Without any effort at all, without encountering any obstacles.
The distance that seemed insurmountable to others simply did not exist for Huai Shi; he didn't even need to take a step, and the destination arrived at his feet.
As if afraid he might feel a bit tired or the slightest annoyance.
It wasn't condescension but rather an obsequious servility, like a fawning dog, that brought a perfect dish before him.
Huai Shi's chopsticks had already fallen on the pig ear.
With a gentle pluck, the thick meat and soft cartilage slipped off into his hand, like picking fruit from a tree, the strange and delightful aroma wafted in and after passing over the dipping sauce on the dish, it fell into his mouth.
The chewy pig ear crackled loudly in his mouth. The rich, aromatic flavor of the meat spread out, filling his mouth and lungs, and he felt as if immersed in warm water, experiencing an unprecedented satisfaction.
However, it did not feel greasy at all.
Because the crisp and clear fragrance of wine complementing the rich meat flavor swept away the greasiness that would discomfort the stomach, while also greatly increasing Huai Shi's appetite.
Another bite...
This is truly, a peerless delicacy!
He had never tasted such good food, never enjoyed such honor, never wielded such immense power.
It's almost as if... as if...
A god!
In that moment, Huai Shi's movements paused, a line suddenly surfaced in his mind.
"You have not delivered the reeds you should have; the royal sacrifice cannot proceed without the materials to purify the sacred wine, so I must come to punish..."
Duke Huan of Qi attacked Chu using this pretext!
These were words that Huai Shi's level of cultural education had never memorized, yet they emerged in his mind naturally at this moment.
"Finally remembered, Miss Huaizhi?"
Guo ShouQue looked down at her astonished expression, his smile growing increasingly ferocious: "Purifying wine with reeds is a necessary step before offering sacred wine in sacrifice to a god — this is a supreme delicacy only a demigod like the King of Zhou has the right to enjoy!
Are you feeling satisfied now?"
Huai Shi could not stop anymore.
He was eating wildly, with no regard for manners, wolfing down the special pig in front of him and savoring the endless power and indescribably wonderful fragrance of wine.
As if he could see himself soaring high above the sky, worshipped by thousands.
Countless devout praises and prayers echoed in his ears.
His consciousness and voice covered the Nine Fields of the Heavens and the Nine Provinces of the Earth, operating majestically across this vast land.
The Stigma of the Soloist was trembling.
The trace of divine nature hidden within began to burgeon and grow rapidly, absorbing this solemn offering and sacrifice. A cold and vast presence emerged from the depths of Huai Shi's soul, little by little, encroaching upon his soul.
Assaulting his humanity.
Once this piece of divine nature rapidly sprouted and crossed the boundary Huai Shi could control, it triggered fatal chaos, turning around to dilute Huai Shi's soul and consciousness.
Devouring humanity!
To slowly... transform him into the phantom of a god!
Just like how a massive disaster could petrify a person, this overwhelming divine nature beyond Huai Shi's limit of control was about to crush him!
"Finally realized?"
Guo ShouQue tapped his fingers on the table, scrutinizing Huai Shi struggling in expression, smiling, telling him word by word: "Miss Huaizhi, the moment I first laid eyes on you, I realized... your soul harbors such pure miracles.
That precious radiance, like the sun.
For a Chef Demon of the Yiya School, you are a once-in-a-lifetime extraordinary material!"
At this moment, the Chef Demon, who most loved using humans as ingredients, widened his eyes, unable to contain his excitement and agitation, "Comparing with something like Tai Lao, the pinnacle peak, you are the masterpiece I have painstakingly sought to complete!"
In the silent arena, apart from Huai Shi's labored breathing, there was no other noise.
Until now, with the water settled and the stones revealed, the sinister intention hidden under this match finally emerged.
At this moment, between the dueling parties.
One was willing to use any means to break the opponent's internal balance, provoke disaster backlash, and cast him into Hell.
The other, however, tried painstakingly to elevate the opponent to the divine throne!
To humans, there was no difference between these two results.
Becoming a Demon and becoming a god, thoroughly petrifying and completely vaporizing, there was no difference to a human soul.
Both represented a transformation that couldn't be stopped.
Both represented the tragic future of losing oneself and becoming a walking corpse...
Huai Shi was fully aware of this.
But he could not stop. Instead, he was... accelerating.
The divine atmosphere descended upon his soul, causing his consciousness to quickly vaporize, memories to burn, rapidly evaporating, everything belonging to Huai Shi was swiftly dissolved, quickly thinning.