Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1357: The Sun-Shooting Bow

Chapter 1357: Chapter 1357: The Sun-Shooting Bow

Without any hesitation, Wyatt Barnes reached out to grab the bow, and this time, due to past experience, he exerted his full strength from the start.

However, even though he used all his might, it was still very difficult.

Although he had lifted the bow, to wield it effortlessly was still far out of reach.

"This bow...I’m afraid I’ll have to wait until I break through to the ’Transcending Mortal Realm’ before I can use it with ease."

Wyatt Barnes looked at the bow in his hand and murmured softly to himself.

Taking a deep breath, he placed the bow back down and turned to Elder Fire, asking, "Elder Fire, what is this ’bow’ without the string?"

Wyatt Barnes didn’t notice that when he picked up the bow, Elder Fire’s eyes flickered almost imperceptibly.

"Sun Shooting Bow!"

Facing Wyatt Barnes’s question, Elder Fire tried to respond as calmly as possible.

Yet, even though he tried to remain calm, a ripple of emotion could still be heard in his voice.

"What?!"

As soon as Elder Fire spoke, Wyatt Barnes’s eyes widened in astonishment, "Elder Fire, you...you’re not joking, right? It...it is the ’Sun Shooting Bow’?"

Looking at the rusty, notch-ridden bow on the stone table, Wyatt Barnes showed a look of alarm and incredulity.

The Sun Shooting Bow, of course, he had heard of it.

In ancient myths from his previous life, Hou Yi shot down the suns, that is, killed nine Golden Crows, using the ’Sun Shooting Bow’.

Hou Yi was able to kill the nine Golden Crows with the Sun Shooting Bow.

"Elder Fire..."

Wyatt Barnes turned to Elder Fire with a complicated look in his eyes.

Elder Fire was the one Golden Crow that narrowly escaped Hou Yi’s arrows... his nine brothers had all perished under Hou Yi’s ’Sun Shooting Bow’.

"It’s all in the past now."

Elder Fire sighed. Seeing Wyatt Barnes’s expression, he knew he was aware of the ’Sun Shooting Bow’ and who its former owner was.

"Elder Fire, how did the Sun Shooting Bow come to be here?"

Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath and asked.

"Back then, I killed Hou Yi to avenge my nine brothers, and his ’Sun Shooting Bow’ came into my possession... But good things don’t last long; soon after, that old monk Ran Deng came knocking, and I was repressed within the Jewel Tower."

"Naturally, the Sun Shooting Bow also entered the Jewel Tower with me," Elder Fire explained.

"You...you killed Hou Yi?"

Wyatt Barnes’s eyes widened with disbelief.

In the legends, the ten Golden Crows were shot down by Hou Yi, leaving only one to flee in distress... could it be that the escaping Golden Crow was the one who killed Hou Yi?

"Hou Yi had immense physical strength, using a mortal body and the ’Sun Shooting Bow’ to shoot down my ten brothers... At that time, due to the distance, he had the upper hand, and I could only flee," Elder Fire said slowly, as if seeing through Wyatt Barnes’s disbelief: "Later, I found a chance to get close and assassinated him."

Wyatt Barnes suddenly understood.

He was currently using a bow and arrow, so he naturally understood the strengths and weaknesses of a bow.

If someone got close, a bow would be useless.

"The legendary ’Sun Shooting Bow’, to think it would look like this... It’s truly a letdown."

Looking at the Sun Shooting Bow on the stone table, Wyatt Barnes shook his head.

"The Sun Shooting Bow did not originally look like this... After I killed Hou Yi, and my anger had not subsided, I released my fury upon the Sun Shooting Bow," said Elder Fire: "Most of the power of the Sun Shooting Bow came from the ten ’Heavenly Pearls’ on its bow body... That year, I used the sun’s divine fire to forcibly refine the Sun Shooting Bow for eighty-one days, and finally removed the ten Heavenly Pearls from it."

"Then, I removed the bowstring and discarded it along with the ten Heavenly Pearls... That’s when the Sun Shooting Bow came to look as it does now," Elder Fire continued without pause.

"So this means... that this ’Sun Shooting Bow’ is no longer the all-powerful bow of the past?"

Wyatt Barnes chuckled bitterly, "Elder Fire, why did you even do it back then? It was enough for you to avenge your brothers by killing Hou Yi... but the Sun Shooting Bow was a treasure, how could you bear to destroy it!"

"If you hadn’t destroyed the Sun Shooting Bow back then, I would have had a suitable weapon in hand," Wyatt Barnes said, the wry smile on his face growing stronger.

In his opinion.

Elder Fire was too wasteful!

"This Sun Shooting Bow, although it no longer possesses the might of the past, is still a former top-tier immortal treasure... Its bow body is unharmed by even my sun’s divine fire," Elder Fire stated: "Didn’t your bow just get shattered by the Little Devil Dragon’s dragon tendons? Pairing it with the dragon tendons from the Little Devil Dragon would be perfect."

"After pairing, its power might not compare to that of an immortal treasure... but on this planet, it would still be considered a top-notch divine weapon."

As Elder Fire spoke, he grabbed the decrepit Sun Shooting Bow in his hand and handed it over to Wyatt Barnes.

"True. It’s the perfect match for the Five-Clawed Demon Dragon’s dragon tendons," Wyatt Barnes nodded as he took the bow, though his face still held a touch of disappointment, "If it were the complete Sun Shooting Bow, that would have been even better... alas, what a pity..."

"If it were the complete Sun Shooting Bow, it would be heavier than the Splendid Fairy Sword! Originally, even just taking out five of the ten Heavenly Pearls embedded in it would make it weigh as much as the Splendid Fairy Sword," Elder Fire added.

"The complete Sun Shooting Bow was actually heavier than the Splendid Fairy Sword? Or even double the weight?"

