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

Li Wu's voice echoed in every corner of the Sun Fortress.

ten seconds.

On the city wall, the remaining two thousand-plus members of the Iron Blood Alliance heard these words.

Their command post was gone, and their leader, Iron Blood Banner, was dead. The teleportation array was destroyed, and there were three large gaps in the city wall, making it as drafty as a sieve.

But more than two thousand people are still more than two thousand people.

Ironwall, the third-ranking officer of the Ironblood Alliance, was the first to step forward. He was a knight, dressed in full purple heavy armor, and carried a three-meter-tall tower shield.

"Hold your ground!" Iron Wall's roar echoed from the eastern section of the city wall. "He's all alone! One person can fight, but can he hold the entire fortress? Everyone assemble in the inner city square and regroup!"

That makes sense.

No matter how terrifying those arrows were, it was still just one person.

It's impossible for one person to be present in all four directions of the fortress simultaneously. If they can reorganize and make good use of their numerical advantage of over two thousand men, this battle is not unwinnable.

The sound of the iron wall brought many Ironblood Alliance members on the city wall back to their senses. Some began moving towards the inner city square, some searched the ruins for equipment dropped by their fallen teammates, and others looked for a new command channel.

Nine seconds.

Eight seconds.

Seven seconds.

A mage from the Ironblood Alliance, holding a staff, peered out from a gap in the city wall, trying to pinpoint Li Wu's location.

He saw it.

The man stood on the ruins of the bombed-out command post, bow in hand, motionless, like a statue.

The monk withdrew his head.

"He's in the middle of the inner city, at the command post," the mage said to his teammate. "He's all alone."

"Alone? Really, just one person?"

"I didn't see anyone else."

"What about his guild? What about the Myth Guild with its three hundred-plus members?"

"I don't know, I didn't see it."

Six seconds.

Five seconds.

Iron Wall leaped down from the city wall and landed on the inner city square. His heavy armor made a dull thud.

"Listen to me, everyone!" Iron Wall strode to the center of the square. "Abandon the city walls, everyone assemble inside the city! We still have two thousand men, surround him."

Four seconds.

three seconds.

Iron Wall didn't finish his sentence.

Because he saw something.

Above the inner city square, a dark red energy singularity is slowly flying in.

Its speed was not fast, even somewhat slow, but the energy fluctuations it emitted made the skin of the iron wall tingle.

The Arrow that Burns Stars and Returns to Ruins.

Iron Wall had seen this skill before; he'd watched the recording shown in the system announcement three times. A dark red sphere, after landing, expanded into a domain, then collapsed, and then…

"Scatter!!!" Iron Wall roared hoarsely, "Everyone scatter! Leave the plaza!"

two seconds.

But it was too late.

The energy singularity landed in the center of the square.

A dark red, semi-transparent sphere instantly unfolded, its 15-meter diameter domain enveloping the Iron Blood Alliance members who were gathering in the plaza.

one second.

The flames within the area changed from dark red to bright orange, and then to incandescent white.

zero.

Collapse.

A pillar of energy shot into the sky from the square, filling the air with white light.

The system notification filled the entire screen.

The iron-walled tower shield blocked part of the shockwave the instant it collapsed, and his health dropped from full to 15%.

But those behind him weren't so lucky.

Nearly three hundred people were crowded in the square.

The area covered by the Burning Star Return to Ruins Arrow was mostly covered.

White light.

White light.

White light.

One patch of white light after another.

Iron Wall got up from the ground, his eyes filled with the light of his teammates' disappearance.

[Ding! A stroke of luck has been triggered! The Star-Burning Arrow has been successfully condensed!]

Another dark red energy singularity flew over.

Iron Wall's pupils shrank to their maximum size.

He scrambled and stumbled into the alley.

"boom!"

The second "Burning Star Returns to Ruins" arrow exploded on the other side of the square.

Another flash of white light.

Iron Wall leaned against the alley wall, panting heavily. His hands were trembling.

It's not because of fear.

Okay, it's because of fear.

In just ten seconds, half of the troops he had just assembled were gone.

But Ironwall was, after all, one of the top members of the Ironblood Alliance. He forced himself to calm down and opened the guild channel.

"Everyone, stop gathering! Do not huddle together! Spread out into the buildings and use them as cover. Do not give him an opportunity for a large-scale attack!"

This command is correct.

Even the most powerful Starburst Arrow needs to be clustered together to maximize its damage. If everyone is scattered and hides inside buildings, a single arrow can only destroy a few targets at most.

Tiebi gritted his teeth and reconnected with the channels of his several squad leaders.

