Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 398 - 397: Yuchuan Ayaka’s Seven-colored Sea (Part 1)

Chapter 398: Chapter 397: Yuchuan Ayaka’s Seven-colored Sea (Part 1)

The lively pufferfish was discarded, unused.

Not only Xingping Chuangzhen, but even the ordinary spectators on site with some gourmet appreciation skills had gradually figured out this section.

Was it just for show, with no intention to use it?

"That tiger-patterned pufferfish..."

Aoki Motota touched his forehead, about to ask Main General Liangzi beside him, only to turn around and find that the woman who had just been standing here was already holding a sealed ingredient box, standing beneath the stage corresponding to Xia Yu’s cooking station.

That position was right behind Xia Yu.

His pupils shrank slightly as Aoki Motota stared intently at the ingredient box in Liangzi Lina’s hands, thinking to himself, "The real pufferfish intended to be used must be in that box, right?"

In fact, Liangzi Lina had already caught the attention of many people.

Even Xia Yu, who was using the Breaking Army Saber to kill fish, glanced behind him and nodded slightly.

In the recipe in his mind, all five types of seafood were indispensable.

Each type of seafood was extremely important; missing any one link meant that the words "sure-kill" would not stand.

"Ssst—"

On the cutting board, the carp, crucian carp, and sea bream lay flat.

With one swift scrape of the blade in the eyes of the audience, seemingly just one cut, these three differently sized fish simultaneously had their scales flying off in the same second.

He swiftly flipped the fish over.

The second cut.

Just like that, clean and neat, the three fish were sleek with no bones.

He removed the heads, tails, and fins.

Quickly.

The three fish on the cutting board were swiftly cut into several chunks of fish meat.

Since the fish skins had been removed and the bones had been meticulously picked out, the three kinds of fish meats presented in the camera frame appeared pure and white as jade, with a faint redness within.

Many spectators watched with a confused look, staring intently at the screen, unable to discern which piece was carp and which was sea bream.

Next came a pair of cuttlefish, one male and one female.

Handled just as cleanly and neatly, two transparent pieces of meat appeared on the cutting board.

"Liangzi—"

Xia Yu turned around and took the food box from Main General Liangzi, opening it to retrieve the beheaded and deboned pufferfish meat from the cold water, showing a glimpse of a refreshing smile.

This piece of pufferfish meat was the one he had personally processed the day before the final exam ended and entrusted to Main General Liangzi for safekeeping.

Now, it was time for it to be put to use.

Holding the pufferfish meat, Xia Yu returned to his cooking station and scanned it over.

Crucian carp, carp, sea bream, cuttlefish, pufferfish.

Five kinds of meat, and if he activated "Ultra Vision" at this moment, he would see an intermingling of the five elements, generating and overcoming one another.

"Sure-kill!"

Murmuring this term, Xia Yu straightened up slightly and finally took out the long-unused knife box.

Once the sealed box was opened, cold air surged out!

Before the audience could exclaim, the young chef on screen had already grasped a long, narrow blade that seemed like it was forged from crystal!

The moonlight was cold and clear.

The blade, once exposed to the air, had an intimidating edge.

The key was that the surface of the blade was smooth as a mirror; as Xia Yu slowly raised the knife, the blade reflected a corner of the venue, showing the faces of the audience, some surprised and others excited, on its surface.

"Wait!"

"This knife... Is it the Ice Soul Blade?!"

Guan Xingchen raised his hand to interrupt Shen He, the storytelling head chef, and suddenly stood up in shock.

"Isn’t that the ice knife that only those guys from the Dark Cuisine World have the secret forging technique for?" Guan He and Guan Yi exclaimed.

In the Chinese Land, dark chefs wielding such knives still appeared to this day, challenging chefs of the Light Realm in culinary battles.

But the ice knives of later generations no longer had the right to bear the name ’Beichen Sky Wolf Blade.’

Because nearly all of the Ice Soul materials had become extinct, and the Dark Cuisine World only managed to find a suitable substitute to craft replicas.

"Replicas?"

