Chapter 56 Archery, Danger, and Phantom Pain
The archery competition is scheduled for the third day.
When Pei Heng and Shen Shi appeared at the competition venue at the same time, enthusiastic cheers broke out in the stands.
Under the leadership of Zhou Jingming, the classmates in the class shouted slogans of encouragement in unison, with great momentum.
This is a rare project that Ling Yue did not sign up for.
Wu Zhuangyuan, who had a long-standing grudge against him, limped into the arena with a bruised face.
When he saw Pei Heng, he recalled the frustration he'd felt in the training hall before, and the anger he'd suppressed over the past two days under Ling Yue's control. He couldn't help but sneer, "How dare this pretty boy participate in this kind of event? I'm afraid he can't even draw a bow, right?"
Shen Shi's eyes were slightly cold as he glanced at Wu Zhuangyuan.
Pei Heng gently took Shen Shi's hand, and amidst the louder boos and cheers from the surrounding stands, he said to Shen Shi, "Don't waste your energy on someone who only knows how to talk."
Wu Zhuangyuan was choked by these words and his face turned ugly. He rolled his eyes in anger.
The students who were participating in the archery event next to him couldn't help but laugh, which made him feel even more embarrassed.
The competition officially begins.
Pei Heng and Shen Shi stood on their respective archery paths.
Take the bow, put the arrow on it, and draw the bow.
One was arrogant and dazzling like the sun, the other was cool and detached like the bright moon, becoming the most eye-catching focus of the whole audience.
The first arrow.
Wu Zhuangyuan held his breath and took aim for a long time before releasing the arrow. His accuracy was indeed good, and the arrow hit the junction of the eighth and ninth rings.
However, compared to Pei Heng and Shen Shi who shot arrows at the same time, they both hit the ten-ring bull's eye steadily.
His results seem not good enough.
"Ten rings, another ten rings!"
"This couple from the Faculty of Arts is too strong!"
There were constant exclamations from the stands.
Wu Zhuangyuan stared at the two arrows in the distance in disbelief, preferring to believe that the person in charge of reporting the target had made a mistake.
He couldn't help but take a few quick steps to run to the target to confirm, looking back and forth again and again.
But the facts are the facts.
Both arrows hit the bull's eye, beyond dispute.
Wu Zhuangyuan's face turned extremely ugly, and he felt so unwilling in his heart.
The second arrow.
The whistle sounded, the second arrow was about to be shot, and the bowstring was fully drawn.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the target and the contestants.
At this critical moment, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from the direction of the side stands in the corner.
An arrow, carrying a sharp momentum, shot straight towards Pei Heng on the playing field!
"careful!"
"Ah! Over there!"
The stands were instantly filled with screams and cries of terror, and many people stood up in fright!
Pei Heng's senses are far more acute than those of ordinary people. When he senses danger, his body reacts instinctively without even having time to think.
He turned the bowstring towards the incoming arrow and hastily shot an arrow in an attempt to intercept it.
However, the hasty counterattack was far from enough in terms of strength and accuracy.
The two arrows briefly crossed each other in the air, and the arrow shot by Pei Heng only grazed the tail of the arrow and failed to shoot it down.
The arrow's force slowed down slightly, but it still carried a deadly threat as it pierced Pei Heng's face.
"Your Highness!"
Shen Shi, who was standing beside Pei Heng, suddenly narrowed his eyes and without thinking, he pounced on Pei Heng and held him tightly in his arms.
The two of them rolled to the side in a panic to avoid it due to inertia.
The arrow flew past Chen Shi's back and pierced deeply into the grass behind them, the tail of the arrow still trembling.
It all happened so fast that most people didn't even react.
Immediately afterwards, another arrow was shot.
A dark shadow reacted faster than anyone else.
Ling Yue jumped down from the high stand in the audience, stepped on the backs of several rows of seats as a fulcrum, and flew towards the competition field.
At the same time as the second arrow was shot, Ling Yue also landed steadily on the edge of the field, stood in front of Pei Heng and Shen Shi, raised his hand to grab the arrow, and picked up a small stone from the ground and flicked it with his fingertips.
call out--
The stone flew through the air towards the audience stands.
"ah!"
The person who was about to escape screamed, his right leg went limp, and he lost his balance, falling heavily from the steps of the stands. He was immediately pounced on and held down by the security guards and staff who rushed over.
Only then did the entire stadium seem to have pressed the play button.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden and thrilling scene that was comparable to an action movie.
For a moment, he didn't know whether to be surprised first that someone dared to attack students with arrows in broad daylight, or to be shocked first by Ling Yue's incredible skills.
On the field, the other contestants had already run away in fear.
Only Zhou Jingming and Chen Yu went against the flow of people, their faces pale, their hearts pounding, and they rushed over with trembling voices.
"Pei Heng, Shen Shi! How are you? Are you okay?"
Pei Heng was held tightly in Chen Shi's arms. He was covered in some grass debris when he rolled over, but he didn't seem to be seriously injured.
His face turned pale, and he shook his head first, then subconsciously hugged Shen Shi with his backhand, gently patting his back to comfort him, his voice still calm.
"I'm fine, Shen Shi, you..."
Before he could finish his words, Pei Heng's voice suddenly stopped.
His eyes looked blankly towards the chaos in the stands, and his pupils seemed to have no focus.
A fragmented yet extremely vivid image flashed through my mind without warning.
Empty and desolate forests, muddy ground, and... glaring, large amounts of blood.
Suddenly, a tearing pain suddenly came from the abdomen, as if it was really pierced by a sharp blade.
"it hurts……"
Pei Heng suddenly spoke in a very soft voice, subconsciously raised his hand, and pressed hard on his abdomen which had no scars, with his brows tightly furrowed.
However, there was no pain on his face, not even any expression. It was more like he was immersed in some kind of memory, confused and... empty.
Shen Shi was originally anxiously checking whether Pei Heng was injured. When he heard him cry out in pain, his heart instantly rose to his throat.
But when he followed Pei Heng's hand to look at the intact abdomen, and then met Pei Heng's unfocused eyes, as if looking through him somewhere else, his face changed instantly.
In an instant, Shen Shi guessed that Pei Heng was thinking of the assassination scene in his previous life, but...how could it be?
Pei Heng clearly hasn't fully recovered his memories of his past life, so how could he be experiencing phantom pain in his body?
Pei Heng looked at Shen Shi, his tone calm, "Shen Shi, I need to take medicine. I...can't tell the difference, and I will have phantom pain."
"Su Muzhe prepared medicine for me."
If he hadn't trembled while speaking, it might have made those around him less worried.
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