Li Ling remembered that when he had pursued the Seventh Chieftain, Tong Zhifeng, decades ago, the man had also used this sort of monster formed from flesh and blood.
Only after some roundabout inquiries had he learned from Northsky Island that this was the flesh of an ocean overlord, the Great Demon Stone Octopus. It could also be regarded as the descendants produced through his asexual reproduction.
Some members of the Blood Shark Bandits had won his favor and carried such flesh with them, unleashing it against their enemies when necessary.
The Great Demon Stone Octopus could also use these opportunities to propagate his kind and leave behind avatars he could call upon.
As for the Great Demon Stone Octopus himself, he was known as Old Ancestor Stone Octopus, a powerful and ancient existence in the North Sea. The ocean was deep, and many records had been lost, so no one knew how many years he had lived or how powerful he truly was. Based on their limited knowledge, they could only deduce that he was an ocean demon of limited intelligence whose abilities leaned toward the domain of the flesh Dao fruit.
He usually lurked deep in the ocean, devouring raw flesh and drinking blood like a wild beast, living by hunting the great beasts of the sea. He had no ambition to contend for supremacy or cultivate a power base.
Occasionally, discerning experts of the Unorthodox Path or forces of the Demonic Path could lure him ashore with offerings, where he would enjoy all manner of blood sacrifices.
Some island kingdoms deep in the Great Ocean had even developed faith in him and worshipped him for generations.
These various practices had imperceptibly created an existence akin to an evil god, but since he had little effect on Northsky