Chapter 53
I Want It All—Who Agrees, and Who Objects?
What was the situation?
Could this person actually believe that with just this bow and arrow in his hand, he could break the defense of a commander-level fierce beast?
Pei Yong and the others also noticed this scene.
Their eyes first revealed a flash of astonishment, followed by deep disdain.
Did this guy really think that relying on himself, he could challenge three commander-level fierce beasts?
It was simply a laughingstock.
When this arrow was shot, let alone whether it could hit, even if it did, could it harm a single hair of the opponent?
Meanwhile, the three Vigorous Demon Apes in the distance had very sharp senses.
The moment Chen Fan drew his bow and notched an arrow, their gazes locked onto him.
Immediately, they curled their lips, revealing a human-like expression of contempt.
High-rise buildings of ten to twenty meters were nothing in their eyes, let alone a two-meter-long bow and arrow, which didn't even count as a toy.
In the next instant, a sonic boom erupted in the air.
A black arrow transformed into a beam of black light. The moment it was shot, it vanished without a trace.
"!"
Shen Si was startled.
What speed was this? He couldn't see it at all!
The expressions on the faces of Pei Yong and the other man were the same.
However, they remained disdainful. So what if it was fast? Could speed break the opponent's defense?
But in the next instant, a sudden change occurred.
In the air, a spiral of raging flames suddenly appeared. The flames grew with the wind. In an instant, the diameter of the flame tail expanded from less than half a meter to three meters, carrying a world-destroying aura as it shot toward the chest of the Vigorous Demon Ape on the left.
The three Vigorous Demon Apes were all stunned, seemingly not understanding what was happening.
By the time the one on the left reacted, it was too late.
A crisp *pfft* sounded.
The True Qi arrow carrying the raging flames pierced straight through the chest of this Vigorous Demon Ape.
Immediately after, a loud *boom* resounded.
The blazing Fire-attribute True Qi exploded. Amidst the sky-filling flames, the Vigorous Demon Ape's chest was blasted open, leaving a massive hole of four to five meters, allowing one to see right through it from front to back.
*Boom!*
Its internal organs, including its heart, were blasted to pieces. The Vigorous Demon Ape fell backward, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The entire field was dead silent. Everyone, including the remaining two Vigorous Demon Apes, was stunned.
Their companion had died just like that?
The dust gradually cleared.
The Vigorous Demon Ape lay flat on its back, looking somewhat comical, but the massive bloody hole in its chest was shockingly gruesome.
Shen Si's mouth hung open, his eyes filled with horror.
A commander-level fierce beast had died just like that?
It died so suddenly and swiftly that he hadn't even seen clearly what had happened.
Pei Yong and the other man were the same.
In their memory, it seemed a spiral of fire had suddenly appeared in the air, spinning wildly, hitting the chest of the Vigorous Demon Ape, and instantly exploding.
Just like that, a commander-level fierce beast was blown to death?
*Boom!* Caught off guard, another sonic boom rang out.
The spiral of flames appeared once more, just like before, growing with the wind until its diameter reached an absurd three meters in an instant.
"That is!" Shen Si's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
He saw that hidden within the spiral of flames was an arrow!
No, to be precise, the flames seemed to envelop the arrow.
"An arrow... how can there be an arrow? Is my perception wrong? Or...?" Shen Si's brain buzzed.
This flame arrow was aimed at the Vigorous Demon Ape on the right.
Chen Fan's thought was simple: first eliminate the two weaker commander-level beasts, and then focus on dealing with the high-level commander.
And the power of the flame arrow did not disappoint him.
One shot could take down an ordinary commander-level fierce beast.
Therefore, after killing the one on the left, he immediately shot the second arrow.
"Roar!" The Vigorous Demon Ape on the right roared furiously, swinging its ten-meter-long palm toward the incoming flames.
*Boom!* The moment they made contact, the Vigorous Demon Ape's right hand was pierced. The massive Fire-attribute True Qi exploded, completely blasting its hand to pieces! Even half of its arm vanished!
