Immediately following that, a cold, soul-piercing gleam flashed violently through its dull, black pupils!
Ooom—Buzzz!!!
An incredibly deep, muffled warning sound vibrated from its shriveled chest.
It sounded entirely unlike anything a Caterpie could produce, echoing more like ancient thunder rumbling deep within the clouds.
The sound wasn't loud. In fact, it was a bit hoarse.
But the moment it rang out, an invisible, terrifying pressure spread outward like a ten-thousand-ton boulder smashing into a calm lake.
Time seemed to hit the pause button.
An incredibly bizarre, shocking scene unfolded—one chilling enough to go down in the annals of Pokémon biology.
The plump Caterpies, which had already rushed to the edge of the tender mulberry leaves in a feeding frenzy, acted as if they had slammed headfirst into an invisible, high-voltage electric fence.
A dozen giant Caterpies in the front row slammed on the brakes. Their massive bodies rolled several times on the ground from the sheer momentum.
Without daring to make a single sound, they wriggled backward in absolute terror.
The bugs in the back, yet to realize what was happening, collectively froze upon feeling that terrifying pressure radiating from the depths of their bloodlines.
They retreated!
A full hundred robust Caterpies backed away half a meter in unison at that single hoarse warning.
They formed a perfectly uniform, semi-circular vacuum zone around that corner.
Not a single bug dared to cross the line.
Even more incredibly, Miles clearly saw through his [God-Level Pokémon Insight] that two bright red tags popped up in unison within the status bars of the surrounding plump Caterpies.
[Extreme Fear!]
[Bloodline Suppression!]
The look in their eyes as they stared at their shriveled kin held no greed and no contempt.
There was only the absolute terror of subjects looking up at a tyrant.
How was this a sick bug being bullied?
This was clearly an abyssal tyrant lurking in the mud, capable of making ten thousand bugs submit with a single glance!
The thousands of viewers in the livestream gasped collectively at this logic-breaking scene, their scalps tingling.
[Viewer "Love to Watch the World Burn": Mother of god!!! What am I looking at?! A bunch of fat bugs actually got scared off by a dying, skinny twig of a bug?!]
[Viewer "Wild Electabuzz": Holy shit, holy shit! What was that sound? Is that even a sound a bug can make? My hair is standing on end through the screen!]
[Viewer "Outlaw John Doe": Conqueror's Haki?! Bro thinks he's in One Piece! A single glare forcing back an army of a hundred bugs—the aura is off the charts!]
[Viewer "No Drinking Late at Night": My worldview is shattered... How is this possible? Survival of the fittest means size dictates status! Why did the big guys make way?!]
[Viewer "Keyboard Holmes": I can't analyze this, I completely can't analyze this! Could the ridiculous things the streamer said earlier... actually be true?! W Streamer?! Is this bug really top-tier?!]
[Viewer "Manager Ruby": This defies all logic... Unless it's emitting an extremely lethal danger signal that makes its kin instinctively realize approaching means certain death. It formed a 'King's Domain' vacuum zone. Miles... just what kind of monster did you dig up?]
[Viewer "Goji Berries in a Thermos": I've lived for sixty years and studied Bug-type Pokémon for half my life. Such a spectacle is absolutely unheard of! Master! Master Miles! I retract my earlier disrespectful remarks! You are a true god!]
Watching the skinny Caterpie slowly and elegantly lower its head to eat its mountain of mulberry leaves after terrifying the swarm, Miles leaned back in his chair.
It seemed to absorb energy with every bite.
The smile on his lips deepened.
"Now, do any of you still dare to say it's a defective product?" Miles asked plainly.
His magnetic voice echoed in the livestream with the profound satisfaction of sweet vindication.
However, just as everyone thought this "Bug King's Ascension" was perfectly concluding, and just as the sibling clients hugged each other weeping tears of joy, the situation mutated!
Screech—Roar!!!
Accompanied by a piercing, enraged shriek, a super-giant Caterpie charged out of the swarm like an out-of-control heavy tank!
It was as thick as an adult's calf, sporting a terrifyingly healthy oily-green hue, and even possessed a fine keratin layer on its prolegs.
Bloodshot eyes filled with brutality locked onto the target.
As the original overlord of this woodshed, it obviously couldn't tolerate a sickly newcomer monopolizing the premium food right in front of its face.
Nor could it tolerate its dignity being provoked!
Miles's [God-Level Pokémon Insight] instantly locked onto the uninvited guest.
[Target: Caterpie]
[IVs: A (168, Extremely rare robust individual)]
[Nature: Brave (Attack ↑, Speed ↓; Fearless of death, extremely strong territorial awareness)]
No matter where it went, this was an absolute top-tier, A-rank Caterpie, fully capable of becoming a rookie trainer's main force.
The "Brave" natured boss completely ignored the pressure that left its kin trembling.
It violently arched its body back like a fully drawn giant bow.
The next second!
Boom!
Its massive body launched like a green cannonball, executing the strongest move it currently knew—Tackle!
Carrying enough terrifying kinetic energy to smash an ordinary bug into paste, it barreled madly toward the shriveled, feeding Caterpie.
The size difference was akin to a heavy dump truck crashing into a battered bicycle.
"Ah! Watch out!" the little girl on the other side of the screen screamed, covering her eyes.
The live chat completely exploded in an instant.
[Viewer "Charizard Who Hates Cilantro": Holy crap! The Bug King stepped up to maintain its rule! With a Tackle that size, if that skinny bug takes the hit, it's turning into a puddle of green juice!]
[Viewer "No Drinking Late at Night": It's over! He flexed too hard! Aura doesn't mean squat in the face of absolute strength and size!]
