From Goblin to Goblin God - Chapter 364

Chapter 364: The Power of the Dwarves, Lin Tian Trapped in a Desperate Situation!

TL: Sungmin

As Lin Tian continued dodging, he gradually realized something was off.

The beams were becoming increasingly difficult to evade.

However.

Compared to Gabriel’s unavoidable attack ability, this was slightly inferior. After all, that had been a Mythic-Class ability.

But the power of these beams was simply terrifying.

Even with Lin Tian’s high base attributes, if he got hit, he wouldn’t die, but he would be seriously injured.

After all, the only defensive equipment he had was the World-Class Life Armor.

“This time, you’re dead for sure!”

The Dwarven King declared arrogantly, brimming with confidence!

All the dwarves around him watched intently, hoping to see Lin Tian instantly disintegrated, his flesh and blood splattering everywhere!

However, Lin Tian directly activated Jehovah’s Blessing, standing completely still without moving an inch.

One ability in exchange for an enemy’s God-Slaying Magical Device—that was a massive gain.

The Dwarven King smirked, watching as the beam pierced through Lin Tian, raising a massive cloud of dust!

Immediately after, his Precision Eye entered an overheated state, rendering it unusable for a short time.

A God-Slaying Magical Device wasn’t something that could simply kill gods by wielding it.

Rather, it possessed an immensely powerful ability that made slaying gods effortless.

If an ordinary god were hit by the Precision Eye, they would be crippled on the spot.

Not to mention, it could fire five times.

“Come on, keep going. Let me see what other God-Slaying Magical Devices you have. I’m reserving this one in advance.”

Lin Tian’s voice echoed from within the dust, wrapping around everyone’s souls like a ghostly whisper!

The Dwarven King’s expression changed drastically. “Impossible! He’s still alive? How is his defense this ridiculous? How is this thing even a goblin?!”

From his understanding, there was no known ability that could achieve this, so he couldn’t comprehend it.

However,

He knew he had to seize the advantage, so he immediately activated another God-Slaying Magical Device—Heart of the Abyss!

This device was even more precious than an ordinary God-Slaying Magical Device because it had been crafted from materials obtained from the Sea Tribe Domain thousands of years ago.

“Buzz!”

A deep-sea blue gemstone was tossed into the air by the Dwarven King.

Immediately, a powerful vortex formed, wildly absorbing everything in its surroundings.

Corpses, weapons, stone tiles—everything was sucked in!

Lin Tian was no exception.

When he finally regained his vision, he was utterly dumbfounded!

Somehow, he was now floating in a vast, endless ocean!

Beneath the sea lay unfathomable trenches that grew darker the deeper they went, an abyss so ominous it sent chills down his spine!

He had no idea what kind of creatures lurked within.

Lin Tian swam for a long time but saw no islands or places to rest.

At this rate, his mind would gradually be affected, inducing fear and panic.

“Judging from this, it must be some kind of spatial magic attack. Here, I can only keep exhausting my stamina until I die…”

Lin Tian calmed himself, contemplating his next move.

This type of attack was extremely unreasonable. Even if he could fly, that would still consume energy, and eventually, he would be forced to fall into the ocean.

Of course.

The Heart of the Abyss had no monsters lurking beneath the depths; it was simply a boundless sea.

But that was enough to drain anyone to death.

At this moment, the Dwarven King stood outside, watching the Heart of the Abyss spinning in the air, his face full of disdain.

“Goblin, let’s see what you’ll do now?”

Lin Tian tried using magic attacks.

But it was like hitting thin air—completely ineffective.

Swimming to the edge was impossible because there was no edge—this was a space with the principles of a Klein Bottle.

As long as he remained in this space, he would be trapped in an infinite loop.

Even if an edge existed, he wouldn’t have the stamina to reach it.

“Hahaha, goblin! Where’s all that arrogance from earlier? I already gave you a chance! Now, you’ll watch yourself run out of energy and sink into the abyss!”

The Dwarven King’s mocking laughter rang out from the sky.

Lin Tian’s lips curled into a smirk. “Oh? I must say, I’m impressed by your methods. To create something this powerful… But I’ve known about the Klein Bottle Principle for a long time…”

In his previous life, he knew that a Klein Bottle could only exist in four-dimensional space.

Yet, through magic, they had managed to manifest something that belonged to a fourth-dimensional space within a three-dimensional one.

That was the breakthrough point!

If he kept swimming forward, he would never reach the boundary.

But what if he swam downward? There had to be a bottom!

Just like the Möbius Strip that existed in reality, it shared a similar principle to the Klein Bottle.

If one remained on the surface of a Möbius Strip, they would never reach an end, because it was a twisted and folded loop.

But beneath their feet was the ring itself—a tangible surface they could touch.

“What Klein Bottle Principle? I only know that even God-Kings, even ten God-Kings, wouldn’t be able to escape from here alive! The Heart of the Abyss is invincible!”

The Dwarven King declared proudly.

Indeed, this object was a complete dimensional suppression in this world!

