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

The sixteenth layer, the "Rule Rewriting Zone".

Success condition: Survive and find the exit in an area where the rules are constantly being rewritten.

The rules for this layer change every ten seconds. One second it's "gravity downwards," and the next it's "gravity upwards."

One second "Fire element is ineffective", the next second "Ice element is ineffective".

"How the hell are we supposed to play this?" Zhui Feng felt like he was going crazy. "The rules keep changing! We just get used to one rule, and then it changes again!"

Li Wu's sense of destiny was operating at full capacity, capturing the precursors to every change in the rules.

"Don't panic," he said calmly. "The rules may be changing, but the changes themselves follow a pattern. Every change will have a short transition period."

"During the transition period, the old and new rules will coexist and conflict with each other. This point of conflict is the window through which we can take action."

"Points of conflict?"

"Yes." Li Wu drew his bow, and three secret characters—[Heng], [Wei], and [Xu]—condensed on the bowstring.

"I can use this combination to temporarily lock a rule state and create a stable window for action."

The arrow was shot out and landed at the feet of the crowd.

A layer of silver light enveloped them, "locking" the rules of their small space in the current state.

"The rules won't change within this area," Li Wu said. "But the area is limited, so we have to move to the next location within ten seconds and then lock on again."

For the next few minutes, they seemed to be weaving through the cracks of the rules.

Every ten seconds, Li Wu fires a "rule-locking arrow," creating a temporary safe zone.

Then, the moment the rules changed, everyone rushed to the next position.

"Quick! Three seconds left!"

"Rush!"

"locking!"

Such extreme maneuvers are a huge test of everyone's reaction speed and mental fortitude.

On several occasions, they were nearly killed by the sudden changes in the rules.

Once, gravity suddenly reversed, and he, who was as still as a mountain, was almost "flew" towards the ceiling.

There was another instance where the "physical attack nullifies" rule took effect, and Steel Shield's shield was almost smashed by a suddenly spawning monster.

But in the end, they still made it through.

The difficulty continues to increase from the seventeenth to the twenty-first floor.

The seventeenth layer, the "Concept Battlefield," requires combat within a space where five concepts—"Attack," "Defense," "Speed," "Strength," and "Intelligence"—constantly take turns dominating.

Li Wu used a combination of five words—[Law], [Absolute], [Knowledge], [Transformation], and [Balance]—to create a "conceptual stance" that negated the dominating effect of all other concepts.

The eighteenth layer, "Weaving of Laws," requires finding a path to the exit within a network of countless interwoven threads of laws.

Li Wu discovered that these threads of law are actually a visual representation of higher-level language.

He used a combination of knowledge, rules, and order to directly "read" the structure of the entire network and find the optimal path.

The nineteenth level, "Existential Challenge," requires maintaining one's existence within a space where "existence" and "nothingness" constantly alternate.

Li Wu used the four characters [恆] + [维] + [掆] + [绝] to create an "anchor point of existence" within himself, making his existence unaffected by external laws.

The twentieth level, the "Time-Space Maze," requires finding the exit within a constantly folding time-space structure.

Li Wu created the "spacetime coordinate anchor" by combining five characters: 【维】, 【恆】, 【序】, 【律】, and 【肘】, which maintains a clear sense of direction in distorted spacetime.

The twenty-first level, "Trial of Laws," requires creating a new rule that can balance all laws within a space where three or more laws are in effect simultaneously.

On this floor, Li Wu truly felt the pressure for the first time.

The three laws—gravity, time, and space—conflict with each other within the same space, forming an extremely unstable region.

Ordinary balancing methods are simply insufficient to suppress all three laws simultaneously.

"This level is more difficult than all the previous levels combined," Hua Zitong said, frowning.

Li Wu closed his eyes, and his perception of destiny was fully activated.

He was analyzing the structure of the three laws, looking for their commonalities.

"Although the three laws are different, they share a common underlying logic." Li Wu opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

"That is change. Gravity changes, time changes, space changes. The essence of all laws is change."

"so?"

"Therefore, I need to create a rule that can lock in the change itself." Li Wu drew his bow, and seven secret characters condensed on the bowstring: [Constant] + [Dimension] + [Law] + [Absolute] + [Anchor] + [Transformation] + [Order].

This is the most complex combination of seven characters he has created so far, and its effect is "Law Change Lock," which reduces the rate of change of all laws within the space to near zero.

The arrow was shot out and blasted towards the center of space.

The entire space trembled violently.

The collision of the three laws gradually subsided under the influence of the arrow, eventually coming to a standstill.