"Iron Wall Bro, what do we do?"

"Wait," Ironwall said. "He's alone; his mana can't be infinite. Let him explode until he runs out of mana, then we'll go out."

"But the city walls on the front and east sides are breached, and his guild members are charging in."

"Forget about the city walls!" Iron Wall roared. "Those three hundred-odd men aren't the main concern. The main concern is that archer. As long as he's still alive, no matter how many men we gather, it's all for nothing. We'll counterattack when he runs out of mana."

This judgment is also correct.

The problem is, Ironwall doesn't know one thing.

Li Wu's mana reserves will never run out.

Outside the city wall, Mo Bu Ru Shan led more than a hundred men from the Second Regiment to the main gate.

He looked up and saw explosions erupting all over the city.

One after another, dark red energy balls exploded into a beam of light each time they hit the ground.

"Go in!" The unyielding figure charged forward, shield raised. "The guild leader's clearing the way inside; we'll clean up the rest!"

The second regiment poured in through the main gate.

The remaining Ironblood Alliance troops at the city gate had completely collapsed, and no one was trying to organize a defense anymore.

From the city gate to the inner city, the entire route was littered with weapons and equipment discarded by members of the Ironblood Alliance.

Someone is running.

Someone is hiding.

Some people stood there in a daze, not even realizing they had been pushed aside by the unmoving shield.

After running for about thirty seconds without moving, they arrived at the inner city square.

He stopped in his tracks.

Two large craters, each fifteen meters in diameter, were blasted into the stone pavement of the square. The rocks at the bottom of the craters exhibited a strange vitrified state and were still radiating residual heat.

These are the burn marks from the "Burning Star Returns to Ruins" arrow.

He stood motionless at the edge of the pit for two seconds.

He counted the equipment scattered around the pit.

A rough estimate suggests that these two pits alone have caused injuries to four or five hundred people.

"...The president took down four or five hundred by himself," muttered Immovable Mountain.

Then a big smile spread across his face.

"Brothers! Search every alley, every building!" The Unmoving Mountain shouted back to the Second Regiment, "The rest of the Iron Blood Alliance are hiding. Find them one by one!"

Meanwhile, the eastern city wall.

The steel shield charged in, accompanied by a mass of energy.

They advanced from the catapult positions, and the Ironblood Alliance members they encountered along the way either ran away or surrendered directly.

Nobody wanted to fight anymore.

The command post was bombed, and the guild leader is dead. The teleportation array was destroyed, and the inner city was blasted into the surface of the moon by a single person.

What are you fighting for?

The steel shield stood firm on the east side of the city wall, overlooking the situation inside the fortress.

The entire Sunrise Fortress was in complete chaos.

The Myth Guild members were in pursuit, while the Ironblood Alliance members were running. Occasionally, a few hardliners from the Ironblood Alliance attempted to retaliate, but they were quickly overwhelmed by the well-organized Myth Guild squads that were advancing in formation.

Steel Shield opened the world channel.

Then he froze.

The world chat channel is overwhelmed.

The messages were scrolling by so fast that he could barely see the details of each one, only able to catch a few frequently occurring keywords.

"Sunshine Fortress."

"Mythical Guild".

"Seeing flowers through the fog."

"one person."

"impossible."

Steel Shield flipped through several pages before finally finding a complete message.

That was posted by a random player who doesn't belong to any major guild.

"I was standing on the hillside two kilometers away watching the excitement. I saw it with my own eyes. The Myth Guild first split up their forces, with more than a hundred people each launching a feint attack from the front and the east. Then their guild leader led four people in through a secret passage from the west."

"Then the command post was blown up, and then the city walls and gates were blown up. The whole process took less than three minutes, less than three minutes, brothers. A fortress guarded by three thousand men, three minutes, one person."

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I didn't have time to examine the steel shield closely.

Because a system announcement has arrived.

[Server-wide Announcement: Guild Myth has successfully captured Sunrise Fortress! The attacking faction has captured its first fortress!]

[Current battle situation: The attacking side has captured 1 fortresses, while the defending side still controls 2.]

[Time remaining: 2 hours, 47 minutes, and 13 seconds.]

The announcement flashed three times in the sky.

All players in District 21 who participated in the event saw it.

Sun Yao Fortress changes hands.

Time taken: thirteen minutes.

It wasn't three hours.

It wasn't two hours.

Thirteen minutes.

Steel Shield took a deep breath and turned off the world channel.

He knew that after this announcement was released, everyone would start asking the same question.

How could a fortress guarded by three thousand men be gone in just thirteen minutes?

There is only one answer.

But most people wouldn't believe this answer.