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

The moment Li Wu stepped through the doors of Qianjin Pavilion, the entire hall erupted in chaos.

The shouts of more than a thousand people at the same time almost lifted the ceiling off.

"President!!!"

The bull was the first to rush up, grabbing Li Wu in a bear hug and nearly lifting him off the ground.

"Guild leader, you're amazing! Number one in the entire server! Number one in the entire server!"

Li Wu was struggling to breathe as he squeezed her: "Let go, or I'll lose health!"

The bull chuckled as he released his grip and took two steps back, but the excitement on his face was still palpable.

Li Wu looked around the hall and saw that everyone was looking at him.

Some people's eyes turned red, some were laughing, some were holding up their glasses, and some were already drunk and sitting on the ground, but still giving him a thumbs up.

"Alright, everyone stop standing there and get back to what you were doing," Li Wu said.

Then he discovered that a bunch of people were even more excited.

There was nothing he could do; the more he told them to "not get agitated," the more agitated they became.

Lin Hai squeezed through the crowd, holding a stack of papers in his hand.

"President, you may not be aware of the situation outside."

"What's going on?"

"You're trending on social media."

"What's trending?"

"Trending topics in the real world." Lin Hai handed over the paper, which contained a list of trending topics from various news platforms. "You're currently number one trending topic globally. 'Seeing Through the Fog: Execution in the Air' has garnered over three billion views worldwide."

Li Wu took the paper and glanced at it, without any change in expression.

"What's this about aerial execution?"

"It was your last arrow," Lin Hai explained. "You teleported into the air and shot Bai Ren through the head mid-air. That video has been shared globally and has been viewed over a billion times."

"oh."

"President, what are you 'oh'ing?!" Lin Hai exclaimed anxiously, "That's one billion views! One billion! Do you know what that means?"

"What does that mean?"

"This means GG Merchant is coming! This means our partners are coming! This means..."

"That means you're going to settle scores again," Li Wu interrupted him.

Lin Hai choked for a moment.

Then he nodded vigorously: "Yes! I'm going to settle accounts! This is money! This is a lot of money! You may not care, but I do!"

Li Wu patted him on the shoulder: "Fine, I'll leave it all to you."

Lin Hai's eyes lit up after receiving authorization, and he turned and ran backstage.

Li Wu walked deeper into the hall, and everyone he passed greeted him. He nodded in response to each one, but did not stop walking.

He walked to the staircase in the corner of the hall.

Hua Zitong stood on the bottom step of the stairs, holding a cup of tea that had gone cold, and looked at him.

"Do you know what your current score is?" Hua Zitong asked.

Have you checked your final reward?

"Not yet." Li Wu walked up to her. "Let's get down to business first. What changes have occurred in the situation outside since the competition ended?"

Hua Zitong's lips twitched slightly.

When others won the server championship, the first thing they did was celebrate.

After winning the server championship, the first thing he did was ask about the situation.

"There have been many changes." Hua Zitong turned and went upstairs. "Come up and talk."

The two entered the conference room and closed the door.

The noise from downstairs was kept out.

Hua Zitong opened the sand table, which was covered with various information.

"Your server-wide championship this time has an impact on more than just District 21," Hua Zitong began to report. "So far, I have received cooperation invitations from six districts, business negotiations from three districts, and a formal letter of intent for cooperation from Dragon Shield Bureau."

"What does D.H.I.E.L.D. mean?"

Chen Yan's original words were: "I hope you can represent Area 21 in the next cross-regional joint exercise."

"A joint exercise across regions?"

"That's right. The Dragon Shield Bureaus in each district hold a joint cross-district exercise every six months to test the overall combat capabilities of each district. Previously, District 21 was too weak to even qualify. But things are different now."

Li Wu thought for a moment: "I'll put this aside for now and deal with it after I reach level 100."

"Okay," Hua Zitong continued, "One more thing. Jian Zhi Qiangwei asked me to tell you to be available whenever you need me."

"Um."

After Hua Zitong finished reporting everything that needed to be reported, she stood quietly beside the sand table, looking at Li Wu.

Li Wu felt her gaze.

"What else?"

"That's all," Hua Zitong said. "I just wanted to say one thing."

"explain."

"Congratulations, you're number one in the entire server."

When Hua Zitong said this, her tone was very calm, as if she were saying, "The weather is nice today."

But Li Wu could tell that there was a lot hidden behind this calm demeanor.

"Thanks," he said.

Hua Zitong nodded and turned to walk towards the door.

She stopped when she reached the door.

"By the way, there's something you might need to know."

"What?"

"Regarding your championship this time, there are already differing opinions circulating outside."

Li Wu raised an eyebrow: "What was that sound?"

Hua Zitong turned and glanced at him: "Some people say that if those top-level players in the old server hadn't challenged the God's Domain, you wouldn't have been able to get first place at all."

Li Wu remained silent for two seconds.

"Who said that?"

"There are many people," Hua Zitong said, "and it's still escalating."

After Hua Zitong left, Li Wu sat alone in the conference room.

He opened the world channel and browsed through it.

really.