The arrow pierced through its hand, its momentum undiminished, and shot straight through its chest. The arrow tip protruded by more than a meter, and blood gushed from the wound like a small stream.
Unfortunately, the Fire-attribute True Qi on the arrow had already exploded upon contact with the hand. Therefore, this flame arrow only greatly reduced the Vigorous Demon Ape's combat strength, not even counting as a heavy injury.
And this Vigorous Demon Ape, looking at its missing hand, cried from the pain.
As the saying goes, a cut on the finger hurts the heart, let alone an entire hand.
But at this moment, the familiar boom rang out again.
Another flame arrow, trailing a long tail of fire, shot toward it.
"!" The injured Vigorous Demon Ape's eyes immediately revealed a human-like look of terror.
Yes, it was afraid.
It had watched its companion die under these flames.
Just now, it had instinctively reached out to block, only to have its hand and half its arm blasted to pieces.
So, it turned and ran.
Unfortunately, compared to the speed of the arrow, it was too slow.
Just as it was about to be hit, a massive circular boulder over ten meters high shot out like a cannonball, smashing into the flame arrow.
*Boom!* With a thunderous roar, the boulder weighing dozens of tons was blasted to pieces, sending stone fragments flying in all directions like shrapnel.
Many of them flew toward the people present, but they were blocked before hitting anyone.
"Roar!" The high-level commander roared, hot breath spewing from its nostrils. The gaze it locked onto Chen Fan was burning with tangible fury.
Clearly, the boulder that had blocked the arrow just now was its doing.
At this moment, one of its hands was holding another ten-meter-high boulder, unsure whether it wanted to throw it to attack or keep it to deal with the next arrow.
"A pity," Chen Fan sighed softly.
The third arrow had been blocked.
It seemed that without killing this high-level commander, it would be difficult to kill that ordinary commander-level beast.
Yes, not impossible, just a bit difficult.
Chen Fan's voice was not loud, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears.
They looked at the fleeing Vigorous Demon Ape with the black arrow in its chest, and then at the corpse of the other Vigorous Demon Ape lying in the distance, its body standing dead on the spot as if struck by lightning.
There was only one person using a bow at the scene.
So, the one who had just killed that Vigorous Demon Ape was this masked man?
His first arrow had killed a commander-level fierce beast?
Was this a joke?
Pei Yong and the other man looked at each other.
This was a commander-level fierce beast! For them, killing an ordinary commander-level beast was not impossible, but they would have to pay a heavy price.
Yet even so, they couldn't achieve an instant kill, could they?
Honestly, they didn't want to believe it, but the truth was right before their eyes, as the subsequent second and third arrows were proof.
If the second arrow hadn't been blocked by the Vigorous Demon Ape's hand, it would have died!
And the third arrow was the same; at the critical moment, the high-level commander had thrown a boulder to block it, saving its life.
Both of these arrows had the power to instantly kill that Vigorous Demon Ape.
"Who... who on earth is he?"
Tang Qiang's eyes showed fear as he stared at Chen Fan.
How had he never heard of such a bow-using expert in the Yan Country?
An expert who could instantly kill a commander-level beast with a single arrow would never be unknown!
In comparison, Pei Yong's heart was extremely complex.
On one hand, he found it hard to accept, but on the other hand, the truth was right before him.
"Hmph, so what if he can instantly kill an ordinary commander-level beast? The remaining one is a high-level commander. And looking at what just happened, his archery is completely useless against this high-level commander."
Pei Yong's lips curled into a smile, his eyes glancing at the Heavenly God Tree nearby.
In at most two minutes, the twelve Heavenly God Fruits would mature.
Two of the three commander-level beasts were dead or injured. Although the remaining high-level commander was powerful, he and Tang Qiang could still stall it for a while if they joined forces.
The key was that the bowman had killed two of its companions right in front of it. Without a doubt, this high-level commander would fight him to the death.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face grew even deeper.
