Minecraft had many useful melee weapons.
Swords were timeless classics, both light and sharp. Axes dealt more damage and could disable shields.
Tridents had a long reach and could also be thrown when needed.
But when you needed to squash an enemy like a pancake, there was only one choice.
The Heavy Hammer!
It was a melee weapon with low standard attack damage, but it increased the damage of falling attacks, knocked enemies back, and prevented fall damage after hitting an entity.
It had been added to the vanilla game in a more recent update.
Held in his hand, it felt heavy.
"Naga, how many hits can you take?"
Entering the Naga Courtyard, Gu Yu could barely contain his excitement.
"Hiss~"
Sensing an enemy's approach, the Naga let out a hiss.
It had a humanlike face, a blue-green complexion, fangs, and red eyes.
Standing right in front of it was oppressive. Any player with a weaker nerve would surely be frightened by its appearance!
"The Twilight Forest bosses are terrifying!"
"If Gu Yu could easily beat the Zombie Horde, he can definitely beat the Naga too, right?"
"I think we should be more worried about that sneak lurking in the trees than the Naga!"
"The whole Samurai Nation is rotten to the core. Yamamoto Rokuko is a despicable little man, and Gangcun Kuzi is even more shameless!"
"Hell is trying to harm us, and now they're pulling the same trick in the Twilight Forest?"
"Great God Gu Yu's armor is extraordinary. He should be able to take it, right?"
"Even with good gear, dealing with the Zombie Horde, a boss, and Gangcun's ambush is tough, isn't it?"
"They really have no shame!"
Frightened by the Naga's appearance, the Kyushu audience grew even more resentful toward the Samurai Nation.
Compared to Hell, which had only little monsters, the situation now included a boss, stronger zombies, and Gangcun Kuzi, who wielded an Iai Sword.
Things had clearly become even more difficult!
"Damn maggots!"
Disgusted by the Samurai Nation, Dean Qi cursed.
"What's the point of ambushing him? If you've got the guts, fight him head-on!"
Iron armor against an Alloy Set—Gangcun Kuzi had no chance against Gu Yu in a straight fight!
Fries stood silently beside him, his eyes thoughtful.
He had a feeling that Gu Yu had known something in advance.
"Did he find out from Zhu Wu that the mutated zombies were coming?"
While everyone else had fled in panic from the Zombie Horde, Gu Yu had gone to the Nether in advance to prepare alloy gear and had easily slaughtered the zombies.
His actions didn't seem spur-of-the-moment.
"So, has he already prepared to deal with the boss?"
As the audience watched expectantly, Gu Yu raised the Heavy Hammer and officially began the fight.
Not worried in the least about the Naga's paltry damage, Gu Yu charged right up to the boss and swung the hammer down.
[-6]
The damage was low—not even as high as the Nether Alloy Sword's.
But the hammer had the enchanted "Storm" attribute. Each time it hit a target, it created a storm that launched the wielder and nearby creatures into the air.
The boss had resistance, so it wasn't blown very high. Gu Yu, however, shot up more than ten blocks.
"What's going on? Is he coming after me?"
Hidden in the treetop, Gangcun instinctively ducked farther back to make sure he wouldn't be spotted.
He peered through a gap in the leaves and confirmed he hadn't been seen. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
For a moment, he'd thought his hiding place had been exposed and Gu Yu was jumping up to catch him!
Gangcun knew his limits. That dark, gleaming armor clearly wasn't ordinary, and he had no chance of taking Gu Yu on.
He couldn't win in a direct fight, which was why he'd hidden to launch a sneak attack.
Now that his position was safe, Gangcun felt a little excited despite his confusion.
"He jumped that high? Gu Yu's going to fall to his death!"
A fall from more than ten blocks would leave him badly injured, if it didn't kill him outright!
He poked his head out and looked toward the courtyard.
[-78!]
"That's a lot of damage!"
Without any boosts or buffs, a player had only ten hearts—twenty hit points.
Eighty damage was more than four players' health combined!
"Is Gu Yu dead?!"
No one could survive damage that high. Everyone hurriedly looked toward where he had landed.
Gu Yu was completely unharmed. Instead, the health bar that represented the Naga boss had dropped by a third.
That's right.
One hit had taken a third of the boss's health!
Without hesitation, Gu Yu launched a second attack.
[-6] [-75!]
This time he didn't fly quite as high, so the damage was a little lower.
But after two critical hits, the Naga had lost two-thirds of its health and was badly wounded.
Its eyes turned bloodred. It adjusted its body, then charged at Gu Yu.
[Raging Charge]
The charge could knock its target back. Gu Yu used the force of the impact to trigger the storm again.
And so, audiences around the world—and Gangcun Kuzi—witnessed the following scene.
[-120!] [One attack dealt over one hundred points of damage—A Godsend!]
Over a hundred points of damage in one hit!
An utterly terrifying amount of damage, unlike anything they had ever seen!
Many viewers were still stunned when the Naga died!
"The Naga's low on health! Gangcun-kun, go finish him off!"
"Huh? It died already?"
"From start to finish, did that even take ten seconds?"
"I counted. A little over five seconds. The Naga got one-shotted!"
"You've got to be kidding. Did that last hit deal a hundred points of critical damage?!"
"My God! That's enough to one-shot five contestants at once. Is Kyushu really not cheating?"
"What the hell was that?!"
From start to finish, Gangcun hadn't even gotten the chance to steal the first kill.
He hadn't even had time to climb down from the tree!
When Gangcun Kuzi came to his senses, only one thought remained in his mind.
Run!
Run fast!
Run as far away as possible!
The Naga had enough health to survive three hits. What about him?
He had twenty health. One hit would be enough to kill him, wouldn't it?
Only after putting some distance between himself and the courtyard did Gangcun finally catch his breath.
He looked back, apprehension in his eyes.
"The Kyushu contestant is terrifying!"
Unaware of the little incident nearby, Gu Yu killed the Naga and heard a notification.
[Congratulations to Gu Yu of Kyushu Nation for defeating the Lord of the Micro Block, the Naga!] [First Micro Block creature defeated! Block score +2!] [Special reward triggered: Steve's Body. Copper Blocks and pumpkins added to the block!] [National Fortune Reward triggered: food production and growth speed increased by 20%; physical constitution increased by 10%; lifespan increased by 10%.]
The instant the announcement rang out,
farmers in the fields looked up in surprise at the rice before them.
"This rice plant grew taller?!"
Just like in the Block World, the rice had grown a whole size bigger in the blink of an eye. Every grain was plump and full, gleaming like jade!
At the same time, in a certain household,
"Dad! You died so tragically!"
A balding, middle-aged man wept by the bed, mourning the old man lying there.
The old man seemed to have stopped breathing, and everyone lowered their heads in silence.
Suddenly, the supposedly dead man's finger twitched, and his eyes opened again.
"You unfilial brat! Who are you saying is dead?"
The familiar voice stopped the middle-aged man's sobs. He looked up in disbelief.
His father was sitting up in bed, looking even younger than before.
"Dad? You're alive?"
After a moment, he looked out the window at the sky.
"It was Great God Gu Yu! Dad, it was him!"
The lifespan reward was even more extraordinary than improved health and physical constitution. It was practically a miracle of resurrection!
A farewell that should have been a funeral became something else, thanks to the rewards Gu Yu triggered one after another.
More and more tragedies like this were being averted.
Gu Yu's name gradually spread far and wide!
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