Chapter 16: The New Recruits' Big Comparison (4)
Zhou Weiqing carefully looked at him and shook his head without hesitation: "Not comparable."
"His eyebrows twitched, 'Are you afraid?'"
Zhou Weiqing retorted: "Why should I compare with you? What's the benefit of comparing with you?"
Xiao Se coldly snorted, "If you can win against me, I'll give up the position of squad leader to you, what's it to you?"
"What if I lose?"
"Then get out of the military camp, at least not in our three camps." She asked herself that although she couldn't compare to Shangguan Yuer's personal strength as a Tianzhu master, her military skills were far superior. But suddenly, Zhou Xiaopang appeared and completely disrupted his plan to attack Shangguan Yuer. It was even more difficult to take back the position of camp leader, let alone prove that she was stronger than Shangguan Yuer.
"Not worth it, what's good about being a deputy captain? It's not like I can follow the beautiful battalion commander around comfortably." Zhou Weiqing shook his head repeatedly, still with a serious expression on his face. Unbeknownst to him, his belly had already burst into laughter. In his heart, he thought, Xiao Se, Xiao Ruse, heh heh.
"How old are you, and what's on your mind? What do you want?" Xiao Se's eyes had already flashed with a hint of murderous intent.
Zhou Weiqing shrugged his shoulders and said, "Alright, if I lose, I'll do as you say and leave the camp and our three regiments. But if you lose, you have to agree to a condition of mine. The only thing is, I haven't thought of what that condition is yet."
Xiao Xi's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, her sharp eyes fixed on Zhou Weiqing, while Zhou Xiaobao had a pure and honest look on his face, making it difficult to discern anything from his expression.
"It's something I have to do personally. It can't involve my family, and it can't go against my conscience." Xiao Se said in a low voice. She had to make Zhou Xiaopang leave Shangguan Bing'er, otherwise with such a talented newcomer by her side, how could she compete with her? Moreover, she had been practicing archery for many years, and although Zhou Xiaopang's performance just now was stunning, it still wasn't impressive in her eyes.
"Good." Zhou Weiqing replied with great pleasure.
"Follow me." Xiao Se turned around and walked towards the Starry Forest not far from Tian Gong City.
Zhou Weiqing took a glance at Shangguan Xue'er, who was focused on the new recruit competition, and seeing that she hadn't noticed him, he quickly slipped away unnoticed.
Xiao Xi walked all the way to the edge of the Starry Forest before stopping and waiting for Zhou Weiqing to catch up.
Zhou Weiqing walked up to him and asked: "How do you want to compete?"
Xiao Se said in a low, solemn voice: "One on one, you and me. The forest is the best place to showcase an archer's skills. We'll enter the forest at the same time, keep a distance of 300 paces, and start when I say so. Whoever hits their opponent first wins. How about it?"
Zhou Weiqing vigilantly said: "Xiao Captain, you wouldn't actually shoot me with a real arrow, would you?"
Xiao Xi angrily said: "Bullshit, you're an imperial soldier, why should I kill you? Although I don't like the look of you, but you're not even worthy of being killed by me. Use training arrows." As he spoke, he took down a quiver of arrows from his back and threw it to Zhou Weiqing, while he still had another quiver on himself. Both quivers contained fifty arrows, exactly the same amount.
Zhou Weiqing stretched his waist and said to Xiao Se: "Please, Captain Xiao."
Xiao Se let out a cold hum, and his figure flashed as he entered the Starry Forest. Zhou Weiqing clearly saw that on his back, he was carrying another Purple Heaven Bow. In Tian Gong City, with his family's influence, it was easy to get their hands on several Purple Heaven Bows.
Xiao Xi entered the Starry Forest, and Zhou Weiqing also flashed in, thinking to himself, "Xiao Xi sister, let me see how much you've improved after seven years."
Before long, the two of them ventured deep into the forest. After a while, a rustling sound came from afar, "Zhou Xiaopang, are you ready?"
"Come on." Zhou Weiqing responded with a single word. As he spoke, he quickly changed positions and flipped onto the tree.
"Begin." Xiao Se coldly commanded.
Just as they were about to start their gamble in the forest, on the other side, Yu Rou also discovered that Zhou Weiqing had disappeared.
"What about Zhou Xiao Pang?" Shang Guan Bing Er looked around nervously, searching for Zhou Wei Qing's figure.
A company commander said in a low voice: "Battalion Commander, I saw him walking with Xiao Team Leader just now. They are all from your battalion, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"
Shangguan Bing'er's face changed slightly, but quickly returned to normal, and she said lightly: "It's nothing, teaching him a lesson is also good."
That team captain smiled and didn't say anything else, but he had no idea that the "he" in Shangguan Bing'er's mouth wasn't referring to Zhou Weiqing, but rather Xiao Se.
In the Starry Forest, Zhou Weiqing crouched silently on a large tree with dense branches and leaves, his left hand grasping the Purple Heaven Bow, just like a hunting leopard waiting for its prey. The Heavenly Energy in his body circulated quietly, and the two pearls of consciousness appeared simultaneously on his wrist, and when the six-colored wheel disk appeared before his eyes, his perception suddenly increased greatly. Every subtle sound around him fell clearly into his ears.
"Zhou Xiaopang, are you scared?" Just then, Xiao Se's voice suddenly appeared, and it was much closer than before. However, his voice was a bit airy, clearly because his body was moving at high speed.
Wu Cheng naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to take the bait, quietly crouching on the tree, his eyes' attribute wheel silently rotating to the black area representing darkness. In an instant, a dark aura spread throughout his body, and twelve black shadows silently separated from him, walking down from the tree and sliding away in all directions. If one looked closely, they would find that these black shadows were like thick vines as wide as arms, but they didn't have any physical form. Wherever they passed, it was eerily silent.
This is the first skill that Zhou Weiqing obtained from a Heavenly Jewel Master Dark Heaven Tiger, named Dark Touch.
In the Engraving Palace, all of Zhou Weiqing's engravings were successful, but not in the way that they had naturally merged with darkness and evil to assist him when he was condensing his physical body. At that time, when Zhou Weiqing first entered the Engraving Palace and saw those sealed Heavenly Beasts, he was also scared out of his wits. The vast majority of the Heavenly Beasts had extremely massive bodies, and they emitted an aura that inspired fear.
When Zhou Weiqing chose a Heavenly Jewel Master-level beast to try and imprint, something strange happened. The reason why imprinting was so easy to fail was because during the process of imprinting, even if the beast was in a weakened or sealed state, its subconscious would still constantly resist the energy within its body. This would affect the ability of the Jewel Master or Heavenly Jewel Master to absorb and imprint their abilities onto their own Jewels. However, when Zhou Weiqing imprinted on the Master-level beast, logically speaking, even if the beast's internal energy changed slightly, it should have been able to shake him off. But in reality, the beast that he imprinted was extremely obedient, allowing him to imprint his skills without any resistance. Later on, with several more Master-level beasts, Zhou Weiqing even felt that these beasts seemed to be trembling, as if they were very afraid of him.
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Brothers and sisters are really too powerful, we have maintained the top spot without good recommendations. I am deeply grateful. Today, three chapters will be sent out. This is the first update, with another two updates at 4 pm and 8 pm respectively.
