I am the Arcane Archer, and all my skills are self-created.

Five people were hurrying across the wasteland.

Chasing Wind ran in the middle of the group, his bow still warm from the battle at Starshine Fortress. He glanced back as he ran.

The outline of Starshine Fortress had shrunk to a black dot, and the two gaps in the city wall blasted by the Burning Star Return to Ruins Arrow were still faintly visible in the setting sun.

The entire process, from their arrival to their capture of the fortress, took less than thirty minutes.

Zhui Feng turned his gaze back to Li Wu, who was running at the front.

The person's gait remained unchanged, his breathing was steady, and his pace was even, exactly the same as when he first set off.

"President," Zhui Feng couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you tired?"

"You already asked." Li Wu didn't even reply.

"I know, but I still want to ask."

Li Wu ignored him.

Hua Zitong ran half a step behind Li Wu on the right, with her communicator pressed to her ear, constantly keeping in touch with Hua Yu and Xiao Feng.

"The Flower Language Guild's eight hundred members are already arrayed three kilometers north of Moonflower Fortress," Hua Zitong said as she ran. "The attention of the defending forces of Fengyun Zaiqi has been drawn to the north."

"What about the south side?" Li Wu asked.

"Hua Yu and Xiao Feng said that she sent two groups of scouts to check the south side. The defenses on the south side of the city wall are relatively weak, with about 150 men. But the city gate is also blocked, sealed with stone like the Starshine Fortress."

"What about the drainage ditch?"

Hua Zitong paused for a moment, then smiled.

"You're still planning to climb the drainage ditch?"

Why not use something useful a second time?

"Huayu and Xiaofeng didn't mention the drainage ditch, let me ask."

Hua Zitong pressed the communicator and spoke with Hua Yu and Xiao Feng for about twenty seconds.

"She said her scouts found a drainage outlet on the southeast side of Moonflower Fortress, but the opening was smaller than that of Starshine Fortress, and could only barely allow one person to squeeze through sideways."

That's enough.

"Are you really planning to climb it again?"

"Hua Zitong," Li Wu's voice was flat, "Do you think Fengyun Jiutian might also be thinking about the drainage ditch?"

Hua Zitong thought for a moment and said, "The news of the Starshine Fortress being breached has already spread. Feng Yun Jiutian definitely knows how you got in. Could he have blocked the drainage ditches as well?"

"He's too late," Li Wu said. "Less than twenty minutes have passed since Starshine Fortress fell. It would take him at least fifteen minutes to receive the news, analyze the intelligence, issue orders, and send people to check all the drainage outlets. After that, sealing them would take another ten minutes. We'll be there in ten minutes."

Hua Zitong did some mental calculations.

The time difference is about five to ten minutes.

"It's a little tight."

"That's enough," Li Wu said. "Besides, Fengyun Jiutian isn't the Blood Wolf Battle Spirit. I've defeated the Blood Wolf Battle Spirit twice, so its vigilance against me is at its limit, which is why it checks the secret passages. But Fengyun Jiutian has never fought me head-on, so its defensive deployment must be based on predictions made using conventional tactics."

"You mean he'll focus on defending the north and the front, but won't block all possible entrances like Blood Wolf Warrior did?"

"almost."

Hua Zitong nodded and said nothing more.

They ran for about six more minutes.

Chasing Wind was the first to unleash the Eagle Eye skill.

"Patrol spotted 400 meters ahead. Eight men, four soldiers and four archers, patrolling behind a patch of low bushes."

"Go around it."

The five men changed direction and crossed a rocky area to the right of the patrol team.

We walked another two hundred meters.

Zhui Feng reported again: "Moonlight Fortress is 1,200 meters ahead. The city wall is higher than Starshine Fortress, about 12 meters high. There are many people on the city wall, but they are mainly concentrated on the north and east sides. There are about 130 to 150 people on the south side of the city wall."

"Where's the flag?" Li Wu asked.

"No." Chasing Wind looked carefully again. "I didn't see the Banner of Chaos."

Li Wu hummed in agreement.

Fengyun Jiutian's defensive strategy differed from Xuelang Zhanhun's. Instead of using magic to disrupt the flag, he concentrated his forces in the direction most likely to be attacked.

This is conventional defense logic, correct but insufficient.

"Night Breeze".

"exist."

"Go ahead, to the east side of the south city wall, and find the drainage outlet."

Without uttering a single word, Ye Feng vanished in a flash.

Li Wu led the remaining three people to a secluded hollow and squatted down, waiting for Ye Feng's reconnaissance results.

Two minutes later, the communicator rang.

"Found it." Night Wind's voice was extremely low. "The drain outlet is a little narrower than Starshine's, but you can get through. The iron fence was rusted, so I've already removed it."

