The Scythe Beetle King crashed just one meter in front of Li Jiayu. Its mandibles opened and closed desperately towards him, seemingly ready to cut him in half at the waist at any moment. However, that was already impossible, because its six legs, wings, and even its entire body were entangled by densely packed tentacles, unable to move an inch!
"Dark Octopus!"
Only then did Li Jiayu, still shaken, look at the black shadow perched atop the Scythe Beetle King's head. It was clearly an octopus, pink in color, and a full size larger than even the Red-Crested Beetles!
This octopus had a ferocious, bald head. Its two eyes were comparable to copper bells. Its entire body glistened, covered in a layer of sticky, fishy-smelling body fluid, making "slurp slurp" sounds.
Most eye-catching were its terrifyingly long tentacles, which made one's skin crawl. They were at least as thick as a human thigh, each about two meters long, covered in deep red suction cups, each easily the size of a steamed bun, constantly twitching.
(How did I summon such an extremely rare and obscure summoned beast like a Dark Octopus...)
Li Jiayu was stunned for a moment but quickly snapped back. The intense killing intent in his eyes flashed and disappeared. He nimbly got up, took a step forward, grabbed the fire axe embedded in the Scythe Beetle King's compound eye, yanked it out forcefully, then raised it high and continued chopping heavily at the already injured eye!
The Scythe Beetle King's body was like copper walls and iron ramparts, much harder than ordinary black Scythe Beetles. Normal attacks could barely penetrate its defense. Its only weakness was its relatively fragile eyes. As long as its eyes were destroyed, its brain could be attacked, allowing for a swift kill!
"Thump thump thump!"
Li Jiayu madly hacked at the Scythe Beetle King's eye. Debris flew, and foul-smelling green fluid splattered everywhere. The tightly bound Scythe Beetle King writhed in agony, struggling violently. Its six legs kicked desperately. Two legs actually managed to break free from the tentacles, then, like paddling through water, they struck towards Li Jiayu, who was right in front of it!
Li Jiayu sneered. If the Scythe Beetle King charged at full speed, he certainly would have trouble dodging. But now, with only two legs remaining and being weighed down by the at-least-400kg Dark Octopus, how fast could it be? With a flash of his body, he easily dodged the incoming mandibles and swung the axe backhanded again!
The Scythe Beetle King seemed to realize it was impossible to kill the human who kept blinding its eyes. It exerted all its strength, tilted its head back, and let out a furious roar, "Wheeee—!" The sound was terrifyingly piercing, shaking the male and female students until their faces turned pale and their minds went blank. Even Li Jiayu's eardrums hurt, interrupting his attack.
The Scythe Beetle King desperately turned its body and crawled towards the window, its intention clear – it wanted to jump out, leave this classroom immediately, get away from the guy wildly swinging an axe! Otherwise, it would definitely have its eyes hacked out and brains smashed!
"Damn you! You made me look so pathetic, and you still think you can escape alive? Impossible! Die for me!"
Li Jiayu's body instantly shadowed it. Mountain Cleaving Axe, Straight Line Axe, Wild Goose Landing Axe – three consecutive strikes, one after another, flowing like water, all landing on the Scythe Beetle King's eye simultaneously! The combined force knocked the already off-balance and unsteady Scythe Beetle King onto its back!!
The moment the Scythe Beetle King fell, a cold glint flashed in Li Jiayu's eyes. He spun around, waist, shoulder, wrist, axe – all four connected as if by blood, erupting with astonishing power!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Five consecutive 360-degree spinning whirlwind axe blows, delivered with incredible momentum, finally completely destroyed the Scythe Beetle King's left eye! The eye socket sank deep, revealing pale white soft tissue!
"Ha! Eye burst complete!"
The battle intent brewing in Li Jiayu's chest instantly spread throughout his body. He felt refreshed as if he had taken supplements, like just finishing a sauna – an indescribable feeling of satisfaction!
Fighting in a bloody battle, axe sinking into flesh with every blow – being a warrior was sometimes really more exhilarating than being a ranged class!
Just then, the Dark Octopus perched on the Scythe Beetle King stirred. As if smelling something delicious, its copper-bell-like octopus eyes widened. It shifted its body forward slightly, then, as if confirming something, it extended a tentacle and abruptly thrust it into the Scythe Beetle King's eye socket!
"Gurgle gurgle"
Sounds of swallowing could be heard. The tentacle inserted into the eye socket also extended and retracted rhythmically – clearly, it was sucking out the Scythe Beetle King's brain matter!
