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

"Okay." Li Wu nodded, his gaze sweeping across the room. "Please sit down."

His voice was calm, yet it carried a reassuring power.

The previously somewhat agitated meeting room instantly fell silent.

"What exactly happened?" Li Wu walked to the head seat and sat down, asking directly.

"President, we...we've let you down," Steel Shield said with a look of shame, his voice hoarse.

"We tried more than ten times, and our best result was still a full three minutes slower than the Iron Blood Alliance," said Immovable Mountain, his voice deep. "We can't break their record."

"Why can't you solve it?" Li Wu looked at him. "Aren't there already guides available?"

He knew how detailed Hua Zitong's strategy guide was; it included almost all the bosses' skill cycles, timelines, and even some exploitable bugs.

Logically speaking, as long as you follow the strategy guide, breaking the record should be a sure thing.

"The last boss is High Inquisitor Whitemane. She will heal Paladin Mograine during the fight. A tank needs to hold Mograine's aggro while the rest of you focus fire on taking down Whitemane first," Hua Zitong stepped forward and explained in detail.

"That's how we fought too, but it was too time-consuming. Whitemane's healing was very strong, and Mograine's damage was very high, putting a lot of pressure on the tank."

"We suspect that the Ironblood Alliance used some method to completely interrupt Whitemane's healing, which is the only way they could gain 3 more minutes than us!"

"Interrupt the treatment?" Li Wu raised an eyebrow; this was interesting.

"Yes!" Immovable Mountain looked puzzled. "We tried more than a dozen times, and we still can't figure out how they did it. Whitemane's healing skill is a forced cast that cannot be interrupted. Logically speaking, it should be impossible to skip it."

"We tried using all our crowd control abilities on Whitemane while she was casting, but it didn't work," Mohen added. As the team's core crowd control, he was the most qualified to speak on this matter. "She has a golden shield that makes her immune to all crowd control."

"We even suspected they might have used some malicious bug, but later we found that top guilds in other regions had used similar tactics. This shows that it's a viable tactic, we just don't know the tricks of the trade," Hua Zitong concluded.

The entire conference room fell silent once again.

That's the crux of the problem.

They know how their opponents won, but they just can't replicate it.

This feeling is more frustrating than simply being unable to win.

"Show me the recording of your best performance," Li Wu said calmly.

"it is good."

Lin Hai immediately walked to the magic sand table in the center of the conference room and manipulated it a few times.

Soon, a three-dimensional image appeared on the sand table.

The video shows the Mythic Guild's second raid group clearing Scarlet Monastery.

From the moment they entered, the commander was as steady and powerful as a mountain, and the team's coordination was excellent. The process of clearing the mobs was smooth and effortless, with almost no mistakes.

The first few bosses were all defeated in one go, and the fights were very impressive.

Judging from their performance so far, this is definitely a top-notch pioneering team.

Li Wu watched silently without saying a word.

Soon, the scene shifted to the final boss's location.

A huge church.

High Attorney Whitemane and Paladin Mograine stood on either side of the end of the church.

The battle begins.

Immovable as a mountain, he charged forward, precisely taunting Mograine and pulling him to a corner of the church.

The others then began to focus their fire on Whitemane.

Everything was exactly as described in the guide.

But problems soon arose.

When Mograine's health was reduced to 50%, she indeed began casting a healing spell on Mograine.

The team began to switch targets, attempting to interrupt Whitemane's abilities.

But at that moment, a golden holy light shone from Whitemane's body, granting him immunity to interruption.

The team's output suddenly became sluggish.

On one side is Mograine, who is regenerating health like crazy, and on the other side is Whitemane, who cannot be interrupted.

The situation reached a stalemate.

Although they eventually managed to wear down the two bosses by virtue of their superior physical strength, this also delayed the fight by a full three minutes.

The video playback has ended.

The conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

All eyes were on Li Wu, awaiting his evaluation.

"There are many problems."

Li Wu finally spoke.

His first words made everyone's hearts sink.

"You guys rely too much on strategy guides." Li Wu's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"The guide tells you to kill Mograine first, so you focus solely on killing her without even considering why you can't kill Whitemane first."

"The guides tell you that healing cannot be interrupted, so you actually believe it can't be interrupted, without even trying other approaches."

Li Wu stood up and walked to the magic sandbox.

His finger lightly tapped the paused screen.

The image freezes on the moment Whitemane begins casting a healing spell.

"Look here," Li Wu pointed to a halo at Whitemane's feet. "This halo is [Divine Protection]. Its effect is immunity to all control effects and the restoration of 1% of health per second."

"However, the range of this halo is only ten meters."

"In other words, as long as you pull her out of the aura's range, her casting will be interrupted."

Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

They all stared wide-eyed at the seemingly insignificant halo that Li Wu had pointed out.

"This...how is this possible?" Arcane Light stammered. "It's not mentioned in the guide!"

"Strategy guides are static, but people are dynamic," Li Wu said calmly. "It's impossible for someone who writes a strategy guide to include every single detail. What truly top-tier teams look for is an understanding of the game mechanics, not rote memorization of strategies."

"The Ironblood Alliance clearly understood this. They used forced displacement skills, such as a warrior's charge or a paladin's judgment, to push Whitemane out of the aura's range the instant she started casting, interrupting the healing."

"Then, they can easily bring the two bosses together and eliminate them together with area-of-effect skills."

His words struck like a thunderbolt, resounding in everyone's minds.

So that's how it is!

The trick was actually this simple!

They all fell into the trap of being blind to their own strength, staring intently at the "uninterruptible" skill description while ignoring the most basic mechanics.

"I get it!" The man, seemingly unmoved, slapped his thigh, his face a mixture of frustration and sudden realization. "We were all too presumptuous!"

"President, I'm sorry, it's our fault." Steel Shield lowered his head in shame.

"There's no use talking about this now," Li Wu waved his hand. "The problem has been identified; now it's time to solve it."

He turned around and looked at the crowd whose fighting spirit had been rekindled in their eyes.

"Everyone, take a ten-minute break. Replenish your potions and repair your equipment."

"Meet at the dungeon entrance in ten minutes."

"I will lead the team myself."