Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 513 - 338: Royal Hunting Ground_2

People’s gazes were drawn over.

Some continued to talk as if nothing was happening, but most couldn’t help but take a few more looks, half at Zhao Manying and half at Ji Xinghuo.

Zhao Manying was well known, and the man who was very close to her was recognized by everyone, even by those who hadn’t seen him before.

"Xinghuo."

An Yitian waved his hand.

Ji Xinghuo walked over and smiled, "It seems Princess Sofia has invited Senior An as well." These siblings were always together; An Zhisu was right beside An Yitian, sitting on the couch without speaking.

"My archery skill is average; I’m just here for the excitement," An Yitian laughed heartily, "do you want me to introduce everyone to you?"

"No need." Ji Xinghuo looked around at the people nearby, "Everyone here is a renowned senior, I am Ji Xinghuo, I have long admired you all."

His face was relaxed with a smile.

Although all the powerful mutants were present, compared to their fame, they were far less known than Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying. Seeing his casual demeanor, naturally, no one would step forward to say anything dismissive. Instead, they turned to congratulate Zhao Manying on winning the championship.

"Xinghuo, I have long admired your archery skill, show us some of your skills later." A tall, thin man said.

He was Su Ziyou, ranked 133rd on the Legendary rankings as the "Star Realm Hunter".

The Star Realm Hunter is an advanced profession of Rangers and Hunters, naturally skilled in archery, but the presence of Su Ziyou’s war pet was not visible.

Su Ziyou had been famous for a long time, but he was only 45 years old.

In recent years, there has been a trend on the ladder and Legendary rankings; the higher the rank of the mutants, the younger they tend to be compared to those ranked lower.

The top ten of the Legendary rankings have an average age of below 55;

from rank 11 to 50, the average age is about 65;

from rank 51 to 100, the average age is around 75; beyond that, the age gradually increases, the last hundred mutants on the Legendary rankings have an average age of over 150 years, mostly those legends who have accumulated their status over time.

According to this trend, the mutants on the Legendary rankings will become younger and younger, and in a few decades, those old seniors will be eliminated from the rankings.

The ladder is even younger.

The top 100 are all Super Mutants under the age of 40, the past three number ones on the ladder reached the top when they were just in their twenties.

This is the result of abilities research, abundant resources, and technological advancement.

Su Ziyou is one of these representatives, having been promoted to legendary status just ten years ago, yet his ranking continues to rise on the Legendary rankings.

Many believe that he will eventually break into the top twenty of the Legendary rankings and possibly ascend to become a Heavenly King in the future.

Ji Xinghuo said modestly, "Compared to Brother Su’s archery skill, I still have some gaps. In terms of innate talent for archery, there aren’t many globally who can match Brother Su; I mainly rely on my ability, which isn’t much to show."

He was telling the truth; his archery was mostly reliant on the Wanxiang Star Pupil. His inherent archery talent, when compared to a top archer like Su Ziyou, was slightly inferior.

However, no one believed his words.

"Excessive modesty is pride," Su Ziyou shook his head, disapproving.

He had watched countless videos of Ji Xinghuo in the Indi Kingdom, and was amazed at the time. Ji Xinghuo could hit supersonic missiles and fighter jets while flying at high speeds, a difficulty he understood better than anyone else.

Ji Xinghuo was helpless as others didn’t believe him.

While talking with everyone, he noticed a gaze that stayed on him for a long time, so he turned to look.

Suddenly, Ji Xinghuo’s eyes met a pair of light green eyes, recognizing the person.

Kelly Olson.

When he had entered, Ji Xinghuo had noticed her, the third-ranked of the ladder. It seemed she had recovered from last night’s match loss, chatting and laughing with her friends.

Ji Xinghuo shifted his gaze away, yet, Kelly kept looking in his direction.

"What’s going on?"

He was somewhat puzzled.

Just as he was about to explore, Princess Sofia, dressed in hunting attire, came in, clapped her hands to draw the guests’ attention, and began the opening speech for this archery exchange meeting.

While Princess Sofia spoke with enthusiasm, Ji Xinghuo still noticed Kelly’s gaze and frowned inwardly.

At that moment, Princess Sophia finished speaking, "We set out now!"

A moment later.

