Chapter 290 Pain

The beef slices cut by perfect knife skills naturally taste perfect. Both the texture and taste are top-notch, giving people full happiness and satisfaction.

But it was only a moment.

From the time the beef slice enters the mouth, to the time it is chewed by the teeth, to the time it is swallowed down the throat, it takes no more than ten seconds.

These ten seconds give people a wonderful experience as if time has stopped, as if every second is cut into hundreds and thousands of parts, giving people enough time to carefully feel and savor this long-lasting happiness.

But soon, happiness flashed away from his mouth.

At the same time, another feeling came after the happiness.

That is pain.

The people who had just squinted their eyes and enjoyed the food to their heart's content, immersed in the deliciousness wholeheartedly, now all suddenly opened their eyes wide. Their eyes quickly became bloodshot, and their eyes were filled with red blood vessels that were as thick as the roots of tree branches, madly covering the white eyeballs.

Everyone's eyes bulged as if their eyeballs were about to fall out of their sockets. Their hideous eyeballs spasmed in pain and tears flowed uncontrollably. The tears did not flow one by one, but poured down like a surging river, as if all the water in the body was gathered in the tear glands and then poured out uncontrollably.

At the same time, there seemed to be a stream of air rushing around in their bodies, bringing intense pain wherever it hit. Every blood vessel, every muscle, and every nerve was twisting and struggling in this irresistible pain, and was constantly tortured by this painful feeling.

The pain and torture inside the body quickly manifested itself on the outside. The muscles on the body twisted against each other, forming an extremely strange shape. Their limbs also twitched and bent, presenting a twisted and stiff shape. The tendons and muscles that had originally lived in harmony were now curled up together. Blue veins bulged out from under the skin, like countless tiny snakes that had drilled into the skin and were moving through the flesh and blood.

Pain, extreme pain, far beyond what a person can bear.

This kind of pain can kill a person alive.

But the amazing thing is that despite experiencing such pain that exceeded the limits of their physical bodies, they still did not die.

The airflow that was rushing around in their bodies, causing them great pain, was also miraculously keeping them alive, allowing them to breathe a breath and not die so easily.

If they were to breathe their last, they would have to live in endless pain.

When the pain reached its extreme, even a sound could not be uttered.

The scene was eerily quiet, with only silent pain conveyed through the eyes and felt through the heart.

Even if the rest of the people did not feel the pain, they would feel the same just by seeing this scene.

The delicious dishes that should bring happiness and joy to people are now evil spirits that push people into purgatory.

This is not surprising, after all, it was born from the hands of the devil.

Kaiyou didn't say another word, but his meaning was clear.

This left the remaining people with no hope at all, only despair.

Kaiyou said encouragingly, "Does anyone else want to try it? I think my dish can still be improved."

But at this moment, no matter how much he talked, no one would be so stupid as to try it.

No, there are still people there.

It was not just stupidity, but also courage, or maybe it was the influence of luck, or the encouragement from Xiang En's previous successful case. Elder Huang took a deep breath and was about to take a step forward.

Elder He, who was standing by, saw this and quickly pulled him aside, whispering, "Do you want to die? Didn't you see the miserable state of those people?"

"I see. But if we continue to wait, we will end up in the same situation, not much better than them."

"It's better to die late than early." Elder He muttered.

"As long as there is a slight chance, I still want to give it a try."

"What are you trying? Lord Kaiyou has perfect knife skills, what else do you want to try? Xiang En is lucky, after all, she is a top chef, she has both ability and luck. What do you have? It's impossible, give up."

"No, I think the two of us have a better chance than the others."

"Why do you say that?"

Elder Huang said: "Because of Xu Qing."

"Xu Qing? What does this have to do with him?"

"Didn't you hear what Xiang En said before? The reason why her knife skills were recognized by Lord Kaiyou is because she imitated Xu Qing's knife skills. Maybe Xu Qing can help us."

"How can we help? That guy is so far away, how can he help us?"

Elder Huang pointed to his mouth and said, "We have tasted Xu Qing's dishes in person more than once. Those flavors and impressions remain on our tongues. I can even feel the taste of the dishes now, the touch of my tongue, and the texture of my teeth when I chew them. Perhaps these flavors and impressions can guide us."

Elder He couldn't help but say, "Ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! You are simply crazy!"

Crazy. Yes, Elder Huang also thought he was crazy.

How could the taste and texture left in his mouth help him?
This sounds like an extremely ridiculous joke, and only a madman could say it.

But at this moment, for some reason, Elder Huang was full of confidence.

Confidence in the greatest enemy of the dark culinary world.

If there is anyone in the world who can compete with the strongest in the dark cuisine world, it is only Xu Qing.

Elder Huang stepped forward and said, "Lord Kaiyou, I want to give it a try."

Kaiyou asked, "Why? Do you want to show off your knife skills like everyone else did before?"

Elder Huang said, "No, my old arms and legs are already past their prime. Forcing me to show off my knife skills will only cause more trouble for Lord Kaiyou."

Kaiyou nodded and said, "You are right. So what do you want to show?"

Elder Huang said, "I don't know either. Just look at my tongue and see what it can tell me."

Tongue?
Kaiyou remembered that Elder Huang was one of the judges in the knife skills contest before the gods, which meant that his tongue still remembered the taste of the dishes cooked by Xu Qing.

It’s Xu Qing again.

This aroused Kaiyou's interest. He picked up a piece of raw beef with chopsticks, cut off a small part of it, put it on a plate and handed it to Elder Huang, saying: "The pain contained in this should be within your acceptable range. It depends on whether you can satisfy me like Xiang En. If not, as the price for deceiving me, I will give you more pain than them."

Is there any pain deeper than the ultimate pain?

Elder Huang couldn't imagine it.

But since Kaiyou said so, maybe it is true.

Elder Huang didn't dare to think about it anymore. He took the plate and tried his best to ignore the extremely painful scenes of the people around him. He focused all his attention on his tongue, concentrating on sensing the faint taste and texture on the tip of his tongue, letting them compete with the upcoming food to see who will win in the end.

(End of this chapter)