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

The fall of the Sun Fortress has triggered an earthquake on the event map.

Almost all participating guilds received the system announcement at the same time.

Thirteen minutes.

This number made every player who saw the announcement think they were seeing things.

The event has only been going on for a short time. Most guilds haven't even finished setting up their formations yet, and some smaller guilds are still studying the map and figuring out which fortress they should attack.

As a result, the Myth Guild has already secured one.

The world channel was completely paralyzed within five seconds of the system announcement.

The message volume is too large, and the server is struggling to handle it.

At the other end of the event map, on the city wall of Moonflower Fortress, Fengyun Jiutian, the guild leader of Fengyun Zaiqi Guild, put down his binoculars.

He didn't look in the direction of the Sunrise Fortress because it was too far away to see.

But he could see the system announcement very clearly.

"Thirteen minutes," Feng Yun Jiu Tian said to the vice president beside him.

The vice president's expression was very unpleasant.

"Guild Master, could it be that there are internal problems within the Iron Blood Alliance? Like some kind of temporary infighting?"

"Impossible! The Iron Blood Alliance has three thousand men. No matter how despicable the Iron Blood Banner is, their core strength is solid. Three thousand men defending a fortress, even with internal strife, couldn't possibly lose it in thirteen minutes."

Fengyun Jiutian paused for a moment.

There is only one possibility.

"What?"

"By brute force."

The vice president's face turned even uglier.

"Three hundred men against three thousand, and they broke through in thirteen minutes? How is that possible?"

"I don't know, but the result speaks for itself."

Fengyun Jiutian broke out in a cold sweat. Fengyun Zaiqi was the defender, guarding Moonflower Fortress. If the Mythical Guild's next target was them…

He didn't dare to think any further.

One kilometer away on the plain, another army was marching.

Sword and Rose Guild leader Sword Pointing Rose is riding a horse, holding a communicator in her hand.

She had just finished a call with the vice president.

"It's confirmed." Sword Pointing at Rose said to the core members around her, "Sunset Fortress has fallen, and the Iron Blood Alliance is finished."

"Thirteen minutes? How did you do that?"

"It's said that someone sneaked in through a secret passage, blew up the command post, and then cleared the area in the inner city with area-of-effect skills. The specific details are still unclear, but the accounts of witnesses on the world channel are basically consistent."

The core team that pointed their sword at Rose remained silent for a long time.

They are allies with the Myth Guild, having signed a strategic alliance agreement. Logically, having strong allies is a good thing.

But this level of power has exceeded their expectations.

One person took down a fortress defended by three thousand men.

This is no longer a question of whether it's strong or not.

This isn't a human problem.

"Guild Master," an adjutant approached, "what about our own objective? We've been assigned to attack Starshine Fortress, and the Blood Wolf Guild is defending it."

Sword Pointing at Rose nodded: "No rush. Let everyone rest where they are. I need to contact someone."

"Who should I contact?"

What do you think?

Meanwhile, in the southwest direction of the event map, a small but extremely well-organized team also stopped.

Flower Language Guild.

This guild has always kept a low profile in District 21. Chen Yan had mentioned it before, saying it had a unique and independent background. Li Wu also knew of the guild's existence, but the two sides hadn't had much direct contact before.

Flower Language Guild leader Flower Language Xiao Feng stood at the front of the group, with messages scrolling across the world channel on a communication screen in front of him.

"Guild Master, Sunrise Fortress..."

"I saw it," Hua Yu Xiao Feng interrupted the vice president.

"Thirteen minutes, one person."

The vice president swallowed hard. "What do we do? We're also on the attacking side, assigned to attack Moonflower Fortress, while the defending side is Rising Storm. But Rising Storm has over two thousand men, while we only have eight hundred..."

Huayu and Xiaofeng didn't speak.

She was thinking about something else.

The Flower Language Guild has 800 members, while the opposing Fengyun Zaiqi has over 2,000.

We can't beat them.

unless……

Flower Language, Little Phoenix raised her head and looked in the direction of Sun Fortress.

Although she couldn't see anything from a great distance, she could imagine what it looked like there.

A man stands on the ruins, holding a bow in his hand.

The fortress of three thousand men was reduced to rubble before him.

"Send a message to 'Seeing Flowers in the Fog'," said Flower Language, Little Phoenix.

"what?"

"Are you deaf? Send a message to Mist-Viewing Flowers and say that the Flower Language Guild wants to see him. We have a solution that benefits both sides."

The vice president was stunned for a moment, but immediately took action after realizing what was happening.

Return to the Sunrise Fortress.

Li Wu stood on the ruins of the command post, which had been bombed flat, watching the Immovable Mountain and Steel Shield teams carry out the final clearing of the fortress.

