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

Fourth day.

Li Wu had been in the Dragon Bone Wasteland for three days and three nights.

He only rested for less than six hours during that time, spending the rest of the time killing monsters and traveling. He used up more than a dozen energy potions, but with his current physical condition and mental strength, this level of exertion was still within his tolerance.

What happened in those three days?

In Hua Zitong's words, it was a "massacre".

The Dragonbone Wasteland is extremely dense with elite monsters. Every bone forest, every rift valley, and every dragonbone ruin is teeming with hordes of wandering spirits and skeleton guardians. These monsters are a nightmare for ordinary players, but for Li Wu, they are mobile experience and stat boosters.

The Burning Star Return to Ruins Arrow has a charging time of ten seconds, clearing an area every ten seconds, resulting in six large-scale clearing rounds per hour. Combined with finishing off scattered monsters with Chain Lightning Arrows, he averages one hundred to two hundred elite monsters per hour.

Over three days, the total number of kills exceeded ten thousand.

Ten thousand elite monsters.

If this number were released, all the players in District 21 would suspect that there was a bug in the system.

But the numbers don't lie.

Level: LV56.

In six days, I went from level 50 to level 56. That's an average of one level per day; nobody would believe it if I told them.

Even more outrageous are the attributes.

While the luck and intelligence bonuses from triggering the Soul of Destiny ten thousand times may not be astonishing per instance, the sheer volume of these bonuses is overwhelming.

Intelligence: 8150.

Luck: 6800.

Magic attack: 10294.

My magic attack has exceeded 10,000.

What does this mean?

This means that his Star-Burning Arrow, when fired once, has already dealt more damage to level 55 elite monsters than their maximum health.

One arrow can wipe out a whole group; this is not an adjective, it's a fact.

"It's time to go deeper."

Li Wu stood on a high ground deep within the Dragonbone Wasteland, overlooking the terrain below. On the distant horizon, a winding black crack marked the boundary between the Dragonbone Wasteland and the next region.

He opened the map.

The area opposite the rift is called "Soul Devouring Rift". Levels 58 to 63.

The area was marked in dark red on the map, next to a skull icon and a line of small text: "Extremely dangerous, level 65 or higher recommended."

Recommended level: 65.

He is 56 now.

Nine levels below.

"A nine-level difference is not a big problem."

Li Wu took out a teleportation scroll and looked at the coordinates on it. Hua Zitong had collected the teleportation coordinates of all known outposts for him before he set off. Although most of these areas had never been visited by players, the outposts themselves were preset by the system, and their coordinates had always existed.

He crushed the scroll.

The light dissipated.

Soul-Devouring Rift Valley.

The landscape of this area has completely changed; it is no longer gray-white permafrost, but a deep canyon. Black rock walls extend to both sides, and a layer of purplish-gray mist hangs over the bottom of the canyon, with occasional glimpses of shadowy figures flashing through the mist.

There was a peculiar sense of oppression in the air, not on a physical level, but more like an erosion on a spiritual level.

System prompt:

"You have entered an extremely dangerous area: Soul Devouring Rift. Environmental effects: Soul Erosion - Lose 30 mana per second, and reduce all healing effects by 20%."

"30 mana deducted per second?" Li Wu glanced at his maximum mana.

165335.

Deducting 30 per second equals deducting 108000 per hour.

For an ordinary mage, this is forcing you to constantly drink mana potions. But for him, Siphon Arrow can instantly restore mana to full, and Mana Tide Arrow can also restore mana over a large area, so this consumption is negligible.

"The 20% reduction in treatment effectiveness is a bit annoying."

He muttered something to himself, then drew his bow and walked into the depths of the canyon.

Near the entrance to the canyon, he encountered his first group of natives of Soul Rift.

Six level 58 elite monsters, "Rift Devourers".

It appears as a three-meter-tall black shadow, without facial features, and its entire body is shrouded in purple mist. Each one has 180,000 health points.

180,000.

The monsters in the Dragonbone Wasteland have nearly 50% more health than those in the previous area.

Li Wu drew his bow and fired a chain of lightning arrows.

Lightning bolts danced across the six Soul Eaters. Each hit dealt the following damage:

-25430.

