If the Ender Queen didn't have the strength to deal with the Wither Storm, then even if she glared them to death, Entity 303 would still have taken action.
After all, the task that Xu Yuan gave them before leaving was: first, protect themselves well, and second, protect this world.
Currently, it's confirmed that the Ender Queen is not in life-threatening danger and is capable of handling the Wither Storm. These two conditions are satisfied.
So Entity 303 chose to stand by with folded arms and prioritize protecting himself.
Hearing Entity 303's confident answer, Null and the Dread Lord finally felt relieved.
"The core of the Wither Storm is a blue Ender Eye. Although it's blue, the Ender Eye is, after all, something from the End, which is probably why the Ender Queen is able to fix its position, right?"
"Yeah, the Nether and the End both have products belonging to their own worlds. She's the ruler of the End, so it's not strange that she can control these things."
Entity 303 nodded and then said, "Yeah, the Dragon Prophet and the Dancer are also approaching the core from other directions. The Wither Storm's backfilling speed can't keep up with the three of them. If it takes care of this side, it can't take care of the other."
"They're about to succeed."
Just as Null and the Dread Lord analyzed, the location of the blue Ender Eye was indeed fixed in place by the Ender Queen.
At first, the Ender Queen didn't know how to deal with the Wither Storm.
Later, it was the Dragon Prophet who sensed the location of the blue Ender Eye.
Then, the three of them locked on to the location of the blue Ender Eye together, split into three groups, and started to "crack open the brain" of the Wither Storm.
Gotta say, the Wither Storm really came at the wrong time. It didn't run into normal opponents but complete hacks, super hacks.
It finally encountered a relatively weaker team, the Ender Queen and her two partners. But unfortunately, it happened to be in their area of expertise.
The container carrying the consciousness just happened to be a product of the End. Although the Ender Queen couldn't control the blue consciousness body, as the Queen of the End, she could still control that container.
This is what's called expertise.
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The Ender Queen, Dragon Prophet, and the Last Dancer approached the location of the blue Ender Eye from three directions together.
At first, the Wither Storm still controlled the surrounding blocks to counterattack them. But as the three of them got closer and closer to the blue Ender Eye, the Wither Storm clearly became overwhelmed.
The blocks used to counterattack could only be used to backfill the paths the Ender Queen and her team were advancing through.
But just as Entity 303 said, with all three sides attacking at once, the Wither Storm simply couldn't keep up.
With the final slash from the Ender Queen, the blue Ender Eye was finally exposed to sight.
The Ender Queen teleported and snatched the blue Ender Eye into her hand in an instant, not giving the Wither Storm a single chance to recover.
Once the blue Ender Eye was taken away by the Ender Queen, the body of the Wither Storm began to rapidly collapse and disintegrate.
The Ender Queen, Dragon Prophet, and Last Dancer also teleported to safe spots.
Seeing the Wither Storm collapse, the Ender Queen finally lowered the greatsword in her hand. She lifted her eyes with a tsundere look toward Entity 303, Null, and the Dread Lord.
The Ender Queen's tsundere expression looked like she was saying, 'Did you see your queen's glorious fighting style?'
Seeing the Ender Queen's expression, Entity 303, Null, and the Dread Lord all responded with forced fake smiles.
"Damn, she really showed off..."
"She just happened to get lucky. What's she so proud of!"
"You're only mumbling behind her back. Got the guts? Say it to her face!"
As they faked their smiles and mumbled quietly, Entity 303, Null, and the Dread Lord went to regroup with the Ender Queen and her two teammates.
Even though they were goofing around, they hadn't forgotten their main task.
Though the four Wither Storms had been taken care of, there were probably still quite a few Withers out there causing trouble.
Everyone definitely needed to make a plan to quickly eliminate the remaining enemies.
Although the Ender Queen was now overflowing with confidence, after all, it was her first victory in battle. And she had defeated the Wither Storm entirely with her own power.
She originally wanted to brag a bit, but knowing the mission wasn't over yet, she had to temporarily suppress her excitement. She'd celebrate properly once it was all done.
Seeing that the four major threats in the Overworld had finally been resolved, and that no one was injured, everyone had even grown stronger, Entity 303 was quite pleased.
