The night deepened further.
Not far from the main peak of Rolling Mountain, at the foot of Bamboo Mountain that had been chopped down into disarray.
By the riverside.
On a patch of grass surrounded by the lush growth of various weeds.
Lu Fei in human form, along with Crow Demon and Pig Demon Red Pi, were all busy around the campfire.
It didn't take long.
Each of the three demons held a sharpened bamboo pole, with large chunks of meat skewered on it, roasting over the campfire.
The only difference was,
The meat on the bamboo poles that Crow Demon and Pig Demon Red Pi held was thick cuts from the Carp Demon, with plenty of small bones and the like.
While the meat skewered on Lu Fei's bamboo pole was a large piece of shell-on flesh from the Prawn Demon.
"Psshh..."
Watching the thick chunks of meat on their bamboo skewers start to sizzle and release oil,
Crow Demon could no longer restrain himself and immediately brought it to his lips, taking a big bite.
"Eh eh..."
After just chewing twice, Crow Demon cried out.
He opened his sharp beak and pulled out a long fishbone from his mouth.
Although it was much thicker,
Lu Fei still recognized it as indeed a fishbone.
"It seems that even after the carp has transformed, there are still fishbones in the flesh..."
Lu Fei thought to himself.
Pig Demon Red Pi, seeing Crow Demon enjoying his food so much, couldn't help himself either. He immediately forgot what Lu Fei had said about it tasting better when fully cooked and stuffed the oily meat chunk into his mouth.
Seeing these two eat like that, Lu Fei was somewhat unsettled.
This was different from the fish meat they had eaten before to simply fill their stomachs. This kind of treasure that could increase one's cultivation strength with every extra bite was something no demon would find excessive.
Thus, Lu Fei immediately popped the half-cooked Prawn Demon flesh into his mouth.
Firm, chewy, and very bouncy...
Just from one bite, Lu Fei could sense the extraordinary nature of the Prawn Demon flesh.
This meat, he dared to say, was absolutely the most delicious he had ever tasted in both of his lives.
What followed,
Was a competition to see who could eat the fastest.
As the most lowly Little Demon of Rolling Mountain, Lu Fei, the original host, had never tasted demon flesh before.
Nor had Pig Demon Red Pi.
As for Crow Demon, due to his old age, he had once had the fortune of drinking soup made from a toad demon, even though he only had one sip.
Now they had the opportunity to eat two demons at once.
Such immense fortune,
Could not be ignored by the three demons.
Even the usually talkative Crow Demon had no time to speak, focusing solely on eating as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, with his pointed beak and tender skin in his mouth, he kept getting pricked by the Carp Demon's bones. So, he ate while cursing and pulling them out...
Little Pig Demon Red Pi was a tough one. Even when his mouth got pierced by the spines, he didn't make a sound and didn't bother to pull them out, just stubbornly chewing away in silence, devouring the food.
As for Lu Fei, since he had an entire massive prawn to himself, he ate with great relish.
Because Crow Demon and Red Pi were new to eating fish, they naturally chose the meatier carcass of the Carp Demon over the prawn. Of course, it might also have been that Crow Demon and Red Pi chose this out of consideration for Lu Fei after seeing all he had done that day.
Without Lu Fei's information, his methods, his leadership, they would never have had such an opportunity or good fortune.
Half a meter of shrimp tail was definitely not enough to satisfy Lu Fei's stomach.
After quickly finishing the shrimp tail, Lu Fei put the shrimp head into the campfire to grill.
The shell of the shrimp head, which ordinary swords could not penetrate, naturally was not afraid of being scorched by ordinary flames.
After eating the entire true body of the Prawn Demon until only the shell remained,
Lu Fei's gaze turned toward the large grass carp.
By this time, the two-meter-long corpulent body of the Carp Demon had already been eaten on one side by the Crow Demon and Pig Demon Red Pi.
Lu Fei immediately joined the battlefield.
