Upon being placed on the altar, the Inferno King Crab gradually shrank as if it was being cooked. Smoke began rising from the crab's shell into the air, as if the altar actually was cooking it.

Strange. Why did this cooking analogy suddenly pop into my head? thought Gao Peng, shaking his head. "How long will this take?"

The dwarf pondered Gao Peng's question for a moment. "Four days, give or take. This crab's level is higher than the ant from before. Breaking it down completely will be a lot harder."

"You've been telling me that you've broken down the bodies of gods and Overlord-tier monsters by the hundreds in the past, so why do I get the feeling that this is all just empty bragging on your part?" Gao Peng had a hard time believing that breaking down an Emperor-tier monster corpse would take so long, especially if the dwarf was as good as it claimed to be. If that were the case, wouldn't an Overlord-tier monster or higher take months or even years?

"I'm not in the best shape righ