Following the stairs upwards, Lin Tian saw a few remaining Castle Guardians along the way. After eating an Enchanted Golden Apple, he took them out with a few swings of his pickaxe.
He had now figured out the best way to fight monsters: take a bite before fighting, take a bite after getting hit, and take another bite after stepping back.
In short, he had to eat a lot. As soon as he felt unwell, he would take a bite.
If he had any mental problems, he would drink milk first and then eat an Enchanted Golden Apple.
In any case, he had brought enough Enchanted Golden Apples. He could even eat them like a meal.
Reaching the top floor, Lin Tian saw a cube floating in the center. Its entire body seemed to be made of obsidian, and it was covered with blue-green patterns.
Lin Tian saw the name displayed above this cube—Knight of the Apocalypse!
Seeing that the final boss was this thing, Lin Tian was a little dazed. 'This is the final boss?'
He didn't pay it much mind and first placed a bed to set his respawn point!
After completing the setup, Lin Tian began to slowly approach the cube.
Just as he was two blocks away, the cube began to tremble slowly.
Noticing this, Lin Tian quickly retreated and took out an Enchanted Golden Apple to eat.
Immediately after, the cube began to slowly transform in front of him, and soon it turned into the image of a knight riding a warhorse.
The Knight of the Apocalypse was completely covered in dark steel armor. An incomplete, rusted inverted cross was carved in the center of its chest plate, the rest of which was covered in dried, dark brown stains. A faint gray-black mist swirled around its body.
The longsword in its right hand was pointed diagonally at the ground. A rusted skull pendant hung from the end of the scabbard, and half a broken piece of armor was stuck at the jawbone.
His helmet had no gaps for light to pass through. The entire faceplate was a single, curved piece of black iron, with only a vertical shallow groove carved in the center of the forehead, from which a very thin, dark red light flowed.
The warhorse he rode was also covered in custom-made black iron barding. The faceplate of the barding completely covered its mouth and nose, leaving only two long, narrow slits for the eye sockets, in which an eerie green light danced. The horse's mane was not ordinary hair, but bundles of black iron thorns wrapped in thin iron chains.
"Damn, that's kinda cool!" Seeing the Knight of the Apocalypse's true appearance, Lin Tian was also struck by how cool the armor was.
Just as he was sizing up the knight, something unexpected happened.
"Have you also come to slay me?"
Although the words sounded like a question, the tone was one of certainty.
Lin Tian was immediately unsettled. Why could this Knight of the Apocalypse talk? Did it have intelligence?
After thinking it over and over, he finally spoke, "You have intelligence?"
The Knight of the Apocalypse said nothing and directly charged over on its warhorse.
Seeing this, Lin Tian didn't dare to be careless. The moment it charged, he immediately dodged to the side and even took the opportunity to shoot an arrow at it.
But the arrow just clanged against the knight's body and didn't cause any damage.
"Immune to ranged weapons!"
Lin Tian immediately understood the situation. This meant he couldn't use a kiting strategy to fight it!
After eating another Enchanted Golden Apple, he began to engage it in close combat.
Every one of his attacks dealt a considerable amount of damage to the Knight of the Apocalypse, and he soon wore down a fifth of its health.
But he was also seriously injured. It was useless even if he kept eating Enchanted Golden Apples. The knight's attacks were simply too frequent. It would charge at the drop of a hat, giving him no time to breathe.
But this also proved that this Knight of the Apocalypse was indeed just an ordinary boss, without any intelligence. It probably only spoke for some special reason.
Just as Lin Tian was about to chip away at the knight's health again, it didn't charge this time but stood in place. Suddenly, a green energy appeared above its head.
In the blink of an eye, its health bar was full again.
"You can't play like that! Healing so fast!"
Lin Tian was a little tilted. How could there be such a buggy skill!
But before he could complain, the knight launched another attack.
Its body leaned back slightly, its hands raised above its head, the sword in its hand replaced by a long spear. The warhorse beneath it began to charge, and at the same time, the knight's hands began to spin rapidly. A green flame appeared on its spear and spread outwards.
"Holy crap! Heavenly Fire Meteor!"
Seeing the skill the Knight of the Apocalypse was using, Lin Tian immediately came up with a name for the move.
He hurriedly dodged the flames, and at the same time, he had to dodge the knight's charge. It was truly a miserable experience!
