Sun Xiaowu's [Adamantine Aegis] activated instinctively, and a layer of golden runes covered his skin. He had trained the technique to such an extent that it would automatically activate during times of danger.

The golden runes blocked the arrow, and Sun Xiaowu broke its shaft with a hard tug. He raised his head and found the greenskin archer who had shot the arrow atop a wall.

The archer was holding a steel bow over two meters tall. He had sharp, piercing eyes and was the tallest greenskin Sun Xiaowu had seen, at three meters and counting in height. There was a long...