"Passed."

The moment he cleared the level, Li Wu felt that nearly half of his mental energy had been consumed.

This combination of seven characters places too much burden on the mind.

At the same time, he also felt that his understanding of the cryptic text had undergone a qualitative leap at this moment.

Rest area.

Caesar's Heavenly Punishment Guild has just cleared the fifteenth floor and is still advancing towards the sixteenth floor.

They were already six floors behind.

"He's already on the twenty-first floor?" Iron Wall's voice was hoarse. "This... how is this possible?"

Caesar did not answer.

He silently walked toward the entrance to the sixteenth floor, his eyes burning with resentment.

Li Wu stood in front of the entrance to the twenty-second floor and took a deep breath.

This tower is no longer a challenge, but his training ground.

With each level he passed, he got one step closer to the "ultimate form of the Arcane Archer".

"Continue," he said softly, stepping into the teleportation array.

The twenty-second floor, the "Law Conflict Zone".

Pass condition: In a space where two opposing laws coexist, create a third law to break the deadlock.

"Counter-legal rules?" Zhui Feng looked completely bewildered. "What counter-legal rules?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the air in the space suddenly became scorching hot.

In the area on the left, the temperature rose sharply, and flames began to burn out of thin air.

In the area on the right, the temperature dropped sharply, and frost began to spread.

"The opposition of ice and fire." Hua Zitong immediately understood. "This space is divided into two areas, which are dominated by the laws of ice and fire respectively."

"The two laws are mutually exclusive, and any object that steps into the boundary will be torn apart by both forces simultaneously."

"Where is the exit?" Steel Shield asked.

Everyone looked towards the center of the space.

The exit was there, but it was blocked by a barrier of light where ice and fire met.

Any object attempting to pass through the light barrier will be instantly torn apart.

"We must break this deadlock," Li Wu said in a deep voice. "Ice and fire are opposites, but if we can find their common ground, we can create a third law to reconcile them."

"Common ground?" Chasing the Wind was even more confused. "What do ice and fire have in common?"

"Yes." A glint flashed in Li Wu's eyes. "The essence of ice is condensation, and the essence of fire is blazing."

"But whether it's ice or fire, their essence is energy. Energy is neutral; there is no distinction between ice and fire."

He drew his bow, and four secret characters—[Blazing], [Flowing], [Condensing], and [Balance]—condensed on the bowstring.

"Blazing" provides energy, "flow" provides flow, "condensation" provides cohesion, and "balance" provides equilibrium.

The arrow was shot out and landed on the light barrier where ice and fire met.

hum!

A layer of warm light spread out from the point where the arrow landed.

This light is neither hot nor cold, but a gentle, neutral energy.

It began to reconcile the conflict between ice and fire, so that the two laws no longer contradicted each other, but achieved a delicate balance.

The light curtain began to become transparent, eventually transforming into a passageway.

"Let's go!" Li Wu waved.

The group passed through the light curtain and successfully completed the challenge.

From the 23rd to the 27th floor, the difficulty continued to increase, but Li Wu's response became more and more composed.

The twenty-third layer, "Spatial Folding," requires finding an exit within a constantly folding and twisting spatial structure.

Li Wu created the "spatial coordinate anchor" by combining the three characters 【维】, 【律】, and 【锚】, which maintains a stable sense of position in distorted space.

The twenty-fourth layer, the "Time Vortex," requires survival within a constantly accelerating, decelerating, and even reversing flow of time.

Li Wu used the combination of the three characters 【恆】, 【维】, and 【序】 to create the "Time Law Anchor", thus detaching his existence from the flow of time and making him unaffected by any changes in time.

The twenty-fifth level, "Elemental Storm," requires traversing storms of nine elements: fire, ice, lightning, wind, earth, light, darkness, illusion, and reality.

Li Wu used a combination of six characters: [Heng], [Liu], [Zhuan], [Yu], [Heng], and [Xu], to create a "Nine-Element Balance Field," allowing all elements to achieve harmony around him.

The twenty-sixth level, the "Conceptual Maze," requires finding an exit within a space dominated by six alternating concepts: "existence," "nothingness," "reality," "illusion," "light," and "darkness."

Li Wu used a combination of six words—[New], [Law], [Absolute], [Knowledge], [Balance], and [Anchor]—to create a "conceptual stance" that negated the dominating effect of all other concepts.

The twenty-seventh layer, "Law Weaving," requires creating a new path to the exit within a network of countless interwoven law threads.

On this floor, Li Wu truly experienced the feeling of being a "creator" for the first time.