The Turtle Was Too Big for One Pot

In a corner beside the giant beast, one it failed to notice.

Chu He quietly watched it struggle.

The Great Turtle's Cultivation Method focused on defense.

It had also consumed quite a few Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that strengthened the body.

Its entire body had been tempered more than once by a King-tier treasure known as the Golden Soul Origin Stone.

It might not have been much in a fight.

But its defenses were damn solid!

Even a Half-step Invincible King would need to go through a great deal of trouble to do anything to it, let alone this giant beast that was merely at the Half-step King level.

Chu He was bored anyway.

The Great Turtle was not in danger for the moment, so he simply propped up his chin at the side and watched the show.

After a while, he even took out a dish of Pills, held it floating before him with his spiritual power as a support, and fashioned a golden chair beneath himself with that same power.

Sitting in the chair, he swayed back and forth, popping Pills as he watched the giant beast try every trick it could think of on the Great Turtle!

By the end, the Great Turtle did not even resist anymore. Finding an opportunity, it pulled its head into its shell and went completely still. Who knew if it had gone to sleep!

"Roar!"

At last, the giant beast could take no more!

It had spat out all the venom in its body and was now vomiting acid, yet that damned turtle's shell remained completely unharmed.

This was bullying a beast too much!

It hated things with shells.

Pfft!

The Great Turtle was spat out, and the giant beast then glared viciously at the Black Snake nearby.

"Damn it, you brought back something like this."

The giant beast let out an angry roar.

It was tired now. Hungry!

Its appetite was raging.

The way it looked at the Black Snake changed.

"Hiss!"

My king!

The Black Snake's body trembled. The giant beast's gaze gave it a bad feeling.

"Hiss!"

My king, I'll go find another good beast for you later!

It hurriedly made its case.

It made clear what use it had.

The giant beast thought about it and agreed.

It was not easy to control a beast with passable strength and a clever mind. If it swallowed the Black Snake in one bite, it would have to go out and find food itself from now on!

Not worth it.

It turned its head toward the turtle lying nearby, its eyes full of unwillingness.

After all that effort, it had not even gotten a taste. What a huge loss!

Roar!

"Think of a way to let me eat this thing!" the giant beast roared viciously.

"Get a big pot—a huge one, or it won't fit—then put it over a volcano crater and stew it! If possible, add some chopped scallions and cumin. Too bad there's no old hen, or it'd be even more fragrant."

The giant beast nodded, feeling that it was feasible.

"Good idea!"

"But an ordinary pot won't do. We need an alchemy furnace..."

Wait. Something seemed wrong.

It turned back toward the Black Snake.

"Since when could you speak human language?"

Other than certain special races, most living beings could only learn the languages of other creatures once they reached the Half-step King level.

The higher one's level, the faster one could learn other languages.

"Hiss!"

The Black Snake shook its head, indicating that it had not been the one speaking just now.

?????

If not the Black Snake, then who was it?

Had something strange sneaked in here?

The giant beast and the Black Snake swept their gazes around, then spotted a human figure in an inconspicuous corner, seated on a golden chair and still munching on something.

"Human?"

The giant beast blinked its huge eyes in confusion several times.

It looked around.

That was right!

This was underwater, its territory.

How did a human dare come here?

Being able to remain so comfortable at such depths, it naturally knew that this human was no ordinary person.

But so what?

On land, humans ruled, and it could not defeat humans of the same level.

But in this water, it ruled.

If humans came here, the situation was reversed. Against opponents of the same level, it could easily fight three at once.

Even if it encountered a human super expert, a Half-step Invincible King,

it was not afraid with the advantage of the environment!

If it could not win, it could run!

It knew this place like the back of its claw.

As for experts of an even higher level—

Did humans even have any?

If they did, it would have died long ago!

Back when it had just broken through to the Half-step King level, it had been young and restless. It often wandered onto land, and every trip would turn the world upside down.

After returning, it was often pursued into the water by human experts seeking to encircle and kill it. Yet was it not still alive and well?

Therefore.

The corners of its mouth split into a vicious grin.

It happened to be hungry. Though the human was a little small, this one should be an expert, and the essence within its body would be highly nourishing!

Better than that turtle, which was hard as hell.

In human words—

The essence was concentrated!

Not bad.

A pillow had arrived just when it was sleepy.

Wonderful!

"Roar!"

The giant beast let out an excited roar and wasted no words.

Its huge mouth opened, and it swung its head over.

Fast, precise, and ruthless, its foul-smelling maw lunged straight at the tiny figure on the ground.

Chu He frowned.

That mouth was far too filthy!

He reached out, and a massive golden palm condensed into being.

This was a technique of the Dharma Aspect Golden Body. Without using his full strength, he merely condensed a single palm.

The savage giant mouth was seized, and its entire terrifying face was twisted out of shape.

To it, time seemed to have fallen still at that instant.

Its enormous body froze completely, leaving only its two huge eyeballs rolling wildly in their sockets.

This... this aura!

At that moment, the giant beast felt a tremor rising from the depths of its soul.

A cloud of death shrouded it.

Though the human on the ground was tiny and it was enormous,

their sizes were not on the same scale.

But.

As long as that person wished it, a flick of his finger could reduce it to ashes in an instant.

The giant beast came to a realization.

Sure enough.

What was concentrated was the essence!

Too concentrated!

"Squeak, squeak!"

Drawn by the familiar sound, the Great Turtle poked its head out of its shell.

Once it saw that it really was its master,

its eyes lit up, and it became extremely excited.

It stretched out its four clawed limbs, paddled through the water, and with a whoosh, darted to Chu He's side.

It extended its thick claws, wanting to hug Chu He's thigh.

Stretching out its neck, it tried to nuzzle against Chu He.

However, its head was too large. Three years later, it was already bigger than Chu He's entire body. There was no way he could let it nuzzle him.

Even its two claws were thicker than Chu He's entire body, so naturally, he could not let it hug him either.

Otherwise, it would feel rather strange.

Therefore.

The Great Turtle, seeking to show affection and find a sense of security, was blocked mid-pounce by an invisible force.

It squeaked anxiously for a while. Only when it saw that Chu He ignored it did it finally settle down.

Then it raised a claw and pointed at the giant beast, squeaking out an aggrieved accusation.

The giant beast's still-mobile eyeballs suddenly widened!

Wait!

From the sound of it,

this turtle knew this human?

It had an owner?

P.S. Thanks to Wu Shudao for the generous reward of five hundred.

Thanks to Ten Realms of Primordial Desolation for another generous reward of one hundred.

Thanks to S. Flying Eagle for the generous reward of four hundred.

Thanks to Fearless Childhood for the generous reward of three hundred ninety-eight.

Thanks to Ten Realms of Primordial Desolation for another generous reward of one hundred.