25: Thuthius's Void Quiver

“Little Dou Dou?”

Lin Ye pulled Dou Dou to his side while Tu Xiusi was crafting equipment and asked with a smile, “Are there any other people in the village?”

“Yes,” Dou Dou nodded first, then shook her head and said, “But the uncles and aunties are all asleep. They can’t move or talk…”

Hmm.

If there was even one other person who could move in the village, she, a little girl, wouldn’t have had to go up the city wall alone.

Are these people dead?

Not necessarily.

Do these people also have strength like Tu Xiusi?

Very likely.

But there’s no rush to investigate now.

After all, the Forgotten Land is already his.

Moreover, the second part of the quest is to rebuild the ferry here, so the people here must be usable. Otherwise, relying solely on himself and Tu Xiusi, when would the rebuilding be finished?

Once there’s a ferry, there must also be a ship.

A ship capable of navigating through the torrent of time and space would definitely not be easy to build.

So.

Tu Xiusi, this core NPC, is the key of keys; he absolutely cannot die.

“Dou Dou, do you still have any star dew? Get a few more cups for your uncle.”

“No more…”

Dou Dou shook her head sadly.

“There’s a very scary monster where the star dew condenses. The auntie who used to collect star dew every day fell asleep a while ago.”

“Boo hoo hoo~ It’s all Dou Dou’s fault for being useless. If only I were as strong as Auntie, able to dodge attacks and collect star dew…”

A BOSS?

No time to deal with it now.

Also.

Just now, little Dou Dou did use spatial abilities.

Is this their exclusive skill, or can players also learn it?

Lin Ye only now realized.

There are still many places to explore in the Forgotten Land.

However.

That’s for later.

The most important thing now is to first get the equipment to farm materials and sustain Tu Xiusi’s life.

Before him.

Tu Xiusi’s technique was still very skilled. Now, having used his last breath, his entire aura changed visibly.

It was as if.

As long as he stood by the forge, he was the absolute master here.

Especially.

As his hammer struck down repeatedly, it seemed even space was changing according to his will.

Lin Ye watched, engrossed.

He only reacted when Tu Xiusi handed him a quiver made of dark purple leather.

“Thank you…”

Lin Ye was about to leave after speaking, but suddenly felt something was off.

“Wait, I’m short on Void Arrows, what use is a quiver to me?”

Hahaha~

Tu Xiusi burst out laughing, “Your Excellency, rest assured, in this place of fragmented space and time, it’s far more useful than a million Void Arrows.”

Lin Ye opened the attributes.

[Tu Xiusi’s Void Quiver]

Quality: Epic

Durability: 5000

Requirement: None

Maximum Void Arrow Storage: 1 million

Void Arrow Attack +300

Void Arrow Skill Damage +100%

Void Arrow Attack Range +100 meters

When attacking or using a shooting skill, consumes Void Arrow

Void Arrow Count: 30

Gains one Void Arrow every 0.1 seconds (In an environment with abundant spatial energy, condensation speed increases.)

(Void Arrow: Condensed from the outer skin of a special spatial creature 'Krakatoa'. Its trajectory is extremely unstable when shot towards a target, and it explodes upon impact, causing 50% area damage.)

“Amazing!”

Lin Ye was speechless.

Awesome.

The first piece of equipment he crafted was Epic grade.

And it was also this kind of special equipment with infinite Void Arrows.

“Cough cough…”

Tu Xiusi left the crafting state. Having used up his last breath, his entire being visibly weakened, his condition even worse than before.

It seemed.

He could die at any moment.

“Uncle~” Little Dou Dou nervously stepped forward to support him, then turned to look at Lin Ye: “Big Brother, will you be back very soon? I’m scared…”

“This old man can still hold on… cough cough~” Tu Xiusi looked up, gritting his teeth: “At least… at least until the next round of spatial-temporal storm. Dou Dou, go get that jellyfish-catching net for His Excellency.”

“Spatial-temporal storm, when is that?” Lin Ye asked.

“I know, I know! It’s the time it takes for the stars to revolve around the obelisk once, about 12 hours,” Little Dou Dou replied as she turned to fetch the net.

“Hahaha, it won’t take that long.”

Lin Ye smiled and rubbed her head, then turned and left.

He swiftly glided over the city wall, almost teleporting to the beach.

The Star Sea Tide.

It was in a calm state.

Waiting.

Soon, as the tide receded, Star-dust beetles also emerged from the sand.

“Start!”

Lin Ye pulled the wailing string harp in his hand.

Streaks of grayish-blue dim light actually wove through space, forming various winding and crooked lines.

Void Arrow.

Extremely unstable flight trajectory.

Even Lin Ye, who shot the Void Arrow, couldn't determine how it would fly.

But.

Its landing point was precise.

Puff puff puff~

Streaks of Void Arrow slammed into the Star-dust beetles.

-4880

-4707

-9250 Critical Hit!

Boom boom boom!

