Chapter 14: The Bow and Arrow, Pacifying the Demon

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After hearing this, Fu Chen was speechless. He shook his head with a bitter smile and offered an explanation. “The solo demon-purging missions have a time limit. If you exceed it, the mission automatically fails.”

Qin Yumo frowned slightly and said regretfully, “I didn’t read the details carefully when accepting the mission. It’s just a wasted task.”

“Don’t worry. Even if the mission fails, you can still accept it again. It’s no big deal since it doesn’t grant cultivation rewards,” Fu Chen reassured with a smile before suggesting they go hunt the monsters for the next mission.

Qin Yumo began checking the task list and said, “The next mission is to defeat… the Ghostly Flames of the Wasteland Grave, apparently located on the west side of the lake.”

When he turned to look at Fu Chen, he was surprised to see that Fu Chen had switched his weapon to the previously purchased Piercing Arrow Bow.

[☆ Piercing Arrow Bow
Bow
Grade: 2
Attack speed: 0.67 times/sec
Attack range: 20.00
Weakening range: 5.00
Physical damage: 31-57
Durability: 28/28
Ammo type: Arrows
Level requirement: 6
Strength requirement: 6
Agility requirement: 14
Price: 1,100]

Though Fu Chen held the bow, his current attributes didn’t meet the usage requirements yet. To wield this weapon, he allocated attribute points for the first time since his rebirth.

He possessed the passive talent skill “Stealing Heaven,” which granted twice as many attribute points per level up as others. Now with 50 attribute points in total, he put 1 into Strength, 45 into Agility, and kept 4 in reserve.

Then, he equipped the “Wolf Fang Arrow” into his ammo slot. With everything set, he summoned his attribute panel to observe the changes.

[Half-Infatuated with the Mortal World, Level 6
Remaining points: 0
Talent points remaining: 4
Strength: 6
Agility: 50
Physical attack: 39-65
Magic attack: 5
Critical hit rate: 3%
Normal attack speed: 0.67 times/sec]

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Qin Yumo hadn’t expected this and asked, “Are we switching to bow and arrow now?”

Fu Chen nodded. “I’ve tried the magic skills. Now I want to test the bow. You can switch whenever you want.”

More than ten minutes later, the two arrived at the area of the Ghostly Flames of the Wasteland Grave.

[HP 440/440; Level 5, Ghostly Flame of the Wasteland Grave; Fire attribute; Hit rate 92%, Dodge 6%]

Before battle, Fu Chen asked, “Do you want to be the main attacker or support?”

“I’ll slack off a bit and support. Honestly, I was already struggling before,” Qin Yumo admitted with some embarrassment.

Without further ado, Fu Chen drew his bow and shot an arrow at the Ghostly Flame about 20 meters away.

For this shot, he didn’t use any bow-related skills—just a normal attack to test the bow’s damage output.

That ordinary arrow dealt 57 damage to the monster. Then, he activated his Qi and unleashed a “Combo.”

Although only one arrow was released, two sharp arrows flew in quick succession.

The monster was struck twice by the combo, suffering 65 and 87 damage respectively.

Fu Chen then fired another normal shot, and the monster’s HP was already reduced by over half.

At this moment, the monster tried to counterattack but had just entered Qin Yumo’s magic attack range.

Without hesitation, Qin Yumo cast a “Tornado,” and Fu Chen’s arrows swiftly followed.

In the end, the monster didn’t even come within ten meters of them before dying on the path of vengeance.

The two then pressed on, continuously hunting the surrounding Ghostly Flames.

They completed the mission requirement of 20 monsters in under five minutes.

During the fight, Qin Yumo realized that while the bow’s damage was lower than magic skills, its attack range was significantly better, and normal shots were quicker than casting spells.

Together they collected gold and loot, surprisingly obtaining three skill trial manuals.

“Let’s return and turn in the mission,” Qin Yumo suggested, then asked, “Should we try that solo demon-purging mission?”

Fu Chen had no objections, so they returned to Hidden Heroes Village to complete the previous level 5 mission.

The rewards were cultivation 180, primordial spirit 88 for one, and cultivation 175, primordial spirit 80 for the other.

As a rebirth, Fu Chen was well acquainted with solo demon-purging missions.

These tasks were usually issued by local sentries and were cyclical missions.

They required killing certain monsters, usually with multiple choices, all near the current town due to time constraints.

Any player within the level range could accept them repeatedly.

Upon completion, these missions didn’t reward cultivation, primordial spirit, or gold, but rather granted reputation points.

The two received the solo demon-purging mission “Cat Demon Menace” from the Hidden Heroes Village guard.

Mission objective: Eliminate the Troublesome Blunt-Claw Kittens causing chaos east of the village.

Time limit: 60 minutes.

Reward: Unknown.

The countdown started the moment the mission was accepted.

Fu Chen and Qin Yumo spurred their horses eastward from Hidden Heroes Village.

It took over ten miles before they spotted the Blunt-Claw Kittens, and 14 minutes had already elapsed.

Subtracting travel time, they only had half an hour left to fight.

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Fu Chen lifted the Piercing Arrow Bow from his back and eyed the leisurely monsters on the grass.

[HP 410/410; Level 5, Blunt-Claw Kitten; No attribute; Hit rate 93%, Dodge 7%]

“Kill!” Fu Chen shouted without hesitation, quickly drawing his bow to begin the hunt.

Qin Yumo knew time was short and immediately swung his magic weapon to assist.

The Blunt-Claw Kittens could only attack up close, putting them at a disadvantage against these two ranged attackers.

Any monster attempting to counterattack was often killed before reaching the middle ground.

They had no worries about being attacked and could boldly focus on offense.

Thus, their combined efficiency was extremely high; any ordinary monster died within about ten seconds.

Six minutes into the battle, a dazzling white light rose around Qin Yumo’s body—she had leveled up to 7.

“How did I level up so fast?” Qin Yumo asked Fu Chen in disbelief.

She spoke bitterly, “When I fought alone before, I barely killed any monsters and died several times. You don’t know, every death meant returning to town to revive before coming back. Leveling was really hard.”

Fu Chen knew this all too well from his previous life. He inwardly sympathized but smiled and said, “Congratulations, you really leveled up.”

The countdown ticked down steadily as the two continued their seamless teamwork.

Each Blunt-Claw Kitten killed granted 18 cultivation and 9 primordial spirit.

After another nine minutes, a similar white light rose from beneath Fu Chen’s feet—he had also reached level 7.

[Half-Infatuated with the Mortal World, Level 7
Cultivation: 11/2865
Reputation: 4
HP: 110
Qi: 110
Primordial spirit: 2206
Remaining points: 5
Talent points remaining: 9
Physical attack: 40-66
Magic attack: 6]

Time was pressing. Fu Chen glanced hurriedly at his attribute panel before plunging back into combat.

With just 17 minutes left on the countdown, they had already slain 172 Blunt-Claw Kittens.

Such speed and efficiency were unimaginable to Fu Chen in his previous life—he had never even heard of it.

Turning to Qin Yumo, he said, “Time’s running short. It’ll take fifteen minutes to return. Let’s head back and turn in the mission.”

Since they met, Qin Yumo had always followed their initial agreement to trust Fu Chen, so she naturally didn’t refuse.

The two sped back to Hidden Heroes Village and handed in the mission to the sentry.

Fu Chen was stunned when he saw the mission reward notification.