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

Li Wu stared at the enormous tornado connecting heaven and earth before him, pondering to himself.

A humanoid silhouette can be vaguely seen inside the tornado; that must be the Spirit of Gale.

He knew that to obtain the Feather of Wind, he had to deal with these tornadoes first.

"How do I fight this thing?" Li Wu wondered to himself.

He raised the Arcane Bow and attempted to fire a Lightning Bolt.

The arrow, carrying an electric current, shot directly into the nearest tornado.

It's sizzling!

The Lightning Arrow exploded inside the tornado, producing a piercing crackling sound.

The tornado only trembled slightly before returning to normal.

The arrow's energy seemed to be completely absorbed by the tornado, causing no harm whatsoever to the wind spirit within.

"Invalid?" Li Wu's heart sank.

He tried shooting a few more [Explosive Burning Arrows], but the result was the same.

The flames exploded inside the tornado, were instantly dispersed, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He even tried using the [Fusion Penetrating Arrow], but the beam of light that shot into the tornado simply passed through without leaving any trace, let alone harming the Gale Spirit inside.

He understood that these tornadoes were not just simple storms, but rather an energy shield, or rather, an extension of the spirit of the gale.

They isolated them from all external attacks, making the spirits of the fierce winds inside completely invincible.

"This is getting a bit troublesome," Li Wu thought to himself.

He needs 18 Wind Feathers, which means he needs to kill at least 18 Gale Spirits.

If you can't even hit your target, how are you supposed to fight?

He looked around, and there was nothing else on the mountaintop except for these tornadoes.

The blizzard was howling, visibility was extremely low, and occasionally a few pieces of ice could be seen, but they did not provide any cover.

"Are we just going to tough it out and wait for them to come out on their own?" Li Wu rejected the idea in his mind.

These tornadoes moved slowly and showed no signs of dissipating.

If we keep waiting, I don't know how long we'll have to wait.

Moreover, the Gale Spirits are level 29 mobs. Although they are not bosses, their sheer number makes them quite formidable.

He began to recall his skills.

"【Lightning Arrow】, 【Explosive Burning Arrow】, 【Fusion Piercing Arrow】, 【Life Cycle Arrow】... These are all offensive skills, and they are ineffective against tornadoes."

"【Insightful Purification Arrow】, 【Life Balance Flow Arrow】... These are auxiliary skills and are not very useful."

Suddenly, Li Wu thought of a skill!

【Tracing the Source and Reconstructing the Arrow】.

This was a skill he had learned while fighting the highly venomous Hydra with Hua Zitong.

The principle behind this skill is to analyze the underlying rules of the target and then forcibly reconstruct them.

If successful, the tornado will disappear.

If that fails, he will have to find another way.

He aimed at the nearest tornado, the arrow gleaming faintly on the bowstring.

"go!"

Li Wu released the bowstring, and the arrow silently shot into the tornado.

The arrow pierced the tornado silently, with only a faint energy fluctuation spreading outwards from within.

Li Wu felt uneasy. He didn't know if the arrow would work. He stared intently at the tornado in front of him, even his breathing became careful.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

The tornado remained unchanged, still slowly rotating, with the spirit of the fierce wind within still faintly visible.

"Did it fail?" This thought popped into Li Wu's mind. He was somewhat disappointed. Could it be that this line of thinking was also wrong?

Just as he was about to give up, something unexpected happened.

The tornado's rotation speed began to slow down, and the originally tightly intertwined wind elements began to loosen under the influence of a force, and the storm's color gradually changed from grayish-white to transparent.

"It works!" Li Wu was shocked, his eyes widened.

The raging wind elements inside the tornado no longer pressed against each other, but became docile. The once indestructible barrier is now loosening and is on the verge of dissipating.

Click...

With a crisp crack, a crack appeared at the bottom of the tornado, which then rapidly widened, and the entire tornado began to collapse upwards from the bottom.