Upon impact, the Void Arrow exploded, causing secondary area damage.

Although the damage was only half.

Although the range was less than a meter.

But this was still an explosion, still noble area damage!

Especially in this environment.

The monsters were concentrated.

The area damage from the explosion far exceeded the Void Arrow itself.

After several explosions.

The surrounding Star-dust beetles were all crippled, and one more Void Arrow could kill them.

“Good!”

Lin Ye was just testing now. To truly farm, he would first have to lure these monsters out of the beach.

“1000 star coins, I only need to kill 1000 of them.”

Having made up his mind.

He checked the quiver again.

“The Void Arrows are full again?”

Lin Ye had just stopped and opened the attribute panel, and the Void Arrows had already recovered to 30.

This speed.

It was far more than 10 per second, probably several times, or even more than ten times faster.

Tu Xiusi was right.

In this fragmented space-time, the Void Quiver was the most useful.

Lin Ye looked at the monster group, and suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. He raised his shooting angle and haphazardly shot a volley at the Star-dust beetles on the beach.

Squeak, squeak, squeak...

The Star-dust beetle swarm immediately began to stir.

The attacked Star-dust beetles wanted to find the attacker, but they were surrounded by other Star-dust beetles. They couldn't find it, nor could they get out, and then they frantically began to attack their own kind.

In just one breath.

The entire Star-dust beetle swarm seemed to have started fighting amongst themselves.

“Is that how it is?”

Lin Ye had thought the Star-dust beetles would come to besiege him.

The next second.

All the Star-dust beetles almost simultaneously stopped, turning their heads towards Lin Ye’s direction.

Then.

Click, click, click!

He saw the carapaces on the backs of the insect swarm suddenly spread open, revealing pairs of star-glowing cicada wings.

“Uh…”

Lin Ye truly hadn't expected this.

But the Star-dust beetles, now able to fly, did indeed rush towards him.

The entire insect swarm.

There were more than a thousand of them.

Dense, countless flying Star-dust beetles.

“Kill!”

Lin Ye unleashed his full firepower, his Void Arrows turning into a rainstorm pouring down on the insect swarm.

Bang bang bang!

Boom boom boom~

Continuous Void Arrow explosions caused the insect swarm to fall in droves.

But numbers were their greatest advantage.

Even if Lin Ye could kill hundreds in a second, for the insect swarm, it was still only a small loss.

After gaining flight ability.

Lin Ye was surrounded by the insect swarm after only standing for one second.

“Hiss?!”

Lin Ye sharply drew a cold breath. He really hadn't expected such a situation.

He turned and shot.

The Void Arrows blasted a gap in the insect swarm.

Lin Ye flashed into the empty space after the explosion and began to break out.

Moving and shooting.

He didn't even need to bother with aiming; the explosion of the Void Arrow was the core damage output.

But the maddened insect swarm was also frantically biting Lin Ye.

-820

-1055

-1102

Each bite dealt significant damage, and Lin Ye’s health bar plummeted.

He drank a health potion!

Useless.

The red potions from Newbie Village only restored a maximum of 500, and only 100 per second. Drinking them was as good as not drinking them!

“Explosive Arrow!”

Lin Ye used a skill.

Two explosions stacked, finally blasting a gap for himself.

He caught his breath slightly.

“Movement speed is useless, I can’t break through.”

“Agility is also useless, because there’s no space to dodge…”

Lin Ye found himself seemingly in a desperate situation.

If he couldn’t kill all the insect swarm.

He would die!

“I clearly knew this quest was highly dangerous and required extreme caution, yet I was still careless.”

Lin Ye sighed.

Quest completed, Divine Artifact obtained.

To be honest.

Lin Ye was truly overconfident.

Facing an insect swarm composed of thousands of monsters, he actually thought of pulling all their aggro and dealing with them in one go.

If the Star-dust beetles couldn't fly.

Then this plan would have no problems.

But the problem was.

How did he know the insect swarm couldn't fly?

“Oh, right, I still have skills!”

“Shunshi!”

Lin Ye suddenly remembered that he had a Mythical equipment.

100% attack speed bonus.

The number of Void Arrows released in an instant increased significantly.

Unstable trajectory.

Directly presented a chaotic gray void wave in Lin Ye’s hands.

Boom~

Violent explosion!

Hundreds of Star-dust beetles died instantly in the void explosion wave.

Lin Ye spun his body, swinging the Wangyu Bow in his hand.

Boom boom boom!

Circles of explosions erupted around Lin Ye.

As long as the insect swarm approached.

They would be instantly killed by the void explosion wave.

But.

eternal was a true 3D game.

If Lin Ye's spinning shots couldn't cover all angles, then the insect swarm could still find openings to attack.

His health bar continued to drop.

It would soon hit rock bottom.

But Lin Ye’s attacks didn't pause for a moment, as if he didn't notice.

[Ding~]

[You have been killed by a Star-dust beetle!]