Chapter 808: Chapter 596: Bathed in the Big Guy’s Blood
Da Dou held the iron pot, skillfully flicking his wrist.
In the Black Iron Pot of the Silver Level, there was a pot full of beef.
As it was continuously stirred, a strong golden aroma quickly spread all around.
Sweating profusely, Da Dou took out a Golden Level scallion from his bag.
His Golden Fighting Spirit formed into shape, like several small blades, chopping the scallion into fine pieces.
He added these ingredients directly into the iron pot, then increased the heat, and after stir-frying vigorously for a few minutes, finally completed the dish.
He took out a Silver Level platter and served the stir-fried beef from the iron pot.
“Lunch is finally ready.”
Da Dou came to a stone with a flattened top and placed the stir-fried beef on it.
After placing it down, there were a total of four plates on the stone table.
Three were dishes, and one was soup.
By investing a lot of Golden Level ingredients regardless of the cost and cooking hard for over an hour, he managed to make this much.
Then…
Combat Skill—Compressed Food!
The golden aura of the three dishes and one soup was instantly suppressed and concentrated, finally downgraded to Silver Level.
“This is the most suitable Extraordinary Dish for the little guy.”
Da Dou’s extravagant action had only one purpose, which was to allow the big guy to eat better and digest faster.
The giant magic chef wiped the sweat from his forehead and checked his own state.
His fighting energy was mostly consumed, and his spirit was somewhat weary, but his Divine Power was abundant. This was the result of his day and night diligent prayers aboard the galloping sea ship.
“Feed him first, then refine the fighting energy.” Having decided, Da Dou released the big guy from the bag.
The big guy, with his eyes closed, was in a state of deep sleep.
Although Da Dou’s bag was capable of holding living beings, he was afraid the big guy would cause trouble inside, so he was always careful to keep the big guy in a state of slumber.
A few minutes later, Da Dou successfully awakened the big guy.
Taking advantage of the big guy’s groggy eyes still processing the situation, Da Dou quickly said: “Hey, listen to me, little guy, you must be hungry. Let’s eat first, then we’ll talk nicely. Okay? Don’t make a move…”
Upon hearing Da Dou’s voice, the big guy suddenly remembered his situation, and his eyes instantly became sharp.
He let out a low roar, immediately stood up, and swung a fist toward Da Dou.
Da Dou quickly stepped back several steps, swiftly widening the distance. He spoke rapidly, still trying to persuade the big guy.
But the big guy wouldn’t listen no matter what.
Da Dou had no choice but to engage in combat with the big guy.
Compared to the big guy, Da Dou’s strength was considerably more robust, with a completely overwhelming advantage.
Moreover, the big guy had no combat skills at all, only knowing how to hit hard and charge fiercely, making it easy for Da Dou to see through his moves and exploit his weaknesses.
A few seconds later, with a thud, the big guy fell to the ground, once again knocked out by Da Dou.
Da Dou squatted beside the big guy, used his hand to open the latter’s mouth, and then poured the magical dishes he painstakingly made into the big guy’s mouth one after another.
Even though the big guy was in a state of sleep, his physical instincts were very strong, involuntarily starting to automatically chew.
After chewing, he swallowed, and the big guy’s body was more eager than he was, showing a great hunger for external nutrients.
“Eat, eat, little guy.”
Da Dou couldn’t help but smile, watching the big guy circulate the fighting energy technique in his sleep, accelerating his digestion. He felt half gratified and half puzzled.
“Why is this little guy’s attitude so firm?”
“What kind of conditions did the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps offer him to make him so loyal?”
Da Dou didn’t mean to repeatedly use force on the big guy. Because his intention was only to recruit the big guy, he didn’t want to treat the big guy so roughly.
According to Da Dou’s original plan: first to snatch up the big guy, then by showing off his strong power, he could intimidate the big guy.
After which, the magical delicacies he made repeatedly should be enough to make the big guy feel the difference in treatment before and after.
Finally, by persuading, Da Dou believed the generous treatment at Fire Island would move the big guy, making a new choice in his life.
To be honest, this carrot and stick approach, while unassuming, indeed had a high probability of success in recruitment.
But the big guy’s situation was much more special than Da Dou had imagined.
In actual practice, the big guy showed an extremely strong sense of hatred and unwavering determination, making the communication between Da Dou and the big guy always ineffective.
The big guy either fought or ran away from Da Dou.
Though Da Dou repeatedly fed the big guy, sparing no expense to make Golden Level magical dishes, and then purposefully downgrade them. But every time the big guy ate his magical meal, it was in a state of unconsciousness, unable to feel Da Dou’s goodwill.
In this way, Da Dou felt as if the big guy was eating his food for free.
However, Da Dou relished it: “Even if it’s free food, I’m very happy.”
“You little guy, sooner or later you’ll realize my good intentions.”
“Joining Fire Island is far better than joining that ragged mercenary group.”
“Our Fire Island is a Legendary Level force.”
“When you grow up in the future, you will also become a pillar of Fire Island.”
“All of us giants should live together amidst the vast ocean.”
The big guy finished eating and continued practicing his fighting energy technique.
Da Dou cleaned up the plates and bowls and carefully wiped the big guy’s mouth.
After finishing these, he plopped down on the ground and took out some dry food from his bag to munch on.
While eating, he gazed at a distant hill.
A Silver Level Transcendent was standing on the hill.
She was a human woman, plain in appearance, holding a crystal ball in her hands.
