[Skill Devour activated successfully, acquired skill "Body Regeneration"]

The system's prompt suddenly appeared, dispelling Li Meng's doubts.

It seems that acquiring skills has nothing to do with the heart.

Li Meng stopped gnawing on the ogre.

"Alright, stop eating!"

The boss's order made the goblin reluctantly end its feast.

Although not yet full, the goblin, with its mouth full of blood, looked satisfied.

"Since you don't want to be my underling, then you'll become the Tang Monk meat of the tribe."

The big guy in front of him was a level 70 creature.

Eating its flesh would allow the goblins to evolve quickly.

It had the body regeneration skill, so as long as the amount was controlled, it wouldn't affect its life.

Thus, Li Meng cruelly announced the ogre's future fate.

"Gobu Ge, give it some fruit to eat, but not too much, just enough to keep it from starving."

At this moment, Li Meng had lost interest in the ogre.

With a blank expression, he glanced at the ogre and then turned to walk into the forest.

After wasting so many days, he had to make up for the lost time.

"Woo woo!"

The ogre seemed to understand its fate.

The ferocity in its eyes vanished completely.

It weakly whimpered at Li Meng.

The ogre's whimpering made Li Meng pause.

Li Meng turned to look at the ogre behind him and grinned.

"Good, it's right to be scared!"

Seeing the ogre's pleading look, Li Meng knew he had succeeded.

Li Meng walked over to the ogre.

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Picking up a fruit from the ground, Li Meng fed it to the ogre again.

This time, the ogre opened its mouth.

Li Meng tossed the purple fruit into the ogre's mouth.

The ogre, having not eaten for days, chewed with relish.

Next, Li Meng fed a few fermented fruits into the ogre's mouth.

The fact that the ogre was afraid indicated that it was an intelligent creature with rich emotions.

If it were a goblin, it would be different.

Goblins would either flee or fight to the death; there was no third option.

"Bring all the fruits over!"

The goblin underlings quickly ran to the fruit tree.

In the following time, Li Meng used the fruits to soothe the ogre.

The ogre, starved for five days, devoured the food ravenously.

Watching the ravenous ogre, Li Meng smiled.

Then Li Meng did something astonishing.

He climbed onto the ogre's body to untie the bark ropes on its hands.

This scene filled the goblin underlings with fear.

Their steps involuntarily retreated.

When the last bark rope was untied, the ogre's hands regained freedom.

Just as the goblins were about to turn and flee, they found that the ogre did not attack the boss.

The ogre, with its hands free, sat up and began picking up fruits from the ground to eat.

Li Meng continued to untie the bark ropes on the ogre's legs.

Before long, Li Meng had untied the bark ropes on the ogre's legs.

The ogre, bound for five days, regained its freedom.

Thus, Li Meng gained a cave ogre underling.

Half an hour later, Li Meng followed his newly acquired underling into its home.

"Is there wind?"

The cave was quiet and pitch-black.

Li Meng could feel a cool breeze brushing past his ear.

The cave was an air inlet, indicating there was another exit.

The space in the cave was larger than Li Meng had imagined.

After delving less than thirty meters into the cave, the space became extremely wide.

"Is this... moisture?"

The air was very humid, and Li Meng faintly heard the sound of water.

In the stalagmite-filled cave, Li Meng continued forward.

The goblin underlings and the big ogre silently followed behind him.

The goblins were filled with fear towards the big ogre.

They followed far behind the ogre, not daring to get close.

Afraid that the ogre's giant hand would grab them and stuff them into its mouth.

Compared to the goblin underlings' fear, Li Meng remained calm.

The ogre was simple-minded and couldn't hide its emotions.

Since it didn't attack him upon regaining freedom, it would never attack him in the future.

"I'll call you Benben from now on. Benben, did you live here before?"

Well, this wasn't exactly a good place.

Wind blowing into the cave would lower the temperature inside.

More importantly, there seemed to be an underground river deep in the cave.

Upon entering the cave, Li Meng felt a chill.

Benben looked at the boss with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he was saying.

It raised its sturdy right hand and pointed at the cliff wall.

Li Meng looked up, and upon seeing it, his face showed understanding.

It turned out Benben's nest was in a cave on the cliff wall.

The cliff wasn't vertical but stepped.

While goblins found it hard to climb, it was easy for Benben.

"Let's go, let's see what's ahead!"

With his underlings in tow, Li Meng continued forward.

After walking for a while, delving several hundred meters, an underground river appeared before Li Meng.

The water flowed from a spring on the right side.

The current was very rapid, forming a crystal-clear stream in the cave after years of erosion.

Benben strode forward, crouching by the water, staring intently at the surface.

Just as Li Meng wondered what Benben was doing.

Benben suddenly thrust its hand into the water, seemingly trying to catch something.

When Benben withdrew its hand, it held a large cartilaginous fish.

[Black Rock Fish]

[Level: 6]

[Strength: 3]

[Defense: 2]

[Agility: 7]

[Magic: 1]

It resembled an eel, entirely black.

Benben brought the Black Rock Fish to its mouth and took a bite.

This bite split the cartilaginous fish in two.

Seeing this, Li Meng chuckled.

Benben wasn't a herbivore but an omnivore.

Benben offered the bitten half of the cartilaginous fish to Li Meng.

Looking at the half-meter-long fish, Li Meng caught it with both hands.

He opened his mouth and tore off a big chunk of fish meat.

It was sticky, but the taste was quite good.

"Here!"

After a few bites of fish meat, Li Meng tossed the remaining fish meat to the goblin underlings.

The goblin underlings swarmed to snatch the fish meat on the ground.

Li Meng moved forward to the water's edge to wash his hands.

"Splash!"

As soon as he squatted down, a giant creature suddenly burst from the water in front of him.

A 1.5-meter-long Black Rock Fish opened its sharp mouth and lunged at Li Meng.

Seeing the attacking Black Rock Fish, Li Meng rolled his eyes.

He punched it, hitting the fish's chin.

The immense force sent the Black Rock Fish flying, crashing into Benben.

Benben instinctively caught the Black Rock Fish.

It looked at the boss beside it, then at the Black Rock Fish in its hand.

Confused, it began eating the fish meat.

How did this fish end up in its hand?

Li Meng casually picked up a stone from the riverbank and stood up.