"Our Tangzang’s top archer accepts your challenge, esteemed Centaur archer. Let me see just how much faster your arrow is compared to my archer!" The Fifth Highness said coldly, gesturing politely to Nedved.
According to the original plan, His Highness did not intend to make trouble, but the seemingly honest Centaur archer’s words were quite hurtful, and he couldn’t take it anymore.
"Richard, do we really need to risk our lives? What if something goes wrong?" The five human Magic Tutors were initially excited that the Aegean archer was standing up for their dignity. But when they saw Nedved striding confidently towards the arena, they suddenly felt anxious—not because they feared trouble but because they felt it wasn’t worth risking lives over such a trivial matter. Especially since the two continents had no ties, and it was their side that had come to the other’s land to create trouble.
"Don’t worry, within a hundred yards, no one can surpass Nedved’s shooting speed. I don’t need to remind Pavel to spare his life." Liu Zhenhuan confidently stated; in terms of quick shooting in traditional archery, Pavel had no rivals throughout the entire Aegean.
"You’re overestimating your archer, aren’t you, Your Majesty! My top archer practices shooting speed with the rain and lightning’s flashes!" The Fifth Highness was furious hearing such bold words, leaving no trace of regret.
"Richard, should we perhaps ask Nedved to blunt his arrowheads first? We don’t want him to accidentally kill this Tangzang archer." Ning Yu suggested out of goodwill, though this nearly caused the already infuriated Fifth Highness to go into a frenzy.
"If a Divine Archer can’t control even the power of his arrows, he shouldn’t be called a Divine Archer. Ning Yu, there’s no need to worry unnecessarily." Liu Zhenhuan glanced at the Fifth Highness, patted the fellow gentleman’s shoulder, and chuckled.
Taking a deep breath, the Fifth Highness of Tangzang decided to thoroughly humiliate these guys after securing the victory.
Nedved and Tangzang’s top archer gestured for a while, and in the end, both were satisfied with the three fingers.
After finalizing the duel’s shooting range, the two archers stood back-to-back, each taking thirty steps in a straight line, turned to face each other, exchanged a smile, and simultaneously drew two arrows from their quivers, shooting them to land on either side of their feet as boundary stakes.
This is an international custom, where archers participating in a duel must drive two arrows into the ground beside their feet as boundary stakes, known as the "Stake the Ground" ritual.
Doing this implies that movement and dodging are not allowed.
All super archers are agile, moving swiftly. Without staking the ground, if the two were to jump around, it wouldn’t be a duel but a farce!
Since it’s an archery duel, everyone should rely purely on archery and shooting, fighting honorably for life or death.
This is arguably the most brutal and bloody type of duel known in the world, a real face-to-face encounter with life and death!
Many times, although there’s a disparity in strength between duelists, they end up perishing together!
This outcome arises because, in an archer versus archer duel, dodging is not permitted, and the combat is fierce and intense.
In such archer duels, psychological endurance often matters more than archery skills. Once your mind becomes confused, even the best archery skills become less effective!
Throughout history, countless more skilled Divine Archers have been killed by opponents who were less skilled but had stronger psychological endurance!
Today, the two archers standing here are true masters. Their gazes are as cold and sharp, their breathing as calm and serene, and their presence as indomitable!
While the duelists remained calm and confident, the spectators were overwhelmed.
The atmosphere was so oppressive it was hard to even breathe!
This duel has little to do with life-or-death battles on the battlefield. No matter what kind of desperadoes you are, experiencing this feeling of waiting at the brink of death would make you shudder from soul to body.
Old Liu admitted that if he were to hold a semi-automatic rifle, facing some fool in a face-off , he would never be as steady and confident as Nedved and this Tangzang Divine Archer, unmoving like a mountain!
The Fifth Highness was also swallowing nervously, frantically wiping the palms of his hands soaked in sweat on the golden silk brocade.
The two archers, although unable to understand each other’s language, smiled at each other in mutual admiration like two stars in an opera house.
They simultaneously raised their war bows in salute to their opponent, then simultaneously fitted an arrow in the bow, their movements perfectly synchronized. Check latest chapters at novｅlfire.net
Just as Liu Zhenhuan had previously said, even if this Tangzang archer could release a Forbidden Curse with his bow and arrows, Nedved could prevent him from doing so.
Their first and only exchange of arrows was so fast that, except for a few with exceptional eyesight, most people couldn’t see clearly what happened.
When Nedved’s arrow flew to Tangzang’s top archer’s front, this Divine Archer had only just managed to raise his arm and draw his bowstring, but in his hurry, he was able to change his maneuver, sweeping his bow arm to deflect the arrow, avoiding injury.
Judging by this Tangzang top archer’s shooting speed, he was roughly on par with Ronaldo, the vice-captain of the Summer Palace’s Punisher Corps, placing him within the top twenty archers in the current Bimon Kingdom.
This ranking is by no means an insult. You must know that facing off against Nedved, even just drawing and nocking an arrow is already an honor.