Lin Qiye felt the energy surging within his body, a trace of wonder flashing in his eyes. He knew the strength of this power and that he had to seize the opportunity.
Simultaneously, a countdown for the Power Mode unlock appeared before him.
[Power Mode unlocking... 10... 9...]
The Ghost-Faced King's massive claw had already swung down, but in Lin Qiye's enhanced perception, the strike appeared incredibly slow.
He easily stepped to the side to avoid it. At the same time, the enchanted Iron Sword in his hand carried the whistling sound of wind as it hacked fiercely toward the Ghost-Faced King's neck.
Puchi!
Black blood erupted. The Ghost-Faced King let out a shrill scream and stumbled back. A crack appeared on its hideous mask.
Lin Qiye gave it no room to breathe. His figure was like a bolt of electricity as he swung the iron sword in a continuous blur, every strike precisely hitting a vital point. Under the augmentation of the Ghost-God Trigger, his attack speed was so fast that only streaks of sword light could be seen.
Under the storm-like assault, the Ghost-Faced King retreated step by step. Its massive body was soon covered in dense wounds, black blood gushing out like a fountain.
Despite the numerous wounds, Lin Qiye knew these were not enough to fatally threaten the Ghost-Faced King's life. He could only place his hopes on the impending Power Mode.
[... 5... 4...]
Zhao Kongcheng's eyes widened, unable to believe what he was seeing. That thin youth was currently exploding with such terrifying combat power that even the newly broken-through Ghost-Faced King was being suppressed.
'Is this the power of a God-Vassal? But just what kind of God is this?' Zhao Kongcheng muttered to himself.
Actually, after the day the Dual Gods descended, the Night Watchmen had launched an internal investigation into the Block God, but after several days of searching, they only reached one conclusion—Unrecorded!
The continuous strikes drove the Ghost-Faced King into madness once more.
It stopped dodging and stopped parrying. Its massive, rancid body tanked the slashes of the enchanted Iron Sword as black blood continued to spray. Its twin claws, shrouded in a foul black wind, lunged at Lin Qiye with reckless abandon. Every swipe made the air emit a piercing tearing sound.
Madness burned in those crimson eyes. It would rather suffer heavy injuries just to trade for a chance to kill Lin Qiye.
Lin Qiye's figure flickered as he constantly avoided the lethal attacks. Although his strength and speed were greatly increased under the Ghost-God Trigger, the Ghost-Faced King's suicidal fighting style still put him in a difficult spot.
On the MC Interface, the yellow hearts provided by the Enchanted Golden Apple were decreasing at a visible rate, and the durability of the Iron Armor was dropping rapidly. Every parry pushed him back several steps, and every dodge was a narrow escape.
"Just hold on a little longer!" Lin Qiye gritted his teeth, sweat soaking his forehead.
[Countdown... 2... 1...]
The Ghost-Faced King suddenly let out a roar. The black energy on its body surged as its entire frame pounced toward Lin Qiye like a small mountain, sharp claws aiming straight for Lin Qiye's face!
At that hair-raising moment, the countdown ended!
[Power Mode Unlocked!]
A wave of information and power far surpassing the Ghost-God Trigger instantly flooded Lin Qiye's brain. It was like a divine revelation; he immediately understood—during Power Mode, items in the Inventory can be used infinitely!
Simultaneously, several items appeared out of thin air in his Inventory: a pixelated Boat, a glowing red [Redstone Bundle] (containing Pistons, Sticky Pistons, Redstone Comparators, Repeaters, Observers, Slime Blocks, etc.), a stack of TNT, and a stack of Obsidian.
Lin Qiye felt the surging power in his body and the new item information in his mind, and a ferocious grin spread across his face.
That smile made the injured Zhao Kongcheng feel like he was looking at a stranger—it wasn't the expression a silent, introverted youth usually wore, but rather a "cruel" and playful smile belonging to a Veteran Player.
He shifted his body, narrowly avoiding the Ghost-Faced King's "sure-kill" strike. The wind from the claw brushed past his cheek but failed to harm him in the slightest.
The Ghost-Faced King's strike hit nothing. It roared in rage, about to pounce again.
Lin Qiye waved his hand, and a pixelated Boat abruptly appeared beneath its feet.
Caught off guard, the Ghost-Faced King's massive body was actually sucked into the boat by a bizarre force. For a moment, it couldn't move at all!
It roared, its sharp claws easily shredding the wooden boat. Just as it was about to get up and charge—
The ground beneath it went empty again. Another boat was already in place.
At the same time, several Dispensers had been placed around it to ensure a continuous supply of boats.
And so it went. A dignified River Realm Ghost-Faced King was trapped in an infinite loop of "entering the boat, breaking the boat, and entering the boat again."
It let out bellows of powerless rage, its voice filled with humiliation and confusion. Beneath that hideous mask, there seemed to be ten thousand question marks: What the hell is this? What kind of ability is this?
Zhao Kongcheng, on the side, was completely dumbfounded. He clutched the wound on his chest, his eyes bulging. Watching the Ghost-Faced King being toyed with by little wooden boats, he felt his decades of combat experience and his understanding of the world being overturned in an instant.
"Using... using toy boats to trap a River Realm Ghost-Faced King?" Zhao Kongcheng muttered, his tone full of disbelief. "What kind of ability is this? Am I already dying? Am I having hallucinations?"
While the Ghost-Faced King was stalled by the "Infinite Boat Works," Lin Qiye wasn't idling.
Using the instinct and speed of a Veteran Player, he rapidly used the Redstone materials and Obsidian from his backpack. He quickly built up at the edge of the battlefield and then constructed a complex Redstone device.
The entire process was as smooth as flowing water. His movement and hand speed were incredibly fast. Zhao Kongcheng could only see a blur moving at high altitudes, and then a bizarre structure made of numerous blocks appeared in the sky.
Finally, after shredding the wooden boat beneath its feet once more, no new boat appeared.
The Ghost-Faced King was finally free. it let out a heaven-shaking roar to the sky, black energy rolling off it, eyes red as blood. It frantically searched for Lin Qiye's trail, the fire of rage in its heart burning to the extreme, vowing to tear this kid who toyed with it into pieces.
The Ghost-Faced King quickly locked onto its target.
Lin Qiye and Zhao Kongcheng, whom he had pulled over at some point, were standing inside a crude "dirt house" style box made of Obsidian. Lin Qiye even waved at it through a gap left in the blocks, a slight smile on his face.
"Hey! Big guy! Come and get me!" Lin Qiye actually shouted provocatively.
Seeing this, the Ghost-Faced King's rage went to its head. Its massive frame charged toward the Obsidian box with the momentum to crush everything. Every step left a deep indentation in the ground, as if the very air was ignited by its fury.
"Have you gone mad?!" Zhao Kongcheng looked at Lin Qiye in horror, unable to believe he dared to actively provoke it.
Just the second before the Ghost-Faced King was about to collide, Lin Qiye unhurriedly plugged the gap with the last block of Obsidian, completely sealing the box.
Inside, Lin Qiye made a "quietly watch the show" gesture to the bewildered and terrified Zhao Kongcheng.
"Don't worry, Old Zhao. We're safe," Lin Qiye said with a mysterious smile.
Zhao Kongcheng was full of question marks: "What the hell are you doing? Locking us inside? That monster is right outside!"
On the other side, just as the box was sealed, a dense sound of "clack-clack-clack" from pistons pushing and a "hissing" sound of burning fuses clearly drifted down from above the Ghost-Faced King's head.
The sound was exceptionally piercing in the silence of the rainy night.