Chapter 278 (1/2)

Chapter 278

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 embarra.s.sment .

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 .

“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 .

“I’ve tasted the sweet taste of success in battle . I swear that I will become a grand craftsman now!” said Guo Ran with confidence .

Long Chen was surprised Guo Ran had become so devoted . Thinking of how he had laughed at him before, Long Chen felt a bit bad .

“Your brother apologizes to you . I shouldn’t have ridiculed you . ”

Guo Ran laughed . “Boss, you don’t need to say that . I know you were joking . ”

Long Chen said, “No, I was serious . ”

“ . . . ”

Long Chen stopped joking around and began to really pull on the bowstring . He was surprised that even with the help of the cylindrical wheels, it still needed a shocking amount of force to pull back .

Finally when the crossbow was fully nocked, even the crossbow limb at the front had curved like a crescent moon . Just looking at this taut crossbow gave Long Chen a chill .

If an arrow was shot out with that kind of force, it would definitely be shockingly powerful .

“Guo Ran, you aren’t able to use this crossbow for now . Without two hundred thousand pounds of force, you won’t be able to fully nock it,” said Long Chen with worry .

Guo Ran was bitter . “That’s also the most vexing thing for me . My Spirit Root is average, my physical body is average, and my soul is also average . In total, I am the averagest of all averages . When I managed to make this amazing Voidbreaking Crossbow, I thought I’d be able to exterminate one or two Favored, but… no matter what, I can’t even carry it! It’s the most depressing thing ever . ”

“It can kill Favored?” Long Chen was startled .

Guo Ran confidently said, “Right now it’s still in its embryonic state . Once I do a couple experiments and perfect it, I’m certain that it will be able to kill Favored . Boss, take a look at the arrow . ”

Guo Ran went deeper into his immortal cave and came back out with an arrow . Long Chen carefully examined it . How was this thing even an arrow? It was more like a short spear .

It had to be five feet long and as thick as an egg . It was clearly also a new invention of Guo Ran’s .