This was what they called "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
In the field, the high-level commander Vigorous Demon Ape stared at Chen Fan, time seemingly standing still.
*Gulp.*
Zhao Yan swallowed her saliva, looked at Shen Si, and asked in a low voice, "President, who will win between that person and the high-level commander?"
Hearing this, Shen Si smiled bitterly and shook his head.
How could he know?
If he had to say, he felt the high-level commander had a slightly higher chance of winning, because its speed could actually keep up with the shot arrow.
It could also perfectly neutralize the flame arrows shot by that expert by throwing boulders.
This meant the expert's attack methods had been seen through. Without new attack moves, it would be very difficult.
Fortunately, of the two ordinary commander-level beasts, one was dead and one was injured. If these people could work together to kill the high-level commander, it shouldn't be a big problem.
However...
He glanced toward Pei Yong's side, where they seemed to be gearing up.
It looked like they planned to take advantage of the standoff to snatch the Heavenly God Fruits first.
Right at this moment, another arrow appeared in Chen Fan's hand, its tip aimed at the high-level commander.
"!"
Everyone's pupils dilated, their faces filled with disbelief.
What was the situation?
This guy's target this time was actually the high-level commander?
But wasn't his previous arrow blocked by the latter?
Could he do it this time?
*Boom!*
The explosion rang out.
A black streak flashed by.
"It seems even faster than before!"
Shen Si's mouth fell open.
With the previous arrows, he could still barely see the shadow of the arrow at the start.
But with this arrow, he couldn't see it at all!
Pei Yong's face also turned a bit unsightly. He had also noticed that this arrow seemed faster.
But so what?
The opponent was a high-level commander!
Moreover, it had seen through his attack method!
"Roar!"
The high-level commander roared, throwing the boulder in its hand straight ahead. At the same time, its two hind legs sank, and the ground instantly caved in by several meters.
Immediately after, its legs exerted force, seemingly wanting to leap up.
That's right.
It had been waiting for an opportunity—the opportunity when Chen Fan shot his arrow.
If it attacked blindly, jumping into the air would undoubtedly make it a sitting duck, and the boulder in its hand would become a hindrance.
But once Chen Fan shot his arrow, it could throw the boulder to block it while using a "Mount Tai Press" to crush Chen Fan into meat paste.
Unfortunately, it had miscalculated one thing: this time, Chen Fan was not using a flame arrow, but the Sun-Shooting Arrow with a hundred times the power!
The boulder of over a hundred tons flew forward at supersonic speed.
The black light flashed.
The entire boulder exploded into pieces in an instant, and the stones in the center were even directly turned to dust!
The speed of the black light slowed slightly, but only slightly.
A distance of less than a hundred meters was crossed in less than a blink of an eye.
"?"
The Vigorous Demon Ape's eyes widened suddenly, its hair standing on end as an unprecedented sense of danger rose from its heart.
It was too late.
In its leaping state, it had no time to pick up another boulder or tree to block. It could only watch helplessly as the arrow drew closer and closer...
*Pfft!*
A crisp sound rang out.
The arrow pierced through its chest. The violent True Qi directly tore open a massive hole nearly ten meters in diameter, ripping its upper and lower body apart.
Before the dumbfounded eyes of Shen Si and the others, the upper and lower halves of the Vigorous Demon Ape flew up, but before they could go very high, they crashed heavily to the ground, scattering blood and internal organs everywhere.
Silence.
Time seemed to stand still.
Except for Chen Fan, everyone stood frozen on the spot, with only one thought in their minds:
The high-level commander Vigorous Demon Ape had died just like that? Instantly killed by a single arrow?
Not to mention them, even the injured Vigorous Demon Ape in the distance forgot to flee, standing there blankly.
Until a flame arrow struck, blowing it to pieces on the spot, which also snapped the shocked crowd back to reality.
Only then did Chen Fan's gaze sweep over them, and he asked in a calm tone, "I said earlier that I want all twelve Heavenly God Fruits. Now, let me repeat myself: who agrees, and who objects?"