CHAPTER 176: CHAPTER 175: APPETIZER: CENTER

Chapter 175: Appetizer: CENTER

[Shadowkhan Queen]: "I don’t want to go to school! Homies, do you have any ideas?"

Jade did not like school. School was a total drag. As someone who loved adventure, she naturally loved freedom. There was no freedom in school; it was just like being in prison.

[Star Forger]: "I have a plan."

[Star Forger]: "Snake Talisman for invisibility + Dragon Talisman for explosion. Raze the school to the ground and erase all traces."

[Shadowkhan Queen]: "Are there any non-destructive methods?"

Jade broke into a cold sweat. She wasn’t that deranged. Kenji, you seem a bit too extreme.

[Galactic Baseballer]: "I also have a plan."

[Galactic Baseballer]: "Just go find the Book of Ages, modify the world’s history, and make the concept of school disappear completely."

Heh, I’m such a genius.

[The Destroyer]: "Modifying time and history... interesting."

Tsukasa thought of the Time Jackers. Weren’t they trying to change the future by going through the young Zi-O?

[Shadowkhan Queen]: "Something a little more normal, please. No destruction, no changing history."

One was more ridiculous than the other. Either blow up the school or modify history. Did they want her to reboot the entire planet too?

[Ghost of the Uchiha]: "You can use a Shadow Clone. Split off a clone to go to school in your place."

As for the chakra problem, the chat group’s shop had a solution for that.

[Star Forger]: "The basic operation of a Shadow Clone."

Kenji thought of the Naruto fanfictions he had read. As soon as a story started from the Ninja Academy, the first thing the protagonist did was learn the Shadow Clone technique, then send the clone to school while they did other things.

[Shadowkhan Queen]: "There’s a move like that? That sounds so cool!"

Jade’s eyes darted about. Let a Shadow Clone (the sucker) go to school for me... a path I had never considered. Actually, besides the Shadow Clone, there were other ways. Uncle should have some kind of duplication magic.

Gourmet World, First Area. The region where the Dragon King Derous resided.

The eight ingredients corresponded to eight areas. The Eight Kings could be said to be the guardians of Acacia’s Full Course Menu ingredients. However, the appetizer CENTER was not in the First Area. To obtain it, one had to pass through the entrance in the center of the First Area and enter the Zeroth Area.

The Zeroth Area was known as the birthplace of Gourmet Cells, the Origin Continent. PANGAEA was the name of the Origin Continent. After billions of years of plate tectonics, it had split into the current continents, each one holding an ingredient from Acacia’s Full Course.

"Icy, go and play with the Dragon King Derous," Atashino said with a smile.

SCREEE—

The Cryophoenix let out a world-shaking cry, and the temperature between heaven and earth dropped at a visible rate. One second it was a warm spring day with blooming flowers, the next it was a world of ice and snow, as if an ice age had descended.

Cryophoenix, Divine Beast Class;

Capture Level: 6445;

Length: 5000 meters

Weight: 40 million tons;

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Dragon King Derous, Pterosaur Beast Class;

Capture Level: 6590;

Length: 4000 meters;

Weight: 80 million tons;

The auras emanating from the two behemoths were evenly matched. The Dragon’s Might was like a prison, the Extreme Cold was a frozen domain; they both formed their own special fields. The Eight King-level beasts usually stayed in their own continents and rarely encountered each other.

Both the Cryophoenix and Derous could fly, so the battlefield was chosen in the sky. An Emperor Ring appeared, the phenomenon produced when Eight-King-level powerhouses clash.

The Dragon King’s Extra-Dimensional Laser was a super-powerful single-target attack that could destroy a star, but its charge-up time was too long. The Cryophoenix’s extremely cold frost breath was an instant cast, and it could easily interrupt Derous’s laser. Someone had deep experience with this. Right, Tartaglia? The wind-up for your Foul Legacy transformation was interrupted by Neuvillette, and you were put into a peaceful, baby-like sleep on the spot. And there was Ultraman Ginga, who was kicked out of his spinning transformation.

"Can you really go in there? It’s constantly absorbing energy right now," Atashino said, her brow furrowed. Even after eating EARTH, she felt it would be impossible to get to that Zeroth Area.

"Normally, only someone who has eaten GOD can enter. Otherwise, in the process of entering, all the energy in your body will be sucked out, and you’ll turn into a dried-up mummy," Kenji said. Don’t be fooled by how short the passage looks; it’s 35,000 meters long, a world located inside the Earth. Unless you have near-infinite energy or top-tier Food Luck, you can’t get through.

Kenji didn’t lack energy, but he had other ways to avoid it.

"Atashino, you wait here. I’ll go down myself."

Plop!

The power of creation enveloped Kenji’s body. And so, his energy was no longer being drawn away. The Zeroth Area below was the Origin Continent, the place where life was nurtured and created. So, not only did it not reject the power of creation, but it was also very receptive to it.

After descending 35,000 meters, Kenji saw a light and knew he was about to arrive.

The view opened up. The space was truly shocking to Kenji. It was a world of ingredients that stretched as far as the eye could see, with all sorts of ingredients growing rapidly. There were many ingredients that Kenji had never seen before. It was truly worthy of being called the birthplace of ingredients.

Poof, poof—

A black, transparent, gel-like liquid spewed out from a fissure. The substance flowing within it was like cytoplasm. This liquid contained an incomparably vast amount of life energy. Just taking a whiff felt like it could heal all injuries.

The appetizer, CENTER. Capture Level 10,000. Such a high Capture Level was because of the extreme difficulty of capturing it. Besides getting past the Dragon King Derous’s guard, one also had to pass through the 35,000-meter-long passage. The cooking difficulty was not too great; you could drink it directly.

To obtain the true power of one’s Gourmet Cell Demon, the appetizer CENTER was indispensable. After Acacia ate CENTER at the end, he swallowed NEO, and his own Capture Level jumped to an astonishing 30,000.

Kenji took out a cylindrical iron pot and filled it with the appetizer, CENTER. Using spatial teleportation, Kenji returned directly to Atashino’s side.

Atashino didn’t even ask if he had gotten it. Could her partner fail? The answer: of course not.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Icy is really something. The Dragon King Derous is about to tilt," Kenji said in admiration. The Dragon King’s main attack was the Extra-Dimensional Laser, but the charge-up was too long, and Icy wouldn’t give it a chance to charge.

ROAR!

The Dragon King let out a deafening roar. It was so frustrated. Just give me a chance to fire one shot! Just as it was about to gather energy, the instant-cast frost breath interrupted it again.

SCREE, SCREE—

Icy seemed to be mocking it. The Eight Kings? Is that all you’ve got? I didn’t participate in the competition for the Eight Kings back then, not because I couldn’t win, but because I wasn’t interested in the title. With just a slight move, it was already at the limit of the Eight Kings.

The Dragon King was tilted. Since the Extra-Dimensional Laser was unusable, it would use its teeth! It had completely forgotten that its speed couldn’t keep up either. Although Icy’s body was longer than the Dragon King’s, its weight was only half of the Dragon King’s. The speed advantage was with Icy.

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