Chapter 69: Encounter!

The dog-headed man pricked up his ears and looked at the small woods not far away, a look of doubt appearing in his eyes.

But soon that doubt turned into vigilance, and then he barked.

"Careful!"

Accompanied by Huodun's warning, the ground suddenly trembled, and then the woods not far away began to shake violently.

Something inside was accelerating and rushing towards this side!

Mali shouted to the outside of the car for the first time, demanding everyone to get on the car immediately, and at the same time started the heavy truck.

Weier and Meilisha were stunned after hearing Huodun's frantic barking, but soon they reacted, threw down the vegetables in their hands, and started running towards the truck.

The old alchemist himself was closest to the truck and was the first to get on, but as soon as he stepped on it with one foot, he retracted it and exclaimed, "Leini!"

The female student's position was the furthest from the truck and closest to the woods, and her state was very bad right now.

Spellcasters were not known for their physical strength, and she had vomited very badly due to carsickness. Although she was trying hard to run back after hearing the warning, her legs were floating.

At the same time, the thing in the woods had already rushed out, revealing its true form!

It was a huge humanoid creature nearly five meters tall with only one eye above its nose, holding a giant axe in one hand and a bloody head in the other.

The owner of that head looked like some poor woodcutter who had encountered misfortune while chopping wood in the woods; the expression of fear from the second before his death was forever frozen on his face.

"Cyclops!" Liweier let out an exclamation.

Although there were always some fools who confused Cyclopes with Trolls, strictly speaking, Cyclopes were not monsters, but a wise race living in the deep mountains of the North; they were much smarter than Trolls.

They were physically strong and had exquisite craftsmanship; it was said that the weapons they forged were no less than those of the Dwarves, and most Cyclopes, although stubborn in character, did not like fighting.

Their entire clan moving to the deep mountains was to escape the war.

But never underestimate them because of this; Cyclopes were one of the few who could go one-on-one with Trolls on the battlefield without falling behind, even without the weakening effect of sunlight.

Once they were truly angered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, like most races with powerful strength, the Cyclops clan also faced difficulties in reproduction; their population had been decreasing, and some even suspected that they had become completely extinct.

No one knew why a Cyclops would appear in the Jiadelan Gongguo and attack the caravan without a word.

It was too late to negotiate now; the other side didn't give them this opportunity at all, raised the axe, and hacked towards Leini.

At the critical moment, it was Weier who turned back, knocked away the female student whose legs were weak, and raised the long sword in his hand to take that axe head-on.

In the face of the terrifying giant force, his knight sword broke directly into two pieces, and then the giant axe landed on his plate armor, hacking him to the ground, life or death unknown.

The Cyclops was about to go up to finish him off, but at this moment, a gunshot rang out!

Mali lay on the passenger window, set up the Type 97-2 shotgun, and pulled the trigger. The lead pellets filled in the warhead hit the Cyclops's body, but it didn't have the destructive power he had imagined.

It only made his movements pause for a moment, and then he seemed even angrier.

He gave up on Weier lying on the ground and rushed towards the truck.

Mali pumped the pump, fired continuously, and fired a total of six shots, blowing the Cyclops's flesh and blood, but none of them could cause fatal injuries to him.

Seeing the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer, Mali was worried that he would knock the truck over, so he took the initiative to open the door and jump down.

At the same time, he threw two flash-bang grenades. The flash-bang grenades themselves did no damage, but the bright light and the loud noise of up to 180 decibels still made the Cyclops's movements lag.

While he was covering his eyes, Mali tore open the scroll bought at the magic shop and chanted the spell on it. A few seconds later, a small shield appeared beside him.

That small shield was almost completely transparent and couldn't be seen without careful observation, but Mali, as the caster, could feel the elemental fluctuations around him.

——Shield Spell!

A Zero-ring spell that many mages and alchemists would choose to learn during their apprenticeship, possessing a certain defensive capability.

After witnessing the terrifying power of the Cyclops, the first thing Mali did was to add another layer of protection to himself, and then he ran towards the woods without looking back.

Sure enough, the angry Cyclops chased after him again after the control effect of the flash-bang grenade disappeared.

Mali picked the sturdiest-looking oak tree.

Honestly, he hadn't climbed a tree since high school, and Mali didn't know if he could still go up now.

However, stimulated by adrenaline, his body also erupted with extraordinary potential. Using both hands and feet, he quickly climbed to a height of seven or eight meters.

At this time, the Cyclops also chased to the bottom. He stood on tiptoe and stretched his arms, but found that he still couldn't reach Mali above, and then he hugged the trunk with both arms and shook it angrily.

Mali hugged a branch tightly so he wouldn't be thrown off. Seeing that he couldn't shake him down, the Cyclops changed his strategy.

He began to hit the oak tree with his shoulders. For a time, wood chips flew, and Mali also heard a crackling sound; that was the sound of wood fibers breaking.

This oak tree didn't look like it could last much longer.

However, Huodun and the others also drew their weapons and rushed towards this side. The first to arrive was Meilisha's flying knife.

She threw four flying knives in one breath, but those flying knives hit the Cyclops's skin and made a crisp metallic sound, all of which were bounced to the side.

Meilisha then whistled, wanting to attract the Cyclops's attention.

However, the Cyclops didn't look back at all. The single eye on his head was still staring at Mali on the tree, and the force of hitting the trunk was getting bigger and bigger.

Afterward, Huodun arrived. The dog-headed man swung his hand axe and slashed at the Cyclops's toes. This axe cut off a lot of the Cyclops's foot skin.

The Cyclops raised his leg to step on Huodun, who hurriedly rolled to dodge.

Xia'er also arrived at this time, bent her bow and set an arrow, and shot an arrow at the Cyclops's single eye.

However, the latter just closed his eyelids, and the iron arrow tip brushed past his eyelids.

The three launched an attack on the Cyclops, but the interference they could cause was limited, and the weapons in their hands couldn't break the Cyclops's defense at all.

The submachine gun hanging around Mali's neck could break the defense, but the damage was not enough to be fatal.

This thing's skin and muscle tissue were ridiculously hard. Being hit in the chest by a shotgun was only a minor injury; it didn't seem to have hurt the organs inside.

Perhaps only switching to a sniper rifle could penetrate it.

Just as Mali was thinking, the oak tree under him made a wail again. Half of the roots had been knocked out of the soil, looking precarious. ===== CHAPTER 70 =====