What the Demon King Fears Most Isn't the Hero, But the Hero's Holy Sword "Pink Fluffy Rabbit"

[Captain America: Native-Grade Protagonist Template. The template blueprint is "Steve Rogers," one of the playable protagonists from Captain's Orders/Captain America and the Avengers. A core figure among Marvel's superheroes, often serving as the team's backbone. His physical capabilities are nearly at the peak of human limits, and he is extremely skilled in using shield-like weaponry.

When you choose to load the "Captain America" template—

You will simultaneously obtain the template-exclusive weapon, "Captain America's Shield."

You will simultaneously obtain the template-exclusive skills "Shield Master," "Blitz Charge," "Whirlwind Leap," and "Blazing Oil."

There is a 25-minute cooldown period for both loading and unloading this character template.]

Yes, Captain America. This was the protagonist template Cheng Tian had loaded.

Loading a Marvel universe template in the DC universe? Isn't that a kind of NTR?

Almost instinctively retracting his swollen fist, the combatant hadn't even realized what was happening when his chin suffered an uppercut from the shield. The dislocated jaw and flying teeth fragments instantly dazed him.

The tavern erupted in chaos. No one could have imagined that a weak, Asian yellow-skinned monkey like Cheng Tian would actually dare to resist in this situation. But as gang thugs and combatants, their reactions weren't slow. Several had already pulled out handguns from their waists and pockets.

However, Cheng Tian's counterattack was a fraction of a second faster. He grabbed the edge of the shield and hurled it forward like a discus!

The shield's flight speed even surpassed some people's drawing and aiming. The edge of the whistling, rapidly spinning shield displayed a razor-sharpness, easily slicing through the hand of a gang member, severing his index finger and thumb along with the gun, before embedding itself in his nose.

Yet the shield's momentum didn't dissipate. Instead, it bounced off with powerful elasticity towards another gunman nearby. This time, it struck the side of his head, slicing his ear in half. The shield's edge came to rest in his skull.

Shield Master: Template Skill, Composite Skill. Captain America's shield techniques have reached a level of mastery that defies the laws of physics. He can perform any incredible maneuver with the shield.

While holding a shield—

You can throw the shield at a target. The shield's flight speed is increased by 100%, dealing full Strength + Shield Bash damage. During flight, the shield will perform a degree of shield-path guidance based on the target's movement. If the first hit is successful, the shield will ricochet towards the next most threatening enemy unit within Strength * 1 meter. If the shield misses the first time and there are obstacles nearby, the shield will bounce off the obstacles and strike the target again.

Your shield ricochet damage will not suffer any power reduction.

All performance of the shield you hold is doubled, and the rate of durability consumption is halved.

Your connection and coordination with the shield will be closer and more harmonious.

Once every 30 seconds, you can actively retrieve, through a special gesture, the shield equipment you personally threw and scattered within Strength * 1 meter.

Blood stained the bar floor. The wails of the lackeys wiped away the arrogance and complacency from some eyes. They stopped their advance and began to look at Cheng Tian with uncertain gazes, two often interchangeable words popping into their heads—

Superhero or supervillain!?

Precisely because their boss was a supervillain, these people were able to more clearly recognize just how terrifying supervillains could be.

However, among these people who could only become thugs in the gang, those lacking in brains obviously accounted for a larger proportion. Cheng's resistance was clearly like adding fuel to the fire. Not only did they not retreat because of their companion's miserable state, but they instead exploded in anger, flipping over the tables and chairs around them and rushing towards Cheng Tian's position.

The shield that inexplicably appeared in the yellow-skinned monkey's hand was gone. Now was the best time to attack!

Temporarily without Captain America's Shield, Cheng Tian took half a step back, calmly raised his other empty arm. The next second, an ugly and gigantic Cyclops Head appeared in front of Cheng Tian, its lifelike and bloodshot eye staring intently at the closest person.

Even from an artistic perspective, this thing was too terrifying. Human's instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages made the lackey choose to slam on the brakes... but Cheng Tian hid half of his body behind the monster's head, lowered his body, and made a forward charge!

Like a racing car suddenly accelerating with the accelerator fully depressed, in almost a moment of daze, the gang lackey didn't even have time to feel the pain before his chest was pierced by the sharp horn, and his entire body was directly sent flying.

Referring to the black-skinned guy's comment in the alley earlier about "feeling like he was hit by a forty-mile-per-hour van," the evaluation for this pierced lackey would probably be "feeling like he was hit by a seventy or eighty-mile-per-hour pickup truck."

And this was still due to the bonus effect brought by Shield Master.

At this moment, Cheng Tian was actually in a state of simultaneously equipping two shields. He didn't stack and enchant the template weapon "Captain America's Shield" with the "Cyclops Head," but instead held them separately, which allowed him to enjoy the bonuses from both sides at the same time.

The monster head was ugly, weird, and a bit smelly, but this thing was still a proper magic shield. And Cheng didn't have any aesthetic cleanliness issues when it came to using equipment, only looking at the stats and not the appearance.

He was the kind of guy who would typically use a weapon called "Pink Fluffy Rabbit" to kill the "Demon King."

And under the blessing of Shield Master, the Cyclops Head naturally also received the effect of doubling all performance.

The original Strength +4 that came with this shield directly became Strength +8, instantly raising Cheng Tian's Strength attribute to 24 points, only 5 points less than the original Cyclops he killed before.

Although due to racial differences, Cheng Tian, as a purebred Earthling, couldn't exert the same strength as the Cyclops, 24 points of Strength already gave him the capital to rampage through the mobs.

By the way, there was also a small price to pay for doubling the Strength bonus, which was that the original Charm -2 became -4. Cheng Tian's Charm attribute had dropped to 5 points.

No wonder the gang members collectively disliked him. With a Charm of 5 points, enough to sit at the same table as a Red Imp, plus racial discrimination and the master's orders, it was actually very restrained that they could endure until the bartender spoke up before taking action, or rather, it was the result of being disciplined by the gang's rules.

With a piercing Blitz Charge, Cheng Tian was already breaking through the encirclement with a corpse, rushing from the bar directly to the doorway of the bar.

"Hurry! He's scared! Don't let him run!"

At the same time, the bartender, clearly with a hint of exasperation, loudly issued orders, but he himself looked like he wanted to shrink back into the bar.

But just when everyone thought Cheng Tian was going to break down the door and escape along the long staircase leading to the ground, they saw him shake off the corpse hanging on the Cyclops' horn and turn to face the crowd.

"I am indeed scared."

Cheng Tian said, shaking his empty right arm like a spring.

Then he revealed a terrifying smile that almost exposed his gums, squeezing out a sentence from his teeth that made the gang members feel a chill all over their bodies.

"...I'm afraid you'll run away!"

With a clang, the blood-stained Captain America's shield, which had been thrown to the ground, had already whooshed back to Cheng Tian's right arm.