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

Immune to fire damage?

Li Wu paused for a moment while drawing the bow.

This means that his two most relied-upon and most efficient crowd-clearing skills—[Explosive Burning Arrow] and [Burning Arrow]—will become completely useless.

"It seems the carefree days are over." Li Wu put down his bow and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Don't be discouraged." Hua Zitong noticed his slight disappointment and comforted him, "This may not be a bad thing for us. Leveling up smoothly can actually make people lazy. True strength comes from constantly overcoming difficulties."

Li Wu nodded; of course he understood this principle.

Just like game designers, they can't design a game where players can use only one skill from start to finish. Targeted monster counters are inevitable.

"Let's go see just how hard those iron lumps really are." Li Wu's fighting spirit was quickly reignited.

After passing through a narrow passageway, the view suddenly opened up before you.

They arrived at a more spacious underground cavern, surrounded by numerous mine tunnels of varying sizes, and rusty railway tracks crisscrossing the ground, extending into the darkness.

The air was no longer filled with the chill of vengeful spirits, but with a dry heat mixed with the smell of engine oil and burning metal.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A heavy, rhythmic thud came from not far away.

The two followed the sound and cautiously approached.

Before a massive mine wall, several tall, humanoid machines were tirelessly wielding enormous drills, mining the ore from the rock face.

Their bodies are made entirely of black steel, with complex gears and pipes connecting their joints. Steam occasionally spews out from the exhaust pipes on their backs, making a hissing sound.

They are three meters tall and look like moving steel giants.

Mining Golem

[Level: LV23 (Elite)]

[HP: 5500/5500]

Attack: 200

[Characteristics: Mechanical unit, immune to fire, bleeding, and poison effects.]

Upon seeing this attribute, Li Wu's brows relaxed.

These attributes aren't too outrageous. If there aren't too many of them, Hua Zitong could probably solo it.

"I'll bring one over to try it out first."

Hua Zitong didn't take any chances. She picked up a pebble from the ground and threw it at the mining golem closest to them.

The pebble struck the puppet's metal head with precision, making a crisp "clang" sound.

The mining golem abruptly stopped moving, its single red eye instantly locking onto Hua Zitong's location.

It put down the drill in its hand, took heavy steps, and charged towards the two of them.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

With each step it took, the entire ground seemed to tremble slightly.

"I'll carry it!"

Hua Zitong let out a delicate shout, raised the rare-grade shield [Guardian's Barrier] in her hand, and went to meet the attack.

"Clang!"

The mining golem's enormous iron fist collided violently with Hua Zitong's shield, creating a burst of dazzling sparks.

A tremendous force emanated from the shield.

Hua Zitong felt a numbness in her arm, and her whole body slid backward more than a meter uncontrollably before she could barely regain her balance.

-185!

A damage number, not too high, floated up above her head.

"What strength!" Hua Zitong shook her slightly numb arm, secretly surprised.

Before coming to Ironforge, she would never have dared to take this attack head-on.

But now, she's upgraded her equipment, wearing a set of rare-grade plate armor. Her defense and health have reached a terrifying level, making it more than enough for her to withstand a level 23 elite monster.

"Watch me!"

Li Wu didn't sit idle; while Hua Zitong was holding off the monster, he had already drawn his bow.

The special effect of the Arcane Bow was activated, and the Fusion Piercing Arrow, which originally required charging, was instantly unleashed!

A beam of pure white light, as thin as a hair, flashed by and accurately struck the puppet's single red eye.

Weakness attack!

-150! (Weakness Critical Hit)

The strongest single-target skill only dealt so little damage.

However, this was beyond Li Wu's expectations, since [Fusion Piercing Arrow] is also a fire-attribute skill.

Just as he was stunned, the [Mining Puppet] charged towards Li Wu.

"Be careful!"

Hua Zitong's expression changed, and she immediately activated her taunt skill.

"Shield Slam!"

She lunged forward and slammed the edge of her shield into the puppet's leg joint.

"Clang!"

The mining golem's charge was interrupted, and the aggro was drawn back to Hua Zitong.

It turned around angrily, and its huge iron fist slammed down on Hua Zitong like raindrops.

Hua Zitong, relying on her superb blocking skills and positioning, managed to hold on amidst the relentless onslaught.

Li Wu seized the opportunity and continuously used [Fusion Penetrating Arrow] to wear them down.

It took the two of them more than two minutes to slowly grind down the tough-skinned mining golem.

After the battle, Li Wu's mana had dropped to less than one-third.

"No, it's too inefficient," Li Wu said, shaking his head and panting.

At this rate, they might as well go back and farm dwarven wraiths.

When leveling up, the goal is to maximize efficiency and endurance.

"Don't rush." ​​Hua Zitong's eyes, however, gleamed with thoughtfulness.

She looked at the pile of puppet remains on the ground, as if recalling something.

As a reborn person, her greatest advantage is that she has a vast amount of "strategy guides" for this game stored in her mind.

Although many things have changed because of the appearance of Li Wu, this "butterfly," some of the game's underlying settings will remain unchanged.

For example, the monster's weaknesses.

"I remember now!" Suddenly, Hua Zitong's eyes lit up.

"What are you remembering?" Li Wu asked.

"I remember reading in a guide that the mining golems in the Black Iron Mine Caves, besides being immune to fire and having high physical defense, have a hidden weakness."

"What is it?"

"Their energy cores are vulnerable to a special type of energy," Hua Zitong said, enunciating each word clearly. "That is, lightning!"

Lightning?

Li Wu was stunned.

In the cryptic texts he now possesses, 【炽】 represents fire, 【流】 represents water, and 【磐】 represents earth…

However, there was no symbol representing lightning.

"I don't have any lightning-based skills," Li Wu said, shrugging helplessly.

"Who said you don't have any?" Hua Zitong looked at him and gave him a meaningful smile.

"You are an arcane archer."

"Your skills aren't something you learn."

"It's through creation."

One sentence was enough to enlighten Li Wu.

Yup!

How could he forget that!

His most core advantage is his unique ability to create skills.

If you don't have lightning skills, then... create one yourself!

The moment this thought crossed Li Wu's mind, his blood began to boil.

This is not just about leveling up, but also a challenge to my own abilities!

He looked at the steel golems not far away, still tirelessly mining, and his eyes became incredibly fervent.

These were no longer troublesome obstacles in his eyes.

Instead, they were perfect touchstones, waiting for him to conquer them!