Chapter 74: La Tiao Beast, Evolution

"You, this mink, definitely have a problem."

After everything settled, Hui Siye looked at La Tiao, whose belly seemed like a bottomless pit, and said confidently.

Nonsense, everyone knows there's a problem.

Chen Shicheng shook his head, looked at his panel, the level and Experience Points column had become Level 6 (221/100), and the system also indicated he could upgrade.

Just now, all the spiders in the entire underground palace seemed to have gathered here, including some Level 6 and 7 ones, so having so many Experience Points was not surprising.

This frantic output was a bit tiring, but the reward was satisfying; Chen Shicheng hesitated not at all and immediately chose to level up twice, reaching Level 8 (21/100).

In addition, the three Attributes also increased differently.

【Essence: 29.3, Qi: 29, Spirit: 33.2】

Finally, after reaching Level 8, his Spirit Attribute surpassed the other two for the first time, becoming the highest, making him a genuine Spirit‑Refining cultivator, and the Slaying Immortal Array's coverage area also became 33.2 square meters.

After the Attribute increase, Chen Shicheng's burning pain in both arms eased considerably.

Unfortunately, it was only temporary. "Sss!"

Inside a passage on the right side of the great hall, a mournful roar sounded again, and then a gigantic spider as tall as the passage—over four meters high—burst out, eyeing the corpses on the ground, and lunged toward Chen Shicheng with its eight massive legs.

"MD, you came to milk the child's corpse."

Chen Shicheng silently rose from the ground, flashed over to La Tiao's side, grabbed him, and dodged the giant spider's attack.

Compared with the earlier swarm of small, numerous spiders that could inflict both physical and mental damage, this biggest spider was actually easier for him to handle.

He didn't even activate the Slaying Immortal Array; merely relying on the Sword Blade bearing the Slaying Immortal Sword Intent, he effortlessly slashed the last mother spider.

Of course, this had nothing to do with the lucky instant‑kill trigger one minute after the battle began; it was all his own effort. 【Killed Lv. 15 Gluttonous Mother Spider, over‑level kill doubled Experience Points, gained 28 Experience Points, obtained Infinite Stomach*1.】

"That was rash; I should've not upgraded earlier."

Having missed out on Experience, Chen Shicheng shook his head, gazed at the bulging belly of the Gluttonous Mother Spider, and after a moment's contemplation, stepped forward and sliced the belly sac with his Sword Blade.

The next moment, a huge number of unripe spider eggs, mixed with multicolored entrails, spilled out, each about the size of a baseball.

Chen Shicheng raised his hand, ready to return them to their mother, but La Tiao suddenly darted over, leapt into the spider eggs, and began gulping them down in huge mouthfuls.

It didn't even chew; it just gulped them whole, even as its neck swelled into a huge bulge, it didn't stop.

Chen Shicheng felt something stir, letting La Tiao roll among the spider eggs while silently observing its changes.

Just like before, the spider eggs La Tiao ate were many times larger than its own size, yet they seemed to be digested upon entry, with no change to its body.

"If Shuigu Tang knew this ability of yours, it might weep with envy."

Seeing the remaining mass of spider eggs, Chen Shicheng realized La Tiao couldn't finish them quickly, so he took out the Infinite Stomach that the Gluttonous Mother Spider had just burst and examined it.

【Infinite Stomach: the Gluttonous Mother Spider's stomach sac, possessing a huge mustard‑seed‑sized space, capable of rapidly digesting devoured flesh.】

The name is intimidating, and its ability is indeed powerful.

Chen Shicheng, holding the stomach sac cleaned by the system, looked at Hui Siye, "Siye, what use does this have?"

Hui Siye lifted his eyelid slightly and said lightly, "It's a niche spatial‑attribute material, can be made into a Storage Bag."

After speaking, he continued to close his eyes and cultivate, reducing the consumption of incense‑fire power.

"Squeak?"

Hearing that, La Tiao, which was voraciously devouring spider eggs, suddenly stopped, turned its head, saw the Infinite Stomach in Chen Shicheng's hand, and the next moment transformed into a squeaky creature, scurried to Chen Shicheng's feet, clinging to his pant leg, looking at the stomach sac with a yearning expression.

"Do you want to eat it?" Chen Shicheng asked in surprise, looking down.

"Squeak squeak squeak!" La Tiao nodded wildly.

Chen Shicheng glanced at his empty Storage Slot, casually tossed the Infinite Stomach out, and La Tiao, like a dog playing fetch, leapt into the air, caught the stomach sac, and then began gnawing it with relish.

The Infinite Stomach wasn't large; after system processing it had shrunk into a tiny lump, and a few bites made it vanish in La Tiao's mouth.

Then it suddenly curled into a ball, began trembling violently, frightening Chen Shicheng who rushed forward to check, but before he could approach, La Tiao returned to normal.

After that, Chen Shicheng saw a scene that shocked him.

La Tiao, as if nothing had happened, pounced again on the unfinished spider eggs, opened its small mouth, like a bottomless abyss, and began devouring them madly.

The Gluttonous Mother Spider's belly shrank at a visibly rapid rate, and together with the spider eggs and entrails, everything was sucked clean.

All this happened so fast that by the time Chen Shicheng tried to stop La Tiao from eating the innards, it was already over.

La Tiao, as if drunk, swayed with droopy eyelids, walked to Chen Shicheng's feet, nudged a few times, then with a "Plop" sound collapsed onto the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Shicheng quickly used the Eye of Bai Ze to check its condition.

【La Tiao (?????)】

【Level:?】

【Essence:?】

【Qi:?】

【Spirit:?】

【Status: Evolving.】

"Damn, I actually guessed right!"

Chen Shicheng stared dumbfounded at the sleeping La Tiao, a myriad of "WTF" flashing through his mind.

Although he learned from Hui Siye that La Tiao wasn't simple, he didn't pay much heed; after all, in the cultivation world, everyone has some strange encounter, and La Tiao was no exception.

But he didn't expect that after a spider feast, it would ultra‑evolve?

Not only did a question mark appear after its name, even its Essence, Qi, Spirit and level became untraceable; it seems La Tiao will give him a huge surprise once it awakens.

Chen Shicheng picked up La Tiao, wiped off the grime on its body, looked at the La Tiao stretched into a U‑shape with its head and tail touching, and sighed helplessly.

Whether it's a surprise or not, he doesn't know yet, but the shock is definite.

Even before evolving, it can empty a spider's massive belly; if after evolving it continues this way, won't it end up eating itself to starvation?

"I don't know if my golden crown can withstand it."

Of course, that thought flashed by only briefly.

In this game, the hills and valleys are filled with wild monsters, even the kind that roar and then dissipate, which you can't eat; but in forests whose original ecology hasn't been destroyed, there are many beasts.

Eat, eat whatever you like! Just be sure to pay attention to family education later; you can't eat everything, like spider entrails and the like. (End of chapter)