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🐉 Chapter 18: The Hungry Mouth of Hell
(The air is thick with tension. Xiao Feng stands frozen as the girl with fiery red hair, Xilià, licks her lips, eyeing him with a dangerous hunger.)
🔊 Xilià (playfully menacing):
— "If your cooking isn't good enough... I might just have to eat you instead."
🔊 Xiao Feng (stammering):
— "Wait, what?! My first female companion is threatening to eat me?!"
(Gu Tang narrows his eyes, his usual cold demeanor turning sharper.)
🔊 Gu Tang (serious):
— "Watch yourself, Xiao Feng. That appetite of hers... it's no joke."
(Suddenly, the ground trembles slightly. A faint, eerie glow begins to pulse from the depths of the valley.)
🔊 Xilià (eyes glinting):
— "This valley... it's hungry. And it feeds on more than just flesh."
🔊 Xiao Feng (gathering courage, gripping his cooking knife):
— "Then I guess it's time to cook up something really special."
(He closes his eyes, visions of recipes flash in his mind — ancient, powerful, and forbidden. His system alerts: Ultimate Recipe Unlocked: Demon-Silencing Dumplings.)
🔊 Xilià (smiling wickedly):
— "Let's see if your cooking can silence the hunger... or if I'll be having you for dinner."
(The mist thickens as the three prepare for the battle between hunger and flame — a fight that will determine their fate in the valley.)
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🔥 End of Chapter 18
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