Li Jiayu watched, stunned. He was still worrying about how to effectively destroy the Scythe Beetle King's brain through the eye socket, but unexpectedly, the Dark Octopus had already taken action... Although sucking brain matter seemed quite perverse, and the Dark Octopus's eating habits were disgusting, overall, the Dark Octopus was actually quite good, right? At least it would be a nightmare for enemies.
In less than three seconds, the Scythe Beetle King, previously arrogant and having dismembered two students, even pushing Li Jiayu to the brink, stopped struggling and went limp, completely still, deader than dead. The Dark Octopus also contentedly finished its "brain soup tonic" and withdrew its tentacle. However, stuck to one of the tentacle's suction cups was a red crystal!
This crystal was exquisitely clear, only the size of a grape, flowing with a flame-like luster. No one could have imagined that such an ugly beetle's brain would produce such a beautiful crystal. Even the world-renowned precious diamonds couldn't compare to the dazzling brilliance of this crystal.
"Insect Crystal! King-level Insect Crystal! And with such high purity..."
Li Jiayu cried out involuntarily. He truly hadn't expected his luck to be this good, obtaining a King-level Insect Crystal from a Scythe Beetle King right at the beginning of the apocalypse! This was top-quality stuff!
Usually, any high-Tier 1 insect would form an Insect Crystal within its body. And the kings of each tier would naturally form King-level Insect Crystals. However, generally speaking, King-level insects were extremely rare, only one or two appearing among thousands, even tens of thousands of insects. Hunting a King-level insect was even harder because they possessed intelligence far exceeding ordinary insects, had large groups of subordinates protecting them, and knew to flee when the situation turned bad. Therefore, in Li Jiayu's previous life, King-level Insect Crystals were always in high demand with no supply, competed for by multiple parties, their price exceeding ordinary Insect Crystals by ten thousand, even hundreds of thousands of times!
As for the uses of King-level Insect Crystals... they were extremely useful!
A natural treasure for home travel, killing and arson, cleansing meridians and strengthening marrow! Although this was only a Tier 1 King-level Insect Crystal, it was still extremely valuable and immensely useful for Li Jiayu at his current stage!
Just as Li Jiayu was about to start planning how to use this King-level Insect Crystal, he suddenly felt his body weaken, his head spun, seeing stars. He quickly steadied himself by leaning against the wall. He looked at the still bleeding wound on his left elbow, then at the Dark Octopus smugly waving its tentacles, its face ferocious, and gave a bitter smile:
"Octopus bro, you're too ruthless, sucking at least 300 milliliters of my blood... Plus, I exerted myself too much just now, leading to temporary exhaustion, can't even stand steady... But, honestly, I still have to thank you. If you hadn't appeared in time, and if your attributes hadn't countered the Scythe Beetle King, I really wouldn't have survived. I probably would have been dismembered into hundreds of pieces by the Scythe Beetle King..."
Li Jiayu wasn't exaggerating in the slightest. Judging from the battle that just occurred, the Scythe Beetle King might not have seemed that strong, but in reality, it was extremely terrifying. In an open field, the damage it could inflict was comparable to a mid-Tier 2 insect!
It was just unfortunate that the battle location was a relatively small classroom, limiting its aerial advantage. Plus, by sheer bad luck, the Dark Octopus appeared and pinned it down, completely controlling it, preventing it from using many of its king-level killing techniques!
Otherwise, even ten Li Jiayus would likely only have been able to flee miserably.
Unexpectedly, the Dark Octopus actually nodded in a very human-like way. Its ferocious, terrifying eyes narrowed slightly, suddenly becoming lewd, like those perverted molesters. It shifted its body and moved towards the scattered stockings and underwear on the floor. Its slippery tentacles deftly picked them up as if finding precious treasures!
Stockings...
Underwear...
Oh god, those were the things the girls had given Li Jiayu earlier to attract the Scythe Beetle's attention! Don't forget, they still had the girls' urine on them! Such dirty things... it actually treated them like treasures?
It even placed the single pair of underwear on its head, letting out low cheers of joy...
"Octopus bro... are you a pervert?"
Li Jiayu watched with a stiff expression as the Dark Octopus waved its tentacles, dangling the stockings held by its suction cups. An ominous premonition suddenly flashed through his mind, and he blurted out:
"Wait... you... you're not a Dark Octopus! You... you're a Tentacle Monster? You're a mutated Dark Octopus with Tentacle Monster bloodline! No wonder summoning you required so much of my blood; turns out you're a mutated summoned beast!"