Upon hearing this, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

In that case, just how aberrant was Hou Yi?

With a mortal’s body, using the ’Sun Shooting Bow’ to slay nine three-legged Golden Crows... was he really human?

Taking a deep breath, Wyatt Barnes looked at Elder Fire and voiced his doubts.

"To say that Hou Yi was of a mortal’s body doesn’t mean he was just an ordinary person. It’s just that he was unable to generate ’Immortal Origin Force’ within his body... He primarily cultivated his physical strength, and even without weapons, common immortals were no match for him."

Elder Fire explained.

"I see."

Wyatt Barnes suddenly realized—he had thought so; how could an ordinary person lift the complete ’Sun Shooting Bow’ that was twice as heavy as the Splendid Fairy Sword?

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Wyatt recalled something and asked, "Elder Fire, being treasures of the immortals, both the Splendid Fairy Sword and the Sun Shooting Bow are terrifyingly heavy... Why isn’t the Jewel Tower heavy at all?"

"The Jewel Tower isn’t heavy only in relation to you as its owner... If the Jewel Tower hadn’t acknowledged you as its master, you wouldn’t be able to lift it either,"

replied Elder Fire.

"But... the sea monster that initially had the Jewel Tower was carrying it around everywhere, wasn’t it?"

Wyatt Barnes asked with confusion.

The Jewel Tower was originally in the hands of a sea monster not far from Crescent Island.

According to what the three Vice Island Chiefs of Crescent Island said, the sea monster often carried it around.

"That is because I did not wish to always stay in one place with the Jewel Tower and controlled its weight,"

explained Elder Fire. "After all, I am the ’Tower Spirit’ of the Jewel Tower. Even though I cannot influence its choice of master, controlling its weight is within my capabilities."

"So that’s how it is."

After Elder Fire’s explanation, Wyatt Barnes’ confusion immediately cleared up.

"In that case... this incomplete ’Sun Shooting Bow’ suits me best for now."

Wyatt Barnes looked at the rusty Sun Shooting Bow in his hands, a brilliant smile on his face.

Immediately after, Wyatt raised his hand and strung the demon dragon tendons onto the Sun Shooting Bow... As Elder Fire had said, the bow was indeed sturdy and resilient.

No matter how hard he tried to pull the bowstring, putting all his strength into it, the Sun Shooting Bow did not budge.

"Elder Fire... What material was the original bowstring of the Sun Shooting Bow made of?"

Suddenly, Wyatt thought of this and couldn’t help but ask.

"It was also made of dragon tendons,"

Elder Fire said.

"Also dragon tendons?"

Wyatt Barnes’ eyes widened, "The Sun Shooting Bow, isn’t it a top-notch treasure of the immortals? Even the dragon tendons of a Five-Clawed Divine Dragon are probably not qualified to serve as its bowstring, right?"

"The dragon tendons of the Five-Clawed Divine Dragon aren’t even qualified to be the bowstring of an average immortal bow, let alone the Sun Shooting Bow... The bowstring of the Sun Shooting Bow is made from the ’Nine-Clawed Ying Dragon’s’ dragon tendons."

Elder Fire explained.

"Nine-Clawed Ying Dragon?"

Upon hearing this, Wyatt Barnes expressed his confusion, "What is that? Is it also a Divine Dragon?"

"The Nine-Clawed Ying Dragon is also known as the ’Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon.’"

Elder Fire patiently clarified.

"Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon..."

Wyatt Barnes’s pupils constricted, "There are actually Nine-Clawed Divine Dragons in the world? I thought the Five-Clawed Divine Dragons were the pinnacle of the Dragonsmith Clan... never did I expect there to be Nine-Clawed Divine Dragons."

"Five-Clawed Divine Dragons are indeed the pinnacle within planets comparable to Flame Emperor Star and this one," Elder Fire said. "When you become strong enough to leave this planet, you will discover... there are not only Nine-Clawed Divine Dragons in the universe but also many Six-Clawed Divine Dragons, Seven-Clawed Divine Dragons, and Eight-Clawed Divine Dragons."

Wyatt Barnes nodded.

His biggest goal at the moment was to return to Earth.

And to return to Earth, he must leave the planet he was currently on.

Therefore, his goal was to leave this planet as well.

"With my current strength, if I want to wield the ’Sun Shooting Bow’ with ease, there’s still a long way to go. However, once I make a breakthrough to the ’Transcending Mortal Realm,’ it should be somewhat possible,"

Wyatt Barnes murmured to himself while looking at the Sun Shooting Bow in his hand.

At this moment, his desire to break through to the ’Transcending Mortal Realm’ became even more urgent, "I also don’t know when my ’Mystic Arts’ will be able to merge into my body and help me develop ’Saint Veins.’

As for how many ’Saint Veins’ he would be able to develop after breaking through to the ’Transcending Mortal Realm,’ Wyatt Barnes was filled with anticipation.

With the fusion of Ninefold Emperor Realm Mystic Arts, the Ninefold Emperor Realm Sword Mystic Arts... he was confident that the Saint Veins he would develop wouldn’t be fewer than Julia’s.

"However, for the time being, I’m unable to cultivate... Julia must still be looking for me."

With that thought, Wyatt Barnes gave Elder Fire a nod, and with a single thought, he stepped out of the Jewel Tower.

With a raise of his hand, Wyatt Barnes held the Jewel Tower, now the size of a speck of dust, in his hand.

"It’s just unfortunate that, before the ’fourth layer’ of the Jewel Tower is repaired, the space inside is unstable... Otherwise, even when facing powerful adversaries, I could hide inside of it for refuge."

Placing the slightly enlarged Jewel Tower into his ear, Wyatt Barnes inwardly sighed.