Originally, Cheng Tian's guesses about the Red Imp's skills were nothing more than basic enhancements like spitting fireballs, increasing agility, and double jumping. At best, it would be the Red Imp's Stone Form ability, with its very obvious advantages and disadvantages.
Although the Red Imp, due to its popularity, had been elevated to the status of a spin-off protagonist, and its strength was far greater than that of the weakest Prinny penguin in that Disgaea derivative work, the Red Imp was still just a Red Imp. Its foundation was what it was, and no matter how strong it became, it could never reach the level of its superiors.
But Cheng Tian never expected that the Red Imp template for his random skill would actually be a special Red Imp unit that appeared as a hidden boss in the fighting game SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos.
Strictly speaking, this was turning the Red Imp's kill easter egg directly into a skill.
In that fighting game, most of the opponents defeated by the Red Imp would be forcibly transformed into Western demons or Japanese monsters.
For example, Mai Shiranui, if defeated by the Red Imp, would become Aonyōbō in the Hundred Demons' Night Parade, a monster with an extremely outstanding figure, but with "noble" blackened teeth, and an immense eagerness to marry... which fits her setting of chasing Andy and forcing him to marry her.
And Chun-Li, if defeated, would turn into a Qing Dynasty zombie, with a bluish-green complexion, a talisman on her forehead, and hopping with her arms outstretched. Coupled with Chun-Li's own dumpling-head kung fu girl appearance, it vividly embodies the Japanese stereotype of China.
As for Iori Yagami, who hates violence the most... he would be turned into a skeletal turret with Iori Yagami's unique pompadour hairstyle, without limbs, only a spine and skull. It would probably fit right in in Castlevania.
Also, as mentioned in the additional comments, besides the Red Imp, there are two other beings in this game who can change the appearance of others.
Athena's defeated opponents would turn into animals with stereotypes of their original selves.
Again, using Mai Shiranui as an example, she would be turned into a voluptuous... cow.
It's worth mentioning, however, that this Athena wearing a three-point swimsuit and holding a sword and shield is not the popular singer Athena Asamiya from King of Fighters, but the controllable protagonist from the arcade game Athena, which was released as early as 1986, and is a genuine victory goddess counterpart.
According to SNK's additional setting, the relationship between Athena and Athena Asamiya is like that of ancestor and descendant. Even in later King of Fighters games, some of Athena Asamiya's ultimate moves would briefly show her ancestor's appearance.
And Demitri, the vampire from Darkstalkers, is a guy with the special ability to forcibly turn any creature into a female for a short period of time, and then frantically suck all of its bodily fluids.
If there are no females, he turns males into females and then sucks them dry, showing that he doesn't discriminate.
But the biggest contribution of this character is probably that his gender-bending skill allowed SNK to design corresponding female character designs and models for almost all male and non-human characters, the most famous of which is Orochi Iori, who was feminized after being hit by the gender-bending move.
Because of her ascetic nun appearance after the gender change was so popular, it even spawned a "Orochi Girl" fan community and fan creations.
Cheng Tian even believes that the official all-female fighting game SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, released by SNK in 2018, may have originated from Demitri's gender-bending ability.
Terry, the legendary wolf of Fatal Fury, was directly turned into Terry Girl, with slender legs and elastic jelly-like features. Her excellent character model can even be seen occasionally in the 3D zone... it can only be said that the game's creators must have indulged quite a bit.
At this moment, Cheng Tian couldn't turn people into animals, nor could he turn people into feminized versions of themselves, but he had the ability to turn people into things from Western demons and the Hundred Demons' Night Parade, which was really full of fun.
Thinking of this, Cheng was even a little eager to see the Cyclops at the end of this level!
What? What if the Hundred Demons' Night Parade judgment fails?
Wouldn't it be even more fun if Cheng Tian himself changed!
Completely ignoring the other two college students who were staring at him cautiously, Cheng was still fiddling with his panel.
As 『Hundred Demons' Night Parade』 was officially added to the skill bar, the panel also gave Cheng Tian the information he needed to know most.
He had 3 remaining blank skill slots.
Sure enough, the maximum skill slots for a newbie player is only 4, which was within expectations.
Although the actual combat effect of the Hundred Demons' Night Parade can only be said to have potential, it is not a useless skill after all, and it is still worth looking forward to.
After dealing with the skills, Cheng Tian immediately added all the free attribute points he hadn't even warmed up yet to the strength attribute in one go.
In short, it's always right to increase HP first.
Including the 2 points of agility given by the Red Imp's first kill achievement, Cheng Tian's base attributes had become strength 14, agility 12, spirit 12, and charm 9.
The increase in agility didn't have any practical feel for the time being, but the increase in the HP limit from 100 to 140 was a real change. A 1.4x increase in HP was indeed very reassuring.
Since he was still wearing knight armor, Cheng Tian didn't notice the change in his body shape, but if he took it off now, he would find that his originally slightly chubby belly had turned into a chocolate bar, square and distinct.
In addition, although there was no visible change in muscle dimensions, Cheng Tian could clearly feel that the armor on his body seemed much lighter.
Picking up the two-handed hammer placed aside, because he met the basic requirements of the equipment, holding and waving it became easier.
The change from 10 strength to 14 strength was really not small.
Cheng Tian glanced at the remaining time of the main quest. There were still less than 7 hours left, but considering that the most threatening Red Imp had been resolved, the overall task time of the level should still be sufficient.
By the way, the 10 HP that Cheng had lost earlier because he had deliberately taken a slap from a zombie had now been fully restored.
Cheng Tian wasn't sure about other races for the time being, but he had roughly figured out his own HP recovery rate.
The HP recovery rate of an adult male Earth Human Race is about 1 HP per minute, which translates to 0.1 HP per minute for every 1 point of strength, and this is in a non-combat state and when the body has disposable energy.
Cheng Tian was very hungry and thirsty now. The food he had devoured at home had been almost consumed by his own HP recovery.
As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the work of cutting firewood. Cheng Tian, who had broken through the great threat of the Red Imp, was going to rest for a while and solve his physiological needs.
The two college students, who had kept their distance since the Red Imp battle was triggered, watched Cheng Tian take off his clothes again until he was only wearing strawberry underwear, and shamelessly began to pee directly into the bushes.
They only had one comment on this—
The water pressure is really strong!
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