When the grass puppet arrived, Li Pu and it headed towards the South Forest together.
During this period, he almost traversed the entire South Forest to collect cards.
The distribution of magical beasts in the South Forest isn’t stronger the deeper you go.
Instead, it’s distributed in a weak→dium→strong→dium→weak manner.
So far, the only place he hasn’t been is the southeastern boundary’s great stone wall that the seniors warned about.
Now that he had mastered the double-speed [Sprint], Li Pu felt it was ti to explore it.
After all, to hunt more valuable magical beasts, he needed to look for stronger targets.
For him, that area was the new hunting ground.
A new hunting ground will naturally bring new related items.
The sacrificial upgrade work for the grass puppet couldn’t be neglected.
So, one person and one grass moved quickly through the forest, and over an hour later, the great stone wall appeared in sight.
"If we continue deeper, it will be places we’ve never been to."
"The upcoming enemies might be very different from before."
"If there’s anything unusual, notify imdiately."
When he stopped to regroup, Li Pu instructed the grass puppet.
After all, its wood sensing skill of 10 was indeed useful in the forest.
[Grass!]
Grass puppet: Rest assured, it’s safe with Ben Cao.
The grass puppet shook the tuft of grass on its head, as if it were a radar detector.
However, what happened next was a bit unexpected for Li Pu.
They continued forward only to find there were no magical beasts here.
And it wasn’t just the lack of magical beasts, there weren’t any ordinary creatures either.
Even the surrounding plants and vegetation beca increasingly sparse.
Signs of life were noticeably diminishing.
This was Li Pu’s most imdiate reaction.
So he intentionally slowed his pace and had the grass puppet walk a few ters ahead.
In this manner, they walked to the base of the great stone wall without finding anything unusual.
The only odd thing was that within 10 ters of the stone wall, not even a blade of grass grew.
And there was none of the fertile forest soil, only rocky ground.
[Caocao! Caocaocao!]
Grass puppet: Summoner, there’s a scent here that Ben Cao doesn’t like!
Standing by the stone wall, the grass puppet expressed its opinion.
There was no sense of crisis, just a dislike.
[Clang clang clang!]xN
Just then, a sound of tal clashing ca from the top of the stone wall.
The noise grew closer, as if specifically targeting them.
"Co back quickly."
Li Pu sensed sothing was wrong and imdiately called the grass puppet back.
The stone wall was over ten ters high, taller than the nearby trees.
So Li Pu couldn’t observe the top by standing on the trees.
Now it sounded like a significant number of unknown magical beasts were approaching.
[Grass!]
Even without Li Pu’s reminder, the grass puppet felt uneasy upon hearing the tallic noise, even though it didn’t have any fur to raise.
It darted back to Li Pu hurriedly.
[Clang clang clang!]xN
However, the grass puppet seed to have already attracted their attention. Even as it retreated, those creatures still advanced.
After several seconds, the first of the magical beasts leading the pack revealed itself.
It was an insect-like magical beast about the size of a soccer ball, entirely green and crystalline, with a large belly and short, thin legs.
If it were just its appearance, Li Pu recognized this type of magical beast.
He had seen a few of them in the South Forest before, known as aphids.
However, unlike ordinary aphids, this one’s size was larger, and its mouthparts were open like two scythes.
When they clashed open and shut, a tallic clanging sound echoed.
Let’s tentatively call it a scythe aphid.
A notable trait of aphids is their voracious appetite for plants.
So, the discomfort that the grass puppet felt is completely understandable.
This is also why they were scarce in the South Forest.
Even neutral plant-based magical beasts despise them, often attacking on sight, pursuing relentlessly until death.
In such a hostile environnt, aphids struggle to survive, and their numbers can’t grow.
But near the stone wall, the situation seed different, so...
"So many!"
Li Pu’s second reaction was to exclaim.
As the scythe aphids climbed down the stone wall, there were about a hundred of them.
His eyes lit up because.
If they couldn’t gather enough for a related item with so many, it would be unreasonable.
Plus, their scythe mouthparts looked high-quality and might fetch a good price at the trading station.
However, without understanding their combat capabilities, Li Pu didn’t dare to act rashly.
After all, this was the area repeatedly warned against by the seniors, so the magical beasts appearing here must not be weak.
[Clang clang clang!]xN
Soon, the scythe aphids had entirely climbed down the stone wall and were moving toward them.
Their speed didn’t seem fast, almost slow, but Li Pu still pulled back with the grass puppet quickly.
Just as they’d retreated a small distance, he noticed sothing strange.
Because the scythe aphids didn’t pursue, instead standing at the edge of the rocky territory, constantly opening and closing their scythe mouthparts.
"Is it territorial awareness?"
Li Pu felt sothing was off but couldn’t pinpoint the cause.
Logically, even if it wasn’t the grass puppet, they should crave the edge’s plants.
But now, it was as if they were disciplined soldiers with no intention to devour plants.
"How about you go test it out?"
Li Pu pondered and looked at the grass puppet.
[Caocao!]
Unexpectedly, the grass puppet shook its hands, then opened its mouth.
[Grassaaaaaaah!]
The ridiculous scene of extracting items reappeared.
"Uh..."
But seeing what it pulled out left Li Pu speechless.
It was actually... a student wristwatch.
The wristwatch had a tag with a na: Chacha.
Clearly, the wristwatch didn’t belong to the grass puppet.
But Li Pu didn’t rember knowing a student nad Chacha.
More importantly, he felt like he was being looked down upon by the grass puppet.
After pulling out the wristwatch, it appeared smug.
Li Pu realized he couldn’t refute it.
Because he didn’t have the watch, but it did.
Most critically, the grass puppet even knew how to use it.
He watched it aim the watch’s face at one of the scythe aphids, pressing it lightly.
[Beep beep!]
A tiny green laser shot out, hitting one of the scythe aphids.
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