-25612.

-25388.

The effectiveness has clearly decreased.

Level 58 monsters have a three-level level advantage over level 55 monsters, and their magic resistance is also higher, so the damage per hit is reduced to just over 5,000.

Each of the six Soul Eaters has 180,000 HP, totaling over one million. Relying solely on Chain Lightning Arrows is simply not feasible.

"We still need to use the bigger one."

He gathered his strength for the "Burning Star Returns to Ruins" arrow.

Ten seconds later, the dark red singularity flew into the center of the monster horde. The domain expanded, collapsed, and disappeared.

The six Soul Eaters were completely devoured during the collapse.

"One shot is enough." Li Wu nodded. "The efficiency is a bit lower than in the Dragonbone Wasteland, but it's still within acceptable limits."

Go deeper.

He advanced through the rift for about forty minutes, encountering seven or eight waves of monsters, all of which he cleared out with the Star-Burning Arrow. During this time, his level remained unchanged, but his Soul of Fortune kept fluctuating steadily, and his attributes were gradually increasing.

Then, news of Chasing the Wind arrived.

"President, here's a report."

"explain."

"There's something unusual over in the Cursed Lands. Nightwind spotted a group of about fifty people approaching our leveling area. Their flag is unidentified, but their movements are very organized; they look like a professional player group."

"People from the Iron Blood Alliance?"

"Not sure. Nightwind said they didn't have any guild badges, but their equipment was of high quality, at least rare or higher."

"Let Ye Feng continue to follow, but don't alert them. If they're just passing by, ignore them; if they show hostility, report it to Hua Zitong for handling."

"receive."

Communication was lost.

Li Wu didn't take it to heart.

He continued deeper into the rift valley, and after another twenty minutes, he arrived at a spacious underground cave.

The cave was vast, with a dome at least fifty meters high, from which glowing minerals hung, casting a ghostly blue light. In the center of the cave was a pool of black liquid, beside which stood a gigantic figure.

Level 58 Lord.

Soul Eater Lord - Angras

[HP: 350,000]

This creature was four meters tall, its entire body covered in black bone armor, and it wielded a two-meter-long serrated greatsword. Purple flames burned in its eye sockets, and it was slowly turning towards Li Wu.

"Not bad," Li Wu said.

He didn't waste any words.

Draw the bow.

Gathering strength.

It is not the "Burning Star Returns to Ruins" arrow.

The blazing sun pierced through the arrow.

A thin, pure white ray of light shot out from the bowstring and silently pierced through Angrass's chest.

-58756.

More than 58,000 damages.

Angrass staggered back two steps from the arrow, the bone armor in his chest was pierced through, the edges of the wound showed a vitrified crystallization, and purple flames spewed out from the crack.

It let out a low roar and raised its greatsword to slash fiercely at Li Wu.

A purplish-black sword aura swept across, its width exceeding five meters.

Li Wu had already made preparations.

Flash Arrow.

He teleported to Angras's side and behind, the bow already drawn.

The second blazing sun-piercing arrow.

-56890.

Angelus's health has dropped from 350,000 to 240,000.

Two arrows took away nearly 30% of his health.

Over the next forty seconds, Li Wu flashed back and forth in the cave, each landing followed by a blazing sun-piercing arrow.

Angelus's attack speed was not slow, but the wind-up motion of each sword swing was too long, giving Li Wu enough time to react.

The seventh arrow.

Angela's health has dropped to zero.

Its body froze for a moment, then crashed to the ground, turning into a large number of light spots and falling debris.

From the start to the end of the battle, it took one minute and three seconds.

Level 58 Lord, one minute.

A system notification popped up: Experience points +35000.

The Soul of Devouring Fortune throbbed violently.

Luck +0.8. Intelligence +0.8.

Lord-level monsters have significantly higher attribute bonuses than regular elite monsters.

"That's what efficiency is all about."

Li Wu bent down to pick up the dropped items and glanced at them. A rare-quality staff, a fine-quality pair of leggings, and a skill book. The skill book was for warriors; he didn't need it, so he kept it and would give it to the guild later.

He stood up and glanced at his mana.

There are still over 90,000 left.

"continue."