow bolts that were fired occasionally.
At the same time, the System notification sound suddenly rang in his ears.
'Ding.'
'System Notification: Iron Shirt has improved from mastery to Peak of Perfection. Reward: 5 points of Strength, 6 points of constitution, and 1 point of agility.'
'Effect: Activating this martial art temporarily increases Defense by 120 points and constitution by 50 points.'
Hearing this sound, Chen Yichuan's mood was exceptionally pleasant.
"5 points of Strength and 6 points of constitution? Not bad."
"Compared to those, 120 points of Defense... I'd call that terrifyingly powerful." Chen Yichuan smiled faintly.
The next moment, the data panel floated before his eyes.
[Chen Yichuan: Male; Class: Six Fan Sect Constable
Talent: Attribute Involution (Unique) (Growable)
Realm: Fourth-Rank Martial Artist
Strength: 311 (Attack 125)
agility: 302 (Speed 302)
constitution: 309 (HP 1832/3090, Defense 62)
spirit: 301 (+) (Internal Energy 3010/3010)
Martial Arts Techniques: Iron Shirt (Peak of Perfection) 24/20000 ... Collapse]
Free Attributes: 13
Current Location: Shuangjiang County, Erlong Mountain, The Narrow Pass]
Whoa.
311 points of Strength, and the spirit attribute has begun its Involution. Not bad, not bad at all.
He closed the data panel.
Looking at the sparse crossbow bolts, Chen Yichuan's expression hardened: "Since Iron Shirt isn't improving much anymore, then... jie jie jie, I won't be polite!"
"Time to feast!!"
Chen Yichuan gave a wicked laugh and then slowly walked toward the depths of The Narrow Pass.
...
Meanwhile.
At the top of The Narrow Pass.
After more than an hour, they finally saw Chen Yichuan move.
The faces of the five men were flushed with incredibly excited expressions.
"Wooo, hahaha... This old man was about to burst from waiting! This kid finally moved. Haha, brothers, don't snatch him... leave the first move to me."
Lu San hugged his Buddhist staff, his fat shaking as he laughed loudly.
Hearing this...
The four men looked at each other and agreed in unison.
"Brother Gongsun is indeed wise. Otherwise, Erlong Mountain's small stock really wouldn't have been enough for this Chen Yichuan to waste."
Tsk... I wonder what kind of Body Protection Martial Art this kid Cultivates to have such power." Yang Gang held his Precious Saber and sighed softly.
"Hehe, brothers, it doesn't matter what Body Protection Martial Art Chen Yichuan Cultivates."
"Once Chen Yichuan arrives at the entrance of The Narrow Pass... the five of us will swarm him. Brothers, let's go, hurry and set things up." Gongsun said, gently shaking his feather fan.
He gave Song Da a look.
Immediately, the group of five descended the cliff, leading a crowd of underlings to begin setting up a death trap for Chen Yichuan at the pass.
Just as the bandits began their move against Chen Yichuan.
On the other side, Head Escort Qian's fixed gaze remained on Chen Yichuan until he had completely entered The Narrow Pass.
Head Escort Qian knew the opportunity had come.
At almost the same time.
Head Escort Qian turned to look at Fan Changkong, and Fan Changkong also turned his head at that moment, their eyes meeting.
The tacit understanding at this moment required no words.