"Squeak, squeak!"
Accompanied by a loud noise, the Multi-legged Spider Bug wailed in pain.
But deprived of the support of its insect legs, its entire body crashed to the ground.
A large amount of dark green blood emitted a foul stench, making Egui Peng retreat repeatedly.
"Boneh~~"
Egui Peng retreated to Bai Luo's side, her face full of disgust: "It smells so bad, this guy."
"Cough, cough, cough."
Bai Luo also put on a pained expression.
He really wondered if such a monster truly possessed intelligence.
The monsters he had encountered in the past, their flesh and blood were edible.
Unlike the Spider Bug in front of him, which was like a biochemical weapon.
"Biochemical weapon?"
Bai Luo once again used the Appraisal skill on the Spider Bug.
This time, Bai Luo utilized the 'Inquiry' function of the Appraisal skill.
Inquiry means to appraise the desired target. For example, if you appraise a sword, you will get the sword's attributes.
But specific data cannot be clearly known through simple Appraisal.
Through inquiry, you can know information such as the sword's thickness, length, weight, and material.
This kind of targeted Appraisal depends on what you want to know.
Targeted inquiry Appraisal is far less convenient than Rimuru's Great Sage, but some basic functions are actually not much different.
"Inquiry: Does this Spider Bug possess intelligence?"
"Report: No."
"???"
Bai Luo's eyes widened, somewhat doubting if he had misheard: "No, didn't you just say it was a monster?! It doesn't even have intelligence, are you sure it's a monster?"
"Report: Artificial Monster, similar to a construct."
"..."
Bai Luo pretty much understood.
Simply put, this thing was not a naturally born monster; it possessed a soul, but not a complete soul, rather a soul fragment.
Bai Luo wasn't entirely sure how it worked.
He only knew one thing: there was no need to treat this Spider Bug as an intelligent life form.
"Tsk, so it's just a brainless wild monster."
Bai Luo frowned slightly, and he waved his hand in front of his nose: "Finish it, Peng Peng."
"Boneh!"
Egui Peng did not ask why.
As long as it was Bai Luo's request, Egui Peng would execute it without hesitation.
"Boom!"
Thus, the thorn vine stick swung, and green energy, from dozens of meters away, smashed down fiercely.
The immense force landed on the Spider Bug's head, causing even half of its body to burst open like a watermelon, clearly dead beyond dead.
"Individual name 'Egui Peng' killed 'Multi-legged Spider Bug', gained 5 Existence Value."
The experience acquisition prompt that came with Egui Peng informed Bai Luo of the Existence Value the Multi-legged Spider Bug could provide.
"5 Existence Value, 2 points higher than Bombing Terror Bear's 3 points."
Bai Luo didn't pay too much attention to the magic essence obtained from killing the Spider Bug; he was more concerned with the term 'Artificial Monster'.
"I always feel like I've fallen into something bad."
Bai Luo shook his head, dispelling these unnecessary worries: "Strength. As long as I become strong enough, no conspiracy or trickery will be a cause for fear."
"Peng Peng, who do you think is stronger, this Spider Bug or the Bombing Terror Bear from before?"
"Hmm..."
Egui Peng thought for a moment and said, "Peng Peng feels the Spider Bug is so weak."
Don't let Egui Peng's combat style, which involved using Grassy Terrain to confuse the Spider Bug's senses and Seed Bomb to disarm its defenses, deceive you.
These were just tactics Egui Peng specifically developed for caution.
If it came down to a direct comparison, Egui Peng could finish off the Spider Bug with one hit.
Well, the Bombing Terror Bear was the same in that regard.
"But Peng Peng still thinks the Bear is stronger!"
This was Egui Peng's intuitive feeling; she couldn't explain why, but she just felt that the Bombing Terror Bear was more threatening.
"Intuition?"
Bai Luo believed Egui Peng's feeling was correct, and he looked down at the shattered Spider Bug: "After all, it's an artificial product; it can't compare to a genuine C-rank monster."
Of course, part of the reason was also that Egui Peng had become stronger than she was not long ago.
