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

As the giant sword cleaved down, Li Wu had already fired his teleportation arrow.

His figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared twenty meters away.

boom!

The giant sword struck the spot where he had just been standing, causing the ground to shatter and creating a trench two meters deep that stretched for more than ten meters.

If you get hit...

"Stop thinking about it." Li Wu shook the thought out of her head.

Once you get hit by this thing, it's an instant kill. Don't even look at the damage numbers; a level 40 archer can't survive a single sword strike from a level 52 boss.

Although Flash Arrow has no cooldown, he cannot use it continuously and still needs to rely on his foot speed to dodge.

Fortunately, his agility was high enough. What does 500+ agility mean in the game? Even though it was reduced by his level, his movement speed was still far superior to that clumsy warlord.

"Chase the wind!"

"It raised its right hand! Go around to the left!"

Li Wu made a sharp left turn.

The serrated greatsword swept across, leaving a green arc of light as it passed about thirty centimeters above his head.

He shot as he ran.

Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow.

-278!

It's still over two hundred.

Li Wu gritted his teeth and fired a second arrow.

-256!

The third arrow!

The arrow struck Mal'Ganis in the face, where there was no armor covering him, so it should have dealt more damage.

-434!

Four hundred and a half is indeed a bit high, but it's only slightly higher.

"Even the damage reduction on his face is this high?" Li Wu's heart sank.

"Guild Master! That layer of fel armor isn't equipment, it's a skill!" Chasing Wind suddenly shouted. "I just looked closely with Eagle Vision, and every inch of its skin is covered by a thin film of fel energy. That film is continuously active, not passively triggered!"

"So, no matter where I hit, the damage will be absorbed by that membrane?"

"right!"

Li Wu fired another arrow.

-301!

It doesn't matter where you hit it.

He can currently deal about 300 damage per arrow, and it would take more than 2,000 arrows to deal 800,000 damage.

No way! This plan is completely unacceptable.

"Try a different skill."

Li Wu drew back the bowstring, but this time he didn't conjure an ice and fire spiral arrow; instead, he created the [Fusion Penetrating Arrow]!

A blinding white light shone on the bowstring, accompanied by a sharp hissing sound in the air.

This is his strongest single-target penetration skill, a condensed and compressed ultimate energy that can theoretically penetrate most physical and magical barriers.

One and a half seconds of charging.

Loosen the string!

A thin, blindingly bright white beam of light shot from the bowstring, heading straight for Mal'Ganis's chest.

The beam struck the fel armor.

The emerald green film fluctuated violently the instant the beam of light touched it, emitting a piercing buzzing sound. The beam of light lingered on the surface of the film for less than 0.1 seconds... and then it penetrated!

-1876!

More than 1,800!

It's six times stronger than the Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow!

"It works!" Zhui Feng shouted excitedly.

But Li Wu's expression remained unchanged.

More than 1,800.

What is the normal damage of the Fusion Penetrating Arrow? When it hits a level 50 elite, a weak point critical hit can deal four or even five or six thousand damage.

Now pay out 1800.

The damage was still reduced by nearly 60%.

Fusion Piercing Arrow is indeed more effective than Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow because it inherently possesses piercing properties. However, the defensive power of that Fel Armor is simply too insane; even piercing skills can only penetrate a small portion of it.

"Based on 1,800,000 units of blood, that would require..." Li Wu quickly calculated in his mind, "...more than 440 fusion penetrating arrows."

Each shot takes about two seconds to fire, with a charging time of one and a half seconds plus the firing time. Four hundred and forty shots would take nearly fifteen minutes.

"It's not enough, it's taking too long." Li Wu frowned.

Mal'Ganis slashed at him again, but Li Wu used Flash Arrow to create distance and then turned in mid-air to fire a Fusion Piercing Arrow.

-1932!

The damage fluctuates around two thousand, which is much better than Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow, but it's still a drop in the bucket.

"Guild Leader, keep using Fusion Piercing Arrow!" Inkmark shouted from afar. He only saw the damage numbers above 1,800, which he thought was already quite good.

But Li Wu shook his head.

"No," he said. "It's taking too long!"

"What?" Mohen was stunned.

Hua Zitong had already finished calculating in her mind.

"He's right." Her voice came from the side. "At this rate of output, it will take him more than fifteen minutes. And the BOSS will definitely have a berserk mechanic when it's low on health, at which point its attack power will double, and we won't be able to dodge for that long at all."

Hua Zitong's analysis was as precise as a computer.

But the most accurate conclusions are often the most brutal.

Fifteen minutes, not enough magic power.

Even with enough skill, who can guarantee they won't make a mistake during fifteen minutes of high-intensity dodging? Getting hit even once means certain death.

Death signifies the weakness of the soul in reality.

Dying in a battle of this magnitude would result in a headache lasting 24 hours, which is the least of your worries.

"What should we do?" Zhui Feng's voice sounded panicked.

Li Wu did not answer, but continued firing.

Fusion penetrating arrow.

-1845!

Another one.

-2012!

He was thinking as he fought.

The core of the problem is clear: that layer of fel armor provides too much defense.

Whether it's the Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow or the Fusion Piercing Arrow, the damage they deal is reduced by the vast majority. The former is reduced by 98%, and the latter by about 90%.

The Fusion Penetrating Arrow is more effective than the Ice and Fire Spiral Arrow because its secret code contains the [Condensation] – Condensation compresses all energy to the extreme, giving the arrow its penetrating properties.

However, the penetrating power of the fusion penetrating arrow is still insufficient.

As Zhui Feng once said, the protective layer of that fel energy armor is a rule-level protection; that membrane is continuously effective and covers the entire body.

To break through this level of defense.

"We need stronger penetration."

Li Wu muttered to himself.

An arrow grazed past him, but it wasn't an arrow; it was a piece of gravel that Mal'Ganis had thrown at him.

He sidestepped and continued to think.

What are the problems with fusion penetrators?

It already has the strongest penetrating power among the three runes. The combination of Blazing, Enhancing, and Condensing has compressed energy to the extreme.

"Three coins are not enough."

Li Wu fired a teleportation arrow to create distance and took a deep breath in mid-air.

The penetrating power of the three-word skill was not enough to penetrate that layer of fel armor.

What about the four coins?

If we add another secret to the fusion-piercing arrow, a secret that grants the arrow the ability to ignore defense.

The symbols of the Thirty-Six Secret Texts began to surge in his mind.

"sharp."

Li Wu's eyes lit up.

【锐】Sharp, penetrating in concept.

If we add [Sharp] to the combination of fusion penetrating arrows.

Intense + Increase + Condensate + Sharp.

Four secret texts!

Incandescence provides energy, increases the total volume, condenses and compresses density, and sharpness gives the arrow the penetrating power of the law.

"It can be done."

Li Wu made a judgment in his mind.

However, creating a four-arrow skill is not something that can be done simply by talking.

He currently possesses only one of the four skills, namely the Burning Star Return to Nothingness Arrow.

The difficulty of building a four-secret skill set is significantly higher than that of a three-secret set. Combining three secrets is like meshing three gears together, while four secrets are like meshing four gears with different directions and speeds simultaneously. If any detail goes wrong, the build will collapse.

Even more deadly is that he is currently in battle.

Before him stood a level 52 boss monster. He needed to dodge deadly attacks while simultaneously constructing a brand new four-character skill in his mind.

Mal'Ganis swung his sword again.

Li Wu dodged aside.

That's enough.

He made a decision in his heart.