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Lin Tian clearly noticed the puzzled looks on their faces and immediately explained, "Once we get the Ember Lamp, we'll be fighting the final boss. Shouldn't we go back and prepare first?"
Hearing Lin Tian's words, the four women understood and nodded in agreement with his idea.
Seeing that the four women agreed, Lin Tian used teleportation to take them back to the portal.
Back in the main world, it was already evening. Looks like I'll have to prepare tomorrow.
(The main character has already turned off the live stream.)
.......
Late at night, after finishing his battle with Kanroji Mitsuri, Lin Tian looked at the two sleeping women and gently touched their faces.
These past few days, Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji have made some kind of deal, so Shinobu has been sleeping at the Butterfly Mansion.
"Forgive me, Mitsuri, I can't let you fight an enemy that we can't possibly win."
As he spoke, Lin Tian took out a golden prop that looked like a teapot.
It is the lamp of embers!
Chapter 54 Victory After Seven Deaths
That's right. Back in the Troll Cave, Lin Tian actually obtained the Ember Lamp, but he deliberately kept it a secret.
Otherwise, they would have to go directly to the Castle of the End.
Lin Tian walked alone to the side of the Twilight Forest teleportation portal. He had no one else with him for this mission, for fear that someone might tell Shinobu Kocho and make her worry about him. However, he also kept a backup plan in case he might go insane after experiencing death.
To be honest, Lin Tian himself was also a little scared, after all, this time it could be said to be extremely dangerous!
Although the system had told him he could resurrect infinitely, Lin Tian had never experienced it firsthand. Who knew what death felt like? Maybe it was incredibly painful?
However, Lin Tian still stepped into the Twilight Portal. He was still willing to trust the system. After all, his death would not benefit the system, and the benefits of killing the leader in the End Castle would be unimaginable!
........
As soon as dusk fell, Lin Tian teleported directly to the side of the End Castle. Looking at the thorns covering the area in front of him, Lin Tian took out the Ember Lamp, waved his hand, and a burst of flames floated out, quickly enveloping the surrounding thorns. In a short time, the surrounding thorns were burned to grayish-white.
Lin Tian touched it lightly with his hand, and the thorns turned into ashes and disappeared.
The burning thorns in front of them were just enough for the two of them to pass through. Lin Tian didn't continue burning any more and walked directly into the End Castle.
Looking at the white walls around him and hearing the unknown roars coming from inside the castle, Lin Tian roused himself, first placing a bed on the spot, and then lying down.
This marks the respawn point, so if you die, you will respawn here.
Lin Tian stood up and walked towards a wall with mysterious patterns in front of him.
There was a wall of runes at the entrance, which Lin Tian completely destroyed with just a light touch.
The scene inside the castle was not as empty as Lin Tian had seen in his previous life. Instead, it was filled with piles of unknown cube-shaped objects of various colors, including red, blue, and purple. The roaring sounds came from them.
Seeing these things, Lin Tian had a strange feeling, as if something was missing.
These unknown entities also noticed Lin Tian's figure and turned their heads to look at him. Then, their entire bodies began to open up and down, revealing something that resembled a core inside. This core looked very much like an eyeball, but it was not human; it was more like a mechanical object.
Seeing that these things had spotted him, Lin Tian took out his shield to defend himself. However, he soon realized that these things moved very slowly, and it was a pipe dream for them to touch him.
Upon discovering this, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief. If they were moving very fast, he might have been ganged up on and killed, since there were already about 5 or 60 of them in sight!
Lin Tian took out the Lower Realm Alloy Axe and chopped it down on the one closest to him, but the thing didn't budge at all, as if it hadn't been hurt at all!
Lin Tian frowned and retreated hastily, but he was still hit by one of its blocks. Lin Tian felt a sharp pain in his chest and coughed up a mouthful of blood, but the blood disappeared quickly after it flew into the air.
Lin Tian stared in horror at the blocky creature in front of him and exclaimed, "Holy crap! Its damage is so high!"
He then quickly took out the enchanted golden apple and ate it, which made him feel a little better.
Seeing the block approaching again, Lin Tian took out his Netherite pickaxe and swung it at the thing. Surprisingly, the block creature lost half its health with that one hit, and its name and health bar finally appeared above its head.
Castle Guardians
[52/103] (Health Bar)
Seeing the names and health bars appearing above the creatures' heads, Lin Tian finally understood what the strange feeling he had just experienced was! It turned out that their names and health bars were missing!
Lin Tian didn't care why he hadn't seen these things earlier, because a group of castle guards had already approached and were subtly surrounding him.
Lin Tian, holding pickaxes in both hands, struck two castle guards to his left, instantly turning them into white smoke and disappearing.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Tian struck two more castle guards coming from his right rear with his pickaxe.
Lin Tian kept wielding his double pickaxes, taking down one castle guard after another who charged at him, but in the end he was outnumbered.
Soon, Lin Tian was attacked by a castle guard who came from behind, and the rest was simple.
After being attacked by the castle guards behind him, Lin Tian's body lurched forward uncontrollably, and then he was attacked by the castle guards in front of him.
