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

The Swamp of Sorrows.

A vast wetland located southeast of Ironforge, shrouded in gray mist year-round.

The air here is damp and oppressive, and everywhere there are stagnant mudflats and murky waters that reek of decay.

The swamp is filled with all sorts of bizarre and twisted plants, and black vines coil around dead tree trunks like venomous snakes.

This is a paradise for poisons and the dead.

From the level 35 Swamp Hydra to the level 38 Venomous Slime, and the elusive Water Ghost, each monster is enough to give an ordinary player team a headache.

The monsters here, in particular, mostly possess extremely high magic resistance.

This is a hellish experience for magic-based classes.

But for Li Wu, this was not a problem!

The reason is simple: with Li Wu's current magical attack power, those resistances cannot offset much damage.

When Li Wu stepped into the area of ​​the Swamp of Sorrows, he immediately sensed that it was different from other places.

An invisible force field enveloped the entire area, causing the magical elements in the air to become sluggish and inert, as if they had been contaminated by something.

Any mage who came here would probably feel that their spellcasting ability was suppressed by at least 30%.

"That's interesting."

He continued walking deeper into the swamp.

Not far ahead, bubbles suddenly began to rise from the mud pit ahead.

Immediately afterwards, a huge monster made of green slime slowly rose from the mud.

It has no fixed shape, its body is constantly wriggling, and bubbles are rising from its surface, emitting a pungent sour smell.

[Highly Toxic Slime (Elite)]

[Level: 38]

[HP: 25000/25000]

【Trait: 30% Magic Damage Reduction】

"30% magic damage reduction?" Li Wu looked at the monster's attributes and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He drew back the bowstring, and two arrows gathered on the bowstring.

call out!call out!

Two beams of white light shot off the bowstring, tracing a straight path in the air.

The venomous slime seemed to completely disregard the two arrows, not even bothering to dodge, letting the arrows hurtle towards it.

However, the next second.

Two beams of white light shot into its body without any obstruction, and then exploded violently.

-3895! (Weakness Critical Hit)

-3778! (Weakness Critical Hit)

Two blue damage numbers appeared above the head of the poisonous slime.

"Goo-hoo!"

The venomous slime let out a painful screech, and its slime-covered body trembled violently.

It couldn't understand why this human's attack damage was so high.

Li Wu wouldn't give it time to think.

He drew his bow at an incredible speed, unleashing a barrage of [Fusion Penetrating Arrows] like a torrential downpour.

-3852!

-3711!

-3902!

-3488!

……

The venomous slime's health is dropping rapidly at a visible rate.

It tried to fight back, spraying several streams of green venom from its body.

But the speed of these venoms was ridiculously slow in Li Wu's eyes.

He easily dodged them all with just a few simple sidesteps.

The entire battle lasted less than ten seconds.

The level 38 elite monster, amidst a chorus of unwilling screams, turned into a pool of green pus.

[System Notification: You have defeated a level 38 elite 'Venomous Slime', gaining 129 experience points.]

[System Notification: Your talent 'Soul Devourer' has been triggered, permanently increasing your Luck by +0.28 and Intelligence by +0.28.]

"The efficiency is alright."

Li Wu was quite satisfied with this monster-killing efficiency.

He continued to delve deeper.

The monster density in the Swamp of Sorrows is higher than that in Whispering Peak.

Almost every ten meters or so, a monster would emerge from the mud or underwater.

But these monsters became walking experience packs and attribute points in front of Li Wu.

Neither hordes of water ghosts nor thick-skinned multi-headed snakes could stop his energy arrows, which were practically a bug in the system.

His experience is improving rapidly.

After spending a whole day in the swamp and clearing up the area, his level had reached 32, and he was not far from level 33!

This upgrade speed can no longer be described as "fast"; it's like riding a rocket.

Leveling up twice in one day, and after level 30 at that, if you told anyone, no one would believe it.

"Time to move on to the next place."

Li Wu opened the map and focused his gaze on the last target point.

It was an area marked in dark red, located directly south of Ironforge, an ancient cemetery shrouded in the aura of death.

The Barrier of the Dead.

That place is a gathering place for undead monsters of levels 35 to 40.

It was also his last stop in his quest to reach the 35-level.

More importantly, the area is teeming with undead creatures, making it the perfect place for him to farm the [Soul of Fortune] talent.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Wu crushed a Return Scroll.

A flash of white light, and his figure vanished from the Swamp of Sorrows.

Unbeknownst to him, while he was frantically leveling up, the entire game forum in District 21 had already exploded because of the Myth Guild.

"Holy crap! The speedrun record for [Wailing Caverns] has been broken! Mythic Guild! It's Mythic Guild again!"

"23 minutes and 17 seconds! Did I read that right? That's a full ten minutes faster than the previous record! How did they do that?"

"Not only that! Look at the rankings for the Scarlet Monastery! Although they haven't broken the record yet, the Mythical Guild is already in second place, and they're less than five minutes behind the Ironblood Alliance in first place!"

"Holy crap, is the Myth Guild this powerful? Didn't they just start out not long ago? Where did they get so many experts?"

"Experts? You probably don't know, the other day when the Mythical Guild was recruiting, all the top players in the entire 21st district went! Now, any random player from the Mythical Guild could easily rank in the top ten of their class!"

"I'm so regretful now! Why didn't I sign up back then!"

The forum is filled with discussions about the Myth Guild.

Like a rising star, they forcefully entered the field of vision of all players with an unstoppable momentum.

But Li Wu, the one who created all of this, knew nothing about it.

He had already arrived near the Undead Stronghold via the Ironforge teleportation array.

A chilling, biting wind, carrying the smell of decaying earth, swept over us.

He looked up and saw rows of broken tombstones standing silently like guards on the barren land under the gray sky.

A faint, mournful wail echoed in the air.