Chapter 7: Culinary Art Beyond the Limits of Ingredients!

To prevent this world from hurtling irreversibly toward the abyss of destruction, Luo Qianqiu firmly refused to cultivate a Ghost Witch—Munna.

What?

The Underworld’s Young Prince—Gengar?

That’s even worse!

In this world, Gengar might actually become the true King of Hell!

“But Dark-type seems promising—maybe get a fierce Dark-type hound to guard the place? That would suit well.”

What? Itachi’re talking about Fairy-type?

Luo Qianqiu stated she was a power-focused type; Fairy-types were cute, sure, but at critical moments, they offered no security compared to a fearsome Dark-type hound.

Star Voyager: “Unfortunately, my elemental energy and Vision are world-specific, just like chakra in the Naruto world—they can’t be easily transferred to other worlds. Otherwise, I’d definitely get the group owner a Vision to play with.”

Akatsuki Kage also felt a tinge of regret; she still held strong affection for the current group owner.

But there was no help for it.

A Vision in another world was just an ordinary glass bead, and elemental energy was merely a byproduct of the Vision itself…

Master of Huashan: “I wouldn’t mind granting the group owner the [Purple Xia Divine Art] as thanks for your great kindness, but internal arts shouldn’t be able to kill evil spirits, right?”

Ning Qingyu shook his head in regret.

He was a staunch traditional righteous hero; the future script the group owner revealed could nearly avert Huashan Sect’s path to annihilation—a debt so immense he would sacrifice his life to repay it.

The [Purple Xia Divine Art] was nothing—should the group owner require it, he would not withhold even a single bit.

But…

“Alas!”

Recalling the [Smiling, Proud Wanderer] he had stayed up all night reading, he could not help but wear a bitter expression, sighing: “How could it come to this! How could it come to this!”

Sword qi clashed internally, blood spilled across Huashan, nearly burying the entire sect’s future!

And his own young disciple, Yue Buqun, spent decades pouring his heart and soul into reviving Huashan’s prestige—only to end up disgraced and ruined…

Every time he recalled this future, he felt suffocated—what a dark future indeed?

The Most Evil Criminal Ever: “I’ve done my best to collect Devil Fruits, but what I’ve gathered is far too ordinary—I can’t possibly present them to the group owner!”

The Most Evil Criminal Ever: “Logia: Smoke Fruit, Paramecia: Stretch Fruit, Paramecia: Quiet Fruit, Paramecia: Candle Fruit, Zoan: Hound Fruit, Zoan: Camel Fruit…”

Watching Doflamingo list off one Devil Fruit after another, Luo Qianqiu had no energy left even to mock.

She didn’t care about the side effects of Devil Fruits—after all, the One Piece world had Seastone, and her world had none.

Besides, the chat group’s point system was about to launch; she could simply use points to erase the side effects later.

But…

She felt that if she actually ate these Devil Fruits, she’d provide the entire chat group with hundreds of years’ worth of comedy.

At the very least, give her a Mera Mera Fruit!

Hermes saw it was time to lend his fellow countryman a hand.

The Wisdom of Exploration: “If Itachi don’t mind waiting a few days, I can spend some time studying the Devil Fruits from Doflamingo’s side.”

The Wisdom of Exploration: “The time needed for Paramecia and Logia types is uncertain, but Zoan types should take only one or two days!”

The Wisdom of Exploration: “Perhaps I could get Itachi a Zoan: Mythical Beast: Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Celestial Form?”

The Wisdom of Exploration: “If Itachi don’t like the Celestial Form, Itachi could also consider Phoenix Form, Heavenly Form, Titan Form, Nine-Tailed Fox Form…”

The Star Rail world had countless species; Hermes casually listed dozens.

As for whether he could actually create them?

Even without a Devil Fruit as reference, he could spend time crafting something similar.

With a ready-made specimen as reference, a day would be more than enough.

Star Voyager: “Thumbs up · jpg”

The Most Evil Criminal Ever: “Thumbs up · jpg”

Sinnoh Champion: “Thumbs up · jpg”

Since Hermes had gone offline yesterday, Luo Qianqiu had already explained to the group members the state of the Star Rail world and the absurdity of the Genius Club, so none of them doubted Hermes was boasting.

Omniverse Big Female Lead: “Only Itachi, Lao Mo…”

Omniverse Big Female Lead: “Then I won’t be polite—I think Phoenix Form is perfect!”

Luo Qianqiu temporarily ruled out Paramecia and Logia types.

After all, once Itachi eat a fruit, Itachi still have to be able to use it—and as a beginner from an ordinary world, she shouldn’t reach too far.

The Phoenix Fruit was already superb.

Strong offense, strong defense, exceptional survivability, and an incredibly powerful physique…

What choice was there to make?

The Most Evil Criminal Ever: “In that case, I’ll send Itachi one of each of the three types.”

Without hesitation, Doflamingo stuffed the fruits into a red envelope and sent it.

Had the group owner not declined, he would have gifted every single Devil Fruit he possessed.

“When the group owner begins cultivation, they’ll likely need some potent tonics to replenish the body… I’ll set sail to hunt Sea Kings—this will at least slightly repay your kindness.”

After sending the Devil Fruits, Doflamingo silently calculated in his heart.

Even if the group owner didn’t need them, he had to show his attitude!

In the world of Gourmet, after resolving the matter of meeting the group owner, Floze set down her knife [Cinderella], a gentle smile appearing on her face. She casually placed the dish she’d just prepared into a red envelope and sent it.

This was a dish made by a Cooking God!

Less than a second after the red envelope was sent, it was snatched clean.

Omniverse Big Female Lead: “Whoa! How are your guys’ reaction speeds so fast? The red envelope vanished in a blink!”

Luo Qianqiu stared at the empty red envelope, feeling she had missed a fortune.

Ignoring the group owner’s wailing in the chat, Hermes looked at the [Seven-Colored Rainbow Brew] appearing in his hand, then took a small sip.

“This feeling…”

Eyes half-closed, he sank into a state of spiritual bliss he had never known before. He thought even a Celestial from Xianzhou, upon drinking a sip, could delay the Demon Yin Body for a while—was this the power of a Cooking God’s art?

“Though no ingredient here is identical to those in that universe, finding substitutes isn’t hard—the difficulty lies in achieving this effect with them…”

“Floze’s culinary art has surpassed the limits of ingredients!”

Having reached this conclusion, Hermes could not help but be awed.

Divine Chef: “Alright, group owner, your share wasn’t included in the previous red envelope—I’m now preparing a special meal just for Itachi!”

Floze smiled warmly, comforting the group owner, and casually sent a screenshot of the dish.

Omniverse Big Female Lead: “Mmm! My favorite dessert… Floze really is the best to me!”

Watching the group owner’s joyful message, Floze finally beamed with satisfaction.