Lin Tian felt excruciating pain all over his body. Before he could even groan in agony, he was attacked from both sides by the two castle guards beside him, and his entire body was crushed...
Lin Tian is dead!
..........
"Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff!"
Lin Tian opened his eyes, breathing heavily, and looked around in horror.
After seeing the surrounding white high walls, Lin Tian finally believed the fact that he could be resurrected indefinitely.
Thinking back to his near-death experience, Lin Tian felt a lingering fear, but now that he felt safe and sound, he became somewhat excited!
"So this is what death feels like?" Lin Tian only felt the pain of his body being squeezed, but as for the feeling of death?
I felt nothing at all! It was just like waking up, with only the information in my brain telling me that I had indeed been squeezed once, but other than that, I didn't feel anything.
Knowing that he really wouldn't die, Lin Tian revealed a slightly ferocious smile, grabbed a pickaxe with both hands, and charged into the castle.
Swinging a pickaxe—Killed—Reborn—Swinging a pickaxe...
Lin Tian repeated this process over and over again, and even set his spawn point at the castle gate in order to get into the castle as soon as possible.
After dying nearly seven times, Lin Tian finally managed to eliminate all the castle guards inside the castle.
Standing inside the empty castle, Lin Tian held a pickaxe in both hands, his eyes somewhat unfocused.
Having survived seven deaths, he has developed some mental issues. Now, if any creature appears in front of him, he might just swing his pickaxe and kill it, even if it's Shinobu or the others...
At that moment, Lin Tian heard someone sending him a private message in his mind.
[A Leisurely Stroll Through the Mortal World: Lord Lin Tian! Lord Lin Tian! Lord Lin Tian!]
[A Leisurely Stroll Through the World: Lord Lin Tian, how are you?]
[Wandering in the Mortal World: Please eat the enchanted golden apple immediately after hearing my voice!]
Hearing the voice in his mind, Lin Tian instinctively swung his double pickaxes forward, but after realizing there were no creatures in front of him, he blankly took out the enchanted golden apple and ate it.
After swallowing the enchanted golden apple, Lin Tian slowly recovered and his eyes refocused.
Exhaling a breath, Lin Tian heard the voice in his mind and then replied.
[Lord of the World: Thank goodness for your help. Thank you.]
[Wandering in the World: I'm relieved to hear you're doing well.]
[Leisurely Wanderer in the Mortal World: But Lord Lin Tian, why do I have to remind you every thirty minutes? And this is only the first time.]
[Wandering in the Mortal World: As both parties in the transaction, I believe I have the right to know these things; otherwise, I'd rather not have your items.]
[Lord of the World: ......]
After a long silence, Lin Tian decided to tell Zhong Li what he had done, since she valued the contract above all else.
After listening to Lin Tian's explanation, Zhong Li remained silent for a long time.
[Worldly Wanderer: I cannot criticize your behavior.]
[Wandering in the World: But you shouldn't hide it from those around you; they'll find out sooner or later, and it'll be them who get hurt in the end.]
After saying this, Zhongli stopped talking.
After listening to Zhongli's words, Lin Tian fell silent. Of course, he knew it was wrong to keep it from the girls, but it was even worse to have them come along!
Even he died seven times before he finally killed all the castle guards. Even if Shinobu and the other girls could help him, it wouldn't be of much use, and they might even get implicated!
That wasn't what he wanted to see, and he didn't want the girls to witness his death.
Lin Tian took out several enchanted golden apples and a few buckets of milk, and gave them all to Zhong Li as payment, which was the reward they had agreed upon.
After calming himself down, Lin Tian looked up at the highest point of the castle.
Next up is the final boss of the End Castle!
Chapter 55 Sweeping Away the Twilight!
As Lin Tian walked up the stairs, he saw a few remaining castle guards along the way. After eating the enchanted golden apple, Lin Tian killed them with a few pickaxes.
Now he knows the best way to fight monsters: eat a bite before you fight, eat a bite after you get hit, and eat a bite after you take a step back.
The point is to eat more; if you feel unwell, just take a bite.
If you have some mental issues, drink milk first and then eat the enchanted golden apple.
Anyway, he brought enough enchanted golden apples to eat as meals.
Reaching the top floor, Lin Tian saw a cube floating in the center, its entire body seemingly made of obsidian, covered with blue-green patterns.
Lin Tian saw the name displayed above the cube—Apocalypse Knight!
Seeing what the final boss looked like, Lin Tian was somewhat bewildered. This was the final boss?
He didn't care too much, he just put a bed down and set up a respawn point first!
After completing the setup, Lin Tian slowly approached the cube.
Just as he was two blocks away from the cube, the cube began to tremble slowly.
Noticing this, Lin Tian quickly retreated, took out an enchanted golden apple, and ate it.
Immediately afterwards, the cube slowly began to transform in front of Lin Tian, and soon turned into the image of a knight riding a warhorse.
The Apocalypse Knight was covered in dark steel armor, with a half-rusted inverted cross pattern engraved in the center of his breastplate, the rest covered by dried dark brown marks, and surrounded by a faint gray-black mist.