If someone didn’t know that there was no boundary, they would exhaust themselves to death trying to escape.

Unless someone was smart enough to think outside the box and dared to dive deeper, there was no way to escape.

At this moment, Lin Tian could no longer hear the Dwarven King’s voice.

He had already plunged into the bottomless depths of the sea.

With his enhanced attributes, his breath-holding ability had significantly improved—he could last at least ten minutes.

At full speed, he could swim roughly ten kilometers in that time.

He refused to believe that this abyss was truly bottomless.

…

Outside.

The Dwarven King was still boasting, completely confident in the power of the Heart of the Abyss.

“What do you think one should do if they fall into this boundaryless sea, where no matter how much they swim, they’ll never reach the end?”

The surrounding dwarves scratched their heads.

“T-That’s certain death.”

“Even if I had unlimited stamina, I’d still drive myself insane!”

“There’s no suspense about survival— that goblin is as good as dead! Keh keh keh!”

The dwarves were both fearful and ecstatic.

They were terrified that if they were sucked in, they would die without a doubt.

But they were thrilled that the one who had fallen in was Lin Tian.

…

Inside the Abyss.

Lin Tian’s face was turning red from holding his breath, but suddenly, he saw hope.

“I finally found it—the boundary!”

His lungs felt like they were about to explode. If it weren’t for a goblin’s natural night vision, he might have already turned back for air, which would have meant failure.

Staring at what looked like a black rock layer marking the boundary, Lin Tian immediately pulled out his Molten Blade.

“Break!”

As the blade slowly cut into the rocky layer—

“Crash!!”

A powerful suction force, like a massive water pump, instantly pulled Lin Tian through!

A torrential downpour of seawater followed, crashing down onto the ground. The Heart of the Abyss, which had been hovering in the air, dimmed and fell lifelessly to the floor.

It had an automatic repair function; otherwise, the entire Dwarven Kingdom would have been submerged.

“What the hell?!”

The Dwarven King and his subordinates were utterly stunned, bewildered by the sudden flood.

Then, they saw Lin Tian standing there, completely drenched, gasping for air. He bent down, reached out, and picked up the Heart of the Abyss.

“What a great item. Well then, I won’t be polite and I’ll take it.”

“G-Goblin?!! Goblin?!! How is this possible?! How could you escape from the Heart of the Abyss?!”

For the first time in his life, the Dwarven King was completely flustered.

He felt like he had just seen a ghost.

His most satisfactory, most unsolvable Heart of the Abyss—broken in less than half an hour!

Who could accept this?!

The Dwarven King was dumbfounded. His eyes trembled as he stammered, “You actually… broke out of my Heart of the Abyss?!”

“Hmph, are you blind? If I didn’t break it, how else would I be out here?”

Lin Tian, having mostly recovered, spoke with utter disdain.

The surrounding dwarves were panicking, scratching their heads in disbelief.

“What the hell?! How could he break it?!”

“No matter how hard I think, I can’t figure out any way to escape from that thing!”

“This goblin is unnatural! He’s not human! He’s not even from this world! He’s something foul!!”

The dwarves looked at Lin Tian as if he were some terrifying monster.

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian’s eyes gleamed.

“Oh? You’re a smart one. You’re actually pretty close.”

Indeed, he wasn’t a being of this world—only his soul wasn’t.

His body was completely real and belonged to this world.

The Dwarven King quickly snapped out of his shock, but instead of fear, anger overtook him. He couldn’t allow something this terrifying to continue existing!

He bellowed furiously, “Give me back my Heart of the Abyss! That’s not something you can take!”

“Clank! Clank!”

The exoskeletal armor on his body suddenly came alive!

It transformed into a sleek, intricate battle suit, fully encasing him in heavy protection.

Then.

The Dwarven King unsheathed a bizarre greatsword, its blade made up of countless tiny, interlocking gears.

This wasn’t a Mythic-Class Weapon, but rather, a masterpiece of dwarven craftsmanship!

The Ten Thousand-Wheel Blade had one ultimate function—it could effortlessly destroy any weapon it clashed with!

The moment it clashed with another weapon, its high-speed rotating gears would slice through the enemy’s weapon instantly!

As for his armor, it was crafted from the strongest alloy ever discovered in the dwarves’ ten-thousand-year history of metallurgy—

Ganggu Alloy!

Even with countless years of accumulation, the dwarves had only managed to forge this single suit of armor.

It had extreme resistance to both physical and magical attacks, and it could even reflect long-range attacks!

And that was before it was enchanted.

Once enchanted, it gained flight, healing abilities, enemy control effects, and more.

This single set of armor had hundreds of abilities!

It was the culmination of dwarven forging mastery, holding the most enchantments ever embedded into a single magical item.

The Dwarven King’s base combat power was only around three thousand.

But with this armor, it jumped to thirty thousand!

The sheer pressure he exuded made the surrounding dwarves struggle to breathe!

Lin Tian casually used Judgment Execution to test it out.

