White Yaksha: Is Aha Really Going to Die in Front of Me Just to Become a Heroic Spirit? (11K, continued)

Five minutes later...

The Chrysos Heirs watched as Mydei's face plunged straight into a bowl of purple, indescribable food, after which he stopped moving. Cold sweat ran down their backs.

They were drenched in sweat!

"Next... who's up?" Raiden Ei's gaze left Mydei and swept across the Chrysos Heirs.

"?!!" ×n

Though the explosions and bursts of flame that had occasionally erupted from the kitchen while they waited had already given everyone some idea of how troublesome this meal would be, they had never expected Mydei—the one they had placed the most hope in—to go down after the very first bite.

"W-What exactly did you put in this food?" Cipher's fingers were trembling.

"A broth simmered from the bones of an Ancient Beast of Dusk, chunks of Stellaron as one of the main ingredients, and bark from Qiongsang, the homeland of the Wing Makers, used as aged citrus peel seasoning..." Raiden Ei counted them off on her fingers as though reciting treasured possessions.

"Stop, stop, stop. Where did you get so many rare things?" Chen Li could not help cutting Raiden Ei off.

Bones of an Ancient Beast of Dusk?

In the entire Honkai: Star Rail world, there were fewer than five Ancient Beasts of Dusk left! Of the two currently known, one was the Devouring Star God, and the other was a Great Extinguisher...

A Stellaron?

Fine, that was probably the easiest ingredient to obtain among all of them.

But Qiongsang's bark...

If Chen Li remembered correctly, Qiongsang was the Wing Makers' home planet: a planetary-scale giant tree that drew upon the planet's energy, a Dyson tree that fed on the stars.

That thing had bark?

"Aha supplied it," Raiden Ei answered.

"Oh, then it's fine."

No wonder this dish had enough kick to take down even Mydei.

"Cough,