Amidst the overwhelming congratulations and exclamations, another voice was emerging. And this voice was growing louder and louder.

"To be honest, Fog-Seeing-Flowers is indeed very strong, but I reserve my opinion on being number one in the entire server."

"Don't forget, none of the truly top-tier players from server 1 ('Eternal Spear'), server 2 ('Voidwalker'), and server 5 ('Dragon Soul War God') participated in this competition."

"Why didn't they participate? Because their levels are already maxed out, and they're challenging the realm of gods. No matter how much the correction field tries to correct them, it can't correct them."

"So think about it, how many of the participants in this Supreme Arena are truly top-tier powerhouses? Caesar? Caesar is only at the top five level in Zone One. Flora? Top three in Zone Three. But the gap between the top five in Zone One and the number one in Zone One is unimaginable to you."

"Looking at Flowers Through the Fog only beats second- and third-tier players. He's indeed invincible among second-tier players, but try letting him fight against Eternal Spear?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean. It's not that he's not strong, but rather that his achievement isn't that impressive. His position as the number one in the entire server is somewhat questionable."

Li Wu looked at these comments without any expression on his face.

He wasn't angry.

Because from a certain perspective, what these people said isn't entirely wrong.

Indeed, a number of truly top-tier players did not participate in this competition. These players are currently challenging the ultimate content of Origin Realm, the Realm of Gods.

They are the true elite forces in each district.

These people didn't participate not because they looked down on the Supreme Arena, but because they had entered a completely different stage of the game.

But Li Wu also knew one thing.

The rule of the correction field is that everyone is leveled up to 50.

Whether you're max level or level 50, once you enter the correction arena, everyone is the same.

The problem is that max-level players will retain all their skills and talents after being reverted to level 50.

A max-level player has far superior skill completeness, comprehension depth, and combat experience compared to players below level 100.

Therefore, the doubts raised by those outsiders are not entirely without reason.

But Li Wu also knew that he had retained all his skills and talents in the correction field.

His cryptic system, his archery skills, his sense of destiny, and his luck stat exceeding 10,000 points.

These things will not disappear due to level adjustments.

So how strong he is, you'll only know after you've actually fought him.

"Let them say what they want." Li Wu turned off the world channel.

He doesn't care what others think of him.

What he cares about is strength.

It's enough that he knows how strong he is.

The communicator rang; it was Zhui Feng.

"President, have you checked the world channel?"

"I've seen it."

"Those people are saying that you are..." Zhui Feng's tone was somewhat angry, but he was too embarrassed to lose his temper in front of the president. "They said that your championship was not won fairly."

"I know."

"Aren't you angry?"

Li Wu thought for a moment.

"What's there to be angry about? People can say whatever they want. Once I reach level 200 and beat up all those so-called top players, everything will be clear then, right?"

Zhui Feng paused for a moment.

Then he suddenly realized that his anger just now was a bit ridiculous.

Yes.

Why bother arguing with a bunch of keyboard warriors?

Is the president the kind of person who argues with words?

He's the kind of person who can just beat you into shutting up.

"President, I understand," said Zhui Feng. "Then I won't say anything more."

"Okay, get some rest. I need to go leveling up tomorrow."

"Huh? You're leaving tomorrow?"

"Otherwise what? Levels won't increase on their own."

Zhui Feng opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing more.

After hanging up the call, Li Wu checked his championship reward.

A long string of information popped up on the system panel:

[Supreme Arena - Champion Rewards]

Experience points: 1000000

Free attribute points: 100

[Legendary Title: Server-Wide Supreme (All Attributes +5%, Reputation Gain +50%)]

[Champion's Chest x1 (Guaranteed Quality: Legendary)]

[Special Reward: Permanent Pass to the Correction Arena (allows entry into the Correction Arena for practice matches at any time)]

Li Wu looked at the list of rewards, his gaze finally settling on the champion's treasure chest.

The legend of guaranteed minimum return.

With his luck stat exceeding 10,000 points, the items he gets won't be bad.

He took out the treasure chest.

The golden box gleamed with a warm glow in my hands.

Li Wu opened it without hesitation.

A beam of purple light shot out from the box, illuminating the entire conference room.

myth.

The light inside the box gradually dimmed, and an item appeared before his eyes.

That was an arrow.

No, it's not an arrow.

It's a bone.

A bone, about thirty centimeters long, entirely silver-white, its surface covered with intricate runes. It floated above the box, slowly rotating, and with each rotation, the runes on it would flash, emitting a different color of light.

Li Wu reached out and touched it.

A system notification popped up.

You have obtained: The Bone of Erlin (Mythical)

The name stunned Li Wu instantly.

Erling.

Isn't that his career change mentor?

Is this bone one of his belongings?

Li Wu stared at the silvery-white bone in his hand, his heart skipped a beat.

His talent, "Soul of Devouring Fortune," was pulsating slightly.

Just like when I last came into contact with the "Essence of God's Blood".

This thing is very important.

Li Wu flipped the bone over and looked at its attribute description.

However, the description only contains one line of text:

[Requires travel to Arcane Wastes to interpret.]