Witch, I'm really not an ancient god of the deep sea!

Chapter 26 Stealth and Swift Kill
Stealth assassination refers to killing an enemy from behind without their knowledge.

This is a fairly common technique to avoid being surrounded by monsters, and it's also the best way to clear Monster Kitchen.

The space in this crack is not large; apart from the entrance, there are only two areas: the kitchen and the dining room.

Chen Qi stepped forward, crouched quietly at the doorway, and peered into the kitchen through the crack in the door to count the number of monsters.

"One, two, four..."

There are fifteen chef hats in total.

Each of them held a kitchen knife and, at an extremely fast speed, chopped fish after fish, as well as some rotten vegetables, into small pieces.

Clearly, they are preparing a sumptuous feast for their leader.

The chef's hat has very low attributes; in terms of individual strength, it is far inferior to an ordinary adult.

But quite a few newcomers die in Monster Kitchen.

As a cup-shaped monster, its real challenge lies in its high healing ability.

The Chef's Hat can gain significant attribute bonuses and health recovery by eating fish or the corpses of other creatures.

One bite and your health is fully restored; two bites and your strength doubles; three bites and you're comparable to an elite monster!
Many new players don't even read the monster descriptions and just jump right in to fight, and some even enjoy torturing monsters.

Therefore, many rookie teams were wiped out.

When killing these monsters, you must be quick, accurate, and ruthless, and don't give them any chance to eat or heal.

The chef's hat kept hacking at the cleaver, emitting frantic whispers.

"That's not enough; we need even more exquisite and fresh ingredients!"

“Eat! Eat! Eat!”

"Chop! Chop! Chop!"

They are extremely focused, wholeheartedly preparing a sumptuous feast.

If someone unfortunately dies in the crack and is turned into a feast by the chef's hat, allowing them to enjoy enough food, there is a high probability that the crack's distortion will increase.

Chef's hats don't have strong senses; when they're cooking, they can hardly even spot the person in front of them.

There shouldn't be any problem... Chen Qi carefully entered through the doorway, finding a blind spot in his field of vision.

Crouch down, then slowly and quietly move forward along the edge of the kitchen counter.

Before he knew it, he was already behind the eight chef hats and had gained the upper hand.

"Sneak attack successful."

I stand up in the morning and hold my breath.

He was now positioned behind an elite chef's hat.

Sniff sniff sniff—

The elite chef's hat in front of him finally realized something was wrong; it stretched its head forward and sniffed with its pointed nose.

It grinned:
"Ah! It tastes like delicious human food..."

cut!
The black blade, covered in ashes, sliced ​​through the elite chef's hat in an instant, as easily as cutting through tofu!
You have defeated the Elite Chef Hat and gained 22 Spirit Points.

Accompanied by the pungent smell of blood, the chefs in their hats reacted instantly, baring their fangs.

How dare humans trespass on their territory!
Was discovered.

Unfortunately, the turn around was too slow...

By the time they realize they are resisting, they are already dead.

After drawing his sword, Chen Qi's eyes narrowed, and he immediately turned his hand, exerting force with one hand to slash horizontally from left to right at the row of chefs' hats.

In an instant, the seven chef's hats were chopped in half like vegetables on a chopping board.

"Kill, kill you..."

"I'll chop you up..."

"Eat, eat you..."

"I raped you, I raped you..."

Seeing their companion dead, the remaining seven chef hats bared their wild fangs, grabbed cleavers, and charged forward menacingly.

They're all charging at us from the front, and they're not even using throwing techniques?

Chen Qi unleashed three more swift strikes.

Like cutting fruit, the heads of the six chefs fell to the ground.

At this moment, only a chef's hat remained in the distance, unresponsive.

"You, you're courting death! Boss Shark, Boss Shark won't let you get away with this..."

It backed away while trying to grab the food on the cutting board to eat.

Chen Qi picked up a kitchen knife from the counter and threw it violently at its head.

Swoosh!
With a crisp headshot, a large number of insights popped up on the panel.

[You defeated the Chef's Hat and gained 6 Spirit Points...]

[You defeated the Chef's Hat and gained 7 Spirit Points...]

……

A total of fifteen chef hats were killed, and including the one at the entrance, a total of 105 spirit points were obtained.

It's a pretty good gain, since professional quests are the main source of Spirit Points.

Chen Qi looked around, and after confirming there were no enemies, he smiled.
"More than half of the monsters didn't spot me, so it was a pretty good stealth speedrun."

In that brief battle, eight chef hats died before they even had a chance to see him.

These eight monsters fit his definition of stealth killing.

Chen Qi took out a bandage and wiped away the putrid blood from the black knife.

With the Hunter's Embers' support, his movements were incredibly fluid.

But there are still some minor flaws, namely his power.