But instantly—

The beam was reflected back at him!

“What?! It can even reflect attacks?! And it even strengthened my attack before reflecting it?!”

Lin Tian’s eyes widened in sheer disbelief.

This was the first time he had seen such an insane suit of armor!

Perfect timing. He needed a new set of armor.

The Life Armor was already falling behind, its defense far too weak.

With that, Lin Tian immediately started moving at high speed, using his agility to search for an opening.

The armor was entirely gold-bronze in color, exuding a sense of immense weight and dominance.

However, no matter how strong an armor was, there was always a weak spot—the joints.

If the joints were too heavily armored, movement would be hindered, making it more of a burden than protection.

Lin Tian smirked. “Then I’ll just disable your limbs first!”

With that, he drew out his Molten Blade.

It might damage the armor, but he could just have it repaired later.

“Swoosh!”

He slashed at the Dwarven King’s knee joint from behind!

The Molten Blade’s edge radiated intense heat, glowing a scorching red.

Yet—

It only left a faint red mark!

Lin Tian was stunned. This was the first time he had seen his Molten Blade fail to cut through something.

“This material… is terrifying!”

“The truly terrifying part is still coming!!”

The Dwarven King swung a backhand strike at him!

Lin Tian instinctively raised his Molten Blade to block—

Sparks flew instantly!

“Crack!”

The Molten Blade, which could slice through anything, snapped in half!

Lin Tian quickly retreated several steps, his gaze locking onto the Ten Thousand-Wheel Blade with heightened vigilance.

“That sword… is that strong?”

The Dwarven King laughed proudly. “It’s too late for you to realize it now! The Ten Thousand-Wheel Blade doesn’t just shred weapons—it carves through flesh even easier, just like slaughtering pigs and dogs!”

“Whoosh!”

Another characteristic of Ganggu Alloy became evident—its surprising lightness!

Additionally, the armor had ten different speed-enhancing enchantments.

Now, the Dwarven King could match Lin Tian’s speed!

He furiously swung the Ten Thousand-Wheel Blade, each slash deadly—if even one hit landed, Lin Tian would be torn apart instantly!

Because—

The blade’s tiny gears could detach and launch outward!

Like high-speed rotating throwing knives, they could slice into flesh and rip through organs like wild beasts let loose from their cage.

It would be effortless to shred a person’s internal organs to pieces.

Given this, Lin Tian had no intention of clashing head-on.

He activated Ruinous Howl!

A sonic attack—this shouldn’t be reflected, right?

Unfortunately—it was.

Sonic attacks counted as ranged attacks.

Lin Tian watched in disbelief as the sound waves rebounded toward him and quickly dodged aside.

“Boom!”

A massive palace behind him was instantly reduced to rubble!

The entire structure collapsed, every stone turned to dust!

Lin Tian’s eyes lit up with excitement.

“What a great item! Something this good—I have to get my hands on it!”

Next, he activated Anubis’ Soul Drain!

Surely, a mental attack wouldn’t be reflected, right?

Sure enough—

The Dwarven King suddenly felt a momentary daze—but only for a brief instant.

By the time the magic passed through Ganggu Alloy, its power had already been diminished by 80%!

Lin Tian watched as the Dwarven King continued charging at him like a mad beast, completely unfazed.

His expression turned solemn.

“This armor… even has such terrifying magic resistance? This is an absolute treasure!”

Meanwhile, the other dwarves were in awe.

“By the gods… His Majesty is this powerful?!”

“That goblin isn’t simple either! He has so many tricks up his sleeve, but none of them are working on His Majesty!”

“True, but with Ganggu Alloy Armor, His Majesty could fight even a God-King!”

Lin Tian had already used every method he had.

After all, his primary attacks were limited to a few—Dark Holy Word, Ultimate Domination, Ragnarok.

None of them were useful.

Dark Holy Word would just waste his stamina.

Meanwhile, the Dwarven King was fighting more and more fiercely, his confidence growing.

Because one of the armor’s enchantments included a stamina-recovery effect.

Of course, it needed to be charged in advance, but it could increase stamina tenfold.

If Sun Wukong had worn this armor back in the day, his claim of cutting his way from the South Heavenly Gate to the Eastern Road of Penglai would have been entirely believable.

“What’s wrong, goblin? I think I see you sweating, hahaha!”

“Is that the scent of fear? Careful, don’t slip and fall!”

“Come on, I’m enjoying this cat-and-mouse game! Run for your life—struggle with all your might!”

The Dwarven King laughed maniacally, utterly insane!

Lin Tian’s expression grew darker and darker—he couldn’t find a breakthrough at all.

If this went on, he would definitely die.

He had completely underestimated the shocking power of the pureblood dwarves.

Since that was the case…

It was time to rely on the system!

He still had 600 to 700 Life Points left—just enough to exchange for something at the highest level!

…

The Klein bottle is a two-dimensional manifold on which one cannot define a normal vector at each point that varies continuously over the whole manifold.