Chapter 548: Chapter 524: The Birth of Tragedy
Yng blinked, speechless as he watched Yi’s scattered equipment and supplies all over the ground.
“…Is this what it means to die rather thanpromise?”
Yng wasn’t in a hurry, nning to wait for Yi to return and then continue fighting, but soon, he noticed with shock that four more Endermen had spawned!
Luckily, within a few seconds, Yi returned through the Teleportation Gate, quickly picked up the equipment and items on the ground, and resumed the fight.
The same tactics were used again, luring one Enderman at a time, and proceeding to destroy another End Crystal protected by an iron cage.
– Their n was to tackle the difficult parts first and save the crystals that could be shot from a distance forter.
However, learning from theirst mistake, they didn’t build anydders this time. Instead, they built a spiral slope around the Obsidian Pir.
After destroying the cage, they could create some distance to avoid being sted by the crystal and dodge the subsequent vertical Dragon Breath that covered the entire Obsidian Pir.
The reason they didn’t teleport was that, during the early stages of the game, they wanted to conserve their precious items.
Ender Pearls, which could be used for teleportation, and expensive Golden Apples were too precious to use now.<div>
Even potions were used sparingly, they didn’t use Fire Immunity Potion, Strength Potion, or Swiftness Potion.
The reason was simple – the game had only been released for three days, and it was not easy to obtain rare supplies.
In the future, as more bosses discovered ways to mass-produce supplies with “machines,” the situation would certainly ease, but it was still too early for that now.
This time, things went very smoothly. Dodging a pounce and destroying the End Crystal, Dragon’s Breath once again engulfed the Obsidian Pir from the sky.
Yi and Yng looked at the pir of fire less than a foot away, both suddenly filled with extreme confidence-
“As expected, the BOSS has a very clear behavior pattern. Once we figure out the mechanism and respond correctly, it’s not difficult to win!”
“Yeah, this is too easy!”
“We’ll take it down tonight!” Yi said confidently.
“Absolutely!” Yng echoed with equal confidence.
In both live broadcast rooms, the audience seized the opportunity and sent messages: “If you can’t take it down, wear diapers (cross-dress) and wander the streets!”
After the crystals exploded, four more Endermen spawned in the open area. However, by now, they didn’t pose any pressure to the two yers.
Defeat the Endermen, build tforms to shoot crystals, defeat more Endermen, shoot crystals… and so on.
The End Crystals were shattered one after another.
After sessfully destroying five, the situation changed once again-
“Roar~~~”
Apanied by the terrifying howl of the Ender Dragon, the Dragon’s Breath fell from the sky.
It was no longer a precise spray, but rather like a falling meteor shower, shattering the mes and pouring down on Yi and Yng like a rainstorm. When it hit the ground, it started burning and randomly spreading within a range of four to nine grids.
As the two were pulling their bows to attack the sixth End Crystal, they raised their heads to stare at the trajectory of the falling fireballs. They struggled to find the safe gaps, running awkwardly in mid-air,ying down blocks while dodging the attacks from above.
The Ender Dragon no longer attacked only once when the crystal was hit. Instead, it began to continuously dive and attack.<div>
Dragon’s Breath and pounce alternated, forcing the two yers to evade while trying to shoot the distant End Crystals, making the battle even more challenging!
A single mistake could set them on fire.
This fire couldn’t be extinguished with water, and they had to endure four rounds of fire damage before it went out – if it hadn’t gone out and new mes touched them again, although the damage wouldn’t stack, the duration would reset.
During this time, if the Ender Dragon pounced on them or they fell from a high tform, the damage would stack, making it very easy for them to die instantly.<div>
Thus, the dead man’s tactics were resumed.
Die and resurrect, then charge back into battle.
After destroying three more Crystals in this manner, Yi dodged a Dragon Breath thatnded in front of him with a small jump. He quickly switched to building blocks,ying down stone on the side to increase distance, and pulled out his bow to attack the Endermen that spawned.
Before, they tried to ignore the Endermen, but their numbers would add up. Every time a Crystal exploded, four Endermen would spawn — and without much effort, eight of them together could take the yers down.
“Roar~~~~”
The howl of the Ender Dragon reverberated again.
“What’re you roaring for! You’re so annoying!” Yi roared back without any fear.
Yng, on the other hand, showed understanding: “It’s out of options and angry, huh?”
As soon as the words fell, they heard the tremendous sound of dragon wings pping and then the whooshing sound of wind.
“?” Yi turned to Yng, “When did you awaken your jinxed bloodline?”
At the next moment, a hurricane struck!
With no cover in the air, the two yers lost their bnce and were blown off the tform. They fell miserably onto the still-burning Dragon’s Breath and both died instantly.