The chef's hat wasn't particularly tough, but he experienced a slight blockage during the slashing motion.

His current strength is only 13 points, which is a bit low.

More importantly, it relies on the sharpness of the black blade. Of course, for an E-rank rift, that's perfectly adequate.

After confirming that no one had escaped, Chen Qi quietly looked at the other door in the kitchen, the door leading to the dining room.

Behind the gate lies the final enemy of this rift.

Once it is defeated, the rift will be closed.

Chen used his black knife to pry open a small crack in the door and peer inside.

On a huge long table, there was only one enormous monster covered in blue fish scales.

Unlike the chef's hat, which was slender, it was a full three meters tall with exceptionally well-developed limbs and muscles that bulged like those of a bison.

This body shape has already deviated from the category of human form.

However, its most terrifying feature is the shark's horrifying head.

It was using its enormous, blood-red maw to swallow the food the chef had given it.

Ga! Ga!
If it were a newcomer entering the rift for the first time, just seeing this scene would probably scare them into running away.

This is the final boss of the Witch Sea Monster Kitchen - Chef Shark.

"I just ate, and I encountered a rare event..."

Chen Qi's eyes narrowed.

This is not good news.

In Monster Kitchen, if the final boss has just finished eating, its strength will be significantly greater than normal.

Some teams, even with ample preparation, were unable to withstand the Chef Shark.

This is also the key reason why Monster Kitchen caused the rookie team to be wiped out!
The moment the door opened, Chef Shark looked up, his blood-red shark eyes meeting Chen Qi's.

Then it gave a hearty smile, and hungry saliva dripped from the corner of its mouth.

"Delicious little desserts~"

Seeing even more delicious food, Chef Shark stood up, picked up the huge cleaver beside him, exerted his leg muscles, and then slammed it down!
Shark charge!

Boom! Its massive body smashed the door open!

It thought it could smash Chen Qi into the wall, but instead, it felt a sharp pain in its thigh.

The moment it charged, Chen Qi had already drawn his sword and delivered a solid blow to the opponent's thigh.

Blood splatters!

After eating, the chef shark has high health and is also quite agile.

He couldn't kill it with one strike; the best way was to break its legs first!

Chef Shark felt a sharp pain in his thigh and swung his cleaver downwards.

clang!
Chen Qi blocked with his sword, using the force to step back and create distance.

Chef Shark burst into loud laughter upon seeing Chen Qi being repelled.

"Hahahahaha!"

Its appearance seemed to mock the dawn, for the weak attack had not killed it at all.

Indeed, after eating, his previous attack was far from killing him, and couldn't even break his leg.

The chef shark tensed all its muscles, preparing to charge again, then slam the little creature in front of it down and slowly pull out its limbs to eat it.

However, the next second, its powerful leg suddenly broke off, and a large amount of blood splattered out.

The battle is over...

Chen Qi calmly looked at Chef Shark.

As the weapon of Captain Blackeye, a third-tier superhuman, the Black Blade is not just about being sharp.

Once it hits an enemy, it will also inflict significant black energy damage.

However, the monsters we encountered earlier had too little health, so they didn't have a chance to display their dark aura.

At this moment, eerie black mist slowly rose from the chef shark's wound.

In the next instant, the black mist, like the sharp blades of a meat grinder, danced on that thick thigh, violently shredding the chef shark's left leg.

With half a leg crippled, the chef shark had no chance of getting close to it.

Now, it's nothing more than a small fish struggling on a chopping board.

"Roar!"

The chef shark roared in frustration, struggling to stand on one leg, trying to kill the creature in front of it.

It tried to use a throwing technique to throw its cleaver!

However, before the cleaver was even drawn, the gun barrel was pointed at its scarlet shark eyes the next second.

boom!
The bullet pierced the eye, striking a vital organ!
The instant the opponent lost sight of him, Chen Qi found the right angle, gathered all his strength into his blade, and thrust out with a forward slash.

Swoosh!
With a snap, the chef shark's head fell to the ground like a rolling stone.

Chef Shark is a typical melee monster; once you lose sight of it, just attack its neck.

With a throbbing sound in my head, the prompt appeared again in front of me.

[Defeat the Chef Shark to gain 100 Spirit Points.]

"Huh, huh-"

Seeing the prompt in front of him, Chen Qi adjusted his breathing and exhaled.

Normally, a chef shark only gives 50 spirit points, but I didn't expect this chef shark to give 100 spirit points.

Fortunately, he had a significant advantage in terms of equipment.

Chen Qi smiled, and after confirming that there were no more enemies, he wiped the sweat from his brow. He felt pretty good.

Then, an even more wonderful enlightenment appeared before his eyes.

[Defeat the final enemy and clear the rift...]

[Crack settlement in progress...]

(End of this chapter)