The Wandering Mage asked, his face full of confusion.
He knew quite a few spells, and he did indeed have a technique for rapidly constructing walls.
However, while he could control the height, the width was far too limited.
Using this trick, he could at most clear one Ender Crystal, but there was more than one Obsidian Tower.
Even if he cleared one, how would he get to the second?
The Lich relied on phantom clones and teleportation, which worked over various distances, but it would be difficult for them to reach those spots quickly using only Ender Pearls.
Instead, there was a high chance the Ender Dragon would target them for a dive-bomb attack.
"Right there in the middle!" Galen Yu pointed toward the bedrock structure where the Ender Dragon perched; he wasn't joking.
Naturally, he was going to build a Space-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon...
Okay, he was joking this time.
That thing was too complex, requiring numerous redstone devices. It looked majestic and powerful.
But in reality, its practicality wasn't high. Given the current situation, it would be better to just manually scale the pillars and blow up the Ender Crystals.
His desire to reach a high vantage point was actually to use the Wandering Mage's skill for something much simpler.
"Just build it. We're not going to blow up the Ender Crystals."
After dodging a dive from the Ender Dragon and waiting for it to circle back, Galen Yu moved near the target area.
These words left the Wandering Mage and the viewers outside the screen utterly baffled.
"If we don't blow up the Ender Crystals, how do we deal with the Ender Dragon?"
"Each Ender Crystal is like a healing pack, comparable to the Lich's Life Drain!"
"With them active, the Ender Dragon can constantly regenerate health. How can we possibly not destroy them?"
"Unless he can one-shot it, or somehow prevent the Ender Dragon from getting near the Obsidian Towers!"
"But how is that possible? What could possibly trap the Ender Dragon?"
"One-shotting it is even more ridiculous. The dragon has damage reduction!"
"What kind of damage could possibly kill a giant dragon in one hit?"
Neither method seemed feasible.
Fries turned to Headmaster Quill.
"Do you think Galen Yu could one-shot the Ender Dragon if he used the Mace or his SlashBlade skills?"
A Mace and a SlashBlade—these were Galen Yu's two strongest melee weapons.
They had already witnessed the Mace's power in the Twilight Forest. As for the SlashBlade...
Although its burst damage didn't match the Mace's, the damage became quite impressive once the rank score was stacked up.
Especially since Galen Yu was holding the final weapon in the Yuzuki-tou series, its damage was even higher.
"Based on his previous performance, it's a bit of a stretch."
Speaking honestly to his own people, Headmaster Quill wouldn't sugarcoat the situation with false information.
The highest damage the Mace had shown so far was around two hundred. Even without melee restrictions, it wouldn't be able to one-shot the Ender Dragon after damage reduction.
Not to mention the SlashBlade, which required stacking rank scores for sustained high damage.
The dragon only stayed perched for a few seconds, providing a very narrow window for melee attacks. How could he possibly stack a high score?
Trapping the Ender Dragon seemed like a better idea, but others didn't know what he knew. Having personally experienced the punishment...
Headmaster Quill knew that ordinary blocks definitely couldn't stop this creature.
Its 'formidable body' wasn't just a figure of speech. Headmaster Quill speculated that practically nothing except Obsidian could block it.
Even if they wanted to trap the Ender Dragon, it was a dragon—a living creature!
Why would it just stand there and let itself be trapped?
Not knowing what Galen Yu was thinking, the two fell silent.
Under the astonished gaze of the global audience, Galen Yu called out to the Wandering Mage, and a pillar of stone blocks was quickly erected.
Standing atop it, Galen Yu didn't need to lift a finger as a small three-by-three platform was completed in an instant.
"That should do it."
Having reached a sufficient height, he swapped out his blocks and began making minor adjustments.
Once he was sure the perched bedrock was directly beneath him, he took out a piece of freshly mined End Stone and placed it down.
Rumble! Rumble!
He was indeed high up, so the Ender Dragon basically couldn't reach Galen Yu.
As its formidable body flew past, it easily shattered the stone pillar built by the Wandering Mage.
"It really can break blocks!"
The guess was correct; ordinary blocks couldn't trap the Ender Dragon at all—they would be easily smashed.
Headmaster Quill became even more confused about Galen Yu's plan.
On the ground, the Wandering Mage's face turned slightly pale as he cautiously dodged Endermen and the Ender Dragon.
He knew many spells, but due to his own mana issues, he couldn't use them as effortlessly as the Black Mage.
After creating the stone wall, he needed a moment to recover.
'At this height, it's indeed hard for the Ender Dragon to hit him. Is he planning to hide on that small platform?'
The thought was immediately dismissed by the Wandering Mage.
Being chosen by the Architect, Galen Yu was definitely not that kind of person!
He waited calmly. Under the Wandering Mage's watchful eye...
After placing the End Stone, Galen Yu switched to a water bucket and placed the water on top of the End Stone.
Having done this, he watched the water flow down and then built a small two-block-wide path outward.
A water bucket? Water? End Stone?
The Wandering Mage had a faint suspicion.
Use water... to trap the Ender Dragon?
"Huh? Using water to trap the Ender Dragon?"
"Can that really work? Even stone can't stop that guy!"
"In my opinion, it needs at least Obsidian. A water bucket?"
"What? God help us, has Galen Yu finally gone crazy?"
"Stone can't hold it back, and he's using water? What a genius!"
"Water doesn't even have a physical form. How could it possibly trap the Ender Dragon?"
"What on earth is Galen Yu thinking?"
The screen was filled with bullet chat, none of them understanding.
Even in the Overworld, when dealing with creatures like Zombies and Skeletons...
Water could only push them away; it couldn't deal damage or trap them.
At most, it would slow them down slightly, but in the end, it wouldn't change anything.
"Galen Yu has lost his mind!"
Takeshi Sable exclaimed in delight.
There was no logic to it, nor could any special property be seen.
"He must have been driven insane by the reappearing Ender Crystals. Excellent!"
"Once you're trapped and die in the End, that's when we'll take back the SlashBlade!"
Everything else aside, Takeshi Sable was truly greedy for the SlashBlade.
Tsukumo, Muramasa, and the evolved form of Tsukumo held a fatal attraction for any samurai.
But just as he began to fantasize and was about to pop the champagne...
The Ender Dragon finished circling and switched to its perching state, flying near the bedrock.
Even though it could destroy boulders and blocks, the moment it touched the water, it acted as if possessed.
It was as if it were imprisoned, unable to escape no matter what!
"Nani?!"
Takeshi Sable's eyes widened in disbelief.
Confirming they hadn't misseen, the global audience collectively spammed question marks.
"Holy crap, I must be seeing things. I just saw a giant dragon get trapped by water!"
"I'm still dreaming. Let me go back to sleep for a bit!"
"Wait, this isn't a dream! I pinched my roommate's leg and he's howling in pain!"
"It's actually trapped by the water? Huh?"
"How is that possible? It can smash through solid rock!"
"Is this fake? Did the Block World glitch out again?"
"How many times do I have to say it? It's not a bug, it's a feature!"
This included the Wandering Mage.
Standing on the ground, his eyes were wide, and he was frozen in shock.
"A giant dragon stronger than rock and immune to magic was easily subdued by a bucket of water?"
He felt his worldview being shattered once again!
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