Serial Player
Chapter 39: Becoming Arash’s Apprentice (Thanks to Hong Mingxiao Tian Ge for the reward)

Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Becoming Arash’s Apprentice (Thanks to Hong Mingxiao Tian Ge for the reward)

It took 50 seconds, a 50-meter target, and three consecutive hits in the 10-ring!

People who had been watching because of Xu Fu’s archery skills were dumbfounded. Although the performance dropped sharply later on, the first three consecutive hits were just too classic. There wasn’t a single mistake, and it even gave a feeling of ease.

The coach’s face was even more stupefied. He knew Li Changhe, the young man who often worked part-time here. He had a good relationship with a few coaches here and was said to be quite talented, having won medals at the city’s sports meet.

Li Changhe had never practiced archery with him and hadn’t interacted much with the archery coaches. Now, he realized that he had missed such a good candidate.

If Li Changhe had practiced for a few more years with these scores from his first time holding a bow, he could be at the Olympic Games now!

Before, when shot put and sprint coaches said that Li Changhe had good talent, the archery coach didn’t pay much attention. At that time, he even said, "So what if he’s good? What’s the big deal? Are you planning to train him for the Olympics? At most, he’ll show his face at the provincial level competitions."

Looking back on it now, the archery coach regretted it so much that he wanted to grind his teeth.

"If only I had known he was this strong earlier, you guys wouldn’t have had a chance to teach him! No, his level must have been taught by a master. Who is it? Those guys from the national team? Or those guys from the mountains?"

Next to Li Changhe, Xu Fu looked at him in horror: "You were calculating me, weren’t you? Did you just learn archery? Is this your skill level after just learning?"

"Uh... I practiced for a while before." Li Changhe had to say a vague excuse.

However, the emotionally excited Xu Fu and the archery coach couldn’t notice this point, or subconsciously ignored it.

No one could be so accurate after just learning how to shoot a bow. Li Changhe’s appearance of not knowing how to shoot a bow must have been an act!

The coach was even more certain that Li Changhe was a disciple or apprentice of those old archery masters.

Ye Ming didn’t understand archery, but he knew Li Changhe’s performance was very impressive just by seeing the expressions on everyone’s faces.

"Xu Fu," Ye Ming asked, "What’s Li Changhe’s level like? Is he better than you?"

"If he could maintain the accuracy of the first three arrows, he would be at the pre-selection level."

"Holy shit!" Two consecutive exclamations, the first one was from Ye Ming, and the second one was... from Li Changhe himself.

He was also surprised at trying out the [Skill], reaching this level unexpectedly. Damn, he got himself into trouble.

He coughed twice and said, "Don’t mind this. Are we still competing?"

"Compete! Of course, compete!" Xu Fu grinned fiercely, "You calculated me, and I won’t be content if I lose like this. Let’s go again!"

He was right. Previously, thinking that Li Changhe didn’t know archery, he played very casually, pursuing speed without accuracy. Otherwise, his results would have been even better.

The archery coach shook his head slightly.

Of course, both of them used high-precision compound bows, but their results were quite exaggerated.

"Let’s go for the moving target!" Xu Fu got more and more excited, showing off his specialty.

The archery coach hesitated for a moment. Actually, at this time, he wanted to ask about Li Changhe’s identity and who his master was. But there were too many onlookers, and he couldn’t be too obvious.

So, he started operating the moving targets on the field.

There were no moving target events at the sports meet, but archers always wanted to challenge themselves. For example, Xu Fu, he trained his archery skills in international hunting grounds. His best record was shooting down seven wild chickens flying around in one minute.

This made Li Changhe a little confused. He thought Xu Fu would challenge the 80-meter target, and he would just shoot a few arrows without drawing much attention. But a moving target...

"Tsk, isn’t it just forcing me to test the battle plan I prepared earlier?" Li Changhe originally planned to use the [Eagle’s Demon Eye] to calculate the opponent’s movement direction and then use the [Remote Attack Expert] to remind him to block the opponent’s route or attack.

Now, the moving target can be said to have given him what he wished for.

"No, I can’t be too conspicuous. I was too into it just now, which was actually quite dangerous. Once they investigate my background and identity, they’ll easily find out that I haven’t practiced archery before. If I suddenly shoot so accurately, the [Great Wall] or [Players] will guess that I’m a [Player] with just one glance." Li Changhe gradually calmed down: "I’ll just shoot a few arrows later."

Compared to getting familiar with [Skills] and practicing tactics, it’s more important not to reveal his [Player] identity.

He was thinking correctly. If [Great Wall] hadn’t stopped tracking him, his ten-ring hitting ability would have aroused suspicion, or even confirmed his [Player] identity.

After all, the most obvious feature of [Players] is suddenly mastering skills they haven’t been exposed to before. There’s no other possibility outside of the [Evolution Game].

But at least, Li Changhe’s previous idea was correct. Under the effect of the [Magic Eye], he could see the moving target leaving some fleeting traces of light spots.

Li Changhe could easily calculate where to shoot based on the traces of the moving target.

But without trying again, after casually shooting a few arrows that barely hit the target, the rest missed. Meanwhile, Xu Fu’s arrows were all on target without fail.

This made Xu Fu’s previously tense and serious expression much better.

In his opinion, Li Changhe was the type of player who had high accuracy in conventional targets but was partial. Although it was also difficult to deal with, Xu Fu was not weak either!

After all... it seemed that Li Changhe wasn’t acting. His bow drawing and aiming were very serious. This should be his full level.

Actually, there was no need to act. Li Changhe just turned off his [Skills] and relied solely on his own feelings to shoot. It was just luck that he could hit the target at all.

"Thank goodness... I finally won a round." Xu Fu calmed down and said to Li Changhe, "We’re tied now, one-to-one. I said before, if I lose a match to you, I’ll compensate you. That’s included."

Li Changhe nodded with a smile, getting familiar with the [Skills] while making some extra money, why not?

The archery coach took advantage of Xu Fu and Ye Ming following the staff to settle the fees, quickly walked up to Li Changhe, and asked, "Li Changhe, right? Who trained you?"

"Huh?"

"Is it Team leader Du from the national team? Or some amateur veteran coach?" The archery coach looked at Li Changhe, "No wonder you didn’t train with me, you had such a strong master. But wait, if you have such a high-level master, why are you still working here?"

Li Changhe understood that the archery coach probably thought he had some sort of expert guidance after seeing his ten consecutive hits.

How could he know it was a [Skill]?

"Ahem," Li Changhe reacted. Since the coach asked, he had to come up with a name. But those famous experts should not be mentioned for fear of exposing the lie after investigation.

Then...say someone he couldn’t verify.

So, Li Changhe calmly said, "Arash."

"Ar... A foreigner?" The archery coach was puzzled, "I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this person."

"Oh, he’s from Persia. He taught me for a while before. I don’t know much about his background." Li Changhe thought in his heart that you definitely haven’t heard of him.

Even if you, coach, know all the big shots in archery, you can’t think of the great hero from ancient Persia. Are you scared of Meteor One?