The Giant Monster That Can Count to Nine Is Terrifying!

Chapter 23: A Cyclops That Can Count to 9... Terrifying!

[Cyclops: Champion Template, Demon World Demon. HP=1015, MP=5. Strength 29, Agility 5, Spirit 1, Charm 1.]

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

As a cyclops, its racial bloodline is typically that of a high-strength unit. Coupled with the Champion Template, the conversion rate for strength and HP reaches a staggering 1:35.

Even if it stood there without dodging or evading, letting Cheng Tian whip it with all his might, it would still take over a hundred strikes to finish it off.

But how many hits could Cheng Tian take from it?

Although he couldn't see the specific HP bar panel, just looking at its physique, Cheng Tian could already imagine how tough its body was. It was definitely not something he could confront head-on.

Even if the other party was unarmed, Cheng Tian had no intention of taking a single hit.

The only fortunate thing was probably that this cyclops used the NES Version, rather than the Headless Knight Version found in Great Demon World Village.

So, the question is... how to fight it?

Cheng Tian turned his head, only to see the faces of the two university students filled with deep shock and fear. They couldn't even imagine how they would stand in front of this cyclops.

He had to say that Green Skin's previous evaluation was indeed accurate. Even the "Demon King's Castle Outskirts," the easiest first stage of the Demon World Village on NES difficulty, should be rated D-class, not E+.

A group of inexperienced novice players were thrown in, no different from encountering a drowsy Truck Driver while crossing the road. It was a pure man-made disaster, not a natural calamity.

With the slightest carelessness, even Cheng Tian, who had already shown considerable combat power and astonishing potential, could be killed.

He reached out and pulled the Ghost Cicada floating nearby into his arms, then began to rub it repeatedly like a stress ball. At the same time, his eyes stared blankly at the dozing cyclops, and an idea gradually began to form in his mind.

"Little Guy, nod if you can completely understand what I'm saying."

An oppressive atmosphere enveloped them for a while. Then, Cheng Tian placed the Ghost Cicada, which he was rubbing freely, in front of his face and whispered to it in a low voice.

The Ghost Cicada nodded.

"You need to do this and that..."

Cheng Tian began to chat in a low voice.

"Hey~ you two."

A moment later, hearing Cheng Tian mention them, the two university students' bodies tensed up. Their bodies were visibly trembling slightly, unsure what wild thoughts had entered their minds.

Then, they saw Cheng Tian, who had somehow taken off his full Knight Armor and put it into his Inventory, casually tossing the Red Demon Wings material he had swapped out aside. He was once again only wearing his underwear as he placed a hand on each of their shoulders.

Just as they thought Cheng Tian was about to say something comforting, they saw his mouth curl into an uncomfortable smile.

It seemed to carry a hint of excitement mixed with madness, and the strong scent of someone ready to risk their life. In short, he didn't seem like a normal person.

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

With that, Cheng Tian didn't care that the two university students' faces instantly turned ashen, as if they had lost their mothers. He turned and walked out of the bushes, carrying the silently flying Ghost Cicada, and crept towards the sleeping One-eyed Giant Beast as if he were a thief.

The two university students were stunned in place, not knowing whether to stay or follow.

Cheng Tian, a veteran player of Monster Hunter, now only wished he had a portable Bomb C with him. Otherwise, he would definitely let this Cyclops enjoy the pleasure of a surprise attack while sleeping.

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

However, when the straight-line distance between them was only 30 meters, the still-closed-eyed giant beast suddenly made a gasping motion, as if it had smelled something that triggered a reaction. Then, it suddenly opened its eyes, its slightly groggy single eye precisely looking in Cheng Tian's direction!

Unlike the Gargoyle demon, who had a Demon World Mercenary Family History and whose behavior was far more orderly than it appeared, the Cyclops, also a demon, was closer to a pure beast.

Ordinary cyclops individuals generally exceeded four meters in height, and champion individuals selected to be Demon Generals could even exceed 6 meters. Their bodies were so huge they were like walking armored tanks, but the volume of their brains was almost comparable to a squirrel's.

This size of brain driving such a massive body had very obvious advantages and disadvantages.

The extremely tiny brain paired with the super-sized body made pain transmission very slow. Often, pain nerves would simply ignore these insignificant injuries, and many spells that affected the mind were completely ineffective against them.

Fools were not afraid of fear spells and mind control!

If you saw a cyclops that could count to 3, it would be a genius; if it could count to 5, it would be qualified to contend for the King of Cyclops; if it could count to 9... don't doubt it, it must have been blessed by some Big Blue Bird across dimensions!

It was estimated that the Big Blue Bird would be cursing while trying to bless it—

"Damn it! Otherworld Ogre!"

This champion-template cyclops, taken in by the Demon King, was probably somewhere between a genius and the King of Cyclops, but its beastly instincts still far outweighed its rationality.

A cyclops's body odor could almost be considered a biological weapon, but it still couldn't mask their excellent olfactory nerves. Especially when "humans," the cyclops's favorite food, appeared, they could almost become Pavlov's Dogs. Even in a sleeping state, their bodies would react instantly, ahead of their brains.

"Ghost Cicada! Metal Claw! Gouge its eyeballs!!!"

The sudden awakening of the cyclops startled Cheng Tian, but the next second, he grabbed the Ghost Cicada floating on his shoulder and made a powerful throwing motion.

Perhaps because the Ghost Cicada was only composed of an insect shell and a soul, it didn't have the physiological reactions of a normal lifeform. Coupled with the fact that its entire shell and soul weighed only about 1.2 kilograms, its throwing speed was incredibly fast.

And during the throw, the Ghost Cicada's small claws had already lit up with a silvery-white glow.

As a cyclops individual with a faint ancestral bloodline among cyclops, this guarding cyclops possessed excellent, almost "Hawkeye"-like long-range vision. Smashing a target kilometers away with a large rock was not difficult for it.

But as a price, the cyclops, with only one eye, experienced focus blur when looking at close-range targets, making it unable to accurately see the approaching Ghost Cicada.

One could see the muscles in its shoulders and arms reacting, wanting to raise a hand to block, but...

Too slow!

With a flash of silver light, the cyclops, which should have been very insensitive to pain, let out an incredibly piercing scream!

At the same time, the cyclops's impressive health bar of 1015 instantly dropped to 960.

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