But the knight didn't care about any of that and directly used its charge skill again, rushing towards Lin Tian.
"You think I'm a pushover!" Lin Tian was getting angry. Just dodging was getting on his nerves.
He took out a pile of potion bottles and, without caring what they were, just started chugging them.
Before long, his whole body was covered in strange bubbles.
Seeing the knight use its charge skill again, Lin Tian dodged to the side with extreme speed, then picked up his Netherite axe and started wailing on it.
Under the boost of the strength potion, he quickly reduced its health to two-thirds.
Just as he was about to press his advantage, the warhorse under the knight took a leap back, creating some distance between them.
At the same time, a green energy once again appeared above the knight's head.
Seeing this, Lin Tian directly took out a Potion of Healing and a Potion of Harming and threw them at it. Because he wasn't sure if the Potion of Harming would work, he threw a Potion of Healing along with it.
At the same time, he himself rushed towards the knight at an extremely high speed.
As expected, the Potion of Harming had no effect when it hit the knight, but the Potion of Healing interrupted its recovery, though only for a moment.
Seeing that it worked, he quickly threw a large number of healing potions at the knight. At the same time, he also arrived at its side and struck it with a few axe blows.
With this combo, the knight was left with only half its health.
Before he could get happy, five Castle Guardians appeared around him and charged at him. The speed of these Castle Guardians was not something the others could compare to. It was already similar to that of zombies and skeletons, but it was still very difficult for them to hit him.
Just as he felt victory was in his grasp, a ghostly Naga suddenly appeared out of nowhere and sent him flying, right into the vicinity of the Castle Guardians.
As was to be expected, he was once again flanked by several Castle Guardians and died again.
The revived Lin Tian saw that the Knight of the Apocalypse had not disappeared and gave himself a thumbs-up for his quick thinking. It was a good thing he had set his respawn point here.
But when he looked at the knight again, he found that its health bar was full again.
"..."
'What's the difference between this and starting over?'
Helpless, he could only engage in a battle of attrition with it again.
Soon, he had worn its health bar down to half again.
This time, he was wary of his surroundings, afraid that another Naga would come and send him flying.
But to his surprise, there was no danger aimed at him this time.
He saw three shields appear around the knight, and at the same time, it threw the spear in its hand at him.
He couldn't dodge and was pierced by the spear. A bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, precisely hitting him.
Lin Tian died again.
.....
After another series of twists and turns, Lin Tian had died a total of nearly six times before he figured out the knight's second-phase skills.
That's right, he called the Knight of the Apocalypse with half its health phase two, because after its health dropped to half, its skills were simply too many!
Not only would it summon Castle Guardians, Nagas, and the like, but it would also throw its spear to call down lightning, and this spear was impossible to dodge! He could only block it with his shield!
Besides these, the second-phase knight's healing ability was greatly enhanced, it could recover almost a twentieth of its health every second!
It would also summon meteors from the sky or fireballs, which were truly disgusting!
But the knight in this phase also had a weakness, which was that it couldn't move. It would stay in place and use these skills, so as long as he got close, he could defeat it.
Lin Tian had also paid six lives to figure out all these skills, and he had finally gotten its health bar down to a quarter.
But just as he was preparing to kill it in one fell swoop, the knight suddenly glowed, sending the caught-off-guard Lin Tian flying.
When the light disappeared, Lin Tian noticed that only the knight was left in the original spot. The warhorse was gone!
Just as he was wondering why the warhorse had disappeared, the knight spoke again, "You are quite good."
After speaking, it teleported directly in front of him and smashed his head with a single punch.
....
When he revived again, Lin Tian looked at the knight's full health bar, his expression growing more and more desperate, and at the same time, a crazed look flashed in his eyes.
Recounting.
First death, he learned the speed of the third-phase Knight of the Apocalypse.
Second death, he learned the explosive power, strength, and defense of the third-phase Knight of the Apocalypse.
Third death, he learned one of the abilities of the third-phase Knight of the Apocalypse.
....
Eighth death, he had mastered all the abilities and basic stats of all phases of the Knight of the Apocalypse.
"Hehehehehe~ Hahahahahaha!!!"
Lin Tian threw his head back and laughed, his arms spread wide, a crazed look on his face.
A total of twenty-one deaths, and he had finally cleared the Twilight Forest!
"[Ding!]"
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