"Are we being seen as food?"
Bai Luo had already recognized the identity of this black bear: "C-Rank magical beast, Bombing Terror Bear, do you have confidence to deal with it, Peng Peng?"
"No problem!"
Egui Peng was not fighting the magical beasts of this world for the first time.
Just a C-Rank level was not enough to make Egui Peng afraid.
"Good."
Bai Luo quickly retreated to a safe position.
He stared at the Bombing Terror Bear in front of him, with a similar longing in his eyes: "If you want to eat us, then be prepared to be eaten yourself."
"Go for the kill, Peng Peng."
Bai Luo: "It just so happens we're having bear paws today!"
"Understood!"
Egui Peng held her thorn vine stick, and green Grass-type magic essence gathered throughout her body.
The next moment, the little one's figure had already vanished from its original spot.
"Swish!"
"Swish swish swish!"
Egui Peng transformed into a green stream of light, rapidly darting through the trees, causing the previously ferocious Bombing Terror Bear to instantly fall into a daze.
One after another, illusory afterimages made the Bombing Terror Bear unable to keep up.
"Now!"
"Boni!"
Suddenly, a three to four-meter-long thorn vine stick, entirely composed of energy, descended from the sky and slammed violently onto the Bombing Terror Bear's crown.
"Boom!"
"Rumble~~"
Its skull shattered, blood splattered, and along with it, the Bombing Terror Bear's massive body, comparable to a house, collapsed.
"Boni!"
Egui Peng leaped down from the air, landing steadily in front of Bai Luo, not forgetting to strike a cool pose.
[Notification: Individual 'Egui Peng' defeated C-Rank magical beast 'Bombing Terror Bear']
[Unique Skill 'Growth' successfully acquired magic essence]
[Obtained Existence Value: 3EP]
In just a few days, Egui Peng's magic essence value had increased from an initial 6500 to 7000.
It must be said that the Unique Skill, Growth, is truly overpowered.
As long as she continuously defeats or kills opponents, she can gain magic essence.
And magic essence is key to a monster's evolution.
"Well done."
Bai Luo praised her: "The application of magic and the control of power, Peng Peng, you've completely mastered them."
"Boni un~~"
Egui Peng dissipated her thorn vine stick into Grass-type magic essence; she shyly scratched her head, a little embarrassed by Bai Luo's praise.
"Your magic essence also increased by 500."
"If only we encountered more magical beasts, Peng Peng, you could become even stronger."
Bai Luo thought of Rimuru in the original work; Predator was even more abnormal than Egui Peng's Growth.
Of course, existences like Rimuru and Egui Peng, who can grow stronger by devouring and defeating other monsters, are rare in the Cardinal World.
So, don't think that monster evolution is easy.
In fact, before Rimuru appeared, A-Rank Ogres were considered a legend that hadn't appeared among the Great Ogre Clan for a thousand years.
Although not many, it's also not few; if she can defeat another 1000, Egui Peng will be able to evolve into an A-Rank magical beast.
"Peng Peng just got a little bit stronger again."
"I feel like Peng Peng has gotten so much stronger recently."
Egui Peng hopped back to Bai Luo's side, tilting her head, and curiously asked: "Is it because I obtained this thing called magic essence (EP)?"
"That's right."
Bai Luo praised and patted Egui Peng's head, explaining: "In this world, magic essence is closely related to a monster's strength."
"Normally, the more magic essence, the stronger the monster will be."
Of course, this doesn't apply to humans.
Humans use more of something called technology, rather than skills like monsters do.
"The Bombing Terror Bear we just defeated was a C-Rank monster."
"And Peng Peng is B-Rank."
Bai Luo told Egui Peng the information he knew: "After B-Rank comes B+Rank, A-Rank, and then the higher A-Rank."
In the Cardinal World, the general conversion between Existence Value and rank is as follows:
0-1000: E-Rank
1000 ~ 3000: D-Rank
3000 ~ 6000: C-Rank
6000 ~ 8000: B-Rank
8000 ~ 9000: B+Rank
9000 ~ 10000: A-Rank
Then, 10,000 is a watershed; breaking through 10,000 Existence Value allows one to become an A-Rank monster and receive the evaluation of 'Calamity'.
10000 ~ 100,000: A-Rank.
The A-Rank span is very large, completely on a different dimension from previous monster ranks.
Generally speaking, an A-Rank Calamity-rated monster appearing in the human world could destroy a city by itself.
At the higher Special A-Rank, it becomes a 'Disaster' capable of destroying nations.
Breaking the 100,000 Existence Value bottleneck allows one to gain the Special A-Rank evaluation.
Of course, Special A-Rank also has different levels.
Among Special A-Rank, some monsters that haven't continued to advance are given the name of Disaster.
And a Special A-Rank that can break its own limits and continue to evolve will become what humans call a 'Demon Lord Seed,' or a Demon Lord Seed, the moment its Existence Value breaks through 200,000.
Although the description of Demon Lord Seeds in the original work wasn't that powerful, and could even be said to have not even touched the threshold of a Demon Lord Seed.
But in this real world, humans do not simply classify such existences as Demon Lord Seeds and Demon Lord Seeds.
A Demon Lord Seed is also a Demon Lord Seed, an ultra-large-scale disaster that can threaten and even destroy a country.
Once such an existence appears, millions of people will perish, and tens of millions of humans will be displaced.
Let alone in the Cardinal World, even in modern society, it would be a major global disaster.
"Peng Peng wants to become a Demon Lord Seed!"
Egui Peng's determination to become a Demon Lord Seed grew even stronger; the little loli's thought was simple: "That way, Peng Peng can protect Bai Luo even better."
"Haha."
Bai Luo felt a warmth in his heart, thinking to himself that she truly was his little cotton jacket.
"Come lend a hand, Peng Peng," Bai Luo said, "I'll make you something delicious!"
"Oh, oh, oh!"
Bai Luo and Egui Peng couldn't possibly finish such a large Bombing Terror Bear by themselves.
But that was fine.
Bai Luo had a Pokémon Space, where he could store the remaining bear meat without worrying about spoilage due to the passage of time.
The two of them weren't short on food; Bai Luo's space contained a large amount of supplies purchased from the Pokémon World.
However, Bai Luo had only heard of something like bear paws in his previous life.
Now that he had the chance to taste it, he certainly couldn't miss out.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Bai Luo saw Egui Peng looking at the dead Bombing Terror Bear.
"What's wrong?" He guessed the little one's thoughts and said, "Does it make you uncomfortable?"
"A little, but not much."
Egui Peng shook her head; the Pokémon World also had normal animals.
She wouldn't kill a Pokémon because they were her kind.
But as for ordinary animals, there was nothing to care about.
This was similar to the relationship between monsters and magical beasts in the Cardinal World.
Monsters were intelligent, possessed their own language, could communicate, and had emotions.
However, magical beasts like the Bombing Terror Bear were monsters completely dominated by emotion.
They weren't even products of normal reproduction.