He had taken over the heavy responsibility Xu Yuan left behind without any preparation, and the pressure on his heart was pretty big. He was worried he'd fail Xu Yuan's trust and let him down.
Although there were some twists along the way, it now seemed that the problem was more or less resolved.
But there was still one thing that Entity 303 was worried about, Rookie.
Just as he was thinking, the Ender Queen's question interrupted his thoughts.
"Hey, why did you all gather here? Isn't there still one more Wither Storm? Don't tell me you guys dealt with it too?"
Only then did the Ender Queen remember there was one Wither Storm left unattended. But since Entity 303's group had all shown up here, she assumed they must've handled it already.
Entity 303 just shook his head and said, "That one... Rookie handled it."
Hearing Entity 303's words, the Ender Queen was a bit shocked.
"You mean that rookie who made you run away like a rat with a giant salted fish?!"
The Ender Queen was a woman, and what woman doesn't like gossip? After spending so much time with the group, she had already uncovered all of their dark history.
Hearing her words, Entity 303 nearly choked on his own saliva.
His crimson eyes were immediately dyed dark red with rage, sweeping over everyone present, trying to find out who leaked his black history.
Seeing this, everyone suppressed their laughter while avoiding Entity 303's "passionate" gaze. From everyone's reaction, it was clear this wasn't a secret anymore.
At this moment, the atmosphere on site became awkward. Seeing this, the Ender Queen quickly changed the topic.
"Ahem... So that means the 'officials' have stepped in this time too?"
Although hearing the word "officials" come from native mouths like the Ender Queen or Dread Lord sounded weird, they had already gotten used to such terms. They just might not understand their deeper meaning.
To them, "official" meant a force with partial control of the world, standing behind the "players."
Seeing the topic shift, Entity 303 also breathed a sigh of relief, then nodded and said, "Yeah. The official forces shouldn't be underestimated. Our relationship with them is kind of awkward."
"Although they joined us to fight the enemy this time, their true stance is still unclear. So it's best we avoid them for now."
Hearing this, everyone cautiously nodded.
"So what's the next step in the plan?..."
Entity 303 thought for a moment and said, "I just received some info. Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon are making great progress too. They've already taken down over ten Withers."
"A lot of players have started fighting back as well, and they're doing pretty well. There's no need for us to step in anymore."
After this battle, Entity 303's thinking gradually aligned with Xu Yuan's. He knew that as long as the void consciousness existed, more and more battles would await them in the future.
This was only the first battle, and they already had a shortage of people.
Xu Yuan had made his goal clear before leaving, to protect this world. And protecting this world wasn't just their responsibility. It was also the players' duty, even that of every conscious being in this world.
To achieve that goal, everyone had to get involved and fight the void.
That was also why Entity 303 didn't let them interfere further. If they made a move, the Withers would be wiped out in no time.
But then, players would develop a mindset of dependence, they'd think HIM will take care of everything if disaster strikes.
But in reality, players are also a powerful force. So they had to get the players to actively participate, let them taste the joy of victory.
That's the only way to better face future battles.
After all, Withers aren't like the Wither Storms. Their destructive power isn't that strong. So they might as well be used as practice targets for the players.
No one objected to Entity 303's orders. After all, the four biggest threats had been eliminated. Even without them stepping in, the Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon could handle the rest easily.
"So where are we going next?"
"Let's head back to the Shallows. Maybe our King has already returned."
Now that they had completed the mission, the first person on everyone's mind was Xu Yuan. Since there hadn't been any news from him for so long, everyone was naturally very worried.
Hearing this, Entity 303 shook his head and said, "If he came back, he'd definitely come find us right away…"
Saying that, Entity 303 paused in thought, then said, "Null, you and Dread Lord, go sweep through the Nether again. See if there are any fish that slipped through the net."
"Ender Queen, Prophet, Dancer, you three go back to the Shallows first."
"I'll go investigate over at the Divine Realm Competition area…"
Xu Yuan's whereabouts had always been the biggest worry for all his subordinates. Entity 303 was no exception.
Although he knew very well that if Xu Yuan ran into something tricky, his own strength probably wouldn't be of much help.
He naturally wouldn't risk his life and end up dragging Xu Yuan down. But since Entity 303 had data-searching abilities, at least he might be able to find some clues.
No matter what, it's better than just sitting and waiting, doing nothing.
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