The crystal ball was filled with an unknown transparent liquid. In the center of the crystal ball, a diamond-shaped pointer floated, small and exquisite.
The crystal ball was at the Black Iron Level, while the pointer was at the Silver Level. Combined, this alchemy tool was called the Treasure Seeking Pointer.
The human woman had discovered through the Treasure Seeking Pointer that there was a “treasure” hidden here, so she quickly relocated and approached nearby.
Eventually, she climbed the hill and witnessed Da Dou cooking dishes and feeding the big guy.
“A Golden Level Magic Chef cooking magic dishes, no wonder it was detected by the Treasure Seeking Pointer.”
“Isn’t the little giant he knocked out and fed a member of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps?”
“I must not be mistaken, right?”
The woman’s name was Hong Zhu, and she had interacted with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps multiple times when in Twin Eyes Island.
When Twin Eyes Island was sinking and rising, it triggered a beast tide in the sea. At that time, Hong Zhu even boarded the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ ship, fought together, and resisted the beast tide.
Therefore, Hong Zhu knew the appearance of the big guy. After all, Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had only one giant, which was very conspicuous.
Noticing Da Dou looking in her direction, Hong Zhu quickly crouched down, avoiding his gaze.
Her heart was racing as she quickly ran down the hill, away from Da Dou.
Seeing that Da Dou did not pursue her, she finally let out a sigh of relief and calmed her breath.
“He just noticed me, but he didn’t make a move.”
“He’s not here to capture me.”
Since leaving Twin Eyes Island, Hong Zhu had been very worried that she would be hunted by pursuers from Twin Eyes Island.
This all started with the Fishman attack.
At that time, Hong Zhu wanted to leave Twin Eyes Island with Cang Xu (Purple Vine elder) and also had a part of her that wanted to show goodwill. As a treasure seeker, Hong Zhu loved buyers like Cang Xu, who was rich and willing to spend.
However, when Cang Xu suddenly used undead magic, Hong Zhu knew she was in big trouble.
She fought side by side with Cang Xu, and it turned out he was an undead mage. With everyone watching, it was useless to argue no matter how much she tried.
Moreover, at that time, she had dug up many treasures from the cemetery on Twin Eyes Island and dared not stay long, so she focused on escaping.
Hong Zhu was only at the Silver Level and could hardly traverse the sea on her own.
Fortunately, Hong Zhu had purchased a home-returning dolphin at an auction. She rode the home-returning dolphin and thus escaped swiftly.
Though the home-returning dolphin wasn’t capable of long-distance travel, it could carry Hong Zhu between various deserted and small islands.
This was how Hong Zhu left Twin Eyes Island.
After several twists and turns, she landed on Orange Soda Island for a proper rest. Then, she resupplied at the Nagger Sea Market.
Her enthusiasm and interest in treasure hunting reignited, eventually leading her to the Magnetic Island.
Hong Zhu had been treasure hunting in Magnetic Island for some time, but had almost nothing to show for it.
But she did not give up.
After distancing herself from Da Dou, Hong Zhu relied on the Treasure Seeking Pointer again and entered a ground cave.
Moments later, she ran out in a sorry state.
Trailing behind her were three Earth Element Bodies.
Although they were only at the Black Iron Level, Silver Level Hong Zhu did not want to fight and chose to flee.
The Earth Element Bodies had strong defense and their demon crystals could transfer freely within their bodies, making them difficult to handle.
Hong Zhu once spent nearly half a day to wear down an Earth Element Body of the same level, and her final gain was only one piece of Earth Element essence.
It was an enormous loss!
Ever since then, Hong Zhu’s approach to dealing with Earth Element Bodies was to flee.
After gaining some distance, when the Earth Element Bodies could no longer sense Hong Zhu, they silently returned to the cave.
Their speed was poor, allowing Hong Zhu to easily escape from them.
Earth Element Bodies also had long-range stone-throwing attack methods to make up for their lack of speed.
However, these three Earth Element Bodies did not throw stones; instead, they followed their clan leader’s instructions to primarily hold the fort.
Deep underground.
The leader of the Earth Element Bodies was praying.
He was within a massive magic array, in front of him lay a large pile of Earth Element essence and Earth Element crystals.
The magic array activated, consuming the Earth Element essence and crystals, forming a phantom-state idol.
The idol was massive, exuding a grand and solid aura like a mountain or the earth itself, representing one of the four elemental major gods—the Earth Element God!
“My Master, my Heavenly Father, the great Earth Element God!”
“You are the ruler of the Earth Element Plane, you are the supreme existence of the earth.”
“You are as towering as a mountain, as vast as the expansive plains. You are the source of life, the guardian of the land.”
“With each of your breaths, the earth pulses with vitality, flowers bloom gloriously, and growth flourishes.”
“With a gentle touch of your hand, lands are formed with ease, mountains rise, valleys sink deep.”
“Now, your follower presents offerings to you, beseeching your mercy, allowing the follower’s life to break through its bottleneck and ascend further.”
The phantom-like idol of the Earth Element God did not even glance at the Earth Element Body leader and quickly dissipated without a trace.
Along with it, all the offerings in the center of the magic array also vanished.
Yet, the Earth Element Body leader felt no disappointment, instead, he was ecstatic.
For at that moment, he received a divine revelation.
“Divine Revelation!”
“The unconscious giant who was fed is my chance to break through the bottleneck of life.”
“Capture him, kill him, and bathe in his blood, I shall surpass the limits of the Golden Level!”