"Where are the guards?"

"There are three archers on the city wall above the drainage outlet, looking out, but no one is paying attention to what's below."

"Channel length?"

"I threw a pebble, and the echo probably went about 35 meters. There was light at the end, which should lead directly to the inner city's drainage system."

"Okay, wait for me."

Li Wu stood up and looked at Hua Zitong, Mohen, and Zhuifeng.

"Same as always, I'll go in through the drainage ditch, and you wait outside the south wall. After I create chaos inside, the south garrison will be redeployed, and you'll climb over the wall."

"What do we do after we go in?" Mohen asked.

"You don't need to do anything, just find the control core. Huayu and Xiaofeng's people will attack the city from the north. Once you get the control core, the fortress will be ours."

Hua Zitong hesitated for a moment. "The Moonlit Fortress has over two thousand defenders, twice as many as the Starshine Fortress. You're alone..."

"It's the same," Li Wu interrupted her. "Two thousand men and one thousand men make no difference to me. The only difference is that I need to shoot a few more arrows."

Hua Zitong didn't say anything more.

She knew that saying anything would be useless. This was her way of fighting: she would take on the most dangerous parts herself and leave the safe tasks to her teammates.

Li Wu turned around and quickly moved towards the south side of the city wall.

Hua Zitong watched his retreating figure and said to Mohen and Zhuifeng, "Let's go find cover."

The three of them split up and found a low hill about 200 meters outside the south city wall to squat down.

Chasing Wind unleashed Eagle Eye once more, keeping a close eye on the movements on the south city wall.

Meanwhile, inside the Moonflower Fortress.

In the command center, Fengyun Jiutian was standing in front of the map.

His face looked terrible.

The two system announcements he just received felt like two slaps to his face.

Sunrise Fortress fell in thirteen minutes.

Starshine Fortress fell in less than forty minutes.

Both fortresses were breached by a single person.

"Guild Master," his adjutant entered, "report from the north city wall: the Flower Language Guild's eight hundred members are still arrayed two kilometers away, without making a move."

"That's not the main direction of attack," Fengyun Jiutian said.

"What?"

"The Flower Language Guild only has 800 members, while we have 2,300. She won't be foolish enough to launch a direct attack."

"What is she doing?"

"Buy time to see things clearly through the fog."

The adjutant's expression changed.

Feng Yun Jiutian took a deep breath. "How was Starshine Fortress lost?"

"It is said that the person who saw the flowers through the fog climbed into the drainage ditch."

"gutter?"

"Yes, wash away those blocking stones, enter the inner city through the drainage system, then go up the city wall, and bombard it with the Burning Star Returning to Ruins Arrows from the city wall."

Fengyun Jiutian closed his eyes for a moment.

"Go and check all our drains. Plug any that can be blocked."

"yes!"

The adjutant ran out.

Fengyun Jiutian turned around and looked at the layout of Moonflower Fortress on the map.

Drainage outlet... The drainage outlet is located to the southeast.

He immediately picked up the communicator. "Send fifty more men to the southeastern part of the city wall to inspect the drainage outlets!"

"receive!"

The order has been issued.

Fengyun Jiutian tapped his fingers on the table.

Can you make it?

he does not know.

All he knew was that the person called "Seeing Flowers Through the Fog" was probably already on their way.

They may have arrived already.

possible……

It was already in the drainage ditch at his feet.

Below the south city wall, inside the drainage outlet.

Li Wu was bending over as he walked inside.

The water was ankle-deep, and the air was thick with the smells of rust and mildew. The passage was narrower than that of Starshine Fortress, and his shoulders were almost pressed against the stone walls on either side.

He walked the 35-meter passage in less than a minute.

At the end, it connects to a slightly wider drainage ditch, allowing for upright passage.

Li Wu straightened up and stretched his shoulders.

There is a stone staircase ten meters ahead, and light shines through the top of the staircase.

He climbed up step by step.

He stopped when he reached the last three steps.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from above the stone slab.

The sound of many people's footsteps is approaching in this direction.

Fengyun Jiutian reacted two minutes faster than he had anticipated.

Li Wu stood on the steps for three seconds.

Then he made a decision.

Stop stealing, let's fight head-on.

He pushed the stone slab aside with one hand and leaped out.

The exit was a narrow alley, at the end of which were the steps leading up to the south city wall. A group of more than twenty guards were rushing down the steps, led by a knight who was holding a shield and charging at the forefront.

They came to block the drain.

I'm late.

Li Wu raised the Arcane Bow.

The knight saw him.

"It's him! In the fog—"

The Arrow that Burns Stars and Returns to Ruins.

Gathering strength.

A dark red energy singularity has already condensed on the bowstring.