Pirates: Being salvaged onto the ship by Roger at the beginning

The chefs will gather ingredients on the island and prepare their best dishes for the food appraisers to evaluate. Only qualified contestants can enter the finals!" Mina led the way and explained the rules of the competition. Soon, the group arrived at the coast.

"I have prepared all the ingredients for the qualifying round. I believe that I can advance with my strength. However, the ingredients for the finals are still missing one main ingredient, which is in the deep sea."

"In the deep sea?!"

"Well, there is a kind of fish located 1,500 meters in the deep sea. It is golden yellow and emits yellow flashes. The meat is very delicious. The champion of the 70th Chef Competition used this kind of glittering golden fish as the main ingredient in the dish." Mina nodded seriously and introduced it. As for why she knew so well, it was because the champion of the 70th Chef Competition was her grandfather.

"However, the ingredients are too difficult to catch. In the deep sea, they are as fast as lightning. Generally, they can't be caught at all. The traps I set up have not been successful. The closest one was taken into the nest of the sea king by the glittering golden fish and was almost swallowed.

If I still can't catch the ingredients this time, I can only change the dishes." Mina's originally excited face was embarrassed, and she pouted her mouth and said unhappily.

"Deep sea?!" Xia Hao frowned and looked towards Mengshan for advice.

"Mengshan, what do you think? Are you sure you can catch it?"

"Uh, I don't know. You can only know after trying. But sir, my speed in the sea is not fast ┐(´-｀)┌", Mengshan looked down at his huge and strong body, the meaning was very clear.

The bigger the body, the greater the resistance in the water. Even if you have the swimming ability of the fish-man blood, your speed will be much slower in the deep sea.

"I'll go with you!" Xia Hao said in a calm and serious tone, wondering if the combination of the two skills of extreme speed and turtle breath can achieve unimaginable results.

"You guys want to help me? ｡◕‿◕｡"

"Well, of course, you are now a member of the Haotian Pirates, and it is normal for partners to help each other"

"°˖✧︎◝︎(⁰▿︎⁰)◜︎✧︎˖°Great! I will definitely do my best!" Mina clenched her fists and was very happy.

Ten minutes later, Xia Hao and his party came to a rock on the south side of the island under the leadership of Mina. Looking at the deep blue sea in front of them, Axing and Didati watched from a distance. As devil fruit users, they seemed to have an innate aversion to sea water.

"Wait, why isn't the boss afraid of the sea water?!" Ah Xing slapped his forehead, looking at Xia Hao who had half of his body submerged in the sea water, and couldn't help but speak,

"Yes, isn't the boss also a devil fruit user?" Didati also looked puzzled and asked Ah Xing. After all, Ah Xing was the first veteran to follow Xia Hao, and maybe he knew the reason.

"Speaking of which, we don't know what kind of devil fruit user the boss is, or it's not a devil fruit ability at all", Ah Xing's words made Didati and Mengshan silent. Thinking back, they really didn't hear Xia Hao introduce his ability.

"The time is up. This time period is the most active period for the shining golden fish. If you dive into the deep sea from here, you have a great chance to encounter the golden fish", Mina looked up at the sun above the sky and said in a serious tone.

"Well, I know, Mengshan, let's dive into the sea together to take a look".

"Understood!"

"Come on, Captain Xia Hao ୧⍢⃝୨".

"Swoosh~"

After a brief farewell, Xia Hao dived directly into the sea. At the same time, the skill Turtle Breathing began to be activated. Then a mysterious special power surged into his body, and then Xia Hao clearly felt that he could play and breathe freely in the sea.

Similarly, in the deep sea, Xia Hao pulled down the oxygen bottle, opened the observation Haki to the maximum extent, and looked for the glittering golden fish according to the picture he just watched. After all, the glittering creatures are extremely conspicuous in this dark sea.

"Search separately!"

Xia Hao glanced at Mengshan's huge body and said.

Half an hour later, Xia Hao still did not find the figure of the glittering golden fish after searching for two miles around the sea. He was a little depressed. Just when he was about to change to another area to continue exploring, a golden flash flew past his eyes.

"It's finally here´･ᴗ･

`, my precious food", Xia Hao looked at the flying glittering golden fish, his mouth slightly raised, and began to predict its next move trajectory with the perception of the domineering sense of observation. Finally, when the golden fish was about ten meters away from Xia Hao, Xia Hao made a move.

"Extreme speed!"

Xia Hao's figure flashed, and a series of phantoms appeared in the deep sea. When he appeared again, he had come to the position where the glittering golden fish was about to stay. In an instant, Xia Hao made a decisive move, and his powerful arms tightly grasped the struggling glittering golden fish in his hand, and no matter how it struggled, it could not escape.

Just when Xia Hao was about to call Mengshan to start evacuating the seabed, a crack suddenly appeared on the originally calm seabed, and stones and sand rolled up. A pair of huge eyes like lanterns stared at the glittering golden fish in Xia Hao's hand, ready to take action at any time.

"Sea monster? ! "

Looking at the octopus that was more than ten meters tall in front of him, Xia Hao clenched his fists. At the same time, the giant octopus suddenly stretched out a thick tentacle and tried to wrap Xia Hao up. Unfortunately, under the conditions of observation Haki and extreme speed, Xia Hao's body reacted subconsciously and dodged all the attacks. The speed was no different from that on land.

"Extreme speed!"

"Multiple finger guns! "

The armed color domineering quickly wrapped around his fist, and then he gently extended a finger, his figure flashed, and he came to the front of the large octopus and attacked it quickly. The speed was so fast that it could not be observed by the naked eye. Soon, Xia Hao used reason to subdue the beast, and the dense attacks completely killed it.

"Bang~" The huge body fell to the bottom of the deep sea, stirring up a piece of mud.

"Boss, I didn't see the shining golden fish, but I caught a large tuna." After a while, Mengshan held a tuna of more than three meters to find Xia Hao to gather.

"Well, very good, let's go up, shining golden fish, I caught it!" Xia Hao took out a special fish cage from his arms, and a dazzling golden light came out from the inside.

"Hua La La~"

With the sound of the sea water stirring up and falling, the Axing trio who had been waiting saw Xia Hao and Mengshan return with a full load.

"How is it? !"

"Fortunately, it has fulfilled the mission! ૧(●´৺`●)૭”

“Great, with it, I have the confidence to take a step forward in the chef competition,” Mina was very excited as she looked at the glittering golden fish in the fish cage.