45: A brilliant arrow

“Whoosh!”

Li Si’s figure appeared in a valley.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on reaching the hidden area – Divine Smith Valley Lv99.]

The valley was majestic and unique, surrounded by cliffs on the west, like a square cylinder with only the top hollowed out.

Li Si looked around the Divine Smith Valley.

The valley was not large, about the size of three football fields. Various forging materials were piled up like mountains, resembling a giant dragon's treasure.

“Hiss…”

Li Si gasped sharply.

Because he saw a large number of skill upgrade stones: purple, gold, epic, legendary. The lowest quality was purple.

As for the higher mythical quality, he hadn't seen it yet. It was highly probable that Divine Smith Valley did not have it.

“…Awesome.”

Li Si sighed repeatedly. Wang Shidao was indeed a top forger; his collection was truly astonishing.

Like father, like son; like master, like apprentice.

This meant that these skill upgrade stones would eventually be his.

Thinking this, Li Si's mouth curved upwards. He mused, “This cheap master, Wang Shidao, was not for naught; he greatly benefited my growth.”

His heart was pounding with excitement, but Li Si forgot his objective: to find the Barren Arrow.

Immediately, he began to search rapidly within the Divine Smith Valley. Soon, he found the Barren Arrow in front of an ancient stone tablet.

[Barren Arrow] (????)

Level: None

Effect: Slay gods and demons, ????

Description: A super arrow passed down from ancient times, its quality surpasses mythical grade, possessing extremely powerful lethality, destructive power, and penetrating power.

“Quality surpasses mythical?”

Seeing the Barren Arrow's information, Li Si was stunned.

In All Heavens Game, mythical was not the highest quality; he truly hadn't expected this.

After all, the highest quality given on the game's official website was mythical: white, green, blue, purple, gold, epic, legendary, mythical.

At this moment, Li Si was somewhat curious about what quality surpassed mythical. Super-divine? Main-god?

He deeply knew that Wang Shidao's plan was more important.

Therefore, Li Si no longer dwelled on what quality lay beyond mythical. Instead, he quickly took a few steps to the ancient stone tablet and reached out to grasp the Barren Arrow.

In an instant, the surrounding environment underwent drastic changes.

His vision shifted.

The Da Huang Mountain, stretching for hundreds of millions of miles, appeared before Li Si's eyes.

Ten suns rose into the sky.

The earth was parched.

At this time, a mighty figure emerged from the Great Wilderness, shooting nine Barren Arrows consecutively, slaying nine golden crow suns.

“Da Yi!”

Li Si whispered, his heart filled with excitement.

This was a peerless mighty figure from ancient myths.

He had actually seen him twice in All Heavens Game.

[Ding!]

[Successfully called out the true name of an ancient human race powerful being.]

[Barren Arrow briefly revived.]

As a system prompt popped up.

The Barren Arrow emitted a rich aura of the Great Wilderness.

The ancient mighty figure, Da Yi, awakened.

His majestic phantom suddenly opened its golden, brilliant eyes.

“Descendant, why have you come here to awaken me?” the Da Yi phantom projected by the Barren Arrow said.

“Gods have broken free and caused terrifying disasters. This junior has come to borrow an arrow,” Li Si said, neither humble nor arrogant.

“Have gods already begun to appear in the world?” The Da Yi phantom calculated with his fingers, then said, “So that is it. Have I been asleep for so long? Very well, take the arrow and go.”

As the Da Yi phantom's words fell.

A grayish-yellow energy arrow appeared in Li Si's hand.

[Barren Arrow Projection] (????)

Level: None

Effect: Slay gods and demons, ????

Description: The Barren Arrow's main body projects a phantom that can unleash 1% of the Barren Arrow's main body power in one strike.

Only 1% of the power?

Li Si was incredibly astonished by this.

Slaying the Inferno Demon King only required 1% of the Barren Arrow's power?

“…Explosive.”

At this moment, Li Si could feel Da Yi's power even more. An arrow casually made, passed down countless years later, with just 1% of its power, could still instantly kill a powerful god.

“Thank you, Senior!”

Li Si bowed in thanks, then chanted on the spot, guiding the Great Teleportation Technique.

“Crack!”

Space slightly shattered.

Li Si returned to the iron smithy's cellar, bent down and dug out the buried Great Wilderness Sun-Shooting Bow. Then he ran wildly, constantly dying and reviving, rushing at breakneck speed.

About three minutes later.

Li Si returned to the Old Willow Tree.

From leaving to returning.

Only five minutes had passed, and Wang Shidao was already utterly exhausted again. His muscular physique had vanished for the second time, turning into withered skin and bones.

“You're back.”