[Viewer "Outlaw John Doe": Dodge! Hurry up and dodge! Bro is about to get flattened!]
[Viewer "Wild Electabuzz": Master! Save it! Didn't you say it has an Elite Four-level Thunder God bloodline? If it gets crushed to death here, it'll be the joke of the century!]
[Viewer "Keyboard Holmes": It can't dodge! That skinny bug can barely move. It absolutely lacks the stamina to evade a high-speed Tackle! GG!]
[Viewer "Manager Ruby": ...It's over.]
[Viewer "Goji Berries in a Thermos": Sigh, what a pity for such a peculiar bug. It couldn't escape a premature death after all. RIP.]
Seeing the giant Caterpie bearing down, less than twenty centimeters from a fatal impact, everyone despaired.
Even the siblings were certain the sickly bug was dead meat.
But Miles, sitting before the screen, merely narrowed his eyes.
On screen, the shriveled Caterpie finally stopped chewing.
It didn't dodge.
It didn't even spare a glance at its giant, charging kin.
Instead, with extreme slowness and a strange sense of sacred ritual, it arched its shriveled back slightly.
The next instant!
Zzzt—Crackle!!!
An incredibly ear-piercing, high-frequency static explosion erupted in the dilapidated woodshed without warning! It felt like the air itself was being torn apart.
Following closely, a pungent scent of ozone practically transmitted itself into the brains of every viewer through the sheer visual impact.
Everyone's eyes widened, witnessing a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
From the previously limp, red, Y-shaped antenna atop the shriveled Caterpie's head, dazzlingly bright golden lightning bloomed like a miniature sun!
That was no weak biological current.
That was pure, berserk, high-voltage thunder!
Countless fine, golden bolts danced like frenzied snakes, instantly surging across every inch of its frail body.
Under the illumination of the raging lightning, its previously sallow exterior actually emitted a dark-golden luster akin to an ancient Thunder God.
Boom!!!
Just a ten-thousandth of a second before the giant Caterpie struck, the shriveled Caterpie opened its seemingly weak mouth...
No ordinary sticky silk emerged.
What spewed forth was a violently destructive Electroweb woven entirely of hyper-compressed, golden lightning!
The golden net rapidly expanded against the wind like the hand of a god, enveloping the tank-like giant Caterpie with inescapable speed.
Crackle—Boom!!!
The teeth-aching sound of electrocution and a massive explosion rang out simultaneously.
The A-rank Caterpie boss, whose momentum had been unstoppable and whose weight was several times that of its opponent, didn't even have time to let out a scream the moment it touched the golden net.
Its massive body slammed into what seemed like an indestructible wall of thunder. Its forward momentum instantly zeroed out!
The terrifying high-voltage current pierced its internal organs and destroyed its nervous system in a fraction of a second.
Thud!
Accompanied by the stench of charred flesh and billowing black smoke, the once-arrogant bug bully crashed heavily at the shriveled Caterpie's feet like a pile of mud.
Charred black and twitching madly, it had clearly lost all combat capability.
It would not be getting back up.
Punching above its weight class!
Ignoring the size difference!
An instant, one-hit kill!
Having done all this, the golden net gradually dissipated into the air.
The lightning atop the shriveled Caterpie's head faded away.
Acting as if nothing had happened, it lowered its head, stepped onto the charred body of the giant boss, and elegantly resumed eating the tender mulberry leaves.
Its large eyes carried the absolute contempt of someone thinking, 'It's lonely at the top.'
Silence.
For that moment, the entire livestream—over four thousand viewers, lurking trolls, big shots, and even the hidden police officers—turned into soulless stone statues.
Their mouths gaped open, jaws practically hitting the floor, unable to make a single sound.
A full half-minute passed.
Then, like an active volcano erupting after millennia, the livestream's chat feed welcomed an invincible tsunami!
It was the most violently dense wave of comments since the site's creation, causing the servers to briefly stutter!
[Viewer "Outlaw John Doe": Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! What the hell did I just watch?! Electroweb?! An actual Electroweb?!]
[Viewer "No Drinking Late at Night": Mom asked why I'm watching a stream on my knees! Is this a Caterpie?! If you told me it was Zapdos's illegitimate child, I'd believe you!!!]
[Viewer "Wild Electabuzz": An instant kill... That was a top-tier boss three times its size! It didn't even last a second! Merked the moment it showed its face! True one-shot!]
[Viewer "Keyboard Holmes": Science is dead! Common sense is dead! Only Master Miles's appraising eyes are eternal! This is true Elite Four potential! W Streamer!]
[Viewer "Charizard Who Hates Cilantro": Kneeling to the Master! Kneeling to this Thunder God Bug King! I'll never dare look down on a Caterpie again!]
[Viewer "Goji Berries in a Thermos": A miracle! This is a living miracle in the evolutionary history of Pokémon! Master, you have discovered a priceless treasure that will overturn the academic world of Bug-type Pokémon!]
Amidst a screen full of utterly crazed comments, rockets, superchats, and Master Balls furiously bombarded the stream as if they cost nothing, completely obscuring the view.
Some viewers were even dropping comments begging to buy this heaven-defying Bug King.
In front of the screen, Miles ignored the dazzling array of gifts and offers.
Looking at the equally dumbfounded siblings through the camera, a domineering smirk curled the corner of his mouth.
"Now, do you still think this bug isn't worthy of your dreams?" he asked.
"With it by your side, never mind a spot in a key middle school..."
"Even if you want to challenge the throne of the League Elite Four one day, it will be your sharpest sword!"
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