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"The Harbor of Evil Spirits... the most dangerous of the three entrances. Not that it's much of a threat to you. Most of the beasts here only have capture levels in the hundreds. They're practically just ingredients delivering themselves to your doorstep."
"The only problem is, this Giant Shell is too small. Even if you catch anything, you can't take it with you."
Master Jiro remarked.
While not all ingredients in the Gourmet World were behemoths—the vast majority were colossal. The Giant Shell, once fully grown, would be immense, but right now—it was just a cub.
It simply couldn't hold much...
That was the most frustrating part of exploring the Gourmet World. In the past, they would only take the ingredients that were easy to carry. As for the rest, they would eat it on the spot.
"Actually, I've awakened a new ability. I can control a Dimensional Stomach—allowing me to store captured ingredients inside."
Yuuki explained.
The Gourmet World was a different beast from the Human World. Back home, he could have the IGO transport his ingredients, but here, he had no such support.
Besides, according to his plan, after capturing a few key ingredients, his strength would skyrocket to the point where he could walk sideways through this world. There was no need to hide his abilities anymore—
—Revealing his storage space now wasn't a big deal.
But to fit the context of this world, he had given it a new name: Dimensional Stomach.
It wasn't a completely random choice, either.
NEO, after all, had a Dimensional Stomach of its own.
Creatures devoured by NEO didn't die—they were stored in a special space. So, it wasn't a stretch to say NEO had a Dimensional Stomach.
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"THAT CERTAINLY MAKES THINGS A LOT MORE CONVENIENT!"
Jiro was stunned for a moment but quickly recovered. While Yuuki's ability was miraculous—it wasn't beyond his comprehension. And he had to admit, he was a bit envious.
If he had that ability—he could store a massive amount of liquor at once, saving him the trouble of running around looking for a drink every day.
"Mr. Yuuki is getting more and more incredible!"
Nono said with a smile from the side.
As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and right now, she was seeing nothing but brilliance. Besides, Yuuki was, in fact, exceptionally outstanding.
Hearing Nono's words, Jiro felt a bit speechless.
Honestly, seeing them together, he was reminded of the old days—when he and Setsuno had explored the Gourmet World together.
"It really brings back memories. Maybe I should ask Setsu to take a walk with me in the Gourmet World again—"
Jiro began to plan a trip to relive those feelings. While for them now, a trip to the Gourmet World wasn't an adventure, it could still be a date, right?
Only someone like Jiro—with his terrifying strength, could treat a journey into the Gourmet World as a date. Anyone else would have to be on high alert, never knowing when a powerful beast might be lurking.
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After entering the sea, the group saw a vast number of shipwrecks. They covered the entire ocean floor, like a graveyard of ships.
These were the remains of those who had tried to reach the Gourmet World over countless years.
Many people lacked a proper understanding and respect for the Gourmet World. After making a name for themselves in the Human World—they would start to think about venturing into the Gourmet World.
But the two worlds were on completely different levels.
The reason Yuuki, despite his strength, hadn't gone before was because of the danger.
If your luck was bad, you might run into one of the Eight Kings on your first day. If they were in a bad mood—they might just wipe you out. The Gourmet World had no clear-cut zones.
The only relatively safe places were the Gourmet Highway left behind by the Eight Kings on their travels. You were a little safer there, but only a little. A moment of carelessness could still cost you your life.
Thanks to the Giant Shell cub's powerful cloaking ability—which was even stronger than the Octomelon's, Yuuki and the others didn't encounter any danger, nor did they run into the Thorn Sea from the original story.
After all, Yuuki had incredibly strong Food Luck. Before coming to the Gourmet World, he had asked Jiro, who had told him that his Food Luck was countless times stronger than before.
Jiro had said that Yuuki had the strongest Food Luck he had ever seen. With such luck, it was natural that he wouldn't be attacked by the Thorn Sea.
The appearance of the Thorn Sea in the original story wasn't because Komatsu's Food Luck had failed. On the contrary, it was because it had worked.
While the Octomelon had a decent cloaking ability, its capture level was too low. Many sea beasts could still detect it.
If Toriko and the others had been discovered, they would have had to fight, and countless beasts would have found them. So, the appearance of the Thorn Sea was actually to clear a path for them.
As for the danger the Thorn Sea posed, for them—it was no danger at all.
And the Thorn Sea, sensing it couldn't capture its prey, wouldn't continue its attack, but would go to capture easier ingredients.
Yuuki's Giant Shell cub had a stronger cloaking ability and a stronger defense, so it wasn't afraid of those sea beasts. Naturally, Food Luck wouldn't summon the Thorn Sea to help.
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The group smoothly landed on Yutou Island. In fact, even here, they hadn't truly entered the Gourmet World. The entire island was divided by a line.
One side of the island was connected to the Human World—the other to the Gourmet World.
Strictly speaking, you only truly entered the Gourmet World when you saw the Gold Swamp. Right now, they were still in the Human World.
"We haven't even entered the Gourmet World yet—but the number of beasts with capture levels over a hundred is frightening. It's a good thing these beasts don't enter the Human World—or it would become a living hell."
