Chapter 235: The Terrifying Power of the Foot-pedal Crossbow and Yun’s Talent Ability!
After the bow limb was connected to the cross frame.
Lin Ye removed the horizontal wooden strip on the cross frame.
That wooden strip’s purpose was to ensure the bow limb was installed parallelly when mounting it.
Lin Ye took out the bamboo bows again.
He removed the bowstrings from them and directly installed them onto the mulberry wood bow limb.
The cowhide bowstring was tough enough, and Lin Ye successfully attached the bowstring to the mulberry wood bow.
Once the bowstring was installed, all that was left was to add some accessories and auxiliary components.
And also the mechanical parts.
Mainly the handle and the trigger.
But for Lin Ye, who possessed intermediate carpentry skills, these were all things he could do with ease.
After fabricating the main parts of the foot-pedal crossbow.
Lin Ye finished the entire foot-pedal crossbow in no time.
Impatiently, Lin Ye picked up an arrow to test-fire it.
The name “foot-pedal crossbow” implied that when loading an arrow, you had to use your foot to pull the bowstring back and secure it on the trigger at the back.
However, Lin Ye didn’t need to do that; he directly pulled it back with his hand and loaded the arrow.
Seeing the cowhide bowstring perfectly drawing back the mulberry wood bow.
Lin Ye nodded, a smile appearing on his face.
This way, he wouldn’t have to search for materials to make the bowstring anymore.
After loading the arrow, Lin Ye held the foot-pedal crossbow with both hands, observing it from top to bottom.
Once he confirmed that every detail was in order.
Lin Ye aimed at a tree about a hundred meters away.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Ye slightly pulled the trigger. “Swish!” “Thwack!”
As the trigger was pulled, the arrow loaded on the crossbow instantly vanished.
Only the cowhide bowstring vibrated slightly.
Lin Ye walked towards the tree he had aimed at.
Upon reaching it, Lin Ye discovered that the bamboo arrow had embedded itself halfway into the big tree.
However, due to the arrow’s material, the rear half of the arrow burst apart.
Touching the tree trunk, only a small tip of the arrow protruded.
Lin Ye’s face broke into a smile.
With this kind of power, a single arrow hitting a gray wolf’s vital spot could turn its insides into a pulp.
Weighing the finished crossbow in his hands, Lin Ye smiled and went back to continue crafting.
He even went out to find another mulberry tree, cut it down, and brought it back.
And so, four days passed.
Finally, all thirty-two foot-pedal crossbows were manufactured.
With the foot-pedal crossbows completed, only eight bamboo bows were left in the tribe.
Lin Ye kept only his bow and those for the seven members of the hunting team, removing the bowstrings from all the others.
Although he hadn’t used all the materials to make the foot-pedal crossbows, Lin Ye had other uses for them.
Lin Ye’s accuracy with a bow was sufficient to compensate for the lack of power.
He kept the hunting team’s bows because the power of bows and arrows was already enough to kill prey when hunting.
Moreover, the firing speed of a foot-pedal crossbow was too slow.
If an arrow missed, by the time it was reloaded, the prey would have long escaped.
With all thirty-two foot-pedal crossbows ready, it was time to teach the Beast-eared Girls how to use them.
However, using a crossbow.
As long as you could successfully string it, it was practically effortless to use.
But stringing it, Lin Ye made the Beast-eared Girls practice for an entire afternoon without arrows before daring to let them load arrows.
When stringing, it was essential to ensure the shooting direction was not aimed at oneself.
Otherwise, when stepping on the bowstring to load it.
If the bowstring slipped, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When the Beast-eared Girls loaded an arrow for the first time and pulled the trigger, shooting the arrow out.
They were all pushed back several steps by the powerful recoil of the foot-pedal crossbow.
Sakura even fell onto her butt. “Ouch!”
One by one, the Beast-eared Girls cried out in pain.
They frowned and moved their shoulders.
But when they saw the arrow they shot explode on the tree.
They were all shocked by the power of the crossbow in their hands and were speechless.
“This, is this the arrow we just shot? It actually exploded?”
Shi touched the arrow stuck in the tree trunk and looked at the debris left by the exploded arrow on the ground, stammering in shock.
