Chapter 10

The king scythe beetle fell just one meter in front of Li Jiayu. Its large mandibles opened and closed frantically, as if it were about to tear Li Jiayu in half at any moment. However, that was no longer possible, as its six legs, wings, and even its entire body were entangled by a dense mass of tentacles, rendering it completely immobile!

"Dark Octopus!"

At this moment, Li Jiayu, who had just regained his composure, looked at the black shadow riding on the king scythe beetle's head. It was a pink octopus, significantly larger than the red-topped beetle!

The octopus's fierce head was bald, with two eyes as large as copper bells. Its body was shiny and slick, exuding a layer of sea-salty fluid that made a "slurping" sound.

The most striking feature was its terrifyingly long tentacles, each as thick as a human thigh and two meters long, covered with deep red suction cups, each as large as a steamed bun, twitching incessantly.

(How could it summon such a rare and obscure creature like the Dark Octopus...)

Li Jiayu was momentarily stunned but quickly regained his composure. The intense killing intent in his eyes flashed and disappeared, and he nimbly got up, took a step forward, and grabbed the fire axe stuck in the king scythe beetle's compound eyes. He yanked it out and raised it high, then brought it down with great force on the already injured compound eyes of the king scythe beetle!

The king scythe beetle's body was as tough as a copper wall, much harder than ordinary black scythe beetles. Typical attacks were hardly enough to penetrate its defenses. Its only weakness was its relatively fragile eyes. By destroying its eyes, one could attack its brain, thus quickly killing it!

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Li Jiayu madly hacked at the king scythe beetle's eyes, causing debris to fly and green, foul-smelling fluid to spurt everywhere. The king scythe beetle, tightly bound, writhed in agony, its six legs thrashing wildly. Two of its legs managed to break free from the tentacles and, like water skis, charged straight at Li Jiayu, who was just a few steps away!

Li Jiayu sneered. If the king scythe beetle had charged at full speed, he would have had a hard time dodging, but with only two legs and the weight of the Dark Octopus, which weighed at least 800 pounds, pressing down on it, how fast could it be? He swiftly dodged the charging mandibles and swung the axe back with a reverse strike!

The king scythe beetle seemed to realize that it couldn't kill the human who kept blinding it. It raised its head and let out a piercing, ear-splitting cry, "Woo—" which made the male and female students pale and disoriented, even causing Li Jiayu's eardrums to hurt and interrupting his attack.

The king scythe beetle desperately turned its body and crawled toward the window, its intention clear—it wanted to jump out and escape from this classroom to get away from the axe-wielding human. Otherwise, it would surely be hacked to death, its eyes and brain turned to mush!

"Damn it! You made me so miserable, and you still want to run away alive? Impossible! Die!"

Li Jiayu's body moved like a shadow, and he delivered a series of three consecutive strikes with the mountain cleaving axe, the straight axe, and the falling goose axe, each one flowing seamlessly into the next. The combined force of these strikes knocked the already unbalanced king scythe beetle to the ground!

As the king scythe beetle hit the ground, a cold light flashed in Li Jiayu's eyes. He spun around, his waist, shoulders, wrists, and the axe moving in perfect unison, unleashing a shocking burst of power!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Five consecutive 360-degree spinning axe strikes, each one more powerful than the last, finally shattered the king scythe beetle's left eye, causing the eye socket to sink deeply, revealing pale white flesh!

At this moment, the Dark Octopus, which had been riding on the king scythe beetle, began to move. It seemed to have sensed something delicious, its large, copper-bell eyes widening. It moved forward a bit, then, as if confirming something, extended a tentacle and plunged it into the king scythe beetle's eye socket!

"Gulp, gulp"

The sound of swallowing echoed, and the tentacle that had pierced the eye socket extended and retracted, clearly feeding on the king scythe beetle's brain!

Li Jiayu was taken aback. He had been worrying about how to effectively damage the king scythe beetle's brain through the eye socket, but the Dark Octopus had taken action... Although the act of feeding on the brain seemed perverse, and the Dark Octopus's eating habits were disgusting, overall, the Dark Octopus was quite helpful. At least it would be a nightmare for the enemy.

In less than three seconds, the once mighty king scythe beetle, which had torn two classmates to pieces and driven Li Jiayu to the brink of death, stopped struggling and lay still, dead. The Dark Octopus, having finished its "brain soup," withdrew its tentacle, but on one of the suction cups, there was a red crystal!

The crystal was delicate and translucent, about the size of a grape, with a fiery glow. No one would have expected such a beautiful crystal to form in the brain of such an ugly beetle. Even the world's most famous and valuable diamonds paled in comparison to this crystal's brilliance.

"Bug Crystal! A King-level Bug Crystal! And it's so pure..."

Li Jiayu exclaimed, truly amazed by his luck. He had never expected to obtain a King-level Bug Crystal from the king scythe beetle at the beginning of the apocalypse. This was an extremely valuable item!

Typically, any high-level bug of the first tier would form a Bug Crystal inside its body. The kings of each tier would naturally form King-level Bug Crystals. However, King-level bugs were extremely rare, with only one or two out of thousands or even tens of thousands of bugs. Hunting a King-level bug was even more difficult, as they possessed far greater intelligence than ordinary bugs and were protected by a large group of subordinates. They also knew how to escape when the situation turned unfavorable. In Li Jiayu's previous life, King-level Bug Crystals were always in high demand, with prices far exceeding those of ordinary Bug Crystals by tens of thousands of times!

As for the uses of a King-level Bug Crystal... it was incredibly useful! It was a treasure for home and travel, for killing and arson, and for enhancing one's abilities! Even though this was a first-tier King-level Bug Crystal, it was still extremely valuable and highly useful for Li Jiayu at his current stage!

Li Jiayu was just about to carefully plan how to use the King-level Bug Crystal when he suddenly felt weak, his head spinning and his vision blurred. He had to lean against the wall to steady himself. He looked at the still-bleeding wound on his left elbow and the Dark Octopus, which was waving its tentacles triumphantly, and smiled bitterly.

"Octopus brother, you're too ruthless. You must have sucked at least 300 milliliters of my blood... And I was so exhausted from the fight that I can barely stand... But, to be honest, I have to thank you. If you hadn't appeared and restrained the king scythe beetle, I would have been torn into hundreds of pieces..."

Li Jiayu was not exaggerating. From the battle, it seemed that the king scythe beetle wasn't very powerful, but in reality, it was extremely terrifying. In the open field, its killing power was comparable to that of a mid-tier second-level bug!

Unfortunately, the current battle took place in a relatively small classroom, where the king scythe beetle's aerial advantage couldn't be fully utilized. Moreover, the Dark Octopus had appeared and pressed down on it, completely controlling it, preventing it from using many of its King-level killing techniques!

Otherwise, even ten Li Jiayus would have only been able to flee in a panic.

Unexpectedly, the Dark Octopus nodded in a very human-like manner, its fierce and terrifying eyes narrowing slightly, suddenly becoming lecherous, like a perverted predator. It moved its body, running to the scattered stockings and underwear on the ground, and its slippery tentacles deftly picked them up, as if they were treasures!

It even put the only pair of underwear on its head and let out a series of low, joyful cheers...

"Heaven... Are you a pervert?"

Li Jiayu's face stiffened as he watched the Dark Octopus wave its tentacles, which were holding the stockings, and a foreboding thought crossed his mind. He blurted out:

"Wait... You... You're not a Dark Octopus! You... You're a tentacle monster from some ecchi anime?!! A perverted and shameless tentacle monster?"

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