When she encountered the Bombing Terror Bear, Egui Peng's magic essence was around 7000.
And now, in just seven days, Egui Peng's magic essence had increased from the initial 6500 to 8000.
Egui Peng had been quite active along the way.
Whenever she saw a monster or beast that could provide experience points, she would give it a hit, whether it was worth it or not.
Bai Luo treated her like a Pokémon grinding for levels.
If it was a monster, Egui Peng would try to minimize damage and quickly put it into a baby-like sleep, thereby fulfilling the 'defeat' condition.
As for monsters, as long as the opponent chooses to surrender, the Growth can obtain the corresponding magic essence.
In addition, Bai Luo would also leave food for these defeated ones.
Bai Luo, who had just awakened his past life memories not long ago, was still unable to plunder recklessly.
He gained experience points, and the other party got food.
A definite win-win!
"Peng Peng used so much magic power to fight the Bombing Terror Bear."
"But to fight the Insect Monster, she used this much."
Egui Peng gestured with her two short hands, indicating lengths, which Bai Luo couldn't understand at all.
"In short, to fight the Insect Monster, Peng Peng consumed much less magic power."
Ever since she came to the Cardinal World, Egui Peng had found that the energy within her body had become much more abundant.
Not only had the quantity increased, but even her recovery speed had been greatly enhanced.
For example, in the past, after a battle, Egui Peng would always need to catch her breath.
But now...
Egui Peng stated that even if she had dozens of such battles consecutively, she would not feel tired.
The higher the existence value, the more magic essence there was, and the amount of magic power and stamina that could be contained was directly proportional to it.
Coupled with astonishing recovery speed, and Egui Peng's unique Pokémon moves, her strength was by no means simply describable as B-class.
Bai Luo felt that even if Egui Peng faced A-class, or even A+-level monsters, she would have a considerable chance of winning.
"Alright."
Bai Luo didn't say much more about other things.
Artificial monsters and such were too far away from them.
The top priority now was to bury this spider Insect Monster, which had been beaten to a pulp, to prevent it from polluting the farmland.
In Bai Luo's memory, most Insect Monsters were somewhat related to the Zerg in the spiritual world.
Over the next period, while working, the two encountered three waves of Insect Monster invasions.
Bai Luo didn't know what the situation was in this place, why there were so many Insect Monsters.
However, Egui Peng was not to be trifled with either.
Her thorn vine stick lived up to her reputation as the Little Kaido of the Pokémon World.
After adapting to Pokémon-type magic, Egui Peng's combat became even more effortless; often, the enemy was killed before they could even make a move.
"There isn't an Insect Monster nest nearby, is there?"
Bai Luo watched Egui Peng manipulate tree roots to drag the remaining remains underground for burial.
He held a dagger in his hand, and on the ground nearby, there were materials Bai Luo had collected from three Insect Monsters.
Resisting the foul odor emanating from these items, Bai Luo was clearly disgusted but still began to clean these materials, determined not to waste anything!
"Should we go investigate?"
While cleaning, Bai Luo secretly pondered, "No, with just Peng Peng and me, even if we find an Insect Monster nest, it would waste a lot of time, and it wouldn't be worth it."
Considering that the camp had been initially built, Bai Luo finally decided to ignore them.
There were still a few hours until the Traveler's cooldown was over; at most, by tomorrow, Bai Luo could cross again.
The Traveler's ability to cross dimensions had a cooldown period.
The length of the cooldown period was related to the time Bai Luo spent in the other world.
Just like last time, Bai Luo stayed in the Pokémon World for seven days, so upon returning to the Cardinal World, there would be a seven-day cooldown.
Of course, this referred to the cooldown after returning to the Cardinal World.
If he was in another world, Bai Luo could return at any time to avoid encountering unmanageable dangers in the new world.
"Let's just treat it as a monster spawning point."
For some reason, Bai Luo felt that it wasn't bad to occasionally have spider Insect Monsters come to them.
This way, they wouldn't have to bother looking for monsters.