Chapter 210: Dragon Hunting Arrow (1/2)
Jiang Li opened the mouth of the Dragon Head Fossil and touched the tiny mark on the dragon skeleton's jaw.
The people from the Immortal Ascension Pavilion must have discovered the wound on the fossil long ago, but they definitely thought that it was an ordinary mark.
Ancient Dragon fossils were more valuable the more complete they were. They would definitely not break it for no reason.
Therefore, Jiang Li who had the appraisal skill ended up benefiting.
No matter what, he had to dig it out first.
Jiang Li took out a small seed from his bosom and placed it in his palm.
Then, a green light flashed in his hand, and the seed quickly sprouted and swelled. Soon, a Vajra Wood grew in his hand.
This was a type of spiritual wood with an extremely high hardness. It could easily carve runes on Kun Steel. If not for the fact that the natural size of the Vajra Wood was too small, it would also be a good material to create artifacts.
The Dragon Head that had already fossilized was not as hard as when it was alive.
Jiang Li, on the other hand, had to be careful to ensure that he did not use too much force and shatter the entire Dragon Head.
Tiny bone cracks were carefully cut open by the Vajra Wood bit by bit.
Soon, a black dot appeared from the skeleton.
Jiang Li dug even more carefully. In the end, he really dug out something from the Dragon Fossil.
It was a palm-sized diamond-shaped metal block.
It was heavy to the touch. The surface was smooth and cold to the touch. After countless years, the edges and tip of the metal piece were still sharp.
On the surface, two ancient runes could vaguely be seen.
This metal piece looked… like an arrowhead?
Jiang Li rotated it around twice more. The more he looked at it, the more it looked like an enlarged version of an arrowhead.
Another appraisal was thrown.
[Name: Dragon Hunting Arrow (Arrowhead)]
[Type: Trash]
[Quality: Ancient]
[Status: Incomplete]
[Material: Unknown]
[Description: Armor Penetration]
[Note: A Dragon Hunting Arrow that has never hunted a dragon before.]
As expected, this was an arrowhead.
However, were the arrows used by ancient cultivators all this big?
It was palm-sized and had sufficient weight. It would not be a problem to refine it into a short sword.
Jiang Li compared it again. The arrowhead was embedded in the Dragon Head, and the tip was pointed inward. It leaned upwards and was stuck.
From the looks of it, the person who shot this arrow must be an expert in archery.
He should have taken advantage of the moment when the ancient dragon opened its mouth to roar and suddenly launched a sneak attack, stabbing an arrow into its mouth.
Breaking through from the relatively weak oral cavity into the bone was a heavy blow to the ancient dragon.
However, just as the appraisal technique had said, the arrow did not take its life. Otherwise, this wound would not have healed.
Jiang Li played with the arrow in his hand, thinking about what use it should have.
In terms of battle results, the Dragon Imprisoning Lock had once locked down a True Dragon, and this Dragon Hunting Arrow had almost killed a dragon.
After a rough calculation, even if the Dragon Hunting Arrow was inferior to the Dragon Imprisoning Lock in ancient times, it should not be much inferior.
Although it had lost its former power, the material naturally did not change.
So, what should he do with it?
Right at this moment, Jiang Li suddenly felt a cold feeling in his palm.
He was stunned for a moment. This feeling was familiar yet unfamiliar to him. He had not felt it for a long time.
As a result, he did not react in time.
It was not until bits of blood flowed down the sharp edge of the arrowhead that another pain came from his palm. Only then did he realize that just now, his palm had been cut open.
He was still surprised as he saw the wound recover rapidly.
He had just been careless and his defense was easily broken like that?
Jiang Li was extremely surprised. One had to know that even the Shu Mountain Flying Sword and the Anti-Spirit Black Sword had to be amplified by the Sword Heart in order to break through his skin.
This arrowhead did not have any spiritual qi in it. Just like the Dragon Imprisoning Lock, it had long lost its former power. However, it could actually break through his defense by relying on the sharpness of the physical surface.
How shocking was this?
Jiang Li refused to believe it. He held the arrowhead and slashed at the skin of his arm again.
However, this time, the sharp tip of the arrow was blocked by the layer of Lake Heart Protection on Jiang Li's body. The sharp tip was still a slight distance away from his skin.
Drip. Drip.
Another few drops of blood fell. The hand holding the arrowhead was actually cut again.
It was a little incredible to injure oneself but not the enemy.
Jiang Li pondered for a moment and felt that there was something else amiss. He took out a shield artifact made from the shell of a Dragon Tortoise and placed it flat on the ground.
He injected spiritual qi into the shield and activated the defensive spiritual light on top. Then, he brought the arrowhead to a meter above the Dragon Tortoise Shield and let it fall freely. Without a doubt, the arrowhead was directly repelled.
Jiang Li was not discouraged as he picked up the arrow. This time, after removing the spiritual qi on the Dragon Tortoise's shield, he threw the arrow from the same height again.
With a muffled sound, the palm-sized arrowhead directly sank into the tortoise shell shield and pierced out from the inside of the shield. This Yellow-grade artifact was immediately ruined.
Jiang Li raised his eyebrows. How much kinetic energy could that bit of momentum convert from a meter high? However, even with such a slight force and no spiritual qi fluctuation, this thing still easily pierced through the Dragon Tortoise Shield.
He immediately understood that the sharpness of the Dragon Hunting Arrow could not affect the spiritual qi barrier, but it could easily break through physical defense.
Moreover, this Armor Penetration effect was extremely abnormal.
This was quite good. This time, getting the Dragon Head was definitely not a loss.
However, Jiang Li did not know how to shoot arrows. How could he use it?
Jiang Li thought about it and suddenly slapped his forehead as he had an idea.
...
The next day, early in the morning.
A series of explosions woke Jiang Li up.
He walked out of the room. Elder He and Senior Brother Xiang had just left.
”Master, Senior Brother, what's this voice?”
The three of them followed the sound. After passing through the same number of Buddha statues, they found a very open training ground.
Here, there were five hundred disciples practicing their fists. These five hundred disciples did not punch sandbags or rocks. All of them hit the air.
Their fists always landed on empty air, but every time they threw a punch, there would always be an explosion in the air. They were clearly hitting something solid.
This should be a special fist technique. Its control over fist strength was very exquisite.
Just think about it, even the air was unable to dissolve their fist force. If this fist landed on a cultivator, then the ordinary strength mitigation method would be useless.