Looking at the activated End Portal before him, Lin Tian took out his crafting table.
First, he would make a few Enchanted Golden Apples and several dozen Golden Apples.
Shortly after, Lin Tian took a running leap and jumped into the End Portal.
......
He was surrounded by an endless void. Lin Tian stood on a platform made of obsidian, observing everything around him.
"ROOOOAAAAAR!!!"
The roar of a dragon echoed!
Lin Tian saw a large, black, western-style dragon circling above a distant white island.
"It looks just like the ones in the movies, with an immense presence, but it doesn't seem that scary?"
Just as Lin Tian finished saying this, the System's voice sounded in his mind.
"[Ding! Detected that Host has completed the task: [The End!]. Do you wish to submit the task? [Yes/No]]"
"Yes!"
Hearing the long-awaited sound of the System in his mind, Lin Tian answered directly.
"[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the task: [The End!]]"
"[Ding! Unlocked More Crafting.]"
"[Ding! Unlocked Weather Control.]"
Seeing the two newly unlocked functions, Lin Tian paid them no mind. He would deal with the dragon first.
The System also considerately sent a new task.
"[Ding! Replying to Host, the fourth task has been activated: [Dragon Slayer!]]"
Seeing this task, Lin Tian had an 'I knew it' expression on his face. He then took out some cobblestone and began to build a bridge towards the island.
Arriving above the island, Lin Tian saw that it was covered with Endermen.
However, he paid them no heed, directly putting on a pumpkin head. He then looked at the huge obsidian pillars standing on the island and the End Crystals bobbing up and down on top of them, took out a shimmering enchanted bow, drew the string taut, and fired!
"Swish~"
"Boom!"
A huge explosion rang out, which also attracted the attention of the Ender Dragon.
"ROOOOAAAAAR!!"
Seeing a strange creature shoot down its recovery crystal, the Ender Dragon immediately spewed dragon's breath at Lin Tian, then swooped down to charge him.
"Holy crap! You're using combos?"
Seeing the Ender Dragon fight so dishonorably, Lin Tian hurriedly dodged.
Taking advantage of the Ender Dragon's recovery time, Lin Tian once again shot at an End Crystal.
"Tch! Missed."
Seeing that the crystal didn't explode, Lin Tian drew his bow and shot again.
But the Ender Dragon had no intention of letting him shoot down its crystals so easily and swooped towards Lin Tian once more.
Helpless, Lin Tian could only dodge again. Taking advantage of an opening to create distance from the Ender Dragon, he drew his bow and fired.
"Boom!"
Seeing the crystal successfully destroyed, Lin Tian had no time to be happy and immediately drew his bow to aim again.
The man and the dragon were entangled for nearly twenty minutes before Lin Tian finally destroyed all the crystals.
"Next up is you, you little she-dragon! Watch me shoot you down!"
Because of the Ender Dragon's continuous attacks, Lin Tian had to spend time dodging and had even wasted two Golden Apples.
If it weren't for the fact that the Ender Dragon's attacks were very rigid, always pausing in place for a while after a breath and swoop combo, Lin Tian would have suspected it was intelligent. The attacks were just too frequent!
It didn't even perch on the bedrock structure in the middle! 'System, did your mother change the code?!'
However, seeing that the Ender Dragon started to perch on the central bedrock after all the crystals were gone, Lin Tian was finally relieved.
It seemed the System hadn't changed the code. Otherwise, the difficulty would have gone up a notch. He wasn't a master archer, after all.
....
Seeing the Ender Dragon perch in the center again, Lin Tian took out his diamond sword and unleashed a flurry of blows on its rear!
"Heh~, hah~, heh~, heh~, how does that feel? I'm gonna kill you!"
Watching the Ender Dragon's health bar drop rapidly, Lin Tian grew progressively more excited, various eloquent phrases spilling from his mouth.
Finally, the Ender Dragon's health bar was down to a sliver. Just as Lin Tian was about to deliver the final blow, he was knocked away by the flap of the dragon's wings.
"Heh, a desperate struggle! Do you want to get shot down by me that badly?"
Seeing the Ender Dragon circling in the sky again, Lin Tian decided to go for a magnificent explosive shot!
Aiming in the Ender Dragon's direction, Lin Tian predicted its next position.
"Swish~"
An arrow flew straight into the Ender Dragon's body.
Next, Lin Tian witnessed the following scene: the Ender Dragon first froze stiffly, then its body began to fall. Its skin gradually dissolved, followed by its muscles, then its bones and internal organs. Finally, a black dragon egg slowly floated down and came to rest on the bedrock in the center.
And within the enclosure formed by the bedrock, a portal that looked like a starry sky opened up.
Seeing this, Lin Tian was completely dumbfounded. Why was the Ender Dragon's death process so horrifying?!
Lin Tian took out a Golden Apple and bit into it hard, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.
To be honest, seeing a scene akin to a live dissection made Lin Tian feel extremely uncomfortable, but he was, after all, someone who had seen all sorts of monsters. This wasn't enough to truly scare him.
The System's voice sounded in his mind again.
"[Ding! Detected that Host has completed the task: [Dragon Slayer!]. Do you wish to submit the task? [Yes/No]]"
"Yes!"
"[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the task: [Dragon Slayer!]]"
"[Ding! Unlocked the Twilight Forest.]"
...
'That's it?'
Seeing that only one mod was unlocked this time, Lin Tian was a bit disappointed. The System was really stingy.
"[Ding! Replying to Host, the fifth task has been activated: [Wither Killer!]]"
Seeing that it was another boss fight, Lin Tian felt he had figured out the System's pattern. 'The next one won't be the Warden, will it?'
But that thing was ridiculously strong! Stronger than some monsters from mods!
But Lin Tian didn't think too much about it. He walked directly to the edge of the bedrock, tried to touch the dragon egg, and the egg instantly disappeared.
Seeing the dragon egg appear on the end stone in front of him, Lin Tian walked towards it again.
This time, he directly dug out the end stone from under the egg, placed a torch, and then broke the end stone the egg was on.
Dragon egg—collected successfully.
After collecting the dragon egg, Lin Tian first found the End Gateway, made a marker, and only then did he jump into the central portal. He wasn't in a hurry. He would check out the new mod first.
......
After returning to the Overworld, Lin Tian immediately wanted to ask some questions.
"System, I know about 'More Crafting.' It means that uncraftable things like the Totem of Undying and Elytra can now be crafted, right? That's really useful. But what about 'Weather Control'?"
Hearing Lin Tian's words, the System directly stated the facts.
"Replying to Host, 'More Crafting' is expandable. This means that as the Host unlocks more mods in the future, the uncraftable items they contain can also be crafted."
Before Lin Tian could say anything, the System continued, "'Weather Control' is not just about sunny, cloudy, rain, and snow. It also adds natural conditions such as thunderstorms/blizzards, sandstorms, tornadoes, and tsunamis."
After hearing the System's explanation, Lin Tian realized his own scope had been too small. The System was truly generous!
To think! The 'More Crafting' that could expand with new mods was already ridiculously powerful, and now 'Weather Control' was this strong too!
If he went to other worlds, he would truly be an immortal now!
Just then, a situation arose in the chat group in Lin Tian's mind.
Lin Tian immersed his consciousness in the chat group and saw a bunch of people pinging him.
[Lord of the World: What's wrong?]
[Silly Girl: Lin Tian, you're finally here! Something big has happened! A group task has appeared!]
"Hmm?"
Lin Tian's brows furrowed. 'The group task has been activated?'
...