"This is... deconstruction!" Li Wu instantly understood.

The Reconstruction Arrow did not use force to destroy the tornado, but rather deconstructed it from the perspective of rules. It analyzed the laws governing the tornado's formation and then forcibly reversed these laws, turning the originally gathered wind elements into a diffused one.

In less than ten seconds, the towering tornado collapsed, turning into ice, snow and air currents that quickly dissipated into the air.

"Success!" Li Wu was overjoyed. This feeling was more exciting than any time he had killed a BOSS by force. He had solved the problem with wisdom and understanding of the rules, not brute force.

After the tornado dissipated, the wind spirits that had been hidden within it lost all protection, and their forms became clearly visible. They were a group of humanoid creatures clad in frost armor, formed from wind elements.

They floated in the air emitting piercing shrieks, seemingly furious that their defenses had been breached.

"Now, it's your turn." A cold glint flashed in Li Wu's eyes.

Without the protection of the tornado, these Gale Spirits are no threat at all. Although they are level 29 elite monsters, their attack methods are relatively simple, and their bodies are made of elements, so they are not very resistant to magic attacks.

Li Wu raised the Arcane Bow, and a lightning bolt shot out, accurately hitting the nearest Gale Spirit.

-1500! (Weakness Critical Hit)

A high damage number appeared above the Gale Spirit's head, and the Gale Spirit let out a painful howl, its body instantly becoming more ethereal. Li Wu immediately followed up with another arrow, and the Gale Spirit completely dissipated into the air, leaving only a few feathers that slowly drifted down to the snow.

"Wind Feathers!" Li Wu was overjoyed. He stepped forward and picked up the feathers, which were the materials he was looking for.

At this rate, he could quickly gather 18 Wind Feathers. He turned his gaze to the distance, where several tornadoes were slowly rotating on the mountaintop.

As Li Wu thought to himself, he summoned the Destroyer from the servant space.

"Master." The Destroyer's body appeared in the blizzard.

"Go, pick up all those feathers," Li Wu pointed to the ground.

"Yes, sir." The Destroyer strode forward and began searching the snow.

With the Destroyer as his servant, Li Wu's efficiency greatly improved. He no longer needed to pick up items himself and could concentrate on fighting.

He raised the arcane bow again, aiming for the next tornado.

【Tracing the Source and Reconstructing the Arrow】!

The arrow was fired silently once again, the tornado began to disintegrate and then dissipate, the spirit of the gale was exposed, and then easily killed by Li Wu.

The whole process was very rhythmic. Li Wu fired the [Tracing the Origin Reconstruction Arrow], and the tornado dissipated. The Spirit of Gale was killed, and the Wind Feather was collected by the Destroyer.

He was deeply impressed by the power of the Reconstruction Arrow. This skill was not just about attacking, but also about mastering the rules, allowing him to solve problems at their root rather than reacting passively.

This ability deepened his understanding of the Arcane Archer class.

He had always thought that creating new skills was a characteristic of arcane archers, but now he understood that the true power of arcane archers lay in their ability to change the rules of existing skills and even create entirely new rules.

He was thrilled; this sense of control made him feel stronger than ever before. He knew this was just the beginning, and as his understanding of the runes deepened, the skills he could create would become increasingly powerful and incredible.

He thought to himself that once he finished collecting the materials, he could go back to Horn to have the Starseeker Longbow forged, and then his strength would increase significantly.

He continued his storm-fighting process, and the tornadoes on the mountaintop dissipated one after another, while the spirits of the gale were killed one after another.

(10/18)

(15/18)

Soon, the Destroyer had collected enough Wind Feathers.

Li Wu glanced at the backpack, where 18 Wind Feathers lay neatly.

"alright."

Li Wu recalled the Destroyer, calculating in his mind that he had collected all three materials, and only the Ancient Treant Heart, which Horn mentioned could only be dropped by level 30 world bosses, remained.