Zhu Zhuyun's triumphant expression froze on the spot.
Her jade-like hands—which had been confidently kneading Lin Feng's shoulders just moments ago—stiffened ever so slightly.
A chill climbed up her spine.
She had just realized…
She underestimated this fox.
While she was still struggling to score points with Lin Feng, the other woman had already stepped forward—
—acting on behalf of the divine will.
The entire hall fell into a suffocating silence.
At the exact moment Hu Liena's solemn words dropped, the slip of paper in her hand fluttered without wind—
Whoosh—
The "Divine Oracle" she held aloft drifted forth like a white butterfly, floating toward the reclining figure.
Lin Feng's heart was already blooming with wild joy.
This little fox… she's good!
Not only could she wait tables—
She could even handle the sales manager role?!
Customer emotionally unstable?
Unable to order properly?
No problem—
She directly created a "Manager's Recommended Divine Set Meal."
She even knew how to play the damned KPI game!
But Lin Feng's expression remained unchanged—unmoved, unbothered, detached.
A man gazing down at all things like drifting dust.
The paper never touched his hand.
Three inches from his forehead—
Fwshh—
Golden flames silently ignited, swallowing the slip whole.
It dissolved into countless points of pure light, drifting about before evaporating entirely.
As if the divine had already read it.
When the last speck of light vanished—
Lin Feng's thin lips parted.
A single, indifferent word fell like judgment:
"Approved."
The moment he disappeared past the kitchen curtain—
Zhu Zhuyun felt the fading warmth lingering on her fingertips.
But her heart—
Had already fallen into an ice abyss.
She lost.
Her teeth closed on her lower lip, almost breaking skin, as jealousy twisted deep inside her.
Her fingernails dug into her palm hard enough to draw blood.
Her cold feline eyes locked onto Hu Liena's serene, holy expression—an aura so elevated it cut the air around her.
But Hu Liena—
Never even glanced her way.
Because—
Her divine soul had been ignited.
That calm, indifferent "Approved" had elevated her to an entirely new realm.
Senior acknowledged me.
Senior permitted me to act as divine oracle.
A sacred, unprecedented mission now flowed through her bones like golden fire.
She turned.
Her enchanting features were now wreathed in a faint, holy glow.
She walked toward the group of Titled Douluo—men whose divine souls were already shaking after witnessing miracle after miracle.
Her steps were airy.
Her posture elegant.
As if she wasn't walking toward a dining table—
But toward lost lambs, waiting to be guided up the steps of a temple.
She stopped before Gold Crocodile and the others, bowed slightly, and her voice rang out—clear, cold, and tinged with a saint's pity.
"The divine revelation has descended."
"Divine grace is boundless… but fleeting."
Her gaze swept across their trembling, greedy faces.
Then she delivered the final decree:
"Gentlemen, it is time to make your choice."
Gold Crocodile Douluo's cloudy eyes remained glued to the thin menu.
The once-ordinary dish names now twisted into bottomless whirlpools, threatening to swallow his very divine soul.
Every option could lead to a completely different future.
Would he be like Chrysanthemum Douluo—strength soaring overnight?
Like Ghost Douluo—receiving a divine gift?
Or like Bibi Dong—divine soul injured, authority crushed?
He didn't dare choose.
For the first time in nearly two centuries of life, he realized—
Choosing required courage equal to staking his life.
At that moment—
A fragrance drifted from the kitchen.
No warning.
No build-up.
Just—
An indescribable aroma that bypassed flesh and seeped straight into their divine souls, stirring ancient, long-suppressed hunger.
A hunger for—
Power.
Someone swallowed. Loudly.
"Gulp."
The sound echoed like thunder in the dead hall.
"Second Brother! Don't hesitate any longer!"
Demon Subduing Douluo's voice—thick with greed and desperation—rumbled through Gold Crocodile's spiritual sea.
"The opportunity is right in front of us! If we wait any longer, divine grace will turn cold!"
Gold Crocodile's face twitched violently.
Of course he knew that!
But this damned choice—
Who was supposed to teach him how to make it?!
His pride battled the overwhelming fragrance.
Pride lost miserably.
He finally raised his head.
His gaze met Hu Liena—standing serene, holy, like a temple priestess awaiting supplicants.
His dry lips trembled before he squeezed out a broken whisper:
"This… Lord Divine Envoy?"
A century-old dignity shattered with that one title.
But he had no choice left.
"M-May I ask… if you could guide us?"
The other Titled Douluo held their breaths—waiting for judgment.
But Hu Liena merely smiled.
A smile filled with pity.
And superiority.
"The choice does not lie in the menu."
Her voice was calm, ringing with distant divinity.
"It lies within your hearts."
She glanced at Ghost Douluo and the others—eyes still burning with desire—and continued, her voice turning airy and distant.
"Senior's grace is not a gift."
"…but a trial."
"What you seek… what you desire… what you fear—these will determine what you obtain."
She bowed slightly, posture refined and aloof.
"Gentlemen, please follow your hearts."
"And await the destiny that belongs to you alone."
Silence fell.
A suffocating, death-heavy stillness.
Gold Crocodile's eyelids fluttered shut and open again, his face twitching uncontrollably.
"The choice… is in your hearts…"
He repeated it like scripture, desperately trying to glean meaning.
What do I seek?
What do I desire?
What does Gold Crocodile want?
The thought cracked through him like lightning—
And the answer roared from the depths of his divine soul:
Breakthrough.
He wanted to shatter the level 98 wall that had imprisoned him for nearly a century.
He wanted—
To reach the legendary, peerless level 99.
It was his sole obsession.
His old eyes snapped open.
He inhaled heavily.
"Then I want…"
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