assistirfilmes Chapter 278 Voidbreaker Crossbow
Chapter 278 Voidbreaker Crossbow
chapter 278 voidbreaker crossbow
translator: borntobe
guo ran touched his spatial ring and took out a huge crossbow. it wasn’t the same as ordinary crossbows. its crossbow limb at the front was completely straight.
the bowstring was golden, and the two ends were wrapped around two cylindrical wheels. that string seemed to have been wrapped around the crossbow randomly in an incomprehensible manner.
the crossbow was almost six feet long, around the same height as an average person. it was made entirely of the finest steel that had been tempered a hundred times. just by looking at it, it was possible to tell that it was shockingly heavy.
guo ran was extremely proud of this crossbow. he wished he could show it off grandly, but it was actually too heavy for him to carry, so he could only lay it on the ground.
“cough, so, what do you think boss? this is my new invention. i call it voidbreaker. can you help me shoot out an arrow?” asked guo ran with embarrassment.
long chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “are you telling me you can’t even use your own invention? how are you supposed to fight enemies like this? why didn’t you make it lighter?”
guo ran was bitter. “i wish it could be lighter, but in order to increase its power, the crossbow’s hardness had to be pushed to the peak. otherwise it wouldn’t have its optimal power.”
“fine, i’ll help you test it.”
long chen went to pick it up. it was no wonder guo ran was unable to use it. it had to be at least seventy thousand pounds.
“wow, it really is heavy. i hope its power doesn’t disappoint.” long chen was a bit shocked. although this weight wasn’t much to him, an ordinary tendon transformation expert was unable to use it.
“don’t worry boss, even senior cang ming endlessly praised this invention of mine,” guo ran said with pride.
“senior cang ming has seen this crossbow?”
“of course! he even praised me!”
“what did he say?”
“are you ready? that old man said i was extremely good at boasting! ... hey, boss, stop looking about me so disdainfully! senior cang ming is our monastery’s number one forging master. obtaining his praise is extremely difficult!” seeing long chen’s disdainful expression, guo ran was a bit irritated.
“that is true. with how prideful senior cang ming, just him praising you as being good at boasting is also a positive for you.” long chen nodded.nôv(el)b\\jnn
“of course! at the beginning when i showed it to him, after praising my boasting, he said my bowstring wasn’t good enough and gave me a couple new ones. hehe, that let my voidbreaker become even stronger!” said guo ran excitedly.
the bowstrings cang ming had given him were all made of mithril. mithril was an extremely soft metal, but its toughness was absolutely alarming. it was the best material for bowstrings.
however, mithril was an incredibly precious metal. guo ran didn’t have the qualifications to obtain it yet. and even if he did, then with his still amateur techniques, he wouldn’t be able to use it properly.
and so obtaining this bowstring from cang ming was not only a sign of cang ming’s approval, but it also affirmed his own confidence in himself.
long chen really was surprised that cang ming would look so favorably on this crossbow. just what mystery was behind that?
he began to pull back the string. as he pulled, the two wheels to the side also moved slightly. the messy bowstring also gradually became taut.
“nice, that’s a pretty smart move.” long chen realized that guo ran had used a clever technique to use the wheels to reduce how hard you had to pull in order to nock the crossbow. but there were springs inside, and when the string was released, the wheels would immediately release their energy to increase the force.
“hehe, back when you went to the rubble wasteland, you told me my talent was just ordinary and that i needed to find an alternative route to stand out.
“afterwards, i thought about it, and realized you were right. i can’t just keep following the same old path without trying anything new.
“and now, i’ve ended up being fascinated by mechanism and forging arts. although i’ve only reached the entry level, i really do like these playthings. sometimes i’ll even think about them while dreaming.
long chen and guo ran were dumbfounded. even guo ran hadn’t expected this.
although he had personally made it, he had never had the strength required to use it. today was his first time seeing it in action.
that arrow hadn’t had any explosives in it. this explosion had been considered entirely due to the power of inertia behind that arrow. just that inertia possessed the shocking power to break apart a small mountain.
and most frightening of all, while it had been flying through the air, there hadn’t been the slightest sound.
“a perfect sneak attack...”
both long chen and guo ran looked at each other with a wicked light shining in their eyes. they laughed; they had actually said the same thing at the same time.
with this kind of weapon, guo ran’s killing power would definitely be alarmingly high. however, after laughing for a moment, guo ran could no longer laugh. no matter how amazing it was, if he couldn’t use it, then it was useless.
long chen might be able to use it, but he preferred to face his opponents head-on, fighting on the frontlines. he would never have an opportunity to use this voidbreaker crossbow.
long chen patted guo ran on the shoulders. “don’t worry, leave this to me.”
“really?”
“aren’t you just wasting words? when have i ever tricked you?” asked long chen. “but there is one thing i have to make clear to you first. you have to keep your dao-heart steady. if you can keep a steady dao-heart, i can guarantee that you’ll advance without bottlenecks for your whole life.”
“how is that possible?” guo ran was filled with disbelief.
live a whole life without bottlenecks? not even a god would necessarily be able to do that!
“as long as you can keep a steady dao-heart, i can accomplish that,” said long chen solemnly.
“boss, what is this dao-heart?” asked guo ran.
“a ‘dao-heart’ is a kind of a belief, a kind of conviction in your own truths that will never change.
“each person’s beliefs are different. for example, you might believe in your inventions and creations, believing that you can use smarts to overcome any difficulties and become a revered crafting god.
“that will be your dao-heart. as long as you can let your dao-heart stay unrattled, i can use medicinal pills to constantly raise your cultivation base.
“however, once a problem occurs with your dao-heart, once you start to feel lost or begin to doubt in your own choices, your cultivation base will forever stall,” warned long chen.
each person’s dao-heart was different. some people believed in their inheritance, some people believed in their cultivation technique, some people believed in their bloodlines, and some people believed they were simply the geniuses of heaven.
no matter what kind of dao-heart you had, it had to go through endless tempering. many people ended up losing more and more confidence as they went through that tempering. in the end, they lost sight of what they were supposed to believe in.
even people with extremely stable dao-hearts were unable to keep them perfect forever. if they received a large enough impact, that would make it impossible for them to advance to become experts in the future.
as for guo ran, his dao-heart would be extremely dangerous. once his smarts failed and he lost sight of what he wanted from forging, he would lose his path and become lost.
that would be especially terrible for guo ran, as his foundation would have been built up by medicinal pills. he would never have a chance to form a new dao-heart if his old one was shattered.
“boss, i’ll definitely succeed in becoming a crafting god.” if guo ran didn’t succeed in this path, he would forever be lost. but guo ran was determined.
long chen nodded. since he had made this choice, then long chen would go all-out to help him. as for how far guo ran could go, that would be up to him.
after all, guo ran’s latest invention, this crossbow, was something that even long chen admired. guo ran was definitely a genius. he could think of all sorts of crazy inventions.
the next day, long chen was looking for something to do when elder sun returned.