Divided by monster destruction levels, the Explosion Magic that Bai Luo condensed with all his might, spending nearly a quarter of an hour, had already reached the level of a Special A-Rank instant burst of all magic essence.
If it's hard to understand, one can consider Bai Luo's Explosion Magic to be equivalent to the destruction caused by a Special A-Rank monster self-destructing.
A Special A-Rank monster, with over 100,000 magic essence, is a power far beyond what Bai Luo can imagine right now.
However, by relying on the ultimate control of Explosion Magic.
Bai Luo, with a C+ rank foundation, managed to accomplish such an incredible feat.
This shows the potential of Explosion Magic and the immense boost provided by the Mage profession.
"Quickly, now, Peng Peng!"
So many monsters that had lost their combat capability were the best food for Egui Peng.
"Bona!"
Without Bai Luo's command, Egui Peng seized the opportunity and directly used area-of-effect magic (Pokémon moves).
Almost at the same moment, Seed Bomb and Leaf Storm swept across the battlefield, and energy balls rained down like drops, shattering the severely wounded Insect Monsters.
[Defeated C+ Rank Monster x15, gained 120 Existence Points]
[Defeated B- Rank Monster x8, gained 160 Existence Points]
[Defeated B Rank Monster x4, gained 400 Existence Points]
[...]
The notifications of gaining large amounts of magic essence were like the most beautiful music in the world, almost making Bai Luo unable to suppress the corners of his mouth and laugh out loud.
[Individual name 'Egui Peng' Existence Points reached 10,000, triggering evolution]
"Evolution?"
Reaching 10,000 Existence Points so quickly was indeed somewhat beyond Bai Luo's expectations.
But what surprised Bai Luo even more was the 'evolution' notification triggered by Egui Peng.
As a Pokémon, Egui Peng was already in her final form and could not evolve again.
"So, the evolution here should be a demon transforming into a higher-grade demon."
Egui Peng, who was in the middle of the battlefield, glowed with dazzling light.
"Bona?"
The little one was a bit at a loss.
Fortunately, Bai Luo immediately sent a message, telling her about the monster evolution mechanism.
"Peng Peng is going to evolve?"
Any Pokémon holds hope for evolution.
Egui Peng also really wanted to know what she would become after evolving.
[Evolution complete]
Individual Name 'Egui Peng', evolved from 'Ghost Spirit' to 'Ghost-Human Race'.
"Boneh!"
Looking at Egui Peng again, the little one, who was originally only 1.2 meters tall, had now grown to just over 1.5 meters.
In terms of appearance, her original orange face was gone, replaced by a delicate, pale face that looked slightly youthful.
Her green cloak had become a jade-colored kimono, and the girl's hands were hidden beneath wide sleeves. She had long, light-green hair, and the wooden clogs on her legs, wrapped in black silk, made a crisp 'tap-tap' sound as she ran towards Bai Luo.
"Bai Luo, Bai Luo, Peng Peng has grown so much!"
Egui Peng blinked her beautiful, light-golden eyes, the star patterns within them sparkling, as if possessing infinite magic, drawing Bai Luo's gaze.
"This is a monster's evolution. Now, Peng Peng is a Ghost-Human Race."
Bai Luo affectionately stroked Egui Peng's head, and she immediately showed a comfortable expression.
At the same time, Bai Luo opened Egui Peng's status panel.
Egui Peng
Contractor: Bai Luo
Race: Ghost-Human Race
Existence Value: 12000 (A-Rank)
Magic: Pokémon Moves, Appraisal
Job Skills: Melee Combat Mastery (includes Swordsman, Knight, Lancer, Cross Swordsman, Hunter, Thief, and other job skills)
Inherent Abilities: Elemental Super Absorption, Ability Super Enhancement, Super-Speed Regeneration
Additional Skill: Image Reflection (unleashes one's power, summoning ghost masks of different attributes)
Special Abilities: Magic Element Solidification, Explosion Magic (pseudo-nuclear magic that condenses a large amount of magic power), Ogre Transformation (all-around attribute boost)
Unique Skill: Destroyer, Growth
"The race has become Ghost-Human Race."
There's nothing much to say about this.
According to the Cardinal World's setting, Ghost Spirits and Great Ogre Clan are at the same stage, both B-Rank demons.
The first evolution will turn them into A-Rank Ghost-Human Race, and then Special A-Rank Ogre Kings or Fiend Ogres.
Ogre Kings and Fiend Ogres are like the difference between a warrior and a mage.
The former excels in melee combat, the latter in magic, but essentially they are still at the same level of existence.
As Ogre Kings and Fiend Ogres continuously grow stronger, they will acquire the title of Demon Lord Seed and be recognized by the world's voice, becoming qualified to evolve into True Demon Lords.
Thus, as long as enough souls are collected, they can transform into Demon Lord Seeds, becoming 'Demon Gods'.
Of course, this process is quite difficult.
Especially for someone like Egui Peng.
Because she is Bai Luo's subordinate, she cannot awaken on her own.
Bai Luo needs to collect souls and bestow them upon Egui Peng for her to become a True Demon Lord.
"Appraisal and melee skills?"
Egui Peng originally didn't have these two abilities, but now they've appeared.
"Is it because of me?"
Bai Luo remembered that in the original work, there was a setting where Rimuru would randomly inherit Meng Wang's abilities after naming his subordinate monsters.
"Peng Peng's situation should be like this."
"During the evolution process, she inherited some abilities from me."
Bai Luo thought to himself, "The Appraisal skill allows Peng Peng to better understand her opponents, and the melee combat mastery from Konosuba makes Peng Peng, who is already skilled in close combat, even more formidable."
"Elemental Super Absorption, Ability Super Enhancement, Super-Speed Regeneration."
"Super Absorption and Super Enhancement are advanced forms of Elemental Absorption and Ability Enhancement, giving Peng Peng higher magic resistance and faster magic essence absorption efficiency.
"Ability Super Enhancement should be a derivative of traits like 'Never Give Up'."
As for the Magic Element Solidification and Super-Speed Regeneration that follow.
Super-Speed Regeneration needs no further explanation; it's a self-recovery ability even more terrifying than that of the Great Ogre Clan.
According to the feedback from the Appraisal skill, Super-Speed Regeneration has the characteristic that as long as the head isn't severed, one cannot be killed.
In addition, it also has powerful functions such as limb regeneration and internal organ repair.
"Magic Element Solidification, is it like me, where I can convert magic essence into various basic attributes in the form of 'levels'?"
The magic essence in the Cardinal World, and its relationship with monsters, is more like a pond and the water within it.
The pond water does not reinforce the pond itself.
So, an individual with 10,000 magic essence, facing an individual with 10,000,000 magic essence.
The difference in their physical strength is not as exaggerated as imagined.
In contrast, with the Magic Element Solidification ability, a situation will arise where a Level 50 fights a Level 100.
Even if a Level 100 monster runs out of magic power, its basic attributes are not something a mere Level 50 weakling can contend with.