Chapter 221: Chapter 221

"The Mage has returned, the Mage has returned." As Du You descended onto Qingji City, someone shouted and ran towards the City Lord’s Mansion. The officials of the mansion quickly got the news.

By the time Du You made his way to the City Lord’s Mansion, the City Lord and the other officials were already waiting at the door.

"Mage, you’ve worked hard. Dealing with the mountain bandits isn’t urgent, please rest first."

In reality, the news received throughout the day about bandit camps being burnt to the ground had spooked the officials, and no one dared to rush him. His power was beyond what Qingji City could control.

Du You waved his hand: "Finding bandits at night is convenient, the fires make them easier to spot." Orıginal content can be found at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽

With that, Du You took out the map previously given to him by the City Lord: "Here, thirty-two bandit organizations have all been eradicated. You can send someone to investigate. But don’t waste too much time, I’m in a hurry."

Upon receiving Du You’s map, the City Lord quickly arranged for someone to take Du You to rest in his room.

Soon after, all the officials, along with the City Lord, laid out the map. It clearly marked the locations of all the bandit hideouts, as well as their final eradication.

The numerous crosses and other symbols on it were understandable.

It wasn’t Du You’s fault; his translation skill could only convert languages and text into something understandable for himself. But Du You couldn’t write in this world’s language, so he had to use symbols.

"Wonder if this interface has a writing feature." Du You mused to himself.

Seeing this map, the faces of the City Lord and the other officials changed drastically. In just one day, their formidable enemies, whom they had been forced to fortify their city against, were completely wiped out by one man.

Such power could be considered formidable even within the empire.

They weren’t familiar with the upper echelons of the empire’s power, but Du You had shown enough to leave them astonished.

"Quick, let people investigate the locations noted on the map overnight and confirm the identities of the bandits." The City Lord came to sudden realization and hurriedly shouted towards the guards beside him.

Nobody would sleep well tonight. As for whether there were dangers in the woods at night, that would be for them to handle. They wouldn’t dare waste the time of such a power as Du You.

Everyone else finally came to their senses, descending the City Lord’s Mansion into chaos at once.

Back in his own humble room, Du You didn’t rest right away. After bolting the door, signaling for Xiaozi and Cursed Crow King to guard him, he took out an arrowhead.

"I should have enough Crystal Coins now, time to construct a new skill."

How could Du You not be excited about getting a regular skill soon?

Opening the interface, Du You unboxed the treasure chest from this mission. As the light faded away, over two thousand Crystal Coins laid before him. Including the earnings from his bandit hunting, his Crystal Coins once again exceeded three thousand.

Following the Crystal Coins, a white longbow appeared in Du You’s hand.

Falcon Bow: maximum draw strength 8, can automatically condense Dou Qi into arrows, ignores resistance, ignores gravity. Maximum range of Dou Qi arrows is one kilometer. (Shining White)

He didn’t expect such a surprising bounty, Du You felt quite happy.

However, this was a bow that used Dou Qi, which was useless to him. He only possessed magic power, not Dou Qi.

The fact that it ignores resistance and gravity means that the arrow wouldn’t decelerate and would fly in a straight line. With this level 8 draw strength, the power of the arrow surpassed most sniper rifles.

If a professional archer with powerful archery skills were to use it, even Du You would have a headache.

Temporarily putting it away since it was currently useless, Du You then focused on the arrowhead.

A surplus of Crystal Coins continuously burned, and with clear direction on how to advance, Du You began to evolve his Holy Light Arrow Array using the new arrowhead. As more Crystal Coins fused in, a new spell symbol took form amidst constant adjustments.

The already perfect spell symbol became more so during the process of upgrading its star level.

After what seemed like an eternity, a bright diamond appeared in Du You’s Spiritual Sea, bobbing up and down with the tide of his magic power. The bright Crystal Stone emitted a dazzling, pure glow.

Opening his eyes, Du You checked his interface, which now displayed a new skill.

Holy Light Arrow Array: Transforms Light Attribute power into arrows, strikes within a certain range, deals double damage to Dark Creatures, half damage to Light Creatures. Number of arrows (level * 10). (Level 6, 10 stars)

"There’s an addition, the number of arrows. So now I can release seventy Holy Light Arrows?"

Du You was lost in thought as he stared at the differences in the skill descriptions.

He wasn’t sure why, but many power ranges and quantities seemed to conform to decimal system. Whether this was a rule or something else, he didn’t know, but it was easy to calculate this way, right?

If he could control seventy arrows attacking at the same time, his powers would be equivalent to that of an archer squadron.

Pity his Spiritual Perception couldn’t control such a long distance. If the distance was too far, it would often rely on luck. As for the speed and power of the arrow, he wondered if there would be any surprises.

But unfortunately, within Qingji City, let alone his room, Du You had no opportunity to test it. After the initial excitement, Du You looked at his remaining two thousand Crystal Coins, which was not enough to construct another skill. So, he put everything away, and after a long while, finally went to bed.

While Du You was sleeping, the outside was bustling. Every household was hiding indoors, no one in the city managed to have a good night’s sleep. The common folk were worried that something might happen.

Those who knew what had transpired were even more restless. With the drastic changes occurring outside, many people began to harbor their own motives.

Various activities, both overt and covert, were unfolding within the city. This chaos lasted the whole night until a deeply injured scout team returned to Qingji City just before dawn.

With the news they brought back, everyone was finally assured that all the bandit groups surrounding Qingji City were indeed annihilated. Every single one of them was either burnt or poisoned to death.

Upon hearing this news, along with a sigh of relief, the horrifying and fearful realization of Du You’s power hit everyone anew.