Chapter 51: Amazing Cooking Art

Since Xu Feng said so, Zhang Qiang and Ma Wei did not hesitate.

Joy appeared on their faces. They glanced at each other, then started picking up the Insect Crystals from the Wolf Monster corpses and absorbing them.

Soon, they absorbed all the Insect Crystals from the Wolf Monsters in the tunnel.

“My five attributes have all reached F-grade!”

“Me too, all five attributes are at F-grade.”

“Let’s continue. See if we can raise one attribute to E-grade and reach Two Stars.”

After a short while, Ma Wei frowned and said, “I used up all my Innate Attribute Points, but I still haven’t broken through F-grade. Still at One Star.”

“Me too. But I feel like with just a few more, I could break through the Strength Attribute to E-grade,” Zhang Qiang said, swinging his fist.

“Rest for a bit. Prepare for a push. Retreat when you’re tired. You two watch each other’s backs and be smart,” Xu Feng took a deep breath, stood up, gripped his long sword tightly, and walked out of the tunnel.

Hundreds of Wolf Monsters surrounded the tunnel entrance, looking like a huge mass, seemingly impossible to kill completely.

“Kill!” Xu Feng shouted softly and charged out first. Immediately, a large group of Wolf Monsters surrounded him. Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang also gritted their teeth and rushed out, fighting the Wolf Monsters.

None of the three dared to stray far from the tunnel. They stood with their backs against the cliff wall, facing the wave-like Wolf Monsters, standing firm like rocks.

They didn’t know how many Wolf Monsters they killed, but Zhang Qiang and Ma Wei were the first to fall back, retreating into the tunnel.

By then, their Health Points had dropped below half. They were covered in wounds and bleeding. Ma Wei had a gash on his face from a Wolf Monster; if it had been a little closer, his eye would have been gouged out.

Xu Feng’s Health Points had also dropped by a third. Gritting his teeth, he killed over a dozen more Wolf Monsters before also retreating into the tunnel.

“Damn it, if Wang Ying were here, I could have killed all these Wolf Monsters by myself,” Xu Feng thought resentfully.

Without a healing class, they could only fight head-on. During battle, Health Points recovered very slowly. With so many Wolf Monsters, the attrition could wear the three of them down to death.

Xu Feng only had two minor Healing Potions left in his Storage Ring. These were for saving his life and couldn’t be used now.

“You guard the entrance. I’m going to gather some materials,” Xu Feng stood up and walked deeper into the tunnel.

They couldn’t even think about the Wolf Monster corpses outside the tunnel; they didn’t have time to collect the Insect Crystals.

Inside the tunnel lay seven or eight Wolf Monster corpses. Xu Feng used Gathering Art on each one. Soon, a large pile of materials appeared on their bodies. After the materials came out, the Wolf Monsters’ bodies turned into piles of black ash, as if all their essence had been condensed into these materials.

After gathering from the corpses, Xu Feng turned around, pulled out a few pieces of dry firewood from his ring, lit them with a torch from the tunnel, and started a fire.

Then, he took out several pieces of fresh fish, skewered them on sticks, and began roasting them over the fire.

Ever since learning “Suyi’s Cooking Art,” Xu Feng had collected many materials for making fire.

He didn’t have Suyi’s special Curio firewood, so he had collected a large pile of dry firewood himself and stored it in his Storage Ring. He also kept a few lighters for starting fires, but since there were torches in the tunnel, it saved him some trouble.

Zhang Qiang and Ma Wei watched as Xu Feng actually started roasting meat inside the tunnel. They were puzzled but didn’t dare say anything.

Soon, the smell of roasted meat filled the air. Xu Feng sprinkled some seasonings. After a while, a white light seemed to flash. Xu Feng took the fish off the fire, looked at it, and smiled.

“Take these. Eat this roasted meat. It can restore Health Points,” Xu Feng handed the roasted fish pieces to Ma Wei, then took out some Wolf meat and started roasting it.

This roasted meat could restore Health Points?

Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang thought it was a joke, but when they took the roasted meat, they found that what Xu Feng said was actually true.

These pieces of roasted meat had all turned into special items.

“Item Name: Roasted Fish. Usage: Eat it. Effect: Restores 100 Health Points. If eating time exceeds ten seconds, temporarily increases Agility by three points.”

“This food is simply amazing,” Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but say.

The properties of this food were even stronger than minor Healing Potions. Moreover, Healing Potions couldn’t be taken continuously; if taken repeatedly, resistance would develop, and each time the effect would be halved.

But food didn’t have this problem, though it required time to eat.

“Ordinary food doesn’t seem to have these properties…” Ma Wei muttered softly.

Xu Feng smiled slightly.

Not just ordinary food; even food made after learning Cooking Art normally wouldn’t have the effect of restoring Health Points. Food made with ordinary Cooking Art could only increase tastiness and fill the stomach.

“This Cooking Art learned from the Spirit Tribe’s Suyi is practically a divine skill,” Xu Feng thought to himself.

After turning all the food materials in his Storage Ring into roasted meat, the Health Points of Xu Feng and the other two were fully restored, and they had also gained many temporary attributes.

Handing a few pieces of the roasted food to Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang, Xu Feng said, “You two cooperate with each other. If you can’t hold them off, retreat into the tunnel. One guards while the other replenishes…”

Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang nodded. The two, who had originally been despairing, were now filled with confidence.

Soon, the three rushed out of the tunnel again and engaged the Wolf Monsters in battle.

Through the fighting, Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang gradually transformed from ordinary people into true Warriors.

It took the three about a day to kill all the Wolf Monsters. For some reason, none of the Wolf Monsters fled; even when outmatched, they desperately charged forward to their deaths.

Looking at the huge pile of Wolf Monster corpses and the One-Star Insect Crystals still on their foreheads, Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

“We won, we won, haha!”

“Well done. You are now qualified Warriors.”

Zhang Qiang looked at Xu Feng’s young face, feeling complex emotions for a moment.

Originally, he had held a grudge and even wanted to kill Xu Feng. But after this battle, Zhang Qiang felt a vague sense of gratitude towards Xu Feng. For a moment, he didn’t know how to face him.

“Collect the spoils. We’ll split these Insect Crystals equally among the three of us,” Xu Feng said calmly.

To be honest, most of the Wolf Monsters here were killed by Xu Feng alone. Out of the hundreds of Wolf Monsters, Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang had killed at most twenty or thirty.

“This… this isn’t right. You killed most of them,” Ma Wei said awkwardly. Deep down, he still hoped to obtain the Insect Crystals because they represented increased strength and hope.

“You two need to reach Two Stars as soon as possible. Don’t be sentimental. Hurry up and collect the spoils. The battle isn’t over yet,” Xu Feng said.

“Alright, we’ll listen to you!”

Ma Wei and Zhang Qiang began picking out the Insect Crystals, full of joy.