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

When that dark red energy singularity appeared, the temperature of the entire venue seemed to rise a few degrees.

A chilling aura of destruction emanated from Li Wu's bowstring.

The moment the Steel Shield, Arcane Light, and Beast Friend in the distance sensed this aura, the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

"What... what kind of skill is this?" Beast Friend's voice trembled.

"Such terrifying energy fluctuations..." Arcane Light, being a mage, had the most acute perception of energy. She could sense that the tiny singularity on Li Wu's bowstring contained a terrifying power capable of leveling the entire arena.

Hua Zitong's pupils also contracted sharply at that moment.

It's this skill!

It was this skill that wiped out nearly a hundred members of the Blood Wolf Guild with a single arrow!

That arrow's brilliance was hailed as a miracle!

Since then, Li Wu has leveled up more than ten times, and the power of this skill is probably even stronger now.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Li Wu released the bowstring.

The dark red energy singularity flew slowly but unstoppably toward the Molten Child, who had only five percent of its health remaining.

Wherever the singularity passed, space seemed to be distorted.

The next second, the singularity accurately hit the target.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any deafening sound.

The moment the singularity struck the Molten Child, it suddenly expanded, transforming into a dark red domain with a diameter exceeding thirty meters, enveloping the Molten Child and a large area around it.

Within the domain, flames surged and space collapsed.

The Child of Molten Fire didn't even have time to utter a scream before being instantly torn apart, devoured, and annihilated by the terrifying power of the domain...

Not even a speck of ash remained.

When the area disappeared, only a huge, charred crater with glass-like edges remained.

The cast bar for Molten Core's resurrection also remained frozen at the very last moment.

The two Molten Children died within ten seconds of each other.

[System Notification: Congratulations to the "Seeing Through the Fog" team for successfully defeating the second boss, "Furnace Core - Rampage of the Molten Core," in the hidden dungeon "The Lost Foundry"!]

[System notification: You have gained 8000 experience points!]

A system notification sounded, signaling the end of the battle.

But the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.

Steel Shield, Arcane Light, and Beast Friend stared blankly at the huge glass pit, then at Li Wu, who held a longbow and looked calm. Their minds had completely shut down.

What just happened?

Instant kill?

One arrow and an elite BOSS with only 5% health left is instantly killed?

Moreover, it also accidentally blasted such a big crater in the ground.

"Boss... Boss..." The Beast Friend swallowed hard, his throat feeling parched. "You... was that a forbidden spell?"

Only legendary forbidden spells could have such devastating power, right?

The problem is, where are there any forbidden spells now?

That skill can only be learned after reaching level 100!

Hua Zitong gave Li Wu a deep look, but said nothing.

She knew that Li Wu had become stronger again.

"Alright, stop standing there, go check what's been dropped." Li Wu's voice broke the silence.

"Oh, right, right, right! Loot the corpses!" As soon as the Beast Friend heard about the loot distribution, he immediately perked up and was the first to rush over.

This time, the loot wasn't as amazing as the first boss's, but it was still quite generous.

Most eye-catching is a plate breastplate that emits a rare green light.

【Soulforger's Breastplate (Rare)】

Type: Breastplate (plate armor)

[Level Requirement: LV30]

[Job Requirements: None]

[Attributes: Strength +90, Constitution +100, Physical Defense +150]

[Special Effect 1: Heart of the Forge. Your fire resistance is increased by 50 points.]

[Special Effect 2: Unyielding Will (Passive). When your health is below 30%, all damage you take is reduced by 20%.]

【Set bonus (2/3): None currently.】

"Holy crap! It's the Soulforger set again!" Steel Shield's eyes widened when he saw the stats of the chest armor.

It provides a significant boost to strength and constitution, along with fire resistance. The most overpowered aspect is its passive ability to reduce damage taken when low on health.

The fact that both bosses dropped the Soul Forging Set surprised Hua Zitong. Judging from this, maybe she could collect the whole set and complete the objective if she fought it again.

In addition to this rare breastplate, the BOSS also dropped two pieces of excellent equipment, a warrior skill book [Armor Penetration Strike], a large amount of rare materials, and three gold coins.

The skill book was given to Hua Zitong.

The superior equipment belongs to the thieves and priests, and along with the materials and gold coins, it is still kept in custody by Li Wu.

After the spoils were divided, the team began to rest again.

This time, no one spoke.

Steel Shield, Arcane Light, and Beast Friend all secretly sized up Li Wu with eyes that looked at a god.

It can fight, heal, summon, and even use forbidden spells...

They simply couldn't think of anything their boss couldn't do.

After resting, the five-person team passed through the area where the second boss was located and headed towards the deepest part of the dungeon.

It was a magnificent final forging hall.

Around the hall, various unfinished divine weapons were displayed: swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks. Each piece emitted a faint light and an ancient and powerful aura.

In the very center of the hall, a tall figure stood quietly with his back to them.

He wore ancient black armor and held a soul hammer larger than himself.

As if sensing the arrival of the intruder, the figure slowly turned around.

It was a faceless soul, with a ghostly blue soul fire flickering from the gaps in its armor.

【The Last Guardian - Soul Forged】(LV33, Elite Boss)

"This boss's mechanics are the most complex so far."

Before engaging the monster, Hua Zitong once again took the time to explain the final boss's mechanics in detail.

"Its core mechanism is called [Soul Forging]. It periodically extracts the soul of a weapon from the weapon racks around it and gains that weapon's skill. For example, if it draws a spear, it will charge; if it draws a great axe, it will perform a whirlwind slash. The skills are random, and we must be prepared to respond at any time."

"The second mechanism is [Soul Echo]. Whenever the BOSS's health drops by 25%, it will summon a phantom of a BOSS we have previously defeated to help. The phantom has 30% of the original BOSS's health and one of its core skills."

"The last mechanic, [Final Tempering]. When the BOSS's health drops below 20%, it will begin casting a spell that draws all our souls towards it. We must focus our fire and interrupt it before the spell finishes, or it will be a wipe."

After hearing Hua Zitong's introduction, the faces of the three members of Steel Shield were beyond ugly; they were deathly pale.

Random skills, summoning helpers, forced interruption, team wipe...

Is this the kind of mechanics a level 30 dungeon boss should have?

This is simply a combination of the disgusting mechanics of the previous two bosses, and it's doubled in quality!

"Flower God, are you sure we're doing a level 30 hidden dungeon, not a level 50 raid?" Beast Friend's voice was almost crying.

"How...how are we supposed to fight this?" Arcane Light felt a wave of despair. "We have to deal with random skills, fight off the clones, and then interrupt them all. We simply can't keep up!"

Although Steel Shield didn't speak, his tightly gripped shield and his knuckles turning white betrayed his inner tension.