The long bow suddenly hit the ground with a muffled sound.
Wei Ci suddenly understood.
Those lines must be engraved with gravity amplification type patterns.
What kind of increase in power is clearly the increase in gravity. Before it is actually activated, it is already as heavy as a ton of weight.
This is too confusing!
If you don't circulate the vitality in your body, the bow string cannot be pulled. If you circulate the vitality in your body, the gravity amplification pattern on the bow arm will be activated by the vitality, and the weight of the bow will surge, making people unable to lift it instantly.
In other words, you can only use your body's own strength to practice archery.
Bai Nianran looked at the archery target in the distance: "Let's get started. You need to prove the theoretical knowledge of archery through practice."
Wei Ci took a long breath, picked up the long bow that fell on the ground, and held it tightly.
Nothing wrong.
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth...
This training was different from the random performance of just hitting the target during the trial. As his first real archery training after arriving on the island, it had the significance of enlightenment and foundation building.
He understands that only by going all out and taking it seriously can archery skills be truly improved.
Maybe one day, archery can really become a killer move...
Wei Ci eliminated distracting thoughts and his eyes gradually became clear.
Open your feet to the same width as your shoulders, lean forward slightly, and place your weight evenly on your feet. Stand on both sides of the starting line. Your shoulders and the target should be in a natural straight line. Bai Nianran taught him the standards for archery shooting.
The pose is completed quickly.
At this moment, Bai Nianran discovered that Wei Ci's temperament had changed significantly.
Different from his usual casual and casual manner, Wei Ci's aura at this time was restrained, with a sense of concealment.
After calming down and slowing down his breathing, Wei Ci gently pulled out an arrow from the stone table.
The shooting process consists of three stages.
The shooting stage includes 5 actions: meditation, standing, nocking the arrow, holding the bow, and buckling the string.
The shooting phase includes 4 actions: pre-draw, draw, aim, and release.
After shooting, there are only two actions: holding the action and closing the action.
Wei Ci followed Bai Nianran's instructions, inserting the arrow nock into the arrow nest of the bow string, placing the arrow shaft at the end of the index finger of the left hand holding the bow, and inserting the arrow nock groove into the bow string's mouth.
Bend the first joints of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger of your right hand and hook the bowstring at the same time. The index finger and middle finger gently fix the arrow.
Three-finger string hooking method!
Using the thumb to hook the string, this method allows the fingers to withstand greater pressure from the bow string and draw the bow with greater draw force.
At this point, the actions before launching have been completed.
Bai Nianran nodded and motioned for him to continue.
Wei Ci looked forward, staring at the archery target 30 meters away.
Although the distance is very close, it is quite a challenge for this heavy and hard black iron longbow to hit the target.
His stance remained unchanged and his feet maintained balance.
The left arm that was holding the bow was straightened, and he gently pushed the bow arm downwards until resistance came from his hand. Then he raised the long bow to the line of his eyebrows, which was a "pre-pull" action.
Then, he continued to push the bow arm forward gently with his left arm, and pulled the bow string back with his right arm.
According to the basic principles of archery, the right hand that pulls the string needs to be pulled back to the chin position before it is completed.
However, the black iron longbow in Wei Ci's hand, although full of flexibility, was too hard. When he pulled it with all his strength, the bowstring was barely pulled out to an obtuse angle.
This is not the most important thing.
At the moment when he actually fired the bow, he discovered that with a 15-kilogram longbow and half the weight of the 60-kilogram arm guard, the left hand holding the bow had to bear at least 45 kilograms of weight, while the right hand pulling the string had to bear 30 kilograms.
The weight, if it weren't for the strengthening of his body after entering the practice, he would not be able to lift it at all.
This was a great test for his arm strength.
Wei Ci clenched his teeth, his eyes fixed on the arrow target in front of him, and while resisting gravity with both hands, he continued to apply force to the bowstring.
Perhaps because it has not been used for a long time, the dark and shiny bow arm makes a "click" sound from time to time.
This process did not last too long, because the four points of his eye, arrow, outside of the bow body, and bullseye quickly became a straight line, which is the so-called aiming baseline.
Aim completed!
Without any hesitation, the three fingers on the string were instantly released, the tough brown string made a clear "buzz" sound, and the dark arrow flew out under his gaze.
After shooting this arrow, Wei Ci's body continued to maintain the position where he had just let go. It was not until two breaths had passed that he lowered the bow and turned around.
This action is called "action retention" and "retraction" in archery. Its main function is to facilitate continued exertion and prepare to shoot the next arrow. These are also the last two actions after the arrow is shot.
The whole set of movements was quite smooth. He completely used the power of his body and did not activate the vitality in his body.
Without him, I'm afraid that the bow arm will suddenly become heavy and I won't be able to hold it.
Wei Ci suddenly widened his eyes.
Because as soon as the arrow was shot, it began to fall rapidly, and finally landed just in front of the target.
This is not scientific!
In his calculations, with the toughness of the black iron longbow and the strength of his string pull, although the bowstring could not be fully stretched, it should be no problem for the arrow to hit the target. But now it seems that he still underestimated the arrow.
The weight of the arrow.
"Continue! Master the relationship between bow, arrow and power. This is what you want to learn." Without giving him time to stop, Bai Nianran's unhurried voice came at the right time.
Wei Ci shook his hands to relieve the stinging pain in his fingertips and the soreness in his upper arms, and calmed himself down.
The elasticity of the bow arm, the toughness of the bow string, and the weight of the arrow body are all factors that come from the bow itself and will affect the shooting result. The power, shooting state, throwing angle, and advance amount are all from the shooter himself and will also affect the shooting result.
main factors.
In addition, there are also target distance, flight resistance, string snapping technique, force exertion method, equipment quality...
On weekdays, the archery knowledge and essentials taught by Bai Nianran come to mind one by one.
After a long time, Wei Ci picked up a new arrow, felt the heavy weight of the arrow, and slowly completed the actions of setting up the bow, stringing it, and aiming.
From a scientific point of view, how far an arrow can shoot actually depends on the kinetic energy of the arrow and the resistance encountered during flight.
Wei Ci couldn't make precise calculations yet, so he could only ignore air resistance and roughly estimate the distance that the kinetic energy generated by the black iron long bow could reach.
Overcoming the heavy pressure from his arms, he raised the arrow slightly and aimed the arrow above the bullseye.
"Whoosh...chi!"
Unfortunately, the arrow still failed to hit the target and was inserted diagonally into the soil, but the impact point was a few minutes closer to the target.
Wei Ci took note of the arrow's flight path, picked up an arrow again, and struggled to hold up his arms and long bow.
"Whoosh!"
"laugh!"
This time, the arrow was closer to the target, but it missed a little to the left.
He took the arrow again.
"Whoosh!"
"laugh!"
The arrow came closer.
After the arrow was shot, he had a hint of enlightenment in his heart, and based on his intuition, he drew the bow and nocked the arrow again.
"Whoosh!"
…
"Dang!"
Finally, with this wonderful clang sound, the arrow passed through the parabolic trajectory in the air and nailed into the target.