Voidbreaker Crossbow

Guo Ran touched his spatial ring and took out a huge crossbow. It wasn't the same as ordinary crossbows. Its limbs at the front were completely straight.
The bowstring was golden, and the two ends were wrapped around two cylindrical wheels. That string seemed to have been wrapped around the crossbow randomly in an incomprehensible manner.
The crossbow was almost six feet long, around the same height as an average person. It was made entirely of the finest steel that had been tempered a hundred times. Just by looking at it, it was possible to tell that it was shockingly heavy.
This is Guo Ran's new invention, Voidbreaker. 
The bowstrings Cang Ming had given him were all made of mithril. Mithril was an extremely soft metal, but its toughness was absolutely alarming. It was the best material for bowstrings.
However, mithril was an incredibly precious metal. Guo Ran didn't have the qualifications to obtain it yet. And even if he did, then with his still amateur techniques, he wouldn't be able to use it properly.
And so obtaining this bowstring from Cang Ming was not only a sign of Cang Ming's approval, but it also affirmed his own confidence in himself.
He began to pull back the string. As he pulled, the two wheels to the side also moved slightly. The messy bowstring also gradually became taut. 
"Nice, that's a pretty smart move." Long Chen realized that Guo Ran had used a clever technique to use the wheels to reduce how hard you had to pull in order to cock the crossbow. There were also springs inside, and when the string was released, the wheels would immediately release their energy to increase the force.
"Hehe, back when you went to the rubble wasteland, you told me my talent was just ordinary and that I needed to find an alternative route to stand out. 
"Afterward, I thought about it and realized you were right. I can't just keep following the same old path without trying anything new.
"And now, I've ended up being fascinated by mechanism and forging arts. Although I've only reached the entry level, I really do like these playthings. Sometimes, I'll even think about them while dreaming.
Long Chen stopped joking around and began to really pull on the bowstring. He was surprised that even with the help of the cylindrical wheels, it still needed a shocking amount of force to pull back.
Finally, when the crossbow was fully nocked, even the limbs at the front had curved like a crescent moon. Just looking at this taut crossbow gave Long Chen a chill.
If an arrow was shot out with that kind of force, it would definitely be shockingly powerful.
"Guo Ran, you aren't able to use this crossbow for now. Without two hundred thousand pounds of force, you won't be able to fully cock it," said Long Chen with worry.
Guo Ran was bitter. "That's also the most vexing thing for me. My Spirit Root is average, my physical body is average, and my soul is also average. In total, I am the averagest of all averages. When I managed to make this amazing Voidbreaking Crossbow, I thought I'd be able to exterminate one or two Favored, but... no matter what, I can't even carry it! It's the most depressing thing ever."
"It can kill Favored?" Long Chen was startled.
Guo Ran confidently said, "Right now it's still in its embryonic state. Once I do a few experiments and perfect it, I'm certain that it will be able to kill Favored. Boss, take a look at the arrow."
== Arrow ==
Guo Ran went deeper into his immortal cave and came back out with an arrow. Long Chen carefully examined it. How was this thing even an arrow? It was more like a short spear.
It had to be five feet long and as thick as an egg. It was clearly also a new invention of Guo Ran's.
And as soon as he lifted the arrow, he found that it had to be over ten thousand pounds. There were also many little grooves along the shaft.
Looking at those little grooves, Long Chen exclaimed, "Guo Ran, you really are a genius!"
"Boss, you know what those grooves are for?" Guo Ran was surprised.
"If my guess is right, these grooves should be to lessen the air resistance, allowing it to fly faster as well as letting it fly silently!" 
The faster something moved through the air, the more drag and resistance it would meet, eventually causing a sonic boom. That was a law of physics.
But these little grooves were able to prevent that, allowing it to kill others silently. By the time anyone sensed it, it would already be too late.
"Boss really is boss. I had to research and experiment for a long time before figuring this out, but boss figured it out with just a glance," said Guo Ran with worship.
"Haha, let's stop shamelessly boasting about each other. Let's test it out."
The two of them left the monastery and found a small mountain. That was a stone mountain over forty meters tall.
"Let's try it out." Long Chen aimed the crossbow at that mountain from five miles away. 
With a light release of a lock, the arrow shot out like lightning. The instant that arrow shot out, Long Chen felt a huge backlash and he involuntarily stumbled back a dozen steps.
BOOM!
The small mountain exploded to pieces from that arrow, dust filling the air.
Long Chen and Guo Ran were dumbfounded. Even Guo Ran hadn't expected this.
Although he had personally made it, he had never had the strength required to use it. Today was his first time seeing it in action.
The arrow hadn't had any explosives in it. The explosion had been entirely due to the power of inertia behind that arrow. Just that inertia possessed the shocking power to break apart a small mountain.
And most frightening of all, while it had been flying through the air, there hadn't been the slightest sound.
"A perfect sneak attack..."Chapter 278
== References ==
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