Chapter 10 - Insect Core Acquired! (1/2)
The Scythe Beetle Lord fell down a meter before Li Jiayu. Its mandibles clamped desperately toward Li Jiayu as though h.e.l.l-bent on splitting Li Jiayu in half. However, that was impossible as it was being thoroughly suppressed by the tentacles which coiled air-tightly around it!
”Dark Octopus!”
Li Jiayu was stunned as he stared at the shadow which straddled the beetle. Its body was an inconspicuous pink throughout and roughly two times the size of its hostage; it was an octopus!
This octopus was bald. Its beady eyes resembled two bra.s.s bells and its body was covered with a faint layer of oil that dripped with a ‘zi zi’ sound - bodily fluids reeking of the sea.
Its terrifying tentacles were most notable as they were as thick as two human thighs and measured approximately two metres long. They were also covered in dark-red suckers, the size of steamed buns, and twitched constantly.
‘How in the world did I manage to summon a rare beast such as the Dark Octopus…’
Li Jiayu soon snapped out of his daze. Murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he strode forward deftly, fast approaching the beetle, and lifted his axe, cleaving at the beetle's wounded eyes!
The Scythe Beetle Lord was like an impenetrable fortress. Its defense could not be compared to the likes of ordinary Scythe Beetles, so attacking it head on usually resulted in naught. The only weakness it had was its relatively fragile eyes and as long as one could destroy its eyes, the brain would be in reach. Thus, it would die!
Peng! Peng! Peng!
Li Jiayu hacked down mercilessly at its eyes. Following that, parts of its face and foul-smelling blood splattered in all directions. However, the beetle had amazing tenacity. With its legs and wings twitching and flailing desperately, two of its limbs managed to remove two tentacles before stabbing toward Li Jiayu!
He sneered at the desperate attempt by the cornered beast. It was definitely hard to dodge but there were only two appendages and with the 800 pound body weighing it down, its movement was greatly affected. Li Jiayu's silhouette flashed to the side and easily evaded the attack. Reeling back, he hacked away.
Probably realizing that killing Li Jiayu was futile in its miserable state, it switched targets and made every effort to eliminate the students around them.
Woo...
It screeched, stunning the surrounding teenagers whose faces paled several folds. Even Li Jiayu's eardrums throbbed from the terrible pain!
The Scythe Beetle Lord struggled desperately to turn its body. Crawling toward the window, its intentions were completely obvious to all and that was to commit suicide by throwing itself out the building, in an attempt to flee from the wildly-hacking student. Otherwise, it would be tortured with its eyes exploded and brain squashed!
”b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You think I would allow you to escape in one piece after making me so miserable? Impossible. Die for me!”
Li Jiayu stalked after it like a shadow, executing a series of moves: mountain splitting axe; straight cleave; and ground levelling axe. Blow after blow connected like a flowing stream of water landing on the eyes of the fallen Scythe Beetle Lord. The heavy blows from the barrage of a.s.saults caused the Scythe Beetle Lord, which had long since lost its center of gravity, to crash to the ground!
Li Jiayu's eyes flashed with a tinge of chill as the beetle fell to the ground. Performing a spin, his waists, shoulders, wrists and axe seemed to have formed a connection as he unleashed burst after burst of unparalleled power!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
His momentum was imposing and after five consecutive 360-degree swings, he finally managed to destroy the left eye of the beetle. The eye socket sank down and exposed the pale flesh within.
At this time, the Dark Octopus, which had been straddling the beetle, moved and its bell-like eyes rolled as though it smelled something delicious. It leaned forward to determine where the source of the aroma was and thrusted one of its many tentacles into the exposed eye socket of the beetle.