The night grew darker.
Not far from the main peak of Rolling Mountain, at the foot of a ravaged Bamboo Mountain.
By the river.
On a patch of grass surrounded by lush weeds.
Lu Fei, the Crow Demon, and the Pig Demon Red Pi, all in human form, were bustling around a bonfire.
Before long,
each of them held sharpened bamboo sticks, skewering large chunks of meat over the crackling fire.
The only difference was,
the meat on the sticks held by the Crow Demon and the Pig Demon Red Pi were robust chunks cut from the Carp Demon, filled with small bones.
Whereas, the meat skewered on Lu Fei's stick was a large piece of shell-on meat taken from a Prawn Demon.
"Pfft..."
Seeing the meat on his bamboo stick begin to sizzle and drip oil,
The Crow Demon couldn't resist. He immediately brought it to his mouth and took a big bite.
"Eh…"
After two bites, the Crow Demon cried out.
With his beak wide open, he pulled out a long, small bone from his mouth.
Although much thicker,
Lu Fei recognized it was indeed a small bone.
"It seems that even when a Carp Demon evolves, its flesh still contains small bones…" Lu Fei thought to himself.
Meanwhile, the Pig Demon Red Pi saw how much the Crow Demon was enjoying his meal and couldn't help himself. Despite Lu Fei's advice that the meat tasted better when fully cooked, he immediately took a bite of the oily chunk of meat.
Watching the way they were devouring their meals, Lu Fei was also getting impatient.
This meal is not merely for satiety like the fish he had eaten before. This was precious meat which could boost their cultivation level, no demon would refuse such a feast.
Hence, Lu Fei put the half-cooked Prawn Demon meat into his mouth.
It was firm, chewy, and very succulent...
With just one bite, Lu Fei could tell something was extraordinary about the Prawn Demon's meat.
This meat, he dared to say, was definitely the most delicious he had eaten in his two lifetimes.
Next,
It was a contest of who could eat the fastest.
As one of the lowest-ranking demons in Rolling Mountain, neither Lu Fei nor Red Pi had ever tasted demon meat before.
The Crow Demon, being older, had once had the fortune of a sip of soup made from a frog spirit, though it was just one sip.
Now having the opportunity to devour two demons at once,
it was an extraordinary chance.
All three demons took it up wholeheartedly.
Even the usually talkative Crow Demon couldn't spare time to chat, he just focused on eating.
Unfortunately for him, his beak was pointed and the flesh in his mouth was too tender. He was constantly jabbed by the small bones of the Carp Demon. He continued eating amidst cursing and pulling out the bones...
The Little Pig Demon, Red Pi, was a tough cookie. Despite his mouth being pierced by bones, he stayed silent, not removing them and chewing resolutely.
As for Lu Fei, he was enjoying his extravagant giant prawn.
Because the Crow Demon and Red Pi were novice fish eaters, they naturally chose the Carp Demon with its more substantial flesh over the Prawn Demon.
Of course, it could also be due to the actions and leadership of Lu Fei that day. Without his information, plan, and leadership, they wouldn't have had such an opportunity or delicacy.
A half-meter-long prawn tail couldn't satisfy Lu Fei's appetite. After quickly polishing off the prawn tail, he proceeded to grill the prawn head over the bonfire.
The prawn head shell, impenetrable to ordinary swords, was naturally resistant to ordinary fire.
After eating a whole Prawn Demon, leaving only the shell,
Lu Fei's gaze turned towards the large carp lying nearby.
By then, one side of the two-meter-long plump Carp Demon carcass had been devoured by the Crow Demon and the Pig Demon Red Pi.
Lu Fei promptly joined the fray.
She looked at the two demons who had completely ignored the bonfire, and directly used knives and their hands to take raw meat directly from the Carp Demon's body to eat. They were close to gnawing on it raw.
In order to eat a few more pieces of meat, Lu Fei also showed his stunning adaptability and started eating raw as well.
Perhaps it was because of the structure of his mouth and body, he felt a little out of habit, but he didn't feel anything else that was disgusting or nauseating.
The three demons seemed to be in a contest, eating faster and faster.
It didn't take long.
The body of the nearly two-meter long Carp Demon, including its head, had been completely eaten.
"Pah..."
Crow Demon sat on the grass, spat out a mouthful of blood foam, rubbed his slightly bulging belly, and said, "It feels really good to eat like this. But the bones are too many..."
Little Pig Demon Red Pi, who was sitting next to him adding firewood, nodded in agreement. "Yeah, there are a bit too many bones..."
After that, he swallowed the warm blood that kept seeping out of his mouth.
Red Pi, who had eaten at least half a fish, had a normal belly compared to before he had eaten.
Just to mention, even in their human forms, the stomachs of the demons were the same as they were in their original forms and didn't change due to their transformations.
As for Lu Fei, his current nearly three-meter long body could easily consume the entire Carp Demon without any issue.
"I'm kind of looking forward to the battle with Snake Coil Mountain in two days..."
Crow Demon propped himself up with his hands behind him, leaning at an angle in front of the fire, looked at Lu Fei who was busy on the side, and continued, "I wonder if we can eat like this after the battle is over..."
Red Pi, the Little Pig Demon, also looked at Lu Fei and said, "Perhaps we might..."
On the side, Lu Fei was fussing with the completely burned shrimp shell, considering whether he could make some armor for himself.
He hadn't forgotten about the upcoming battle with Snake Coil Mountain in two days.
When the eastern sky began to show the first hint of dawn.
Lu Fei and the other two demons returned to the cave on Rolling Mountain.
This time they returned late.
It was rare for Crow Demon and Red Pi not to immediately lie on their beds and sleep, but instead sat cross-legged on the beds and began to meditate.
Clearly, they were not the only ones who were feeling significantly warm and full of strength.
This was the natural reaction to eating the bodies of the Prawn Demon and Fish Demon; they were "supplemented".
Without rushing to bed, after Lu Fei finished inspecting the hidden arrows.
He sat on the stone bed.
Thoughts crossed his mind.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh...
Rows of virtual characters emitting a faint white glow began to float in front of his eyes.
[Host: Lu Fei]
[Realm: Level 1 Demon Soldier (63/100)]
[Experience: 72/200]
[Soul Power: None]
[Cultivation Technique: Demon Breathing Skills (Proficient) (5/500)]
[Ability: Spear Skills (Beginner) (18/100); Archery Skills (Beginner) (6/100); Fish Spear Skills (Beginner) (15/100)]
[Divine Skills: None]
[Talent: Sky Wolf Swallowing the Moon (Beginner) (7/100)]
[...]
"Did my realm score increase by twenty-one points?"
Looking at the data appearing before his eyes, Lu Fei was immediately surprised.
He knew every inch of his body's data by heart; no minor change could escape his notice.
He remembered quite clearly that his realm score was forty-two points before, but now it was sixty-three.
He didn't expect it to surge by twenty-one points all at once. This was undoubtedly the credit of eating the Prawn Demon and Carp Demon's bodies. The effect was truly immediate.
With these twenty-one points of experience, it would take him seventy to eighty hours of uninterrupted meditation to achieve the same at his previous cultivation speed.
Under normal circumstances, with eight hours per day, it would take him a full ten days!
With such startling effects, no wonder Crow Demon was so excited when he first shared about it, and no wonder the Mountain King launched a war.
If he were in their place, he would do the same.