The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 12 Crossbow
After returning to the house, Huo Ying closed the door tightly and took out a piece of poplar wood.

Hou Ping's longbow gave Huo Ying inspiration.

He did not have Hou Ping's archery skills, nor did he have experience in drawing a bow and drawing an arrow, but he could use wood escape to make a crossbow, and even a repeating crossbow.

There is a huge difference between a crossbow and a bow.

Using a bow requires skill, while a crossbow is more like a mechanism.

The crossbow uses a mechanical system to string and nock arrows in advance. The arrows are specially made and the force is fixed, not as variable as a bow.

The power of a bow is related to human strength, the bow arm and the elasticity of the bowstring. There are many factors that affect the power and accuracy of the bow and arrow.

But the crossbow only has to do with the material. The larger the crossbow trigger, the stronger the lethality, and the smaller the crossbow trigger, the lower the lethality.

For Huo Ying, the biggest advantage of the crossbow is that it does not require training.

If a crossbow is made, any normal person with good eyesight will have an 80% chance of hitting the target at a distance of ten meters.

With just a short practice, you can quickly master the accuracy at a distance of twenty or thirty meters.

Huo Ying imagined the prototype of the crossbow. The wooden strips quickly turned into the shape of a crossbow. The crossbow string was also very simple, and the wooden branches and strips were also elastic. Huo Ying thought of his own needs, and the wooden strips would grow into the shape that Huo Ying needed.

Soon, the prototype of the crossbow was produced.

But when Huo Ying used it, he found that it was something similar in form but not in spirit.

He only knew the outline of the crossbow, but not the details of it.

The crossbow turned into a gun-shaped short bow. Although it could be strung in advance, the bowstring had to be plucked before it could be shot. The trigger imagined by Huo Ying could not be turned into a real crossbow because it lacked a mechanism.

Archery was not a problem. After studying it for a while, Huo Ying imitated firearms to make an arrow path and fixed the bow and arrow. However, loading and unloading arrows became a problem again, because the short arrows needed to be accurately inserted into the arrow path. After shooting the arrow prepared in advance, replacing it again was several times slower than bending the bow and putting the arrow on.

"If I knew the principle and saw a simple blueprint, I would be able to improve it."

Huo Ying was not discouraged. Although the crossbow in his hand was not perfect, it was no different from a normal crossbow if he only shot one arrow. In fact, because it was made of wood escape, the bow and the body were integrated, strong and sturdy, and the force of the shot was even stronger than that of an assembled crossbow.

Huo Ying drew an archery target on the wall with charcoal and walked to the other end of the room.

The distance between the two walls was about thirteen steps. Huo Ying took a look and pulled the bowstring.

Snapped.

The wooden arrow hit the wall at a distance of about ten meters. Huo Ying hit the target the first time he aimed. Although it was not a ten-ring, fighting was not a competition. As long as he hit the target, it would cause great damage to the enemy.

"The accuracy is good enough within ten meters, and the power is also strong." Huo Ying picked up the wooden arrow. The sharp tip of the arrow hit the wall and cracked, but these are all trivial matters. As long as a little bit of air is consumed, the wooden arrow can be restored to its original state.

"Hou Ping might not know the principle of the crossbow."

“I don’t know if I can use the poplar wood to exchange for Hou Ping’s knowledge.”

Huo Ying made up his mind that if he met Hou Ping again, he would ask him how to make a crossbow, or just ask about the principle of the trigger and the principle of the repeating crossbow.

Since he couldn't make a repeating crossbow, Huo Ying made a few more hand crossbows that could only shoot one arrow. Fortunately, the consumption of Wood Release had nothing to do with precision, but only with the amount of wood created. After making five crossbows in a row, Huo Ying only consumed one-fifth of the air column.

it's dark.

Huo Ying lit a fire, illuminating the room.

All the yang stones were also roasted red and placed beside him.

Five short crossbows were loaded with arrows in advance and placed within Huo Ying's reach. If a zombie broke in, Huo Ying could immediately use the fire to light the wooden arrows.

All fear is due to lack of firepower.

Yang stone, poplar wood, short crossbows and traps were all ready. Huo Ying relied on his breathing to wait for the corpse ghost to arrive.

The night grew darker and darker, and finally, footsteps were heard.

It was messy and irregular, and there were several more footsteps than last night.

There are more zombies surrounding Huo Ying’s door tonight!
Huo Ying was not in a hurry and listened quietly to the sounds outside the door.

The footsteps were still some distance away from Huo Ying's door when they suddenly stopped. They did not stop directly in front of Huo Ying's door like last time.

Corpses are intelligent.

Huo Ying was not in a hurry. The water tank on the roof was very concealed and could not be seen at all when standing on the ground. In order to overturn the water tank and trigger the trap, one would need Wood Release. Not to mention corpse ghosts, even humans would find it difficult to discover it. Even if they did find it, it would be hard to imagine that someone would use such a large water tank and waste so much poplar wood to hold stream water.

The corpse ghost stopped, which only created greater pressure.

After about an hour, the corpse moved.

They were getting closer to Huo Ying's door. They could hear rustling sounds and the sound of corpses jostling each other, but they were still not close to Huo Ying's door.

If it were someone else, he would be extremely nervous at this moment. A group of zombies were slowly approaching. This feeling of oppression was more terrifying than death. But Huo Ying was not afraid at all. Instead, he was very excited. It was just a little bit more. The zombies were just a little bit closer to the door.

Another hour passed, and the zombies moved again. This time, there was a bang on the door. The zombies were crowding together and had hit the door.

The footsteps disappeared again. Just like last night, the corpse ghost did not attack directly, but continued to deliberately consume Huo Ying's energy, making it impossible for Huo Ying to rest at night.

Huo Ying smiled. If the corpse ghost changed its actions, he might be worried.

But these guys actually used the same old tricks again.

Huo Ying still didn't move, he was still waiting.

Creak, creak.

The corpse ghosts intensified their intimidation. They scratched the door and some even scratched the walls. The squeaking sound was like a spell. The fire in the house burned more and more vigorously, the poplar wood was consumed faster and faster, and even the yang stone in Huo Ying's arms became redder and redder.

Close enough.

Huo Ying suddenly jumped up the ladder, stood on it, and touched the roof with his hand.

Wood Release, Growth!
On the roof, the gutter suddenly took root, and then the roots grew longer and the gutter tilted.

Wow!
The stream water came all over, and no matter how the corpses scratched the door or the wall, they could not escape. The unlucky ones were drenched by the stream water, and those who were far away were also splashed with wetness.

Zhila, zhila.

The sound of meat frying in an iron pan was heard outside the door, and the scratching sound turned into a fierce banging sound.

The corpse ghosts could not roar, but Huo Ying heard the sound of thumps falling to the ground. The corpse ghosts that did not fall also became crazy and banged on Huo Ying's door viciously.

I took a look at the sacred tree in my mind.

[Progress: 12%]

It succeeded. After a normal day, Huo Ying's current progress should be 7%. The sink trap was effective and he killed five zombies in one go!
boom! boom! boom!
Listening to the corpse ghost banging on the door at all costs, Huo Ying smiled. The stream water really hurt the corpse ghost. The corpse ghost hated it so much that it forgot its own abilities.

Picking up a torch from the ground, Huo Ying walked to the door, quickly opened the peephole, and thrust the torch forward.

Wood Release: Grafting Technique.

The burning wooden spikes shot out of the cat's eye and burned the nearby corpse into a fire man!
(End of this chapter)