"This skill is useless..."

Li Pu picked up the pair of sickles with slight disappointment.

With him around, the Scarecrow and his future summons won't lack recovery abilities.

Besides, making the Scarecrow eat grass, not to mention how weird that looks, it's bound to resist.

Moreover, a skill ranked E tier isn't likely to be very good.

He plans to save the last skill slot before the Scarecrow's reincarnation for the Land Iron Foot Armor's [Sprint].

But this is also good news, because this [Herbivory] isn't valuable.

He can comfortably use it for Sacrifice to level up the Scarecrow.

The boost from Sacrificed items is only related to its rank and not the level of its original owner.

Previously, Li Pu used all F-grade items for Sacrifice, and now with an E-grade one, the Scarecrow should level up quite a bit.

"Right now, the Scarecrow is LV14..."

"But even if it reaches LV20, it probably won't be able to handle that group of sickle bugs."

"After all, there are many of them and they have cutting methods."

Temporarily putting the sickles away, Li Pu rubbed his chin and muttered to himself.

[Grass! Grass grass grass!]

Scarecrow: Summoner, you're right, those bugs bite really painfully!

The Scarecrow eagerly agreed with him.

"It might be better if I handle them myself."

So Li Pu placed the responsibility of solving the problem on himself.

He's unsure if the trade station has any suitable Summoner weapons or armor to combat those sickle bugs effectively.

"But I visit the trade station often, and the goods section is now open."

"I feel like there really isn't anything suitable there."

After quickly searching his memory, he seemed a bit disappointed.

There are inscriptions to improve slashing resistance, but even with those, the Scarecrow's physique still wouldn't reach the desired effect.

"Perhaps... I should consult Teacher Li Fan."

"And give him that [Sickle Aphid] card."

Finally, Li Pu found a direction for himself.

After all, among the people he's familiar with, Li Fan is likely the strongest.

Logically, he should seek help from his class teacher for things like this.

However, since the start of school, the two haven't met or contacted each other even once.

In fact, they have temporarily forgotten each other's existence.

[Grass grass grass!]

Upon hearing Li Pu mention going back to find the teacher, the Scarecrow got excited immediately.

Today's return to nature time was long enough, it didn't want to linger anymore.

Most importantly, those sickle bugs really gave it bad vibes.

It's definitely not just wanting to go back to the dorm and bury itself in the dirt while sipping a chilled cola.

"No rush yet."

But Li Pu rejected its request.

"This stone wall is so long, there should be more than just sickle bugs, right?"

Glancing at the endlessly extending stone wall, he decided to explore further.

For safety reasons, this time the duo decided against going deeper.

Instead, they walked along the stone wall towards the school.

After about half an hour, Li Pu felt a bit uneasy.

So he opened his storage space and pulled out the pair of sickles to inspect them.

Sure enough, the sickles that once had an aphid green hue were now dull and gray.

The related item information had vanished.

"Unlucky, I really guessed right."

Facing this situation, Li Pu was a bit helpless.

Some related items lose vitality quickly after leaving the main body.

He had encountered such situations with other related items before.

The exact reason is unknown; it seems to be related to the original owner's strength and constitution.

However, this aphid sickle being ineffective in just half an hour is the fastest he has seen among all related items he encountered.

The previous batch of aphids was at least eighty or ninety, and with a pair of sickles being 2/100 of their weight, it should definitely be enough to make up a related item.

But this rapid vitality loss means he must complete the collection task within about half an hour.

Originally, he wasn't confident about dealing with this batch of aphids, but now it's even more difficult.

[Grass grass!]

Scarecrow: Summoner, look here!

As Li Pu paused, the Scarecrow suddenly ventured into the rocky area again.

It stuck right onto the big stone wall, as if it had discovered something.

"?"

Li Pu followed the sound and looked over.

He found that the place the Scarecrow pointed at was a palm-wide rock crack.

Such cracks were common on the stone wall and weren't unusual.

[Grass grass!]

Scarecrow: There seemed to be something in that crack just now!

The Scarecrow explained.

"Maybe it's just an illusion."

Following closely, Li Pu took a closer look but saw nothing inside the crack.

The rocky area isn't a forest, and the Scarecrow's innate wood sense isn't that keen here.

"Step back quickly, or else we might provoke those sickle bugs again."

After one last check and confirming nothing was there, he pulled the Scarecrow back.

The previous batch of sickle bugs seemed to have locked onto them and were following from the stone wall's top.

Whenever either he or the Scarecrow got close to the wall, they would immediately appear and attempt an attack.

This situation had been preventing the duo from climbing up the wall to see what's beyond.

However, after Li Pu said this, he found it odd as he didn't hear the familiar clashing sounds.

Instead, a few seconds later, a new sound emerged.

[Thud thud thud!] xN

Along with that approaching noise, a different group of aphids appeared in their sight.

In general, their appearance wasn't much different from the previous batch of sickle aphids.

The only difference was their mouthparts.

No longer sickle-shaped, but a hammer-like form.

"Uh, did I just encounter a toolbox?"

Retreating to the safe forest area, Li Pu couldn't help but make a quip.

Sickles and hammers have shown up, what's next, saws and wrenches?

[Grass!]

This time, without Li Pu's instruction, the Scarecrow had instinctively pulled out its watch.

[Beep beep!]

[Hammer Aphid]: 0 Turn LV9

Breaking Momentum, 7 Gold 3 Wood, E

[Big Hammer Swing (E+)]: Swing the hammer teeth to cause a Shocking Attack

[Herbivorous Feast (E)]: Enhances recovery speed in all aspects when consuming vegetation

The opponent's information immediately displayed.

"Such a nice surprise."

Seeing this, Li Pu couldn't help but smile broadly.

These hammer aphids seem easier to handle than the sickle aphids.

The most crucial part is that they're very similar yet completely different species from the sickle aphids.

Meaning it's highly likely he can collect a related item from the sickle aphids and also another from these hammer aphids.

Further speculating, could it be that this stone wall is like Mushroom Valley, home to a large community of the Aphid Race?

If so, it's going to be a blast.

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