He watched as two demons were already treating the campfire as if it were merely there for show, directly cutting and grabbing raw meat from the carp demon's body to swallow whole, barely short of gnawing it off raw.
To secure a few more pieces of meat for himself, Lu Fei also displayed his astonishing adaptability by eating it raw too.
It seemed that because of the oral cavity and body structure, apart from feeling somewhat uncomfortable, he did not experience nausea or any other discomfort.
The three demons ate faster and faster as if they were competing with each other.
Not much time had passed.
The carcass of the nearly two-meter-long carp demon, including its head, was eaten clean.
"Ptui..."
Sitting on the grass, Crow Demon spat out a mouthful of blood and said with his slightly bulging belly, "Eating was truly enjoyable, it's just that there were too many bones..."
In response to Crow Demon's remark, Little Pig Demon Red Pi, who was sitting beside him adding wood to the fire, nodded, "Yeah, there were a bit too many bones..."
After speaking, he swallowed down the warm blood that continuously spilled from his mouth.
Red Pi's belly appeared quite normal after eating at least half of the fish, looking the same as it did before eating.
A brief mention here: even when transformed into a human form, a demon's stomach remains the same as it was in its original form; it does not change with the transformation.
As for Lu Fei, with his current nearly three-meter-long true form, he could easily have eaten the entire carp demon on his own without any trouble.
"I'm somewhat looking forward to the battle with Snake Coil Mountain in two days..."
Crow Demon propped his hands behind him, leaning at an angle in front of the fire pit, and looking at busy Lu Fei, he continued, "I wonder if we'll be able to eat like today when that battle is over..."
Little Pig Demon Red Pi also looked at Lu Fei and commented, "Perhaps..."
Next to them, Lu Fei was fiddling with some prawn shells that had been cleaned by the fire, considering whether he could fashion some kind of armor for himself.
He certainly hadn't forgotten the upcoming battle with Snake Coil Mountain in two days.
When the first glimmer of dawn began to appear in the eastern sky,
Lu Fei and the three demons returned to their stone cave atop Rolling Mountain.
This time, returning late,
Neither Crow Demon nor Pig Demon Red Pi directly went to bed to sleep as they usually would.
Instead, they both sat cross-legged on their beds, beginning to meditate and practice their Breathing Skills.
Clearly, it wasn't only Lu Fei who felt a notable warmth in his body, filled with a sense of strength.
This was a natural reaction after eating the prawn demon and the carp demon's carcasses—they had been "nourished."
Without rushing to bed, Lu Fei checked on his hidden arrows and quiver.
Then, he finally sat on his stone bed.
With a flicker of thought,
Swish, swish, swish...
Rows of faintly glowing, virtual characters began to appear before his eyes.
[Host: Lu Fei]
[Stage: Level One Demon Soldier (63/100)]
[Experience: 72/200]
[Soul Power: None]
[Cultivation Technique: Demon Breathing Skills (Proficient) (5/500)]
[Abilities: Spear Skills (Beginner) (18/100); Archery (Beginner) (6/100); Fish Spear Skills (Beginner) (15/100)]
[Divine Skills: None]
[Innate Talent: Sky Wolf Swallowing the Moon (Beginner) (7/100)]
[...]
"Did my realm value increase by twenty-one points?"
Staring at the data that had appeared before him, Lu Fei was immediately surprised.
He kept a close memory of every single data point of his body, and no minor change could escape his notice.
He remembered clearly that before this, his realm value was forty-two points, and now it was sixty-three points.
He hadn't expected such a surge of twenty-one points, which was undoubtedly thanks to eating the prawn demon and the carp demon's bodies, the effects were strikingly immediate.
Those twenty-one experience points would take him a continuous meditation and practice of seventy to eighty hours at his previous pace.
Under normal circumstances of eight hours a day, that would take him a full ten days!
With such astonishing effectiveness, no wonder Crow Demon became so excited when informed earlier; no wonder the Mountain King of Rolling Mountain initiated the warfare.
He would have done the same himself.