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

The voice was full of mockery and contempt.

At this moment, Li Wu and Hua Zitong both froze.

Both of their gazes turned simultaneously to the direction from which the sound came—the dark mangrove forest.

As the shadows shifted, five figures emerged unhurriedly.

The leader was a young man dressed in exquisite leather armor, holding a longsword that gleamed faintly, with an arrogant expression.

He was followed by four people, a fairly complete professional lineup:

A knight wielding a tower shield and clad in heavy armor, a female priestess holding a staff and with a cold expression, an archer carrying a longbow, and a thief whose figure looms in the shadows.

Their equipment was significantly better than the beginner gear worn by Li Wu and Hua Zitong, clearly indicating that they were a well-coordinated, fixed team.

Moreover, all three of them are level 3, which is higher than their level!

"Tsk tsk, a warrior wielding a machete, and an archer?"

The leading swordsman's gaze swept over the two, his contempt growing even stronger. "You two dare to challenge an elite boss? You really don't know what death means."

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached Li Wu and Hua Zitong's ears clearly.

Hua Zitong's face instantly darkened.

Her worst fears came true.

The oriole is unaware of the bird behind.

Moreover, the other party clearly had ill intentions.

"What do you want?" Hua Zitong gripped the wood-chopping knife in her hand and spoke coldly.

"What are you doing?" The swordsman laughed exaggeratedly, as if he had heard the funniest joke. "Little girl, are you asking us? Of course, it's... clearing out the area."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four people behind him immediately dispersed, forming a faint encirclement.

The heavily armored knight took a step forward, slamming his shield into the ground with a muffled thud, exuding a menacing aura.

The archers have already drawn their bows, ready to fire!

The situation deteriorated to an extreme point in an instant!

Ahead lies a ferocious elite boss, and behind are five menacing enemies!

This is absolutely desperate!

"roar--!"

The Swamp Lurker won't give them time to communicate; in its berserk state, it's ruthless and unforgiving!

With a fierce tail whip, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking, it lashed out at Hua Zitong, who was closest to it!

Hua Zitong tried her best to dodge, but was still hit by the tip of the tail. She staggered and lost another bit of health.

-52!

Li Wu immediately followed up with an arrow to treat the patient.

+39!

The priest, seeing this, exclaimed in surprise, "How can this archer be healed?"

The swordsman raised an eyebrow in surprise, then a cruel smile appeared on his face. "Who cares why? Let's take out that archer first!"

"Roger that, Captain!"

The archer's voice was crisp, and the arrow was aimed at Li Wu in the distance without hesitation!

At the same time, the thief who had been hiding in the shadows completely disappeared!

sneak!

Their tactical intention was very clear—to focus fire and quickly eliminate Li Wu, this mysterious healing point!

Once Li Wu falls, Hua Zitong will be like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others!

Li Wu's heart sank to the bottom in that instant.

The shadow of death had never loomed so clearly over him.

On one side is a berserk boss, on the other is an impending deadly spell, and there's also a thief whose whereabouts are unknown!

How do I hide?

Where can we hide?

My brain was racing, calculating every possibility, but the result was always the same: a dead end!

Hua Zitong also sensed Li Wu's danger and anxiously wanted to come to his aid, but she was tightly entangled by the swamp lurkers and couldn't break free at all!

"Go to hell, you trash!"

A sinister smile appeared on the face of the archer, Ah Huo.

The arrow flew from his hand, heading straight for Li Wu's face!

Finished!

Li Wu's pupils reflected the rapidly approaching arrow.

At this critical moment between life and death.

An unprecedented anger, mixed with resentment, suddenly surged up from the bottom of Li Wu's heart!

On what grounds?

Why should you steal the Boss that I worked so hard to defeat for half a day?

Why should my life or death be decided by a single sentence from you?

Just because my profession is Arcane Archer?

Just because I look easy to bully?

Do not!

A crazy idea exploded in his mind!

He remembered the mud that the Boss had spewed out before, the mud that made it impossible for Hua Zitong to move an inch!

Mud... is made up of water and soil.

In arcane inscriptions, the inscription for "Flow" should represent "flow," and the inscription for "Solid" should represent "solidity."

