Cyclops That Could Count to Nine... Truly Terrifying!

Cyclops That Could Count to Nine... Truly Terrifying!

[Demon Trait--Weak Descendant of Flame Titan Bloodline]

As a Cyclops, he was naturally a typical high-strength unit. With the Champion Template added on top, his Strength-to-HP conversion rate was as high as 1:35.

Even if Cheng Tian stood there without dodging and whipped him with all his strength, it would still take more than a hundred lashes to kill him.

But how many hits from the other side could Cheng Tian take?

Although he could not see the exact HP Bar Panel, just looking at that massive frame was enough for Cheng Tian to imagine how tough the Cyclops was. He was definitely not someone Cheng Tian could take head-on.

Even if the Cyclops was barehanded, Cheng Tian had no desire to take a single hit.

The only thing worth being thankful for was probably that this Cyclops followed the NES version rather than the Headless Knight Version from Great Demon World Village.

So the question was... how was he supposed to fight this?

Cheng Tian turned his head and saw nothing but profound shock and fear on the two college students' faces. They could not even imagine how they were supposed to stand before this Cyclops.

All he could say was that Green Skin's earlier assessment had been perfectly fair. Even if this was merely Demon World Village's easiest first stage, "Demon King's Castle Outskirts," at NES-level difficulty, its lowest difficulty should have been D-rank rather than E+-rank.

Throwing a group of completely inexperienced Novice Players in here was no different from crossing the road and running into a drowsy truck driver. It was purely a man-made disaster, not a natural one.

One wrong move, and even Cheng Tian, who had already displayed considerable combat strength and astonishing potential, could get smashed to death.

He reached out, pulled the floating Ghost Cicada into his arms, and kneaded them repeatedly like a rubber ball. At the same time, he stared blankly at the dozing Cyclops, an idea gradually taking shape in his mind.

"Little one, if you can fully understand what I'm saying, nod."

The oppressive atmosphere hung over them for quite a while before Cheng Tian placed Ghost Cicada, who had allowed him to knead them, face-to-face with him and whispered in a low voice.

Ghost Cicada nodded.

"You need to do this, then that..."

Cheng Tian began quietly briefing them.

"Hey, you two."

After a while, the moment Cheng Tian mentioned them, the two college students' bodies immediately tensed. They were visibly trembling, and who knew what strange nonsense they had imagined.

Then they saw that Cheng Tian had somehow taken off his full set of Knight Armor and stuffed it into his inventory. He casually tossed the exchanged Red Demon Wings material aside, leaving himself in nothing but underwear yet again, before placing a hand on each of their shoulders.

Just as they thought Cheng Tian was about to offer some comforting words, they saw his mouth split into a smile that made them deeply uncomfortable.

It seemed to carry a hint of excitement mixed with madness, reeking strongly of someone prepared to risk his life. In short, he did not look normal at all.

"When I die, it'll be your turn! Hehehe!"

After saying that, Cheng Tian ignored the two college students' faces, which instantly turned ashen as though their mothers had died. He turned and walked out of the grass, taking the silently flying Ghost Cicada with him as he crept toward the sleeping One-eyed Giant Beast like a thief.

The two college students stood frozen in place, feeling that staying was wrong and following was wrong too.

As a Veteran Player of Monster Hunter himself, Cheng Tian only hated that he did not have a portable Mega Barrel Bomb G. Otherwise, he would definitely let this Cyclops experience the joy of sleep bombing.

As the distance closed, the Cyclops's enormous size became increasingly oppressive in Cheng Tian's eyes.

However, when the straight-line distance between them had shrunk to only thirty meters, the still-eyed Cyclops suddenly inhaled, as though he had smelled something that stirred a reaction in him. Then he abruptly opened his eye, and his slightly bleary single eye looked precisely in Cheng Tian's direction!

Unlike the gargoyle demons, who possessed Demon World Mercenary Family History and behaved far more properly than they looked, Cyclopes, despite also being demons, were much closer to pure beasts.

Ordinary Cyclopes generally stood over four meters tall, while Champion individuals chosen to become Demon Generals could even exceed six meters. Their bodies were as massive as walking armored tanks, yet their brains were barely large enough to compete with a squirrel's.

Such a tiny brain controlling such a massive body came with very obvious strengths and weaknesses.

A super-miniature brain paired with an oversized body made their pain transmission incredibly slow. Many times, their pain nerves simply ignored such insignificant injuries, and even many spells affecting the mind were completely ineffective against them.

Idiots were not afraid of fear spells or mind control!

If you saw a Cyclops who could count to three, he was definitely a once-in-a-generation genius. If he could count to five, then he was qualified to contend for the title of King of Cyclops. If he could count to nine... make no mistake, he had definitely been blessed across worlds by some Big Blue Bird!

That bird was probably cursing while desperately trying to grant the blessing--

Fuck! Otherworld Ogre!

This Champion Template Cyclops recruited by the Demon King was probably somewhere between a once-in-a-generation genius and the King of Cyclops, but his beastly instincts still far outweighed his rationality.

A Cyclops's body odor could practically count as a biological weapon, yet it still could not conceal their outstanding sense of smell. Especially when "humans," a Cyclops's favorite food, appeared, they could become like Pavlov's Dog. Even while asleep, their bodies would react before their brains did.

"Ghost Cicada! Metal Claw! Gouge out his eyeball!!!"

The Cyclops's sudden awakening startled Cheng Tian too, but in the next second, he grabbed Ghost Cicada floating above his shoulder and made a powerful throwing motion.

Perhaps because Ghost Cicada consisted of nothing more than an insect shell and a soul, they did not have the physiological reactions of ordinary living beings. Combined with the fact that shell and soul together weighed only around 1.2 kilograms, they flew remarkably fast when thrown.

And while being thrown, Ghost Cicada's little claws had already lit up with a silvery-white glow.

As a one-eyed individual among Cyclopes with a weak ancestral bloodline, this gatekeeper Cyclops possessed exceptional long-range vision that could practically be called "Hawkeye." Picking up a rock and hitting a target a kilometer away was no difficult feat for him.

But in exchange, a Cyclops with only one eye suffered from blurry focus when looking at nearby targets, leaving him unable to clearly see Ghost Cicada, who had already closed in.

His shoulder and arm muscles had visibly reacted, trying to raise his hand to block, but...

Too slow!

A flash of silver light streaked past, and the Cyclops, who should have been extremely insensitive to pain, let out an incomparably shrill scream!

At the same time, the Cyclops's HP, which had been as high as 1015, suddenly dropped to 960.

Metal Claw! Weakness Attack! Triple Critical Hit! Part Break!