Wang Shidao's eyes burst forth with endless hope, “I knew you could retrieve the Barren Arrow from Divine Smith Valley!”

“Now, act! Shoot and kill the Inferno Demon King!!”

At this moment, even though his magic power was depleted, his flesh weak, and his consciousness blurry, Wang Shidao still remembered his mission. He used all his magic power to infuse Li Si.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, you have received the magic power blessing from NPC – Wang Shidao.]

[Congratulations, your overall attributes have received a terrifying increase.]

“Boom!”

Magic power surged.

Brilliant golden flames ignited on Li Si's body.

“…Power!”

I feel endless power!!

At this moment, Li Si felt like he could shatter a mountain with one punch.

“Screw your grandma! Die for me!!”

He would draw the carved bow like a full moon, look to the northwest, and shoot the Sirius star.

At this moment, Li Si's ambition soared, and one arrow's light chilled Mingyue Village.

“Whoosh—”

A brilliant arrow, tearing through the air, struck.

He did not worry about the arrow's accuracy.

Because he trusted Wang Shidao.

Since Wang Shidao told him to shoot, there must be a reason. He believed Wang Shidao had made thorough preparations.

“Clang!!”

Above the sky, sword energy surged, shaking the heavens.

“Wind God Sword Art, Time and Space!!”

The Wandering Swordsman, with disheveled hair, used his finger as a sword and slashed in mid-air. In an instant, the entire space of Mingyue Village froze, and time stood still.

“Whoosh!”

Light and shadow flickered.

The Wandering Swordsman shifted space, transferring the Inferno Demon King onto the Barren Arrow's inevitable path.

There was no doubt now.

The brilliant Barren Arrow precisely struck the Inferno Demon King.

“Boom!!”

Earth-shattering energy fluctuations swept out.

The terrifying energy explosion pierced through the Inferno Demon King, then violently exploded.

The Wandering Swordsman's figure was also swallowed by the Barren Arrow's explosion.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations on defeating the Inferno Demon King with the assistance of NPC – Wang Shidao and the Wandering Swordsman.]

[You can only obtain one ten-thousandth of the experience points.]

[Congratulations, your experience points have increased by 10 million. Killing a target 99 levels higher grants an additional 90 million experience points.]

“Haha… It's done!!”

One hundred million experience points, enough to upgrade a golden skill.

At first glance at the system prompt, Li Si was overjoyed.

Upon seeing the prompt a second time, Li Si's elation subsided. Because the system prompt described that he did not kill the Inferno Demon King, but defeated him.

Although it was only a difference of one word.

The outcome was vastly different.

“Damn it!!”

The Inferno Demon King didn't die from that??

At this moment, Li Si's heart pounded. If you don't cut the weeds by the root, they will grow back with the spring breeze. If he didn't kill the Inferno Demon King today, he would be the one to die tomorrow.

“…What the hell!!”

Game designer, what are you doing?

At this time, the energy smoke from the explosion completely dissipated, and the Inferno Demon King's body fell to the ground.

Li Si finally saw the Inferno Demon King's appearance.

A black dog with black fur and crimson eyes.

“Ant!!”

The Inferno Demon King stared at Li Si, extremely ferocious.

“Damn ant, what did you do to me?”

“Ant!!”

“When I return, I will imprison your soul and make you suffer the pain of Black Flame devouring your heart every day!”

Boom—

Black flames surged.

The Inferno Demon King ascended into the sky, trailing a long black and red wake, flying low towards Black Flame Valley.

[Ding!]

[Mingyue Village Announcement: The content of the sole ultimate main quest has changed to – Kill the Inferno Demon King. You can view the quest details in the quest list.]

[Mingyue Village Announcement: The content of the sole ultimate main quest has changed to – Kill the Inferno Demon King. You can view the quest details in the quest list.]

[Mingyue Village Announcement: The content of the sole ultimate main quest has changed to – Kill the Inferno Demon King. You can view the quest details in the quest list.]

System prompts furiously popped up before all players' eyes.

The main quest changed!?

Li Si's heart trembled, and he quickly opened his quest list to check the quest information.

[Kill the Inferno Demon King]

The Inferno Demon King suffered heavy damage and, on the verge of death, activated a life-saving method to escape. Within 24 hours, the Inferno Demon King's level will drop to Lv20, and its quality will drop to Purple Lord.

Please kill the Inferno Demon King within 24 hours.

Success Reward: All players in Mingyue Village will receive generous rewards.

Failure Penalty: The Inferno Demon King will regain his divine power and once again cause an immeasurable divine disaster.

Description: The player who successfully kills the Inferno Demon King will receive an additional super reward.