Hyorinmaru, like flowing water, slowly emerged from the magic circle. Boundless ice frost flowers spiraled around the hilt, looking magnificent and stunning. If there was any drawback, it was that it was simply too cold, so cold that Li Jiayu's face turned blue!
"Such strong magical fluctuations... A magic weapon of this level must be at least Legendary grade..."
Li Jiayu's heart wasn't filled with surprise and joy, but rather heavy with doubt. Even though the Scythe Beetle King's corpse was sufficiently valuable, it was ultimately just a high-Tier 1 trash insect. Using it to summon a Legendary-grade weapon... the probability was simply too small, so small that Li Jiayu couldn't believe it was real!
And what was worse...
Legendary weapons couldn't be wielded by just anyone. Li Jiayu's current body hadn't undergone any enhancement. He feared that the moment he picked up the Legendary weapon, before he could even unleash a few major attacks, his essence would be drained dry, and he would die of exhaustion!
"Damn it! Would it kill you to give me a slightly crappier weapon? I'm a summoner with a frail body; even giving me the strongest melee weapon is useless!"
Li Jiayu felt indignant. He never thought his luck would be so overwhelmingly good one day, but unfortunately, he couldn't enjoy it – like playing a game non-stop for three days and nights, using up all town portal scrolls, blue potions, and red potions, equipment durability hitting zero, while outside there's still a large group of perverted level 50 wild monsters. And finally, after immense hardship, you get an ultimate Dragon Slaying Saber drop, its attack power high enough to instantly kill anyone!
You should be overjoyed, but then you look at the Dragon Slaying Saber's stats – don't mess with people like this! Level requirement: 200! Damn it, the game's level cap is only 50 right now! Who can equip the Dragon Slaying Saber? Don't even think about equipping it for at least ten years; you can only stare blankly at the divine artifact!
However, just then, Li Jiayu seemed to sense something. He suddenly looked up, gazing towards the far horizon.
In the distant end of the sky, tens of thousands of birds seemed to be flying freely together, densely packed like a layer of black canopy. Their chirping resounded throughout the entire Xijiang City...
These were definitely not ordinary birds!
Those were all Flame Crows!
Flame Crows are mid-Tier 1 Abyss creatures. Their combat power isn't considered too strong, far inferior to Scythe Beetles of the same tier. But they are extremely special magical beasts because they can breathe fire!
Generally speaking, only high-Tier 1 insects would have Insect Crystals in their bodies, and the purity of crystals at this level isn't high enough to contain magic power. Only insects of Tier 2 and above can refine magic power and subsequently release power beyond nature.
But Flame Crows are different. Because their very flesh and blood contain an extremely high concentration of fire element, even without magic crystals, they can still shoot high-temperature fireballs from their mouths!
The power generated when those fireballs explode is almost equivalent to a mini-grenade! Just one shot is enough to blast a computer desk into smithereens!
Tens of thousands of Flame Crows... that's practically equivalent to several thousand grenade bombers!
Li Jiayu clearly remembered that less than three days after the apocalypse erupted, Xijiang City was devastated. Many buildings suffered varying degrees of fire damage, and Xijiang City's famous commercial street was engulfed in a raging fire that burned continuously for a week, reducing all the goods along the entire street to ashes!
"Ugh... the Flame Crows really came too..."
Li Jiayu muttered softly while forming hand seals.
"Flame Crows? Those... those unidentified flying objects circling in the sky are Flame Crows? There are so many, probably close to ten thousand, right?"
Sun Weiwei, looking out the window, said with a trembling voice, exhaling puffs of white mist. A thin layer of white frost covered her pretty face, and her delicate body shivered uncontrollably. But she didn't have much attention to spare on whether her body was freezing, because her heart felt even colder!
Originally, she still held onto hope that these insects only appeared at Xijiang University, that other places were still safe. As long as she found a chance to escape Xijiang University, everything would be alright...
But now, seeing those Flame Crows circling like black clouds in the distance... Sun Weiwei's unrealistic fantasy instantly shattered! Even a fool could see that the entire city was likely already submerged in a sea of monsters; no one could escape unscathed!
Oh god... is there really, really no hope at all? Even if they could survive the first wave of these insect attacks, what's the point? Do they have to face those terrifying insects every day from now on? Can that superior and wonderful life never return?
It's too cruel! She, Sun Weiwei, considered herself a top-tier beauty, at least a 9 out of 10. With her conditions, she should have enjoyed a luxurious life, pursued by rich and handsome men, chatting and laughing in a BMW, overlooking the night market from a magnificent five-star hotel, captivating everyone on Hawaiian beaches, tasting the most expensive red wine with the most outstanding men in a seaside villa, dominating the business world, invincible in the realm of love...
These were all her predetermined beautiful futures... Is it really completely impossible now? Then what's the meaning of her living?
Might as well just die... But, for a beauty like her to die just like that would be too pitiful. Once dead, everything ends...
She finally understood why, in the future Li Jiayu saw, she would become a woman who resorted to any means, willingly becoming a mistress. Turns out she was so afraid of death. To avoid death, to live better, what did selling her body even count for?
Death isn't much easier than living. Sometimes, seeking death also requires immense courage... And in the initial stage of the apocalypse, ninety percent of people lacked courage!
Li Jiayu looked at everyone's bleak faces, nodded, and said:
"The Flame Crows will temporarily only be active in the South District. They won't threaten Xijiang University, located in the North District, for a while... I remember, when the Flame Crows arrive, the Acid Bugs and Venomous Spiders should also make their appearance?"
Sure enough, gradually, faint, almost imperceptible vibrations began to come from outside the window...
These slight vibrations were initially very faint, not making much noise. But their scale spread rapidly. The dense vibrating sounds were like drumbeats falling one after another, incessantly. Before long, they had already formed a rumbling sound, arriving with the momentum of mountains toppling and seas overturning...
Han Xiaoqi, closest to the window, cautiously peered down below the windowsill and almost cried out in terror:
"Li Jiayu! The Venomous Spiders you mentioned really came... They, their sharp six legs are digging into the walls, climbing straight up from below! There are so many! We... we should leave here quickly! They've already climbed to the third floor! They're almost at our classroom!"
"Already reached the third floor? Damn it, how could they be so much faster than I predicted?"
Li Jiayu felt his scalp tingle slightly. He felt that things seemed to be slipping out of his control. According to his plan, after hunting the first Scythe Beetle, he should have summoned an aggressive yet obedient magical beast. But instead, he summoned an idiot like the Dark Octopus that didn't follow commands!
Moreover, the Dark Octopus had sucked too much of his blood, causing Li Jiayu's combat power to plummet. Although he luckily obtained the King-level beetle's corpse later, it still wasn't ideal. He didn't know if this Legendary weapon currently being summoned would be useful...
And precisely at this moment, the Hyorinmaru being summoned was only halfway out; a full two feet of its azure blade was still submerged in the magic circle, not fully emerged... At this rate, it would take at least another forty seconds!
Forty seconds! How were they supposed to deal with that large group of Venomous Spiders during the upcoming long forty seconds?