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

It was a woman dressed in tight black clothes and wearing a silver mask.

She was tall and curvaceous, maintaining a feline-like graceful balance even on the wide branches of a tree.

She was not holding any weapon.

Her ID is "Phantom Fox".

"District 13, [Thousand Faces] Guild, Phantom Fox." The woman introduced herself, a hint of a smile in her voice. "Nice to meet you, rising star of District 21, Mist-Viewing Flowers."

Li Wu looked at her, but the [Burning Star Return to Ruins Arrow] on the bowstring had not dissipated.

"Is your Thirteenth District's way of greeting people to send someone to their death while you watch the show from behind?" Li Wu's tone was calm, but the content of his words caused the smile under the Phantom Fox mask to freeze slightly.

"Going to his death? Oh, you mean Nightshade?" Phantom Fox chuckled, concealing her surprise. "He's not part of our guild. He's just a lone bounty hunter who happened to have taken the same quest as us."

"Task?"

"That's right." The phantom fox leaped down from the tree branch and landed lightly on the ground without making a sound.

She stopped twenty meters in front of Li Wu and shrugged.

"Before the match started, someone posted a bounty on the world chat. The mission was simple: whoever is the first to kill you, 'Seeing Through the Fog,' in this match will receive a legendary piece of equipment."

"Legendary equipment?" Li Wu raised an eyebrow.

That's quite a large sum.

Who issued the task?

"An anonymous player." Phantom Fox shrugged. "However, everyone's guessing it's someone from the Iron Blood Alliance. After all, you made them lose face in the previous guild war."

Li Wu understood.

It seems that the new president, "Iron-Blooded War God," who was transferred from the old district, is even more stingy than he imagined.

If they can't beat him, they start resorting to these underhanded tactics.

"So, you're here to kill me too?" Li Wu's gaze fell on Huanhu's empty hands.

"I didn't say that," Phantom Fox shook her finger. "I'm just very interested in you. It's unusual for a player from a new server to have such strength, isn't it?"

Her body began to blur as she spoke.

Layer upon layer of phantoms peeled away from her, swirling and dancing around her.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen identical "Phantom Foxes" appeared on the field.

Their figures, movements, and even the tone of their voices were exactly the same.

"I prefer to understand my opponents in a more...gentle way."

A dozen voices rang out simultaneously, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

This is the illusionist's signature skill, "Mirror Flower, Water Moon".

"Come play a game with me." The voice of the phantom fox came from all directions. "If you can find my true form within one minute, I will tell you a very important secret about this competition."

"What if I can't find it?" Li Wu asked.

"Then... you can leave all your points behind."

The voice just fell.

A dozen or so phantom foxes moved at the same time.

They surrounded Li Wu from different directions, their movements unpredictable and dazzling.

Despite the seemingly unsolvable illusion, Li Wu showed no sign of tension.

He even closed his eyes.

"He closed his eyes? Has he given up?"

"They must have been deceived by an illusion, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion, and simply gave up resisting."

"What a pity, this rookie king is about to fall here."

Hidden in the shadows, other players were also watching the battle.

They all thought that Li Wu was in dire straits.

However, what they didn't know was...

The moment Li Wu closed his eyes, his world did not fall into darkness.

In his [Fate Perception], everything around him transformed into an ocean composed of countless "probability threads".

Those dozen or so phantom foxes were merely lifeless puppets made of energy. Their probability threads were dead and gray.

only one.

To the left rear of all the phantoms, there was a figure whose probability threads were so vivid and so bright.

That represents "life," "thought," and... a subtle, almost imperceptible "tension."

"So you were here."

Li Wu's lips curled up again.

He suddenly opened his eyes, the arcane bow in his hand already aimed in that direction.

On the bowstring, the dark red energy singularity had reached its maximum power.

"What?!"

The true form of the phantom fox was alarmed.

She never expected that her location would be locked down so quickly!

She wanted to immediately dispel the illusion and use a movement skill to dodge it.

But Li Wu was faster than her.

"The game is over."

Li Wusong released her hand.

【Burning Star Returns to Ruins Arrow】!

That singularity, bearing the weight of destruction and end, ignored all the illusions that obstructed it, dragging ripples of distorted space along with it.

The ripple shot straight towards the true form of the phantom fox.

At this moment, the phantom fox's pupils shrank to the most dangerous needle-like shape.

She knew she couldn't dodge that arrow.

She knew that with the power of that arrow, if it even grazed her, she would be instantly killed.

Life and death hang in the balance.

Instead of retreating, the phantom fox made an unexpected move.

Instead of dodging or avoiding it, she extended her right hand to meet the incoming energy singularity.

A mirror, the size of a palm, crystal clear and seemingly composed of countless diamond facets, appeared out of thin air in her palm.

"Mythical-grade item—[Kaleidoscope Prism]!"

Some of the players watching from the shadows recognized the legendary life-saving artifact and gasped in surprise.

It is said that this mirror can deflect all forms of attack, whether physical or magical.

It's absolute defense!

A hint of pain and relief appeared on Huanhu's face.

This [Kaleidoscope] is her biggest trump card, and she can only use it once a day.

She hadn't intended to use it in a place like this.

But now, to save her life, she has no other choice.

She could already imagine that the next second, this terrifying energy singularity would be reflected back by the prism, making that arrogant archer reap what he sowed.

however.

The "rebound" she had anticipated did not occur.

Just as the dark red energy singularity was about to touch the [Kaleidoscope], it suddenly... stopped.

It hovered less than a centimeter in front of the prism, spinning wildly and emitting a terrifying suction force capable of devouring everything.

The invisible "rebound law" emanating from the [Kaleidoscope] began to shatter inch by inch in the face of this unreasonable suction force.

"What...is going on?"

The expression on Huanhu's face changed from relief to astonishment, and finally, to boundless fear.

She saw that her prized mythical artifact, the mirror that was said to be able to reflect everything, had cracks appearing on its surface!

"No...it can't be! My prism..."

Li Wu looked at her with a hint of pity in his eyes.

"Your mirror can indeed deflect 'attacks'."

"But my arrow, in essence, was not an attack."

"It is a... collapsing world."

The words fell.

"Click—"

The "Kaleidoscope" has shattered completely.

The energy singularity, now freed from its final restraints, instantly engulfed the terrified face of the phantom fox.

boom!!!