Chapter 8

It has been a very long time since Li Jiayu had engaged in close combat!

Since he had mastered summoning magic, Li Jiayu usually controlled his summoned creatures, letting them charge into battle for him. Sometimes, when the enemies were particularly troublesome, Li Jiayu would at most use spells to harass them. At his level, close combat was basically of no help in battle.

Now, the reborn Li Jiayu was no longer the summoner who could command the elements. He was just an ordinary student. Faced with the grotesque and terrifying insects, all he could rely on was the fire axe in his hand!

Li Jiayu had only a seventy percent chance of winning this battle!

If he won, Li Jiayu would obtain his first amulet...

But if he lost... then the entire class would die with him!

"Roar!"

Li Jiayu's pupils instantly contracted to the size of needles. The heart that usually remained calm in the face of almost anything was completely shattered in an instant. His eyes and hands perfectly combined, and in one fluid motion, he swung the axe with perfect precision!

"Clang!"

A sharp metallic collision sound rang out. Li Jiayu felt a searing pain in his hands that gripped the fire axe, his palms went numb, and his wrists almost dislocated from the shock!

Fortunately, in the first clash with the scythe beetle, Li Jiayu only suffered a minor injury. The scythe beetle's sharp, scythe-like "scythe" whistled past his face, leaving a faint blood trail on his pale skin!

And Li Jiayu's axe, in the split second of dodging, was swung backward. Under the immense impact, it easily cut through the black carapace—

It sliced through the thick insect flesh—

It severed the hard bones, ruthlessly cutting off a large part of the scythe beetle's body!

Three black insect legs, with a bit of green insect blood and a few pieces of wings, were severed from the insect's body!

Such a severe wound, even for a scythe beetle with dull pain perception, was excruciating!

"Screech!"

In an instant, the scythe beetle let out a piercing, mournful cry. Then, as it passed by Li Jiayu, its body lost balance and was thrown out!

However, the scythe beetle's unbalanced body was heading straight for a desk, under which a classmate was hiding!

"Ah!"

A scream of terror!

The scythe beetle's body finally crashed into the desk. Its sharp scythe-like mandibles easily pierced through the wooden surface and then stuck in a thin layer of steel underneath!

Fortunately, the scythe beetle couldn't break through the steel, or that classmate would have been dead for sure. But the insect's massive impact still sent the classmate flying, dazed and disoriented—while the scythe beetle also fell to the ground, struggling in its death throes, flapping its damaged wings and the remaining three legs, its scythe-like mandibles "clacking" as it tried to kill the nearby classmates!

At this moment, everyone reacted. The one closest to the scythe beetle was Sun Weiwei!

Whether Sun Weiwei had eaten a bomb or not, her face turned red, and she instinctively pounced from behind the insect, smashing its hind leg joint with a hammer, causing the insect to pause. The enraged insect swung its remaining three legs, struggling to turn around, but it was incredibly fast, and in less than a second, it had its scythe aimed at Sun Weiwei. However, Lin Zhibin and another male classmate had already lifted two desks and smashed them onto the left side of the scythe beetle's body—right where Li Jiayu had cut a huge wound!

"Screech!"

The scythe beetle was knocked two meters away. The wound on its left side spewed out green blood from the impact, and the intense pain made it feel fear. It desperately flapped its wings, trying to fly away and escape!

But it was too late!

It was no longer the hunter. The tide had turned, and in this situation, it had become Li Jiayu's prey!

"Want to run? Is that possible!"

At this moment, Li Jiayu had adjusted to the discomfort from the earlier impact. He raised his axe and, like a fierce tiger, charged at the scythe beetle, which was already half in the air, delivering a fatal blow to its pale belly!

Close combat, fighting in the most brutal and violent way, really made one's blood boil and filled one with passion. Li Jiayu felt a surge of fighting spirit in his chest, and that one powerful axe swing seemed to unleash an incredible force!

"Rip!"

A sound like tearing fabric, the scythe beetle's relatively weak belly was cut open by the axe, creating a nearly one-meter-long, twenty-centimeter-deep gash!

This wound was even more terrifying than the one that had cut off half of its body. The scythe beetle's entire chest and abdomen were completely destroyed, and its internal organs suffered fatal damage!

The scythe beetle, which had already flown into the air, immediately plummeted like a truck crashing off a cliff. Li Jiayu, taking advantage of the situation, rushed forward in three quick steps and delivered another blow!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

In one fluid motion, he chopped the scythe beetle's head and eyes over a dozen times, each blow using all his strength, deforming the insect's head and completely shattering its red compound eyes, which oozed green fluid!

"Li Jiayu... Jiayu... Is it... Is it dead?"

A girl, looking at the cold, ruthless, and decisive Li Jiayu, felt he was like an assassin in a movie, striking without hesitation, killing without mercy. The way he wielded the axe was truly dominant.

If it were any other time... she would have thought Li Jiayu was a madman. But in this moment of the apocalypse, facing the grotesque and terrifying insects, she felt that Li Jiayu had a master's aura.

So cool...

Why didn't I notice how cool he was before...

Oh my God, I'm actually swooning... At a time like this, how can I still be ogling a handsome guy? I'm hopeless. Oh no, Li Jiayu saw me wet my pants. He must think I'm a freak...

Li Jiayu, of course, had no idea that a certain swooning girl in the class was now looking at him with new eyes. It didn't really matter anyway. Even if he knew, it wouldn't make a difference. Li Jiayu wasn't a knight in shining armor; he couldn't show favor just because a swooning girl liked him.

"Yes... phew, finally killed it. This time was really a close call. If you hadn't helped to hold it off, I could have defeated it, but it would have killed at least two more classmates before dying..."

Li Jiayu wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled at the surrounding classmates.

"Really? We really killed such a terrifying insect..."

"It's like a dream..."

"Li Jiayu... You're so amazing. How did you do it?"

"You were terrifyingly calm. If it were me, I wouldn't have just been injured in the first round; I would have been dismembered by its scythe!"

The classmates were initially stunned but soon burst into tears of joy. Although they knew there were greater dangers ahead, defeating the scythe beetle gave them hope and showed them Li Jiayu's combat prowess. In their despair, a glimmer of hope emerged.

Hope, often just a sliver, is enough to make one cry with emotion.

"Yes... Li Jiayu, you really... surprised me. How can you be so strong? I don't know how to express my excitement. You easily killed such a terrifying thing... Are you really not a reincarnated god?"

Everyone looked at Li Jiayu with burning eyes, a mix of surprise, admiration, and a hint of reverence. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that the former sissy could be so strong!

"No, I'm just an ordinary person. If you all stay calm, you won't be much worse than me."

Li Jiayu replied calmly, then looked at the scythe beetle, which was still trembling slightly, and stomped on its already shattered head, crushing its damaged eyes, saying:

"Alright, my amulet... I finally got it. Next is a big gamble... If my offering can summon a good creature, then I will kiss the goddess of luck's nether regions! And drink her secretions! Hmph... Luckily, the goddess of luck isn't like you girls who wet your pants at the drop of a hat, or I wouldn't dare to kiss her..."

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