Sam held his bow tightly as he looked at his opponent.

As soon as he heard the displeasure in the voice, he knew his goal has reached, he successfully pissed off Hou Yi. But that is not the end. He wants to take this to a next level.

He would make him so angry and put him in a position that he wouldn't be able to do anything. Sam decided to act as shameless as he can and as devious as he wants to achieve his job.

He closed his eyes as he used his observation to check the bamboo pole he is standing on.

He wants to see how strong this material is and his skill gave the required information. It is as strong as a grade-6 metal.

He stood on the bamboo pole with one foot as he looked at his opponent aiming his arrow straight at him. But Sam didn't worry he is looking at the surroundings and observing everything. Even though he is new to this, he is sure that his cultivation and his body's condition itself will allow him a decent balance.

He is sure that he can balance himself on the pole. But since he came here he is feeling a bit out of balance almost like he couldn't find his center of gravity. He is trying to find the4 factor that is influencing his sense of balance.

At this moment, an arrow was shot at him which he dodged by leaping off onto another bamboo stick.

Since his sense of balance was affected, he didn't manage to land smoothly. He wobbled all over and he tried his best to stay straight. Finally, he used the wind element to manipulate the surrounding wind to make himself straight.

But he could do so. The wind is so difficult to manipulate and close to impossible, it is as if it has a mind of its own.

Sam continuously dodged the arrows as he tried to figure the situation out. But it is too hard and the arrows are becoming faster and faster.

But the wind is not manipulating as he liked. The more he tried the harder it became. It felt like he was stuck in a pool of mercury.

Then only he understood the current situation.

His sense of balance is being affected by the wind. Even though it is just a slight breeze, he felt like it is creating some sort of illusory feeling making him feel lost in the balance.

Once he understood that, he only has to think about countering it.

But by this time, when he jumped off to dodge the arrow, another arrow struck him in mid-air.

He blocked it with his bow but was still pushed back a bit changing his trajectory and he almost fell into the abyss below.

Sam desperately extended his hand as he caught the nearest pole. But the pole is so slippery that he just slid down like that.

As he fell down, he could sense a peculiar coldness enveloping him.

Sam's hand turned to dark blue metal and spikes came out of his palm impaling into the bamboo pole and the spikes changed shape and morphed into a metal lump that held the pole. Sam's descent halted as he held on to it tightly.

He stored his bow away and started climbing with both his hands. This might be the first time for him to use' climbing spikes' to trek on a bamboo pole.

When he reached a decent height he saw the opponent who has already closed the distance and aimed his arrow right at Sam.

Sam just smirked as he looked at him and when the arrow came, Sam's arm turned metallic once again and morphed into a shield.

Even though he took the attack directly, he still managed to endure it and he made it to the top.

After he stood on the bamboo pole. He looked at the archer whose face is covered.

He activated his energy vision to see how his opponent managed to stay balanced and then he found out what he should have guessed in the first place. His opponent is the one who is actually manipulating the wind around.

He really wanted to curse himself and Sam held his bow once again as his body turned golden.

The feathers are also turning golden and the coat has been activated. He activated partial fusion with the light element.

The light might have mass but it is lighter than the wind.

So, there is no way his balance will be off in this mode and it turned out his call is correct.

He took out the arrows and started his counterattack.

Everything is loaded with light element and he doesn't have to worry about it.

The roles were reversed instantly and the opponent who was so busy attacking Sam and making him lose balance was now busy finding a place to land.

Because Sam is just not attacking him. When the opponent jumped off one pole and tried to land on another, Sam is attacking the nearby bamboo poles.

From the moment he figured out the method to counter the balance, he didn't even have to change the poles once.

He just stood there and attacked. The golden flashes moved all around as they destroyed each and every bamboo pole.

Sam is having the easiest time. In fact, it is easier than the first checkpoint.

He didn't even attack the opponent seriously.

All he did is destroy all the bamboo poles within the area making the opponent stand on the single pole with nothing nearby to shift.

He couldn't help but gulp hard and wanted to raise his bow, but Sam shot another arrow which grazed the edge of the bamboo pole giving it a slight tremor.

The opponent dropped the bow and looked at Sam nervously.

Sam shot more arrows just like this and had some fun with him before shooting down the bamboo pole.

"AAAAAAAARRRRGhhhh...."

All that was left is the scream as he fell into the abyss.

Sam once again disappeared from this place and reappeared on the path. He took off on the harbinger once again.

Soon, he reached the third checkpoint.

He once again disappeared and this time he reappeared in a forest.

As soon as he reappeared an arrow was shot towards him which he dodged.

He looked ahead and noticed that an archer is standing on the tree nearby as he aimed at Sam.

Sam frowned. This is really a low blow. He didn't even know what the test is.

At this moment, the same voice appeared in his mind.

"Kill all your opponents. Here you don't have any flight restrictions, you can even take out a beast. But you have to kill all your opponents."

With that, the voice was gone.

Sam activated his energy vision to check the forest. He couldn't notice everything, but he could see that there are so many energy signatures.

Within the next three hundred meters radius, there are at least fifty people most of them riding beasts of bird type and normal type while some of them hidden between the trees.

All of them seemed to be archers.

If not for the fact that the forest is too dense and the trees are unbelievably thick and tall, it would have been a direct confrontation.

Sam thought for a moment and a faint smile appeared on his face.

With a wave of his hand, Yanwu appeared in front of him.

He boarded Yanwu and both of them soared.

He also activated partial fusion with the fire element and took out his bow.

He aimed at the archer who shot at him in the start and shot an arrow.

The archer dodged and the arrow lodged itself into the tree, but before he could heave a sigh of relief, the whole tree caught fire and he also caught the golden flames.

He screamed as he caught the flame and tried to resist it, but Yanwu didn't let that happen. He just threw a jet of golden flames from his mouth and burned the guy to crisp.

Then both Sam and Yanwu carried their onslaught. Sam has an advantage over the rest of them with his eye technique and his bow is a bit different than theirs. His shooting range is so long that he could shoot to the other side of the forest if he willed to do so.

So, he and Yanwu just went on spreading the fire.

Yanwu is also extremely excited to do this because he knew this is Hou Yi's Palace of inheritance.

The Golden Sun crows, hate Hou Yi more than anyone in this universe. It was taught to them since their birth and by this point, it almost became a family heirloom that was being passed on to generation after generation.

Hou Yi who is looking at the current scene, couldn't help but slam his feet on the ground in anger and roared to the sky.

He really wanted to kill Sam at the moment.

But he didn't dare to do anything funny. He remembered the Gambler's words at the meeting.

He took a gamble and he is facing the consequences. Sam might not have done any direct damage to him, but he made him so angry and feel so helpless at the same time. This is better than any form of superficial physical damage.