The Guardian's Residence: Legends say faint sobs can occasionally be heard from here. Giants seem to possess delicate hearts...
Gurgle gurgle!!
Pushing open the door, a pool of lava lay ahead with a small, solid landmass in the center.
Sanren walked across a path covered in ice, and the ice behind him instantly melted.
Splash!
As soon as he stood in the center of the lava, a giant fist smashed down, and the ground trembled violently.
Then, another fist struck, trapping Sanren between the two.
The giant's head and body slowly appeared, as if the entire massive form was being supported by its fists as pivot points.
The skeleton giant's armor was extremely old, appearing as if it were made of rock.
Its right eye had a scar, so deep that even a skeleton could see the blade marks. One could only wonder who had managed to shatter the giant's bones.
Despite the scar adding a fierce edge, this skeleton giant still gave off a celebratory feeling.
Mainly, its missing teeth were hilariously funny.
Sniff sniff sniff!!
The skeleton giant twitched its nasal bones slightly, as if catching a familiar scent. It looked disbelieving, "You... are here?"
"Look at what the plague has turned you into."
"Roar roar roar!!"
Its shoulders shook violently, appearing to laugh heartily, even with a hint of lewdness. "Heh, it suits you."
The giant leaned down slightly, its empty right eye socket suddenly widening. "Fitting for your arrogance!"
As it spoke, it became more agitated. "It's because of your arrogance that this destruction was brought upon the kingdom!"
"I warned you so many times..."
The giant slammed its fist into the ground fiercely, its voice mournful. "Now we have no hope left."
"Die!"
Plague, kingdom, destruction, hope.
Connecting these keywords, the world in Sanren's mind slowly took shape.
However, the giant did not leave him much time to ponder, raising its fist to smash towards the cell man.
Zing!
Sanren leaped up instantly to dodge, but due to the small land area, his landing options were limited.
Then, the giant's empty eye sockets shot out two beams of light, sweeping from both sides towards the cell man in the middle.
Hiss hiss hiss!!
Despite dodging with all his agility, Sanren still lost half his health to the lasers.
Thump thump thump!!
Sanren's heartbeat began to accelerate. Without potions to replenish, he was now panicked.
The equipment and perfect stats he had painstakingly accumulated were wiped out, and he was unwilling to accept it.
Clang clang clang!!
Sanren swung his scythe wildly, but it was merely a tickle against the giant's fists. The thick health bar barely showed any damage.
Only the small health bar above the giant's right hand dropped by a fifth.
"How is it so tanky!"
Sanren despaired. "I'm so unwilling! I stayed up all night to get here! Only to encounter a giant skeleton that has cultivated the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth!"
"As expected, none of the skeletons under the old thief are easy to deal with."
Sans, the ghost, and even the giant before him...
Each had brought him significant psychological trauma and unpleasant memories.
He was developing skeleton PTSD!
The giant's attacks grew fiercer. This jerk was no longer content with just smashing its fists into the ground; it was starting to wipe the table with one sweep.
With a swing of its massive arm, the entire landmass was rendered barren.
Sanren jumped with all his might to avoid the sweep, and the giant's other fist came crashing down.
"Where is the giant's weakness!"
Sanren had already tried attacking several places on the giant's arms and fists, and without exception, they were incredibly tough.
His scythe was almost blunted, and the giant's right hand's health bar was almost empty, but its overall health was still full, which was incredibly frustrating!
On the contrary, he himself only had 1/3 of his health left.
Sanren's expression was grim. His viewers were offering comfort.
'Anchor, you must stay calm!'
'What a huge giant!'
'The giant must have a special mechanic, just not discovered yet. Anchor, don't rush.'
'Eyes, eyes, the giant's eyes!'
...
A sharp-eyed viewer noticed that the giant's exposed eyeball had a different texture from its other parts and immediately alerted Sanren.
Truly, the onlooker sees more clearly.
Caught in the heat of battle, Sanren's perspective was constantly focused on the giant's arms and fists. He hadn't noticed that an eyeball had appeared on the giant's forehead at some point.
It was only after the viewers' reminder that he noticed.
"I'll give it a try."
Using his remaining health, Sanren, with a heart pounding with the certainty of death, jumped onto the giant's lowered fist. If he could find a weakness, even death would be acceptable.
He swung his giant scythe fiercely at the giant's eyeball.
Chiii—!
A large amount of blood splattered out, and the giant's health bar immediately dropped by a tenth, a visibly massive amount of damage.
"Wow!!"
"My god!!"
"How is that possible?"
"The eyeball is the weak point? How long has it been there?"
Sanren was instantly dumbfounded, regretting that he hadn't noticed it sooner!
Perhaps he could have cleared it in one go.
Now,
Looking at the red crystals continuously falling from the void, he despairingly closed his eyes.
"Sigh!"
"Discovered too late, what a pity, what a shame!"
Sanren shook his head helplessly. "Facing the giant, this game was played without much flair."
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The old rascal of a giant delivered another blow at a critical moment.
"Gaga gaga!!"
Accompanied by the giant's demonic laughter, Sanren almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
"This guy is so infuriatingly cheap!"
"This giant is a bit too punchable!"
"No, I must defeat this giant today!"
Sanren's eyes glowed red, and his fighting spirit surged!
More than half an hour later, at the cost of ten deaths, Sanren once again faced the giant.
This time, he held nothing back.
"Let me see how I deal with you, old rascal!"
He jumped and rolled to dodge the giant's attacks, no longer making ineffective strikes that were mere tickles, and focused solely on the fist with the health bar.
He intended to draw out the giant's most vulnerable eyeball and then unleash his full power.
Although each hit only chipped away a tenth of the giant's health, and then it would be the giant's turn to attack.
However, Sanren, having found a way, had plenty of patience.
Especially when using his patience for something with a very high chance of success.
He was even more eager.
"Come on, come on." As victory loomed, Sanren grew increasingly cocky.
As the saying goes, pride comes before a fall.
The giant had only one-tenth of its health left, and hitting the eyeball one more time would finish it.
Suddenly, the giant's empty eye sockets once again unleashed two beams of light, sweeping directly towards Sanren's face.
He was forced to jump off the giant's fist. The moment he landed, the giant delivered a left hook. It wasn't particularly fast, but Sanren didn't manage to dodge out of its range in time.
Thud!
Sanren was knocked horizontally off the rocky ground by the left hook, falling into the lava.
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"Tsk tsk tsk!"
"Gaga gaga!!"
The giant's undisguised mockery directly broke Sanren's composure after such a long struggle.
"Ahhh!!"
"Damn damn damn!!"
-- Bang bang bang!!
-- Dong dong dong!!
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