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

"hiss--!!!"

Suddenly, all the remaining heads of the Hydra stopped attacking, raised their heads to the sky, and let out an extremely piercing howl.

Immediately afterwards, a layer of eerie, metallic purple scales emerged from beneath its skin and quickly covered its entire body.

The water in the entire poisonous pool seemed to be stirred by an invisible force, and began to rotate violently, forming a huge whirlpool.

A terrifying aura, several times stronger than ever before, erupted from the center of the vortex!

The boss has gone berserk!

"Not good!" Hua Zitong's expression changed drastically when she saw this scene. She remembered the few words about the BOSS's berserk phase in her previous life's strategy guide.

"It's an area-of-effect instant kill! Retreat!" she exclaimed in shock, pulling Li Wu, who was still "reaping" the small snake heads, and turning to retreat.

However, it was too late.

The moment they turned around, the huge vortex in the center of the poisonous pool suddenly unleashed an irresistible and terrifying suction force.

Rumble—!

A massive tornado, composed of dark green venom and purple miasma, connecting heaven and earth, shot up from the vortex, completely enveloping the enormous body of the highly venomous hydra.

The tornado spun wildly, engulfing everything around it—air, mist, and even the soil—creating an absolute zone of death.

Li Wu and Hua Zitong felt a sudden tightness under their feet, and their bodies were uncontrollably pulled towards the tornado by the enormous suction force.

Even more critically, as the tornado forms, the debuffs on their status bars also change.

[Poisonous Storm]: You have been caught in a poisonous storm, losing 5% of your maximum health per second!

5% per second!

This means they can only hold out here for a maximum of 20 seconds!

"Damn it!" Li Wu cursed under his breath, struggling to plant his longbow into the mud to steady himself, but to no avail.

Desperate situation!

This is the BOSS's real killing move!

"hiss!"

Enveloped in a venomous tornado, each of the hydra's heads began to condense basketball-sized, bottomless, dark green energy balls within their mouths.

That's a sign of preparing for a powerful attack!

Destructive energy was being compressed and pulsating wildly within the energy sphere.

Once launched, it will be an indiscriminate saturation attack covering the entire poison pool.

By then, they will have nowhere to hide!

Without hesitation, Li Wu fired a [Insightful Purification Arrow] at the giant poisonous tornado.

However, the arrow, imbued with purifying power, was instantly shredded into pieces by the violent spinning force of the tornado the moment it approached, without causing the slightest ripple.

"Purification Arrows are useless against tornadoes!"

Hua Zitong's face was extremely pale. She gritted her teeth, a resolute glint in her eyes.

A [something] has already appeared in my hand.

"There's no other way! We can only try to change fate!"

This is her only trump card right now. Using [Fate Deflection], she perfectly deflects the BOSS's instant-kill attack back!

"No! Keep your skills!"

However, Li Wu rejected her proposal immediately.

His gaze was fixed on the wildly spinning tornado, watching the poisonous mist and venom being drawn into it. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.

The combination of arrow skills is based on the understanding of "secret texts".

【Burning Arrow】 is composed of "blazing" and "enhancement", representing fire and strengthening.

The "Insight Purification Arrow" represents "new" and "knowledge," signifying the use of new power to replace known anomalies.

What if... it were the other way around?

Use knowledge to gain insight, and use innovation to bring about change.

It's not just a simple replacement, but... a reconstruction!

In a moment of extreme danger between life and death, Li Wufu displayed unprecedented creativity.

He attempted to assemble a completely new set of cryptic texts within his own spiritual sea.

[Knowledge & Innovation]!

He needs to know the "source" of this deadly poison and give it a "new" form!

An energy unlike any other arrow he had ever used before began to gather on his bowstring.

It was no longer the fury of the [Burning Arrow], nor the purity of the [Purifying Arrow].

It was a kind of... grayish-white mottled, full of unknowns and changes, as if it contained the power of analysis and reconstruction, chaotic energy.

A brand new arrow slowly took shape on his bowstring.

In Li Wu's mind, she subconsciously gave it a name.

【Tracing the Source and Reconstructing the Arrow】!

"Now!"

Without the slightest hesitation, just before the energy ball in the Hydra's mouth was about to be launched, Li Wu loosened his fingers.

Om-!

The grayish-white arrow did not shoot towards the BOSS, but instead resolutely pierced the center of the devastating poisonous tornado!

A bizarre scene unfolded.

Unlike the previous purification arrow, the arrow was not shredded when it entered the tornado.

Instead, it was like a drop of ink falling into water, instantly transforming into an enormous, complex magic circle composed of countless gray-white runes, which spun and expanded wildly inside the tornado with the airflow!

Wherever the magic array passed, the violent and deadly poisonous energy seemed to have encountered its nemesis, emitting unwilling howls.

The tornado suddenly stopped!

The deadly poison that makes it up was forcibly altered in its most fundamental nature by the domineering analytical and reconstructive power of the [Source Reconstruction Arrow]!

They are no longer deadly toxins.

They were reconstructed into... the most ordinary, harmless fog!

It only took two seconds.

The deadly tornado that had once connected heaven and earth and exuded an aura of destruction crumbled before Li Wu and Hua Zitong's astonished eyes, turning into an ordinary, even slightly refreshing, thick fog that dissipated into the air.

The BOSS's area-of-effect ultimate attack was completely "disrupted" by Li Wu using a new skill he created on the spot!

"roar……?"

The hydra in the tornado clearly didn't understand what was happening either.

Its nine energy orbs, brimming with power, flickered twice in mid-air after losing the energy support of the tornado, and then went out weakly with a "poof," like a firecracker that misfired.

The skill was interrupted!

The massive energy backlash left it in a state of paralysis for five seconds!

"A great opportunity!"

Hua Zitong was the first to react. She looked at the man in the distance who had created the miracle, her eyes filled with unparalleled shock.

But now is not the time to be shocked!

"kill!"

The two seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, unleashing all their skills on the massive, frozen target.

[Heavy Chop]!

[Explosive Burning Arrow]!

[Explosive Burning Arrow]!

Under the relentless onslaught of the two, Hydra's health bar plummeted at an unprecedented rate.

5%...3%...1%...

"die!"

Li Wu fired his last explosive burning arrow.

boom!

Flames exploded.

The hydra's massive body suddenly stiffened, and then all its heads drooped limply. Its enormous body collapsed with a crash, splashing water everywhere in the poisonous pool.

The world has finally fallen silent.

slam-la-

As the BOSS's corpse disappeared, a small pile of loot, shimmering with various colors, dropped out.

This was immediately followed by a series of system notifications!