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

"Okay, get ready."

Without the slightest hesitation, Hua Zitong stepped into the deadly complex light domain the moment Li Wu gave her a positive answer.

hum!

A scorching heat immediately enveloped the two of them, and their health bars began to steadily decrease at a rate of 1% per second.

"Watch closely! The first platform is about to appear!" Hua Zitong whispered.

Li Wu was highly focused, his eyes fixed on the huge matrix in front of him, which consisted of hundreds of floating platforms.

These platforms dart around like headless flies, their trajectories chaotic and disorganized, leaving viewers bewildered.

Time passed second by second.

Their health has dropped by nearly 10%.

Just as the tenth second was about to pass, Li Wu's pupils suddenly contracted!

He saw it!

In the upper left corner of the matrix, an inconspicuous platform, at the last moment of its orbital change, shone brighter than the surrounding platforms by a fraction of a second!

If he hadn't been highly focused and possessed dynamic vision far exceeding that of ordinary people, he would never have been able to capture this fleeting change!

"To the left, at the ten o'clock position, that platform that's moving downwards!" Li Wu shouted immediately.

Without the slightest doubt, almost at the same time Li Wu finished speaking, Hua Zitong suddenly exerted force with both legs and leaped in the direction Li Wu pointed!

Li Wu followed closely behind.

The two of them traced a precise parabola in the air and landed steadily on the platform that had just been moved into place.

"We succeeded!" Hua Zitong's tone was filled with joy.

"Don't get too excited yet, we only have ten seconds to rest," Li Wu reminded him.

Their health has dropped by 12% and continues to decrease.

They must get through this damned platform matrix before their health runs out.

"continue!"

The two turned their gaze forward again.

A new round of platform migration has begun.

"On the right, at three o'clock, the one pointing upwards!"

"Behind you! At seven o'clock!"

"Straight ahead, quick!"

In the next minute, Li Wu's brain was working at an unprecedented speed.

He's like a highly sophisticated radar, always able to pinpoint the only "way out" amidst the dazzling array of platform movements.

Hua Zitong, on the other hand, showed complete trust in Li Wu.

No matter how outlandish the direction Li Wu shouted was, she would jump there without hesitation at the first moment.

The two worked together with an unprecedented level of synergy.

However, the accident still happened.

After they jumped several times in a row and their health dropped below 50%, Li Wu experienced a moment of disorientation while searching for the next platform.

The platform's movement trajectory was too complex, and the prolonged period of intense concentration caused him to feel somewhat fatigued.

It was this brief moment of mistake that caused him to miss that platform's shining moment.

"Oh no!" Li Wu's heart sank.

With ten seconds left, if they couldn't find the right platform soon, they would have to watch helplessly as the platform beneath their feet moved away and they fell into the void.

"What's wrong?" Hua Zitong also noticed that something was amiss.

"I didn't see it." Li Wu's voice was a little hoarse.

Hua Zitong's face instantly turned pale.

Has it failed?

Just at this critical moment, Hua Zitong suddenly remembered something.

She turned sharply to look at Li Wu and asked urgently, "Do you still remember the order in which we skipped all the platforms?"

"In order?" Li Wu was taken aback, and then his brain began to recall at lightning speed.

Although his attention had been focused on finding the next target, the location and order of the platforms he had skipped earlier were still clearly imprinted in his mind.

"Remember! Starting from the first one, the directions are upper left, upper right, down, left..." Li Wu quickly recited a series of directions.

"Stop!" Hua Zitong interrupted him. "I know! I know where the next platform is!"

"You know?" Li Wu asked, puzzled.

"Yes!" Hua Zitong nodded heavily, a relieved smile on her face.

"In my past life... cough, I once read a guide that mentioned a hidden mechanic. If a player gets lost along the way, the next correct platform will be the intersection of the paths of all the previous correct platforms!"

"The center intersection?"

Li Wu's brain worked at lightning speed, constructing a three-dimensional model in his mind of all the platform trajectories he had previously memorized.

Countless line segments crisscross in the virtual space, and eventually, all the line segments point to the same coordinate!

"There!" Li Wu suddenly looked up and pointed to a position slightly below the center of the matrix.

Almost simultaneously, a platform moved precisely to that coordinate point!

"Walk!"

Hua Zitong shouted, grabbed Li Wu's hand, and leaped into the air.

The two successfully landed on the platform again.

"Phew..." Li Wu let out a long breath, feeling that his back was completely soaked.

That was really close.

