With ice cones constantly flying at him as interference, Guang Yu had to dodge their attacks while rapidly firing at moving ice targets.
The requirement for rapid fire was to hit the same target with three arrows, with no more than 0.5 seconds between each shot.
In other words, he had to fire three arrows and hit the target within 1.5 seconds!
There was no question about it—he failed miserably at this training as well!
And all three training exercises had to be completed one hundred times in a row before the training counted as finished!
"So hard!"
After trying each one once, Guang Yu deeply felt just how difficult they were.
Yet rather than becoming dejected or discouraged, he found even greater motivation and determination and began training like mad.
Attempt after attempt.
But every attempt brought him a step further than the last!
For the following period, Guang Yu divided his daily training into three parts.
He meditated in the mornings to increase his Soul Power!
In the afternoons, he sought out different Sword Martial Soul Masters in the Pope's Palace to spar, compete, and gain insight into Sword Dao and Sword Intent.
At night, he trained in those three archery exercises from six in the evening until midnight.
He had barely six hours of sleep a day.
He spent every day training and working incredibly hard, because he had to work hard!
He had promised Qian Renxue that he would definitely bring her home!
He would not break that promise!
Time flew by.
Three months later.
Although training in archery and Sword Dao had slowed the growth of his Soul Power, Guang Yu still broke through from level 19 to Level 20 within three months.
At the same time, both his Sword Intent and archery had improved astonishingly.
Guang Yu's Sword Intent had grown tremendously. Perhaps within a few more months, it would reach the Second Realm of Sword Dao.
He had also nearly conquered all three archery exercises!
And he had already learned how to release Ice Wings, gaining the ability to fly.
Before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, Guang Yu planned to make one final attempt!
At that moment, within Guang Ling Douluo's Mimicry Cultivation Ground.
Guang Yu stood on the vast icy ground and slowly pulled up a black cloth to blindfold himself. He took a deep breath and summoned the Ice Divine Bow.
The instant his eyes were covered, his hearing seemed to multiply.
"Come on!"
The first Ice Figure appeared behind Guang Yu to his left.
Guang Yu immediately spun around and fired an arrow!
"Break!"
Whoosh!
Bang!
A precise hit shattered it!
Then, Ice Figures appeared one after another in every direction, even in the air.
Guang Yu reacted immediately every time, firing arrow after arrow and blasting apart every Ice Figure that appeared!
Thirty!
Forty!
Sixty!
Eighty!
Ninety-nine!
"This final arrow! It's time to finish this!"
"Arrow!"
"Go!"
Whoosh!
The ice arrow tore through the air.
And shattered the final Ice Figure!
"Done!"
Guang Yu confidently tore off the black cloth over his eyes and headed toward the ten Ice Walls.
He immediately drew the bowstring and fired an arrow.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Guang Yu's precise arrow destroyed the first five Ice Walls without damaging the sixth.
After that, no matter which wall Guang Ling Douluo pointed to, Guang Yu could precisely control his strength and complete the task.
He completed all one hundred attempts in a single go!
"Next!"
Interference Moving Target Rapid Fire!
"Come on, this is the final training exercise. Today, I'll finish it all in one go!"
Looking at the rapidly moving targets before him and the ice cone attacks already flying toward him, Guang Yu began sprinting. He drew his bow and rapidly fired three arrows!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
All three arrows hit precisely, with less than 0.5 seconds between every shot!
He continued firing and running, and every shot struck its target with precision.
"Good heavens! This is incredible!"
Watching Guang Yu constantly shoot and run across the ice and snow, Guang Ling knew that this exercise would not be able to stop him either.
Sure enough, as Guang Yu fired his hundredth rapid volley.
The final target was struck with perfect accuracy as well.
"My heavens, it took me a whole year of grueling training to complete these three archery exercises back then, yet Little Yu Yu managed it in three months while also training in Sword Dao!!"
"This brat is a peerless archery genius too! Is there even a single thing he's mediocre at?!"
Guang Ling Douluo cried out inwardly.
"It's finally... over." A smile rose on Guang Yu's lips. He put away the Ice Divine Bow, turned to Guang Ling, and said, "Granduncle, my training has ended at just the right time. Let's go to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain my Soul Ring now."
"This brat... why does he seem a little smug?" Guang Ling muttered inwardly.
Then he said with a proud look, "Hmph~ Finishing the training in three months is not bad. You were only a tiny bit faster than me."
"How tiny is a tiny bit?"
"Why are you asking so many details?!"
"Haha! Alright, let's go, Granduncle." Guang Yu laughed.
"Let's go!"
The two left the Worship Hall and immediately headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to add a second Soul Ring to Guang Yu's Light God Sword Martial Soul.
"I wonder how much my strength will improve after obtaining my second Soul Ring. By then, will I be able to solo-kill a five-thousand-year Soul Beast?"
"Before I knew it, there were only three months left until the time I had to solo-kill a five-thousand-year Soul Beast."
"Time is getting tighter and tighter."
Guang Yu sat in the carriage, thinking with anticipation.
Meanwhile, in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Qian Renxue silently gazed into the distance.
Over the past three months, she had heard quite a bit from Snake Spear Elder about Guang Yu's deeds in the Pope's Palace.
Defeating Xie Yue, beating Yan, utterly crushing Hu Liena, and seeking out Sword Cultivators to spar with.
He had been training constantly.
But Qian Renxue could not tell whether Guang Yu was working so hard for her sake or for his own.
"It's been three months. You brat, you're not playing me, are you?"
Qian Renxue's emotions were complicated.
One day later.
The two finally arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.
After absorbing the Eight-Sided Profound Ice and the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Guang Yu's body had become extremely tough. A second Soul Ring over a thousand years old was more than manageable.
But the exact number of years would have to be tested by the Light God Sword.
After sensing it with the Light God Sword, Guang Yu determined that his second Soul Ring could reach two thousand years.
"Granduncle, let's find a two-thousand-year Soul Beast for my second Soul Ring."
"Good kid, a two-thousand-year second Soul Ring is truly monstrous!" Guang Ling thought in shock, then nodded. "Alright! Let's start looking for prey!"
Both of them unfurled their Ice Crystal Wings and swiftly darted through the forest.
Using his terrifying Spiritual Power, Guang Ling swept the area within a thousand meters around them.
No Soul Beast could escape the detection of his Spiritual Power, so finding a suitable one under such circumstances was easy.
A moment later.
"Found one! A Light Body Beast at exactly two thousand years. This kind of Soul Beast has a powerful physique, great strength, and Light Attribute energy. It's very suitable for your Light God Sword Martial Soul."
"Alright! Granduncle, that's the one."
"Watch me." Guang Ling smiled and directly summoned the Light Feather Divine Bow.
Before Guang Yu even knew where it was, Guang Ling fired an arrow.
Whoosh!~
Splat~
"Roar!"
Soon, the pained cry of the Light Body Beast came from afar.
The two hurried over at top speed.
Along the way, Guang Yu estimated the distance. Nine hundred meters—Guang Ling had accurately crippled it and left it barely alive, yet had not taken its life.
Guang Yu praised him, "Granduncle, you're still awesome."
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