After resurrecting, they didn’t hesitate for a moment and rushed through the Teleportation Gate — fortunately, the high tform, the mes, and the remaining two End Crystals were still there, unchanged and not restored.<div>
After taking a breath, the two of them ran to pick up their equipment. Yi couldn’t help but say, “Can you please make fewer sarcasticments next time? I feel like you’re on the BOSS’s side!”
Yng also felt a bit guilty and quickly agreed, “Alright, alright, my bad.”
Next, they continued to build the high tform, avoiding the dragon breath and Ender Dragon’s pounce. They also had to build pirs on the high tform to defend against the asional high-altitude hurricanes that blew.
In this difficult battle, the two of them finally overcame countless hardships and broke thest two End Crystals.
The next moment, the Ender Dragon no longer stirred up hurricanes, nor did it spit dragon breath, or even roar.
It retracted its nearly twenty-meter-long wings, quickly lowering its altitude. It didn’t swoop past like before, but instead, ferociously vibrated its wings at a low altitude, encircling the ten obsidian pirs.
At the same time—the sound of music appeared!
Just in seven or eight seconds, the music went from nothing to slow, then from low to high. The passionate drumbeats quickly became deafening, stirring up the audience’s fighting spirit.
-This was the heartfelt dedication from Cloud Dream’s music department.
“Is this… battle music?” Yng asked in amazement, watching the huge dragon hover.
Yi also opened his mouth wide, “You’re kidding me! Are you saying that the battle has just begun?!?”
The Ender Dragon circled around for two rounds, proudly disying its enormous and terrifying body up close. Then it charged straight towards Yi and Yng!
It no longer just swooped past, biting with its teeth or striking with its ws, but instead—rammed directly into them!<div>
“F*ck!” Yi eximed in horror, quickly taking out a bucket of water and leaped off the high tform, safelynding using the nding water” technique.
Yng alsonded beside him.
A loud noise came from above their heads.
The two quickly looked up, only to see that their built high tform had been almostpletely destroyed. Only a few blocks remained at the edge, faintly forming arge empty hole.
“How do we fight this?!?”
But without waiting for them to think, the Ender Dragon had already returned, crashing heavily to the ground and biting at them!
Yi gritted his teeth and raised his shield, blocking the strike. He was hit back several squares, but since he managed to block it, he only lost one point of health, which was still eptable.
Yng also took advantage of the opportunity, shing the Ender Dragon’s head with his sword.
There was indeed damage, but it wasn’t very high. Judging by the Ender Dragon’s health bar, they probably had to sh it hundreds of times to be enough!
This was already frustrating enough when they heard Yi’s voice, “Under the health bar! What is that ‘Victorious Chaser’ stacked 12 times?!”
Yng looked closely and also noticed the icon—
[Victorious Chaser: Eachyer increases damage by 5% (Currentyers: 12)]
Before the Ender Dragonnded, it was just a prelude to the battle. The information wasn’t disyed until the battle officially began, assisting yers inbat.<div>
Yng was puzzled, but fortunately, some quick-witted people in the live broadcast room reminded them, “You guys have died 12 times already! One death peryer!”
Knowing the truth, both of them were speechless: such a difficult battle, and we’re not allowed to die once?
But with things as they were, they could only continue until their supplies ran out. Meanwhile, they would umtebat experience and try to see more of the BOSS’s skills.
As they fought, Yi also couldn’t help but gloat, “I was thinking earlier that if we couldn’t beat it, we could resort to swarm tactics. Thank goodness we didn’t! But I bet many people would, right? I wonder if there’s any unlucky guy who stacks it up to 100yers, making the Ender Dragon’s damage six times more powerful. I really want to see that situation.”
“There should… be some, right?” Yng answered uncertainly.
As a matter of fact, there indeed were!
And they were even people they were very familiar with.
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Before the announcement was released, Super Tomato was still studying the blueprints of Huagai Hall and Jingshen Hall, nning to bring them together with thepleted Heaven Hall andplete the three main halls of the Forbidden City.
However, they couldn’t resist everyone’s urging, especially since the Heaven Hall had been officiallypleted. Over a hundred yers had been helping out, so it was hard to say no. So, they organized everyone to tackle the main storyline together.
Finally, a total of 135 people participated.
With so many people acting together, their speed was naturally extremely fast.
In less than 20 minutes, they all found the Nether Fortress and obtained the necessary materials: ze Powder.
As for the rarer Ender Pearls, with so many people, some had already encountered and killed Endermen while gathering building materials above ground. So, they directly used the Ender Pearls they’ve obtained.
After crafting the Eye of Ender, they found the End Portal.
However, they didn’t activate it immediately. Instead, they caused some havoc by demolishing arge area around the portal and then dumped 135 beds and wooden boxes to update their respawn points and store some supplies before officially activating the portal.
Afterward—it was time for a full assault!
And then, the tragedy began.
And the first tragedy wasn’t even the Ender Dragon but the 270 Endermen suddenly appearing on the t End floating ind.
—Just the right number, exactly twice the number of yers!