One Stomp and It Explodes—You Call That a Beast King?

One Stomp and It Explodes—You Call That a Beast King?

"Qin Yang, want to grab a meal together after work?"

Outside the entrance to the Jiang City Martial Arts Library, a pretty young woman invited Qin Yang.

"No, I have things to do at home."

Qin Yang shook his head, directly refusing her invitation before turning and leaving.

"That guy is way too boring. What a waste of such a handsome face."

Watching Qin Yang's departing back, the girl stamped her foot angrily, then rolled her eyes and left.

After work, Qin Yang walked down the street. He looked up at the ten black hole-like openings floating in the sky, his gaze somewhat lost.

He was a transmigrator from Earth. All because he had eaten seafood contaminated by nuclear wastewater, he had died and transmigrated into this parallel world that was extremely similar to Earth.

This world's civilization had originally been much the same as Earth's.

But a thousand years ago, ten openings suddenly appeared in the sky, and a mysterious power poured into the world from within them.

After absorbing this mysterious power, all living beings would have their bodies strengthened and gain extraordinary power.

Humans named this power Star Power, and those who absorbed Star Power and grew stronger were called Star Warriors.

The speed at which one absorbed Star Power was related to a Star Warrior's innate talent.

And the body Qin Yang now inhabited belonged to a talentless loser with poor aptitude, someone who could only become part of society's lowest working class.

Sigh! Qin Yang sighed inwardly. He had never expected that he had been a wage slave in his previous life.

And after transmigrating, he was still fated to be a wage slave.

Even the cheat he had brought with him was completely useless.

That was right.

Qin Yang had a cheat.

And it was a system.

However, after he transmigrated, System Bro had only given him one reminder: "Detected that this world is a Mystical World. Its danger level is extremely high. Host, please do not act high-profile and take care to stay alive."

After that, the system had vanished completely.

No matter how Qin Yang called for it, there was no response.

This left Qin Yang somewhat disheartened, and he obediently became a wage slave.

Fortunately, his current job was not bad. He was an administrator at Jiang Hai Library.

Jiang Hai Library was the largest library in all of Jianghai City. It housed countless martial arts manuals left behind by senior martial artists for future generations to study.

As an administrator at Jiang Hai Library, Qin Yang earned a monthly salary of three thousand yuan. Food and lodging were included, and the library even had air conditioning.

Qin Yang was already very satisfied with such conditions.

After all, in this dangerous Mystical World, it was already quite good for someone with such poor aptitude as him to live peacefully.

To him—

Staying alive was the most important thing.

After strolling for more than twenty minutes, Qin Yang finally returned to the shabby little room he rented.

Because the library only provided a five-hundred-yuan housing subsidy, Qin Yang could only rent a cheap old place, and its furnishings looked rather worn.

After pouring himself a glass of water, Qin Yang sat on his bed, ready to scroll through some videos and rest for a while.

Whoosh!

At that moment, his brow furrowed as he suddenly heard several strange noises coming from beneath the bed.

"Is there a rat?"

Qin Yang immediately got up, took out his phone and turned on the flashlight, then crouched down to look under the bed. He saw a dark shape crawling across the floor.

Thinking it was a rat, Qin Yang picked up a broom and swept the dark shape out.

"Huh, is this a cockroach?"

Once he saw the dark shape clearly, Qin Yang was immediately startled.

It was a giant cockroach about the size of a rat. Its entire body was covered in a crimson shell, making it vastly different from an ordinary cockroach.

"As expected of a Mystical World. Even cockroaches are unusual."

Qin Yang clicked his tongue in amazement and immediately wanted to stomp the giant cockroach to death.

Though this cockroach was large, it was still just a cockroach. He was not afraid of it.

At that moment, the system notification that had been absent for so long suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Ding! A King-level Star Beast has been detected: Undying Cockroach."

"Warning. Danger!"

"The host's current gap in strength with the King-level Star Beast is too great. Please flee immediately!"

"Please flee immediately!"

There was a trace of panic in the system's notification, as if it had encountered some kind of danger.

"Undying Cockroach?"

"A King-level Star Beast?"

After coming to his senses, Qin Yang looked at the giant cockroach before him, his mind going blank.

In this world, Star Warriors were divided into the Acquired Realm and the Innate Realm.

The Acquired Realm had nine levels, and anyone who wished to break through into the Innate Realm was an absolute genius, one in ten thousand.

Humans absorbed Star Power to become Star Warriors.

Nonhuman lifeforms could likewise grow stronger by absorbing Star Power, transforming into terrifying Star Beasts.

They could even gain certain special abilities.

Humans could hunt Star Beasts and take their star cores to improve their cultivation.

Likewise, Star Beasts could devour humans to strengthen themselves.

Thus, humans and Star Beasts were natural enemies.

The strength of a King-level Star Beast was equivalent to that of a human Innate Realm Warrior.

Yet the system was telling him that this giant cockroach before him was actually a beast king capable of contending with an Innate Realm Expert? He was currently just an ordinary person unable to absorb Star Power. Faced with a King-level Star Beast, he would have absolutely no ability to resist.

"Ding! Host, please flee immediately, or your life will be in danger!"

The system's notification kept ringing in his mind.

But Qin Yang stared at the giant cockroach by his feet with a completely bewildered expression.

System Bro, did you get something wrong?

It's just a big cockroach.

Sure, it's a little bigger than normal.

But...

You're saying it's a beast king? Isn't that a little too ridiculous? Just as Qin Yang's gaze lingered on the giant cockroach, a screen suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Race: Undying Cockroach (contains the Ancient Demon Insect Bloodline) Level: King-level

Innate Ability: Undying Body

Traits: Violent temperament

It really is an Undying Cockroach? Qin Yang was immediately surprised as he looked at the information before him.

I can even see hidden information?

Could this giant cockroach really be a beast king? "Alert! Alert!"

"The Undying Cockroach has a violent temperament and is extremely dangerous. Host, please flee for your life immediately!"

Qin Yang's heart tightened, and he instinctively took a step back.

Yet he saw the giant cockroach spinning in circles on the floor, as if it could not find its way home.

This silly thing is supposed to be a beast king? Seeing how harmless the giant cockroach looked, Qin Yang immediately relaxed.

There had to be something wrong with this system.

Then he thought of its innate ability, Undying Body, and an idea suddenly arose in his mind.

The next moment, Qin Yang fiercely stomped down on the giant cockroach.

Crack!

Accompanied by the sound of its shell shattering, the giant cockroach exploded into pulp.

Qin Yang looked at the giant cockroach lying dead beyond doubt on the floor and immediately sneered.

This is supposed to be a beast king?

Undying Body? It exploded into pulp after one stomp.

This system really has something seriously wrong with it!