Dragon's Soul Chapter 197: Explosive

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While a storm of protest whipped up due to the contest, the four beauties couldn't contain themselves as their laughter echoed into the air.

"These guys won't know what's going to hit them if it's a cooking contest." Lingqi said as she laughed heartily while hugging her stomach.

"If I compete I'll make a laughingstock of myself, but if I don't then the chances of losing and becoming that brat's slave will be ever so high…" Nai Fan mumbled after clicking his tongue.

Upon hearing Xiao Gong's voice, a smile appeared on Nai Fan's face as he leaped into the air and landed behind a fully equipped cooking station. Not long after, Zhang stood up from his seat, leaving the warmth that was given off by the beauties and casually walked to one of the many stations.

Atop this platform were mounds of various fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, and spices that offered endless possibilities and combinations. From rare treats to everyday ingredients, the abundance of food made everyone's mouth water.

An instant later all of the various contestants, most of whom had no idea how to cook, raced toward the platform at blinding speeds.

"Fools, it doesn't matter how great one's ingredients or cooking skills are, as long as you're the only one to turn in a dish." Xiao Gong laughed as he arrived beside the massive platform that took the strength of a hundred people to carry and reached out with his hands.

Surprisingly enough, Xiao Gong's tiny frame began to grow ever so larger. Moments later with a body covered in scales and a body towering fifteen feet above everyone else, Xiao Gong flicked his wrists and flipped the entire platform over.

In a matter of breaths, the massive platform slammed onto the ground, causing the ground to rumble and shake, while smashing most of the things that had laid on top of it to mush while the audience watched with gaping jaws.

"Cheating? Fool! When did Lord Long Feng state that I couldn't do what I just did? As long as we do not use our cultivation base, magical treasures of techniques then everything else is fair game. Partially reverting to my true form isn't cheating in anyway." Xiao Gong laughed as his body began to shrink back into the form of a child.

"Who are you calling a fool?! If you have the guts come back here and I'll beat, you to a bloody pulp! Hmph!" Ai's yelling could be heard before the other beauties managed to calm her down.

Upon seeing Zhang scavenge what ingredients he could off the ground, the other contestants swarmed and tried to do the same. But due to the scarcity of things left behind after Xiao Gong flipped over the platform, a massive brawl soon broke out.

While the brawl continued to escalate and grow out of proportion, the few people who did manage to obtain enough ingredients to cook up something could be seen busy at work.

"Cutting with these punt knives will take forever…" Nai Fan complained about a snort as he flipped his hand and a large heavy looking scimitar fell into his grasp.

"Look at that scimitar and that superb swordsmanship! I wish I could cut up vegetables as good as you. Then again only an idiot would even consider using a scimitar when cooking." Lord Chan Chu's laughter could be heard as it made its way into Nai Fan's ears, prompting Nai Fan's face to turn scarlet red while the audience began to snicker.

As the silence ensued and the attempts at cooking continued, a mixture of fragrances soon wafted into the air and into the nostrils of all those presents. While some of these fragrances were mouthwatering while others made people's stomachs churn in disgust.

"Plates of poison…" Lingqi began to mumble upon hearing Ling's words as a devious glint appeared in her eyes.

Without knowing a hint of what the beauties were up to, Zhang could be seen diligently mincing meat, chopping vegetables, and baking bread, with a brimming smile on his face.

"A dash of salt, a hint of pepper and a bunch of other seasonings will make even foulest of things can taste good." Zhang chuckled as he eyed the other contestants. Of all the people present, it could be said that Zhang was undoubtedly the best and most experienced cook, with his memories of dozens of recipes from his past life and countless nights spent cooking for his beautiful wives, Zhang was brimming with experience in regards to the culinary arts.

"Don't think you're the only one who knows how to cook! I was a professional chef for twenty years before I poured all of my efforts into cultivating. Compared to me, everyone here is an amateur." A level ten cultivator laughed as he could be seen holding a large wok over a blazing fire.

Ignoring the level ten cultivator and with a smile on his face, while a joyful whistling tune was emitting from his mouth, Zhang's attention was entirely focused on the fiery pan and sizzling meat patty in front of him, leaving him obvious and blind to an unusual event occurring around him.

Like silent predators, the trails of runes quickly made their way across the ground unnoticed and in an instant later latched onto their intended prey.

As the squadron of fleas and mosquitos lined up in neat rows, a trail of unnoticeable droplets of blackish colored liquid could be seen dripping onto the ground from Lingqi's index finger.

"This won't kill anyone will it?" Yuying whisperer led to Lingqi in a nearly inaudible tone.

While the busy contestants continued to focus all of their attention on completing their dishes for the judges, under the control of Yuying and covered in poison from Lingqi, a squadron of flies and mosquitos roamed about and infected everything they touched.

After moving all over the place, the flies and mosquitos all congregated at the station of the level ten cultivator who had been a chef for twenty years before flying off and disappearing out of sight just as the judging part of the cooking contest began.

Needless to say, this was the first time any of these judges or had heard of the term, hamburger, but without much questioning, they quickly picked the hamburgers and bit into the juicy meat patties.

Although somewhat reluctantly to do so, the judges tasted the supposedly fried pork chops and to their surprise, they found themselves at the mercy of Lingqi's poison. Moments after ingesting the charred bits, the three judges instantly ran off to the nearest outhouse and were replaced by a new panel of judges.

After witnessing what had happened to the previous judges, the new judges arrived at Nai Fan's station where presented to them three plates of sunny side up eggs with a side of rice and boiled vegetables.

"It's kind of bland but it's edible and no one has been sent to the outhouse." One of the judges said with a smile as he and the other judges proceeded to give Nai Fan ninety out of a hundred possible points which caused a slight grin to appear on Nai Fan's face.

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