What if... these two completely opposite forces were forcibly merged together?

It's not a simple superposition, but rather a process of mutual interaction and transformation!

Once the thought came to mind, it could no longer be stopped!

Li Wu felt his mental energy surge like a flood bursting its banks, rushing wildly towards the arcane bow in his hand!

He didn't even look at the arrows flying towards him; all his attention was focused on comprehending the two cryptic texts!

[Flow]! [Rock]!

Two secret texts instantly lit up in the sea of ​​consciousness!

Immediately merge!

Draw the bow!

A brand new arrow is forming at his fingertips!

It was no longer the healing emerald green, nor the siphoning dark purple, but a... turbid, heavy earthy yellow!

On the surface of the arrow, there seemed to be an invisible liquid slowly flowing, but inside it contained a weight as heavy as a mountain rock!

"Whoosh—!"

Li Wusong drew the bowstring!

But this arrow wasn't aimed at anyone, not even the Boss, but... at the ground beneath the feet of those five uninvited guests!

Almost at the same instant the arrow was fired, an arrow from the opposite direction also arrived in front of Li Wu!

-50!

A terrifying injury appeared above Li Wu's head.

The archer on the other side laughed as he saw Li Wu's health bar instantly drop to almost zero. "Captain, one more arrow and he'll be dead!"

"Well done!" The swordsman captain also noticed this and turned his gaze to Hua Zitong. "Little girl, now it's your turn. Are you going to lie down on your own, or do you want us to send you on your way?"

However, his laughter abruptly stopped.

He was horrified to discover that the ground beneath his feet had somehow become incredibly muddy!

No, that's not mud!

It was a rapidly expanding swamp that smelled of earth!

Their feet were sinking uncontrollably!

"What's going on?!"

"I can't move my legs!"

"It's a trap! It's that archer!"

The five-person team was instantly thrown into chaos!

Their proud formation crumbled at this moment!

Everyone was trapped in this sudden swamp, their movement speed was greatly reduced, and every step became extremely difficult!

"Kill him now!"

At this moment, Li Wu coldly watched the five people stuck in the quagmire and drew his bow again!

[Mud Arrow]!

The combination of the Secret Text of [Flow] and the Secret Text of [Rock] creates an Environmental Transformation Arrow!

This is the third skill that Li Wu comprehended under the pressure of life and death!

"well done!"

Hua Zitong's eyes are incredibly bright!

She understood Li Wu's intention almost the moment the swamp appeared!

This is a golden opportunity!

She ignored the five unfortunate souls stuck in the mud, and with a sudden turn, she slashed a deep wound into one of the swamp lurking men with her machete, splattering dark green blood!

-25!

"roar!!!"

This strike once again enraged the berserk Boss!

"Come on, you beast!"

Instead of retreating, Hua Zitong took the initiative to fly a kite towards the five people!

Her positioning was incredibly skillful!

Every step was stuck at the limit of the Boss's attack range.

This way, you can ensure your own safety while gradually leading the Boss's massive body into that immobile swamp!

"Oh no! She's attracted the Boss!"

"Quick! Get her under control!"

The swordsman captain shouted in panic, trying to rush forward, but his feet were stuck in the mud, moving as slowly as a tortoise.

The archer hastily fired his arrow, but Hua Zitong easily dodged it with a nimble sidestep.

The thief was even more devastated, unable to even maintain stealth in the swamp!

They... became sitting ducks!

"No!!"

The swordsman captain let out a desperate roar.

Because he saw that the raging swamp lurker, with the force to crush everything, had charged into the swamp where they were!

"boom--!"

Its enormous body charged wildly!

-60! -67! -78! (Pastor)

-68! -71! -65! (Swordsman)

-62! -61! -68! (Archer)

A series of blood-red damage numbers popped up frantically above the heads of the five people!

The priest didn't even have time to scream before his body turned into white light and disappeared!

They were instantly killed!

Next up was the archer!

It's that thief!

Next up is the swordsman captain!

The berserk boss is a merciless meat grinder in the narrow and immobile swamp!

Only the heavily armored knight, with his high defense and health, was still struggling to hold on.

But it's only a support.

The last white light flashed.

The world is quiet now.