Nono said with emotion.
Just the Four-Beast had caused so much trouble in the Human World. If the beasts here were to go deep into the Human World, it was hard to imagine what would happen.
"The beasts of the Gourmet World wouldn't enter a place as barren as the Human World."
Jiro said with a smile.
For the animals and plants of the Gourmet World, the Human World was an extremely barren place. Why would they go deep into it?
It was like a person walking by a stinking ditch. Under normal circumstances, they would never step into it. Of course, under normal circumstances—Occasionally, some ingredients from the Gourmet World would appear in the Human World.
Of course, the probability was very low. This was like some weirdos seeing a stinking ditch and thinking of jumping over it—but their ability was insufficient and they fell in.
Though this analogy was a bit strange, the logic was the same—from time to time, some beasts from the Gourmet World would enter the Human World. But these beasts, as long as they caused a bit of a commotion, would be killed by the powerhouses of the Human World.
So, the Human World was still very safe.
Hearing Jiro's words, Yuuki nodded.
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The Giant Shell cub continued to move.
This time, unlike Toriko and the others, they had no guide.
The reason they had no guide was not that Ichiryu had deliberately not arranged one for them. The main reason was that the Hex Food World was also facing a lot of trouble now—so they couldn't spare anyone to be their guide.
The other point was Jiro. He had been to the Hex Food World before, so he knew the way. Jiro could just lead the way.
"By the way, there's an interesting place on Yutou Island. You can go take a look. Just keep going in this direction!"
Jiro pointed in a direction and said, a mysterious smile on his lips.
"AN INTERESTING PLACE?"
Yuuki was stunned for a moment but quickly reacted.
There were no valuable ingredients on the entire island. The place Jiro was talking about should be the Hoofprint of the Horse King Heracles that Toriko and the others had seen in the original story.
Sure enough, the Giant Shell cub soon arrived at the destination. As soon as it arrived, it began to tremble slightly. Yuuki and Nono felt a very strong threat.
Yuuki was better off. His strength was already strong enough. While the aura here still affected him—his reaction was not so intense.
But Nono was different...
Her whole body was trembling violently. Her current strength couldn't compare to the Four Heavenly Kings who had entered here in the original story.
The Four Heavenly Kings had been shaken by this aura, let alone Nono. But Yuuki released his own aura—isolating the Horse King's residual aura from the Giant Shell cub.
After isolating this aura, Nono and the Giant Shell cub returned to normal. But at this moment, she was covered in a cold sweat.
"THIS... WHAT IS THIS AURA? I CAN'T CONTROL MY BODY AT ALL."
She asked with some lingering fear.
"Giant Shell—open the viewing platform!"
As Jiro's voice fell, the Giant Shell cub opened. The group saw a huge cliff in front of them. And at a glance—It was very huge.
"See that? That's the hoofprint left by the Horse King Heracles. When the Eight Kings travel, their emotions can directly affect nature."
"If the Eight Kings are happy, then with this hoofprint as the center, the surroundings will become a paradise suitable for all living creatures. But on the contrary, if the Eight Kings are in a state of anger, then..."
Jiro didn't continue, because the surrounding environment had already explained everything.
When the group came, though many places on Yutou Island were barren, at least some plants were still alive.
But these plants were constantly resisting Midora's malice.
That's right, Midora's malice had already affected this place—
In fact, not only here, but the Hex Food World had also been affected. The reason they couldn't spare anyone to be a guide was because the Hex Food World was busy dealing with the consequences of Midora's actions.
The ingredients that could be affected by Midora's malice were basically all the ingredients that the people of the Hex Food World could eat. The ones that were not affected were difficult for them to capture.
So, the Hex Food World was now in a mess because of Midora's wave of malice.
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"But the aura you're feeling is much weaker. It's clear that this hoofprint has probably existed for thousands of years."
Jiro said. From the strength of the aura, he could roughly infer the time the hoofprint had existed.
"Thousands of years? After so long, it can still leave such a terrifying aura?!"
Nono's eyes widened. It was hard to imagine that this was just a residual aura, and it had been left for thousands of years. But it still had the ability to make her completely lose her ability to fight.
"This is an Eight King. At this level, a very special qualitative change has actually occurred. Just like the beasts before level one hundred and after, but the difference at the Eight Kings' level is even greater."
As someone who had reached this level and had even walked a long way, Jiro naturally knew how strong the Eight Kings were.
With level 6000 as the dividing line—once the cell level exceeded 6000, a qualitative change would occur, becoming like the Eight Kings.
In fact, as long as Ichiryu and Jiro and the others were willing, they could also do this. But as humans, they did not release their aura at all times.
The Eight Kings constantly released their aura to form a deterrent, because they were kings, the rulers of a continent.
This required a sufficient deterrent.
So, the aura of the Eight Kings had never been hidden or suppressed. To the point where the Eight Kings always affected everything in the outside world.
"LET'S GO. Let's get to the Hex Food World as soon as possible—and then go capture AIR. It's been a long time since I've fought. I feel like my body is getting a bit rusty!"
After Jiro undid his seal, he was itching for a fight.
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