Chapter 31 Battle for the Ingredients Area

“These two knives actually need to be combined into one to unleash their power.” Chu Ling brandished the two knives in his hands, and with a light slash, the tempered glass in front of him snapped into two pieces.

“Stop playing around...” Ye Suxuan turned her head to look at Chu Ling, who was still fiddling with the two knives. With a face full of dark lines, she walked over and reached out to twist his ear.

“Are you Nier Duolong? I told you to stop playing; the monsters are coming soon.”

“Ouch, ouch, ouch!” Chu Ling quickly sheathed the knives and followed Ye Suxuan to hide on the side.

Gu Ye carried the prepared blood to the pre-set location, lifted the lid, and a pungent smell of blood rushed towards them.

Seeing that the bait was ready, he quickly returned to Chu Ling and the others, watching carefully.

Seeing the knives in Chu Ling's hands, Gu Ye became even more certain of his guess that the “Butchering Master” Yuri was a Silver-level Monster.

When both knives were held by the same person, they displayed the characteristics of card-making materials.

Name: [Butchering Dual Knives]

Quality: [Blue]

Category: [Apparatus]

Skills:

[Vegetable and Meat Dual Chop]: Holding both knives and accurately hitting weak points, the interlacing of the dual knives can unleash fierce slashes. The bone-chopping knife deals extra cutting damage to muscle and bone targets.

When the vegetable knife blade rises and falls against the cutting board, it can sever the texture of ingredients with minimal force, making the cross-section of the sliced vegetables and meat smooth and the texture intact, allowing them to absorb flavors more easily when cooked.

Introduction: Exclusive kitchenware of the Butchering Master Yuri from the Dusk Undersea Treasury kitchen. Extremely sharp and sturdy, often used for chopping bones and cutting meat. Chopping bones is like cutting rotten wood, and cutting meat is like slicing through congealed fat. Ingredients processed with these dual knives are highly praised by the Head Chef.

“They’re here.” Ye Suxuan's voice was low, and her expression was tense.

Several rotting giant rats groped their way out from the corners of the ingredient zone, sniffing hard at the smell of blood diffusing in the air.

Following the scent, the giant rats finally found the plate Gu Ye and the others had placed. Inside was freshly drawn blood from a 'Kun Kun' that Chu Ling had found somewhere.

The reason they knew fresh blood could lure the giant rats was thanks to information obtained from Yan Shuangling's bloodline card.

“Bang~”

“Caught them.”

Ye Suxuan and Chu Ling immediately rushed out, with Gu Ye following closely behind. Four giant rats were trapped under the cage.

“Elegant Blade!” Yan Shuangling's voice rang out. A figure appeared beside the cage, raised the Tang dao in his hand, and pierced one of the rats with a single strike.

Ye Suxuan and Chu Ling each killed one, and the last one also fell under the combined siege of Gu Ye and Third Mother Li.

The five of them pried open all four rat heads, and finally, there was one blood core. The five had already killed three waves of giant rats since arriving at the ingredient zone, and only now did they obtain one blood core.

Just as Ye Suxuan was about to bend down to pick up the blood core on the ground, Third Mother Li suddenly shouted, “Watch out!”

Before the words had faded, a grenade was thrown in from the window, landing with a “thud” right on the pile of rat heads. Fortunately, Chu Ling was close by and knocked her out of the way.

“Bang~~” A violent explosion rang out, and flames accompanied by flying shreds of meat and debris splashed everywhere. Fortunately, the blood core was hard enough and was only sent flying.

“If there's something good, it should be brought out for everyone to share.” Xu Yuanmo's voice carried a hint of sinister intent as he walked out from the entrance of the ingredient zone, followed closely by Luo the Third and Ding Ning.

“Boss Xu is right. After all, we have gone through hardships together.” Luo the Third rubbed his hands with a cheeky grin and stepped forward, his eyes fixed tightly on the blood core on the ground, moving quickly to pick it up.

Just as his hand was about to touch the blood core, a flash of cold light suddenly streaked by. Elegant Blade had appeared at his side before anyone knew it, and with a light wave of the Tang dao in his hand, he slashed at the wrist Luo the Third had extended!

“Clang~~” At the critical moment, Xu Yuanmo timely drew a long knife to block, barely parrying Elegant Blade's attack. Luo the Third was so scared that he quickly retreated, leaving the range of Elegant Blade's attack; he didn't even dare to pick up the blood core anymore.

“I'll hold them off, you go grab the blood core.” Xu Yuanmo shouted in a deep voice. With a thought, a suit of cold-gleaming armor instantly covered his entire body, and immediately after, a completely silver-white robot condensed and formed in front of him.

“[Jade-Faced Grenade King], stop him.” Scarlet eyes locked onto Elegant Blade, and it raised its hand to throw a grenade at him. Elegant Blade easily sliced through the grenade, then shifted his footwork and charged straight towards the [Jade-Faced Grenade King].

Meanwhile, Xu Yuanmo, holding a long knife, flashed towards Yan Shuangling, wanting to take the opportunity to eliminate the Card Master herself. But just as he approached Yan Shuangling, Chu Ling suddenly appeared, his dual knives accurately blocking his attack.

“You go help them grab the blood core!” Hearing this, Yan Shuangling immediately retreated and rushed towards the direction of the blood core to provide support.

“[Subtle Perception]” An illusory image of a card appeared in Yan Shuangling's pupils, finally transforming into a crescent moon.

Streams of information flowed into her consciousness, and her brain operated at high speed, filtering for useful information.

“Water Current Coil~” An attack was launched by Yan Shuangling towards Luo the Third and the other person who were about to get the blood core. Ding Ning hurriedly raised an earth wall to intercept the attack, but there was a fireball behind it.

With the help of the bloodline card [Subtle Perception], Yan Shuangling controlled the fireball to land precisely on the blood core.

“Bang~” An explosion sent the blood core flying towards the direction of Gu Ye and the others. Seeing this, Ding Ning launched an attack at the blood core, wanting to keep it, but how could Ye Suxuan let him have his way? She moved her feet lightly, holding her weapon, and attacked him.

With someone intercepting Ding Ning and the others, Gu Ye had no worries and successfully obtained the blood core. He didn't mind that there was still giant rat brain matter on the blood core and swallowed it directly.

“Hmm?” Gu Ye frowned. After the blood core entered his mouth, it turned into a warm current that flowed into his limbs and bones.

After the warm current disappeared, Gu Ye was finally able to sense the cards in his spiritual space, and he hurriedly summoned Zhang Fei to help.

“Yide, help!”

“The general obeys.” The summoned Zhang Fei immediately flew forward and thrust his spear at Ding Ning. Gu Ye was no longer the same as he used to be; after promoting to Bronze Rank 6, he could already let Zhang Fei unleash the power that a Blue card should have.

When Xu Yuanmo saw the suddenly appearing black-faced man, his pupils constricted. He had seen Zhang Fei before—not the current Zhang Fei, but the future Zhang Fei. He still had a fresh memory of Zhang Fei's appearance.

In his memory, in the future, the super-large Card Domain [Yuanxu Chess War Domain] descended, and the myriad races united to fight against the major federations. In this battle, Zhang Fei slaughtered the myriad races until corpses littered the field, carving out a renowned reputation.

At that time, Xu Yuanmo could only be considered a monkey within the Noble Families's team, daring only to look up at them from a distance... hmm! From over a hundred thousand kilometers away.

“Run!” Xu Yuanmo distanced himself from Chu Ling and shouted to Ding Ning and the other.

In the future, many people had specifically studied all of Gu Ye's cards to develop corresponding counters, but whether they could actually win during a battle was another matter entirely.