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

Upon hearing this, Dao Chi paused for a moment.

He stared at Li Wu, but didn't move immediately.

He wasn't sure if it was real or just a bluff.

High mana doesn't mean unlimited mana. Arcane Archer's spell costs mana proportionally; even with a high mana cap, there will be a time when mana is depleted under high-intensity continuous casting.

However, he currently lacks sufficient data to determine at what level the other party meant by "not lacking mana".

A quick determination was made regarding the blade size.

There are now two options.

First, believe this statement is true, abandon the current strategy, and retreat.

Second, do not believe this statement, continue to execute the original plan, and at the same time adjust the contingency plan to increase efficiency.

He chose the second one.

"Continue," he said to the six people behind him.

All seven people moved at the same time.

The configuration of these seven people was specifically designed by the knife-sized team for this confrontation.

A knight, in a high-defense stance, approaches head-on to draw attention and deplete the enemy's main firepower.

Two mages stood behind the knight, maintaining a distance of thirty meters, and used high-frequency, low-mana-consumption control skills to interrupt Li Wu's charge-up.

Two assassins circled around to the sides, disrupting Li Wu's movements and forcing him to keep moving, thus increasing his physical and mental exhaustion.

A priest is responsible for healing the knight and ensuring that the knight can survive.

There was also someone else, Dao, who stood at the back, responsible for overall coordination, and adjusting the direction according to Li Wu's reactions.

The core objective of this formation is not to kill Li Wu, but to wear him down.

Once his mana is depleted, opportunities will naturally arise later.

The configuration is correct, and the operation is smooth.

The seven people spread out, the knight stepped up, the two mages began to cast control spells, and the two assassins circled around from both sides.

The whole process was coordinated, clean, and efficient.

Li Wu stood still and watched the entire process of this formation unfold.

His evaluation of the knife size was slightly higher than before.

This guy is really good at fighting.

The formation deployment, the spacing between different classes, and the pace of advancement were all at a very high level.

If other archers were to come, they would most likely be put on the defensive by this combination.

But if it were him, the situation would be different.

The knight was already within fifteen meters.

The two mages' control spells are almost ready.

Li Wu neither dodged nor circled around.

He fired an ordinary arrow directly at the approaching knight.

It's not a powerful skill; it's just an ordinary energy arrow.

The knight's defensive shield glowed, blocking the arrow and causing him to lose a little health, not much.

The two mages' control skills arrived simultaneously.

Li Wu dodged half a step to the right, unleashing two different control skills, both of which missed their mark.

Looking at the result, he didn't frown and continued to adjust the instructions.

This is normal; the first attempt is unlikely to succeed immediately.

He needs more data.

He started the timer.

Every time they launched an attack, Li Wu's dodging direction, timing, movement route, and blade size were rapidly recorded.

He wanted to find a pattern.

Everyone's movement follows a pattern. The patterns of expert players are even harder to find, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

……

After fighting with these seven people for about two minutes, Li Wu roughly figured out their purpose.

The other party wasn't in a hurry to kill him; they were collecting data.

This strategy would likely work on someone else.

But there's a fatal problem with him.

His [Fate Perception] will instinctively make him lean towards the optimal evasion option, rather than acting according to his habitual movement logic.

In other words, he has no pattern in his movement.

Each dodge is the optimal solution at that moment, not a fixed pattern.

No matter how much data you record about the blade dimensions, you can't find any predictable patterns because there are no patterns at all.

Li Wu roughly understood this and felt a little relieved.

He raised his hand and fired a Fusion Piercing Arrow at the priest behind the knight.

It's not aimed at the knight, it's through the knight and directly at the priest.

The knight's defensive shield flashed briefly, then a transparent hole was pierced through by the thin, pure white line, which struck the priest.

crit.

The priest's health bar dropped by more than half in an instant.

The priest was caught off guard and startled, frantically trying to heal himself.

Upon seeing this result, the knife's dimensions darkened slightly.

The knight's defenses failed to stop the arrow.

The arrow pierced through the defenses and went straight in.

He quickly searched his mind to see which skill was causing this effect.

Then he had an idea.

penetrate.

This is a single-target skill with the "penetration" attribute.

In his formation, the knights are the core defensive line. If the knights' defense cannot hold, the logic of this formation collapses.

Quickly adjust the blade size.

"The knight retreats three steps, the mage advances, switches targets, and attacks his bow."

The instructions were given very quickly.

The formation of the seven players was changed again.

Li Wu watched them adjust, and something new appeared in his eyes.

This person is very difficult to deal with.

But being difficult to deal with doesn't mean being invincible.

He took a deep breath and began to condense a dark red singularity in his hand.

It wasn't a large area, just a small one, with the target being a focal point on the ground, exactly between the two mages behind the knife.

He knew the strategy for knife size.

He could also use strategy.

The goal isn't to kill everyone, but to take down the two mages who are controlling his charge-up.

Without a mage, the knight can't stop his piercing arrows, and the priest can't withstand the continuous drain.

The rest is easy to solve.

……

The singularity shot out not towards the size of the blade, nor towards the knight, but towards the ground between the two mages.

The landing point was extremely precise.

The moment the domain expanded, both mages were within its radius.

The two mages realized something was wrong the moment the domain appeared and immediately ran out.

One of them ran out.

The other one was a step too slow and was caught up by the fire damage in the area. Its health dropped rapidly, and it barely managed to escape, but it only had less than 30% of its health left.

The priest was still frantically tending to his own injuries and had no time to heal the mage.

The problem was immediately apparent from the size of the blade.

"The priest should prioritize healing the mage..."

But his command was a second too late.

Because just as he said those words, Li Wu had already fired the second [Fusion Penetrating Arrow], aiming directly at the mage whose health was down to 30%.

hit.

The monk vanished.

The knife size is closed.

The formation has been breached.

He quickly recalculated.

Now there are only six people left, and with one key control node missing, the overall suppression efficiency has decreased by at least one-third.

You can continue, but the difficulty level has increased significantly.

He did not immediately issue a retreat order because the worst situation had not yet occurred.

But then he heard another question.

The knight shouted to his left, "Mana is low, my skills are almost used up!"

The knife-wielding figure glanced back at the knight's condition.

The knight's mana has dropped to less than 20%.

This is because during the few minutes they were confronting Li Wu, the knight continuously consumed a large amount of mana in order to maintain his defensive skills.

Li Wu's mana appeared to remain unchanged from beginning to end.

He never even used any mana regeneration methods because he never needed to.

Only then did I truly realize the size of the knife.

That statement, "I don't lack blue," wasn't just empty boasting.

Is the truth.

His entire mana-consuming strategy is based on the premise that "Arcane Archer's high-cost skills will drain his mana pool."

However, this premise does not apply to Li Wu.

This is the most fundamental error in his analysis.

He was silent for two seconds.

Then an instruction was issued.

"withdraw."

The seven-person formation began to retreat.