Locke: Daily intelligence, I'm going crazy finding bargains!

The mask fragments were scattered all over the ground, revealing a round face with small eyes, a double chin, and dust on the tip of the nose.

"Golden Bean!" Luo Xing called out his name subconsciously.

Luo Xing's childhood friend is the only son of the richest family in Luo City. He grew up with his grandparents, while his parents were away doing business all year round and he rarely saw them.

The two had been in the same class since elementary school, and they often skipped classes together by climbing over the wall and secretly watched the TV in the beautiful teacher's dormitory. The number of times their parents were called in could fill two laps around the playground.

We went to different high schools, so we saw each other less often, but our relationship never broke down.

At this moment, Young Master Huang was lying in the ruins, his gold-threaded black robe covered in rubble and dust, looking as disheveled as if he had been dug out of a garbage dump.

Although Luo Xing was a transmigrator, the original owner's memories were complete, from wetting their pants together at age five to being punished by their homeroom teacher at age fifteen, everything was vivid in their minds.

He couldn't just ignore it.

"Meow Meow, go ahead! Stop that Stardust Bug!" Luo Xing waved his hand, and Meow Meow pushed off with its feet, shooting out straight at the Stardust Bug leader.

Only the small stone remained beside Luo Xing.

Meow Meow was incredibly fast. With a single punch, it blasted away the three Star Insects blocking its path, sending shell fragments flying, and charged straight towards the Star Insect leader.

boom!

The two collided head-on, producing a loud bang.

The Star Bug leader's carapace was extremely hard. Meow Meow's thorny claws only left a shallow mark when they attacked. Meow Meow's speed, fully charged with the Fighting Rhythm, completely overwhelmed the Star Bug.

The leader of the Star Insects let out a piercing screech and charged toward Meow Meow with its enormous body enveloped in a blackish-purple mist.

Meow Meow dodged to the side, and the Stardust Bugs immediately turned around and released a swarm of bugs. Meow Meow didn't have time to react and got a scrape on its leg.

Despite the level difference, Meow Meow's base stats improved significantly after becoming a lord. With its bloodline suppression and immunity to negative effects from its Eye of Truth, it kept suppressing the Star Worm leader in front of it.

Meanwhile, the black market's management finally showed up.

Three middle-aged mages in gray robes rushed out from the depths of the underground passage, each throwing out a Poké Ball. Three Pokémon around level 20 landed and blocked Jelly Leader's path.

However, the Jelly Boss's ability to devour is extremely disgusting. Physical attacks are directly absorbed by the elastic body, and even the three Pokémon working together can only barely stop its advance.

More and more low-level Pokémon were swallowed by the swarm of black jelly. Two seconds after being swallowed, they vanished into black light along with the jelly. One by one, the Pokémon eggs on the stall and the Pokémon in the cage disappeared without a trace.

The black market was in complete chaos.

Luo Xing had no time to worry about others; he led Little Stone toward the direction of Golden Bean.

The stacked buff-filled little stone walked in front like a bulldozer. When the star bug pounced, it punched down, instantly turning the jelly into slime the moment it arrived.

As the solid rock body was repeatedly triggered, the earthy yellow luster on its body grew thicker and thicker, and its size visibly expanded, growing from half a meter to nearly a meter, like a moving fortress.

The leveling speed has also slowed down, and the level has reached level eight.

"Ding! Amitya has learned a new skill: Mud Armor."

A thick layer of mud gushed out from the little stone's body. The mud quickly hardened, turning into armor, further enhancing its defensive and offensive capabilities.

Luo Xing finally reached Golden Bean, bent down and pulled the chubby boy out of the ruins.

Golden Bean looked up and saw the smiling mask; his legs were still trembling.

Luo Xing took off her mask.

Golden Bean's pupils dilated, and his entire face switched from fear to ecstasy.

"Brother Xing!!!"

The 200-pound body pounced on Luo Xing, wrapping its arms around Luo Xing's waist, its snot and tears covering Luo Xing's body.

"Waaaaah, I thought I was going to die! Those bugs were disgusting! My shop! My solid gold candlesticks!"

Luo Xing was knocked back half a step by him and gave him a push in disgust.

Wipe your snot clean, this isn't the place to reminisce.

"Oh, okay! Is this meow your Pokémon? It's amazing!" Golden Bean sniffed and obediently hid behind Luo Xing.

A scream came from ahead; the Stardust Bug leader's leg had been torn off by Meowth.

In order to end the battle as soon as possible, Luo Xing took out the Star Key he had just bought from his pocket.

The small golden key gleamed in her palm. Luo Xing gripped it tightly, a thought forming in her mind.

"Target for enhancement: Meow Meow. Enhancement direction: Physical attack."

The key transformed into a golden ray of light, traversing the entire battlefield and precisely entering Meow Meow's body.

Meow Meow shuddered, its front paws suddenly glowed with golden light, and its injuries recovered somewhat. The moment the golden light faded, it clenched its right paw into a fist, and the air was squeezed out with a crisp sound.

The attack power increased by 20%.

"Meow, don't rush, create some distance, use the Listening Bridge." Luo Xing looked at the Star Insects that were charging up, immediately took over the battlefield, and began to command.

Meow Meow closed her eyes, sensing the flow of magic around her. The leader of the Star Insects pounced, its four remaining limbs slashing down amidst black mist.

Meow Meow didn't open its eyes, but heard the bridge activate and block the attack in an instant.

He immediately retaliated with a punch to the Star Insect leader's abdominal joint, the thinnest part of its carapace.

Click.

A crack appeared in the shell.

The Star Insect leader let out a piercing screech and rolled backward. Meow Meow didn't give it a chance to catch its breath, and hurled a second and third punch after another.

The leader of the Star Insects tried to fight back, but was interrupted each time, and more and more cracks appeared on its carapace.

"It's over. One punch."

Luo Xing's voice was very soft.

Meow Meow gathered light in her hands, all her power converging on her right fist, striking the Star Insect leader squarely in the head.

The carapace exploded from the middle, and the Star Insect leader's body hovered in the air for half a second before turning into black powder from head to tail, which then drifted into the air.

The light of experience surged into Meow Meow's body, and its level jumped twice, reaching level 15.

Without their leader's command, hundreds and thousands of star insects scurried about like headless flies.

The magicians in the black market realized what was happening and immediately organized the elves to fight back.

The pent-up anger and fear transformed into fighting spirit, and the light of skills rose and fell, killing the Star Insects one after another.

The collapse of the insect swarm came faster than expected.

Luo Xing let out a long breath and looked down at the golden bean that was being protected by the little stone behind him.

The chubby boy was hugging a pure gold candlestick, which was covered in dust, but he was holding it tightly, as if it were his own son.

Seeing the disheveled Golden Bean, Luo Xing was somewhat curious. "Bean, isn't your family the richest? Why are you here buying your belongings?"

"Brother Xing, it's a long story, let's go outside and talk about it slowly." Huang Jindou's voice began to choke up as he mentioned this.

Just then, a system notification sounded in Luo Xing's mind.

[Ding! Today's intelligence settlement complete.]

[Completion Rating: SS]

[Reward: A Mysterious Egg]

Luo Xing looked at the elf egg stored in the system. The All-Knowing Eye was completely useless, showing only six question marks and a hatching progress bar.