Opening a Restaurant in Honkai

Beneath the crimson, layers of root systems coiled, and countless corpses were piled below. Their limbs were pale and slender; all were girls who had undergone Honkai transformation. The entwined vines had planted the seeds of Honkai within their hearts, growing lushly when their emotions collapsed. New Honkai energy was born from the dead bodies, ultimately summoned back by this flower. By vigorously absorbing this newly generated Honkai energy, the rose grew so luxuriantly.

"It's a plant, yet it does the work of a gardener."

Zhao Bai frowned as he looked at Kiana. "How is it? Seeing this hellish scene, do you feel any physical discomfort?"

"This esteemed young lady is a woman who crawled out of a pile of suicide soldiers."

Kiana gripped her twin guns and replied.

What was this flower nurturing? When it opened a path to its core, it meant it was fully prepared. The vines blocking their advance became meaningless in that instant. It was absolutely confident it could kill them.

Of course, this was merely an illusion brought about by a surge of power. The rose had no clear understanding of its own strength; it was simply inflated.

As a chef, Zhao Bai possessed a sense of smell that was difficult for ordinary people to match. When he entered this botanical garden, he had already noticed it: the air was filled with a faint floral scent. This was a type of neurotoxin, used to paralyze the prey's nerves.

This flower, despite its plant-like appearance, had long since transformed internally into a top predator.

Even so, the situation remained under control.

In Zhao Bai's eyes, no matter how beautiful and bizarre this flower was, it was just a flower. He had once used flowers to refine aromatic essential oils, and this one was no exception. The problem was that a flower growing on corpses, no matter how beautiful, was revolting.

Zhao Bai would not use it to refine aromatic essential oils.

He intended to destroy this flower completely.

In his arsenal, there was a barbecue tool called Heavenly Fire Judgment. If necessary, it would transform into a torch, its violent flames sufficient to melt sand into glass, and then melt the glass back into transparent sand. This was merely a flower; it could not withstand his wrath.

The plan was very simple: when the neurotoxin rendered Kiana unconscious, he would then take out Heavenly Fire Judgment to resolve everything.

Bang, bang, bang.

Kiana fired her twin guns, purple light striking the petals with dull thuds. The blood-red petals remained unharmed, firmly protecting what was inside.

Zhao Bai held his breath, while Kiana gasped for air.

Time ticked by, second by second.

The neurotoxin spread rapidly. Kiana's eyes flickered, and she gradually became weak. The dark green vines lashed out quickly. Zhao Bai, with quick reflexes, pulled Kiana to his side. She, in turn, leaned on him as if an old lady had found a cane.

"Can you see me clearly?"

Zhao Bai asked several times without a response. Finally, he was completely at ease. His long saber quietly slipped down, and his right hand reached into the unfathomable subspace.

"From this moment on, count down your remaining life."

Zhao Bai raised Heavenly Fire Judgment, and savage holy light rapidly gathered in the barrel.

As if to respond to his chuunibyou declaration, the crimson rose trembled violently. Its originally closed petals unfurled one by one. A stunningly beautiful girl stretched her body freely in the viscous fluid. She stretched, her slender waist like a plant's stem.

Is that... a person?

A person with a nose, a mouth, two eyes, and two ears?

Zhao Bai felt he was finished.

Chapter 9: Extreme Bluster

"Humans are always so foolish and ignorant."