The bald muscular man continued to process the ingredients.
First, the Mimic Lizard...
Then, the Ringed Mamba Giant Python...
Followed by the Boa Constrictor...
And the Golden Scaled Flying Dragon...
The bald man's technique was incredibly swift; he de-blooded, de-skinned, and de-boned with precision!
Amidst the steam and oil, ingredients flew through the air in a dizzying spectacle!
"Such exquisite skill!"
The Dwarf sneered, "All flash and no substance. What value can such elaborate tricks from a mere hairless ape have?"
The Skinny Monkey chimed in, "If I'm not mistaken, seven types of poultry combined with cold-blooded creatures like lizards, the interplay of hot and cold, yin and yang, would be incredibly nourishing!"
"What do you mean? Boiling it into soup?"
The others nodded in agreement, acknowledging the ingredients and seasonings like corn, radish, and king oyster mushrooms were indeed suitable for soup.
"Using Yu Chai to intensify the heat is meant to process the maximum amount of ingredients in the shortest time! This must be an unbelievably grand production!"
"However... if this is a luxurious broth like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, there's still one crucial problem!"
"What problem?"
The Dwarf asked gravely, "It's the ingredients!"
The Boneless Black Chicken was an extremely special ingredient, possessing no bones at all, relying solely on muscle for strength!
Similar to human sphincters and circular muscles, it could move freely without relying on bones. However, this also resulted in a uniquely firm texture.
Ordinary chicken, with its coarse and dry meat, was unsuitable for stewing and could only serve as a broth enhancer.
But the Boneless Black Chicken was the main component of this dish. If it were merely for soup...
Unless!
He wasn't planning to just make soup!
The bald muscular man spread out the ingredients on the table and produced two miniature mallets, one in each hand!
They were made of crystal-clear stainless steel, with the heads featuring regular indentations and protrusions, much like those on traditional massage tools.
"Heh heh, watch my massage!"
The tiny mallets dipped into the seasoning jars, coated with honey and brine, and then began their rhythmic massage of the chicken!
Like raindrops, the small mallets pounded the flesh of the Boneless Black Chicken!
The speed was astonishing!
"What kind of processing technique is this!"
"Could it be that the indentations on the mallets are used to quickly infuse the marinade into the chicken meat?"
"But the meat of the Boneless Black Chicken is dense, unlike the rough texture of ordinary chicken. Even marinating it takes over ten hours. Can this method be this efficient?"
"Ah!"
Just then, the bald muscular man let out a roar. His short t-shirt split open, revealing his rounded muscles covered in bulging veins that writhed like earthworms beneath his skin!
His sweat ignited with his passion, forming swirling currents of air that everyone could feel!
Hammer!
Faster and faster!
The two jars of liquid marinade were dipped into repeatedly, disappearing at a visible rate!
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Red-haired Monster's soul-summoning technique was already complete!
The Red-haired Monster sat cross-legged on a formation, surrounded by sixty-four candles that flickered without wind. Before him was a basin of clear water, reflecting the giant blue-ringed octopus whose soul had been summoned.
At this moment, the long-dead giant blue-ringed octopus came to life, contorting and coiling in an eerie, anti-gravity posture.
Suddenly, its eight tentacles stiffly stood upright, moving like a puppet controlled by strings, incredibly mechanical.
"This body... is so... difficult to use..."
Everyone was shocked!
The octopus actually spoke!
This was not the end of the strangeness; the octopus began to swing its eight limbs, becoming more adept, and even started to pace along the edge of the table!
Next, the octopus produced a cage from its pouch, inside which was a terrified little rabbit, frantically bumping against the bars, desperate to escape.
The octopus's tentacle gently gripped the rabbit, and it convulsed as if electrocuted. Within fifteen seconds, its heartbeat completely stopped.
The giant blue-ringed octopus then spoke again, "Biological toxins... after death, proteases degrade. Normally, the toxicity would have dissipated by ninety percent, but it can still so easily destroy a creature's nervous system!"