The group arrived at the estate’s stables, which housed dozens of majestic Silver Winged Pegasus, each completely white, with broad wings and neatly trimmed, graceful manes. Their eyes showed a hint of intelligence, clearly indicating their extraordinary lineage.

Saddles were fitted on all horses, with attendants holding the reins nearby.

The quality of these Silver Winged Pegasus was exceptionally high, far surpassing that of ordinary Pegasus, making them excellent mounts.

In the open space in front of the stables, there was a long table covered with various shooting weapons, only three types, bows and arrows, Gauss pistols, and electromagnetic rifles, all of the same make and equipped with identical ammunition.

Each person picked a set of weapons and ammunition, selected a Silver Winged Pegasus, and placed them into the saddlebags.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please mount," Princess Sophia called out loudly.

Everyone promptly mounted their Silver Winged Pegasus.

With a flurry of flapping wings, dozens of Silver Winged Pegasus took off one after another, flying toward the northern end of the Gagra Royal Hunting Ground in the Great Caucasus Mountains.

This hunting expedition aimed at the Wind-controlling Constellation.

The Master of the Gagra Royal Hunting Ground had bred many Wind-controlling Eagles in the mountains. Since they were an introduced species with no natural predators and reproduced too rapidly, humans had to intervene annually to reduce their numbers to prevent ecological imbalance.

Wind-controlling Eagles flew at incredibly high speeds and had superior vision; ordinary people had no chance of getting close, and it was nearly impossible to shoot them down.

Thus, Princess Sophia chose them as the hunting targets.

Soon, the group flew into the mountains. Princess Sophia controlled her Silver Winged Pegasus to lower the altitude, using the forest as cover, traveling beneath the tree shade, and stopped a few minutes later in a clearing.

Her voice reached everyone’s ears: "There’s a nest of Wind-controlling Eagles on the top of this peak. We’ll use bows and arrows this round, who would like to go first?"

People looked up, their gazes penetrating the tree shade toward the top.

On the cliff at the mountain’s summit was a huge nest, estimated to be over 400 meters away and at an upward angle, making shooting quite difficult.

Even Legendary archers, without a powerful bow and arrow, could hardly reach a range of 500 meters.

All present were no ordinary Mutants.

However, the bows and arrows Princess Sophia provided everybody with were only of Superpower Two Stars, with a standard range of 350 meters. To shoot a target above 400 meters height from below would require superb skill to exceed the range, which was very challenging.

After some mutual deference among the group, Princess Sophia looked at Ji Xinghuo, "Mr. Ji, why don’t you set an example for everyone?"

"Since Her Highness has requested, then I shall humbly comply."

Ji Xinghuo readily agreed.

Although this was just a leisurely exchange, it also implied a competition. In front of Mutants from the United States and other countries, he needed to perform well.

Electromagnetic induction had already scoped out the situation at the Wind-controlling Eagles’ nest at the mountain top; there were five in total, two adult Wind-controlling Eagles and three fledglings, each with a wingspan over three meters, all capable of flying.

On the way flying here, Ji Xinghuo had already tested the bow and arrow in his hands and learned the performance of this hunting compound bow.

He drew five Willow Leaf Arrows.

Just when everyone thought Ji Xinghuo was about to prepare further, he shot an arrow without any warning. His hands moved as fast as illusions, firing the remaining four arrows within one second, appearing very casual.

The five arrows pierced through the tree shade and vanished in an instant.

Everyone looked up and saw the first arrow, like a dark shadow, strike the cliff edge nest precisely, causing numerous broken branches and splinters to fly. One of the Wind-controlling Eagles in the nest screeched sharply, struggling to take flight.

The other four Wind-controlling Eagles in the nest were also startled and took to the air.

But as they had just begun to fly, they were each hit by an arrow, viewed from below, they were struck nearly simultaneously.

The bodies of the five Wind-controlling Eagles fell down.

Everyone could clearly see that each Wind-controlling Eagle was hit in the head, the arrows entering through the lower jaw and piercing out of the top of the head.

All were killed instantly!

Princess Sophia was left speechless. After a few seconds, as the sound of the bodies of the Wind-controlling Eagles hitting the ground reached her, she regained her composure.

"Brilliant!"

"Mr. Ji’s archery skills are too exquisite for me to match," Princess Sophia led the applause, and others showed their admiration.