Guan He and Guan Yi looked at each other, doubt arising in their minds.

If it was a replica, where did a young boy from Neon obtain such an ice blade?

Could it be that the Dark Cuisine World had long since been cultivating its presence in Japan?

Guan Xingchen thought of this, and his eyes suddenly bulged, clearly conveying his shock.

Not just the ice blade.

The young chef, holding puffer fish meat, stood before the ice sculpture and wielded his knife!

The dense shadows of the knife strokes formed a wall of luminous ice.

The fish slices, like cherry blossom petals caught in the wind, danced in the air, yet seemingly thread together on an invisible line, the thin slices of fish ultimately following the same trajectory, drawing long parabolic arcs to land on the tail feathers of the bird-shaped ice sculpture!

At that moment, the audience suddenly realized that the bird-shaped ice sculpture, standing three meters tall on the ground, had its most unique feature high aloft – its tail feathers!

Feathers of ice!

There were five in total!

When the puffer fish slices fluttered down onto one of these feathers, the originally pure white ice plume seemed to burst into flame in an instant!

The judges’ bench.

The Far Moon Commander, Chiyoda, Yuchuan Abbot, and Master Yizhen were all visibly moved.

"Look—"

But all at once, the venue burst into commotion.

Amid a chorus of gasps, the audience’s attention was drawn elsewhere.

Unbeknownst to them, the "Moon Heavenly Space" above had seen its round moon gradually reach its peak.

hours and 50 minutes were nearly up!

Yuchuan Ayaka had taken from the freezer the previously frozen cake, colorful cocktail, and white chocolate that had been cast into silicone molds!

A mousses cake was placed on a plate.

With a confident smile curling at her lips, Yuchuan Ayaka used a small knife to slice the solidified rainbow wine jelly into small pieces, and then, turning the bowl over, she spread the whole colorful jelly over the square mousses cake, covering most of its surface.

"Swish—"

Crumbs of biscuit filled the remaining small empty spaces.

The firm white chocolate, removed from its mold, adorned the colorful jelly and biscuit crumbles with decorations shaped like seashells.

She then sprinkled some pure white coconut flakes over the area where the jelly and biscuit met.

Finally, she wrapped a delicate ribbon around the mousses cake.

"Mission accomplished!"

Taking a light breath, Yuchuan Ayaka released her hold and stepped back two paces, looking at the dessert on the plate and finally revealing a relieved smile, "It’s done! My ’killer’ dish will not fail!"

Shuffling sounds echoed faintly through the venue.

The winds were strong, and the waves were high.

Even Sen Tian Makoto and Tiqie Helinai, who bore enmity toward Yuchuan Ayaka, couldn’t help but feel breathless upon seeing her dessert on the plate, their eyes glinting with intense fascination, immediately captivated by the exquisite dish, murmuring to themselves uncontrollably:

Such a beautiful cake!

The ocean is colored.

It was the rainbow cocktail jelly that was extraordinary to begin with, but as the moonlight overhead cast down, the layer of colorful ocean came to life, shimmering with radiant lights and creating ripples in its glow, giving countless people the illusion—

Yuchuan Ayaka, she, had truly crafted an ocean of brilliance with her own hands!

The Creator’s touch!

The biscuit crumbs were the sandy beach.

The white chocolate seashells, amid the flowing shimmer of the rainbow sea and on the sandy shore, appeared so delicate, so inviting.

"I really want a taste!"

Yoshino Yuuki’s eyes sparkled as she kept wiping drool from her mouth, "To take a bite into the ocean of the rainbow, the ocean of radiance... what would that feel like?"

"So amazing!"

Xingping Chuangzhen’s eyes widened.

Just by gazing across the space, he felt as if he was standing on the beach created by Yuchuan Ayaka, looking out over the vast sparkling sea before him, his heart swelling with awe and a dreamy sentiment, as if he’d visited a fairy tale world bursting with incredible adventures.

"This is my ’killer’ dish!"

Yuchuan Ayaka presented the plate at the table, her light laughter echoing in the hushed venue.