He looked at Hua Zitong, who was also panting beside him, and his expression became somewhat complicated.

This woman not only knew how to pass the level, but also knew exactly how to remedy the situation if she failed.

Who is she?

For the first time, Li Wu's absurd guess that "she likes me" began to waver.

Because the abilities that Hua Zitong has demonstrated have far exceeded the scope that can be explained by "emotional investment".

This is more like... an omniscient and omnipotent prophet.

"Stop daydreaming, we're almost out of health, the finish line is just ahead!" Hua Zitong's voice pulled Li Wu back from his reverie.

Li Wu looked up and saw a huge white stone gate standing at the end of the light bridge.

That's the exit for the third floor.

"Charge!"

Without further hesitation, the two used their last bit of strength to jump repeatedly on the platform, rushing towards the finish line.

Finally, with less than 10% of their health remaining, they successfully jumped onto the platform at the finish line and passed through the massive stone gate.

The moment I passed through the stone gate, the burning pain and the feeling of being bound by the forbidden treatment vanished instantly.

Li Wu and Hua Zitong both breathed a sigh of relief and sat down heavily on the ground, panting.

The experience I just had was more thrilling than fighting any boss.

"Finally... I made it through." Li Wu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling utterly exhausted.

"Yes, we succeeded." A smile appeared on Hua Zitong's face, a pure and heartfelt joy.

The two rested for a while before standing up and looking around the space behind the door.

This was no longer the Void Bridge of Light, but a pure white circular hall. In the center of the hall, a huge treasure chest made of light floated.

[Congratulations to players 'Seeing Through the Fog' and 'Searching for Fog Among the Flowers'! You are the first team to successfully pass the trial of the 'Corridor of Rules'.]

As a first-clear reward, you will receive a unique bonus.

A loud voice rang out in the hall.

As the sound faded, the enormous chest of light slowly opened.

Two distinct beams of light shot out from the treasure chest, one exuding the aura of an ancient parchment scroll, and the other gleaming with a deep, dark purple light.

The ancient light flew straight towards Li Wu and hovered in front of him.

Li Wu reached out and took it, only to find that it was an ordinary-looking, tattered page.

But the moment his finger touched the page, the information was instantly displayed:

【The Lost Pages of Erling (Mythical Level)】

[Type: Special Quest Item]

[Effect: Records a powerful, lost arrow skill combination from the Arcane Archer lineage. Requires specific conditions to decipher.]

[Introduction: "When the stars return to their places, when the secret texts resonate, the lost chapters will reappear in the world." — Erling.]

It's that same page again!

Li Wu's heart suddenly raced.

Last time, he used this page to comprehend the [Burning Star Return to Ruins Arrow] and [Fusion Penetration Arrow].

In other words, you might even learn a powerful skill from this page!

Li Wu examined the pages carefully and found that they still contained the same blurry, ancient characters, but unlike the previous page, they hadn't suddenly changed.

It seems that the secret texts that Li Wu has comprehended so far cannot open this page.

Li Wu wasn't in a hurry. There were only 36 kinds of secret texts in total, and he would open this page sooner or later!

He looked at Hua Zitong.

The dark purple light flew to her and transformed into a palm-sized black token engraved with intricate magical runes.

Hua Zitong reached out her slightly trembling hand and accepted the token.

She froze the moment she saw the token's attributes.

Immediately afterwards, an uncontrollable surge of ecstasy burst forth from the depths of her eyes, her lips curled up uncontrollably, and her body trembled slightly with overwhelming excitement.

Li Wu had never seen her like this before.

In his memory, Hua Zitong had always been calm, decisive, and even somewhat cold.

Even when she obtained epic-level equipment before, she only commented indifferently, "It's alright."

But now, this small token has caused her to lose her composure to this extent.

Li Wu's curiosity was brought to its peak.

"That token... what is it?" he couldn't help but ask. "You seem even happier than I was when I got the legendary item, even more excited than we were when we got the mythical item."

He originally wanted to say epic, but then, remembering that his book pages were mythological, he changed his mind.

Hua Zitong seemed to realize her loss of composure. She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her inner elation, but her voice still trembled slightly:

"Something...more important to us than any equipment."

She clutched the token tightly in her hand, as if it were the most precious treasure in the world.

Just then, that grand voice rang out again.

The trial is complete, and the reputation conversion system is activated.

Please choose one of the following towns as your reputation base.

A huge screen of light unfolded in front of the two of them, listing the names of hundreds of towns.