The other Beast-eared Girls also widened their eyes, looking at the foot-pedal crossbows in their hands.
Lin Ye smiled, watching the shocked Beast-eared Girls.
Upon the successful manufacturing of the crossbows, the system rewarded Lin Ye with ten thousand points.
And today, Lin Ye’s Talent Ability, Eye of Investigation, had refreshed.
Lin Ye stroked his chin in thought and said to the Beast-eared Girls, “Everyone continue practicing here, Yun, you come with me for a moment.” Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, all the Beast-eared Girls looked towards Yun.
They all knew that Lin Ye could check one person’s talent every seven days.
Now, suddenly asking Yun to go with him.
The Beast-eared Girls remembered that seven days had passed since the last time Lin Ye checked Sakura’s Talent Ability.
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, Yun’s face instantly flushed with excitement.
She quickly put down the crossbow and ran to Lin Ye’s side.
Lin Ye led Yun away to the side.
The other Beast-eared Girls watched Yun with envy.
But their gazes held more genuine happiness for Yun from the bottom of their hearts.
After watching Lin Ye and Yun walk away.
The Beast-eared Girls resumed loading arrows to practice.
Although the arrows were now single-use.
They had accumulated so many before that they could let the Beast-eared Girls practice to their heart’s content.
Yun followed behind Lin Ye.
She knew in her heart that Lin Ye was going to investigate her talent ability.
So her entire demeanor was a little floaty as she walked.
After walking a short distance, Lin Ye stopped and turned to look at Yun.
Yun looked at Lin Ye with an excited face, knowing that this moment was about to arrive.
Lin Ye looked at Yun’s appearance, smiled slightly, and said directly to her.
“Alright, since you know I’m going to investigate your talent ability, I don’t need to explain anything.”
“When the investigation starts, just stand here and don’t move.” Yun nodded heavily at Lin Ye and stood there perfectly straight.
Lin Ye found it a bit amusing, seeing all the Beast-eared Girls react this way when he investigated them.
Seeing that Yun was ready, Lin Ye said no more.
He took a few steps back, lightly tapped his brow, and activated his Talent Ability, Eye of Investigation.
Lin Ye’s eyes were covered with a layer of golden light as he looked at Yun’s body.
Lin Ye began to scan from bottom to top and discovered that Yun’s entire body’s muscles were emitting a faint white light.
Besides her muscles, Yun’s heart was also emitting white light, and it was even more intense than the white light from her muscles.
Focusing his gaze on Yun’s heart, Lin Ye received a very simple four-character description.
Strength Enhancement!
Seeing such a concise description, Lin Ye was momentarily stunned.
To avoid misinterpretation, Lin Ye also focused his gaze on Yun’s muscles that were emitting white light.
But the information he received was always Strength Enhancement.
At this point, Lin Ye was certain that Yun’s talent ability was a simple and direct Strength Enhancement.
He lightly tapped his brow again, turning off the Eye of Investigation.
Lin Ye blinked, moistening his dry eyes.
Seeing the golden light in Lin Ye’s eyes disappear, Yun guessed that the talent investigation was complete.
However, due to extreme nervousness, she remained standing rigidly, staring intently at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye rubbed his eyes, which were aching from dryness, and smiled at Yun.
Seeing her entire body trembling with nervousness, he no longer kept her in suspense and said to her directly.
“Your talent ability, although a little inferior to your sister’s, is still a talent ability that can increase combat power.” Yun’s breathing stopped as she listened to Lin Ye’s words, staring motionlessly at Lin Ye’s mouth. “Your talent is a pure Strength Enhancement.” Yun remained stunned, frozen in place, after hearing her talent revealed by Lin Ye.
After a short while, Yun suddenly took a deep breath.
Then, her face turned red as she started laughing.
It seemed Yun was very satisfied with her talent ability.
Lin Ye had expected Yun to be discouraged upon hearing that her talent was inferior to her sister’s.
Lin Ye didn’t know that the reason Beast-eared Girls were nervous was because many talent abilities in this world came with very troublesome side effects.
Some people would even experience physical changes due to their talent abilities.
That’s why Yun was so happy to hear that her ability not only had no side effects but also helped in combat.
As for her talent being inferior to her sister’s, Yun hadn’t even considered that issue.
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