There are still about a thousand Ironblood Alliance members scattered throughout the fortress.

Some chose to surrender, dropping their weapons and standing still. Others chose to hide, crawling into basements or warehouses of buildings, waiting for the time to run out.

Only a very small number of people are still trying to fight back, but against the established and organized Myth Guild, sporadic resistance is meaningless.

Iron Wall was the last one to be found.

He hid in a dead-end alley, with his back against the wall and the tower shield standing in front of him.

Immovable as a mountain, he and five others blocked the entrance to the alley.

"Will you surrender?" asked the unmoving man.

Iron Wall remained silent for a few seconds.

He peeked through the gap at the immovable figure behind him.

On the distant ruins, Li Wu's figure was clearly visible. He was facing another direction, a bow hanging at his side, looking at something.

"Surrender," Ironwall said.

He laid the tower shield down and raised his hands above his head.

Immovable as a Mountain nodded, signaling his men to report the coordinates of the Iron Wall.

"Your association president..." Iron Wall suddenly spoke up.

"Um?"

"His skills... don't have a cooldown?"

Immovable as a mountain pondered for a moment.

"Of course not," he answered honestly. "It's just that... about half of the skills you see are given away for free."

Iron Wall didn't understand what he meant.

He didn't want to understand anymore.

The communicator beeped once in Li Wu's ear.

Hua Zitong's voice came through.

"The fortress has been cleared. There are approximately 1,200 remaining Ironblood Alliance members scattered in various locations, most of whom have already given up resistance. Immovable Mountain and Steel Shield are currently collecting weapons and counting prisoners."

"Um."

"The world channel has gone mad." Hua Zitong's tone held a hint of barely concealed amusement. "Do you want to take a look?"

"I won't look."

"Iron Blood Banner sent a message at the respawn point."

"What did you say?"

He didn't say anything, just four words: "Just you wait and see."

"Make him wait."

Li Wu turned off the communication with Hua Zitong and looked down at the communicator in his hand.

There are two unread messages above.

The first one comes from Sword Pointing at Rose.

The second one comes from Huayu and Xiaofeng.

Li Wu first opened the message about Sword Pointing at Rose.

"Congratulations, we need to talk. Are you available now?"

Then I opened the message from Huayu and Xiaofeng.

"I have a cooperation proposal for this guild war that would benefit both of us. Would you like to meet and discuss it in detail?"

Li Wu looked at the two messages and his lips twitched slightly.

coming.

He didn't reply immediately, but instead opened the event map.

The map clearly shows that the three fortresses are arranged in a triangle.

He has already captured Sunrise Fortress; the other two are Starshine Fortress and Moonflower Fortress.

The Blood Wolf Guild is defending Starshine Fortress.

The defenders of Moonflower Fortress are facing a renewed storm.

Besides the Myth Guild, he also knew of the Sword and Rose Guild and the Flower Language Guild on the attacking side.

Two guilds approached us at the same time, both saying they wanted to cooperate.

Li Wu leaned against a half-person-high boulder and began replying to messages.

The reply to "Sword Pointing at Rose" was only two words: "Speak."

The reply to Huayu_Xiaofeng was a little longer: "Okay, the old site of the Sunrise Fortress Command Post, in fifteen minutes."

After sending the message, Li Wu put away the communicator and looked up at the sky.

There are two hours and forty minutes left in the event.

He already has one of the three fortresses.

Two remain.

He already had a vague guess in his mind that Jianzhi Qiangwei, Huayu, and Xiaofeng were probably looking for him for the same thing.

But he wanted to hear what they had to say.

Li Wu stood up from the rubble and dusted off his clothes.

Hua Zitong had somehow gotten behind him.

"Both Sword and Rose and the Flower Language Guild have contacted you?"

Li Wu turned around and glanced at her.

How did you know?

Hua Zitong raised the communicator in her hand: "Sword Pointing at Rose sent me a message first, asking if you were there. I told her to contact you directly."

What is the meaning of flowers?

"Hua Yu didn't contact me; Hua Yu and Xiao Feng sent it directly to you." Hua Zitong paused for a moment.

Li Wu nodded.

"Meet me here in fifteen minutes. You'll be there too."

Hua Zitong had no objection.

She glanced at the cratered ground beneath her feet.

"Let me have someone clear this place out first. It's really disgraceful of you to discuss cooperation on ruins."

"No need to clean it," Li Wu said. "It's fine as it is."

Hua Zitong paused for a second, then understood.

Ruins themselves are the best props to demonstrate strength.

Discussing cooperation amidst ruins saves a lot of unnecessary talk.