Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 504

Chapter 504: Life Crystals

From the overall appearance alone, they looked ugly and ferocious, more like sea monsters than mermaids.

Each bug ship had a sea monster on it, perhaps they were controlled by them.

The sea monsters seemed to notice that Luo was unaffected by the screeching sounds. They slowly closed their ugly mouths, their icy white eyes fixated on Luo, as if looking at fish meat on a chopping board.

The bug ships started to move, quickly forming a loose formation that surrounded him.

In an instant, liquid sprayed out again, this time from all directions, like blooming fireworks.

Luo took a deep breath, his nen power fully activated, expanding a field that stopped all the spraying liquid half a meter in front of him.

In just a few seconds, he was enveloped in various spheres of liquid, but the bug ships seemed to have ample ammunition and showed no signs of stopping anytime soon.

“Ten more seconds.”

Luo, in the dark enclosed space, counted the duration of the liquid spray attack.

From previous encounters, he knew that the soft bugs with spraying capabilities had to pause for about ten seconds every half minute before continuing to spray.

After ten seconds, the liquid spray attack slowed down.

Luo shook off the spheres of liquid around him, scattering them, and counterattacked towards the surrounding bug ships.

The gray liquid solidified into stone, smashing onto the writhing bug swarms, causing bodily fluids to splatter everywhere. The green liquid, like strong acid, corroded large areas, emitting wisps of white smoke...

The returning liquids, with different effects, caused significant damage to the bug ships but did not hit their core.

After shaking off all the liquids, Luo stepped forward like an arrow towards the nearest bug ship.

Like a god descending, he landed on the deck, his compressed nen power exploding, crushing the bugs underfoot into pieces, splattering them in all directions.

Luo stabilized his figure, turned his foot, and headed straight towards the sea monster.

The sea monster coldly stared at Luo. The bugs around it boiled like hot water, leaving their positions and forming waves rushing towards Luo.

Luo raised his eyes, looked at the bug tide blocking the sea monster, and muttered softly.

"Command Stick!"

His nen power roared through the air, the bug swarm splitting like water, revealing the sea monster.

[Instant]

Luo suddenly retracted his command stick, nen power exploding around him, his figure flashing. In the next second, he was in front of the sea monster, while the bug tide behind him closed up.

Seeing the alien right in front of it, the sea monster's white eyes rippled slightly, it opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, about to screech, but was abruptly silenced.

Luo punched its head off directly.

The headless body fell limp, the continuously twitching anemone-like lower body gradually stilled, every part of its body’s color fading to gray, seemingly symbolizing the loss of life.

The writhing bug swarm on the ship paused, suddenly scattering like dumplings, falling into the sea.

In just a few seconds, only Luo, the sea monster, and some bug corpses remained on the ship.

Boom...

Losing the buoyancy of the bug swarm, the bug ship slowly began to sink.

“So that’s it, this is the mother body, and the key point.”

Luo glanced at the colorless sea monster’s corpse. Knowing the key point made things easier.

The bug ship sank, but Luo did not leave immediately. He clasped his fingers together, pierced the heart of the sea monster’s corpse, and dug out a dark blue rhombus crystal, entwined with fine red tendrils.

The tendrils lifted one end upon touching Luo’s palm, attempting to pierce his skin.

Luo slightly moved his mind, crushing the tendrils around the rhombus crystal.

He knew the sea monster’s heart contained a crystal due to the white smoke text's hint.

If the tendrils entwining the crystal weren’t removed, the sea monster would only be in a state of false death, able to revive after absorbing enough flesh and blood.

Luo put away the crystal, leapt into the air, and headed towards the other bug ships, killing each sea monster with the same method. Every time a sea monster died, countless bugs attached to the ship would scatter, saving nen power.

Half an hour later, Luo had sunk thirteen bug ships.

Luo returned safely to the Lorry, bringing back thirteen dark blue rhombus crystals.

Tonpa, who had witnessed Luo’s slaughter, looked as if he had seen a ghost. Despite knowing Luo’s terrifying strength, the scene of him single-handedly destroying thirteen eerie bug ships gave him an intense, direct impression.

“What is this?”

With the crisis averted, Biscuit squatted beside the rhombus crystals, her eyes flashing with starry brilliance.

The rhombus crystals shimmered blue, with liquid seemingly flowing inside, like precious gems.

“These are life crystals, the heart of those bug ship mother bodies.” Luo picked up a crystal, rubbing it lightly with his thumb, its texture smooth.

“I want one.”

Biscuit didn’t care if it was a heart, she unceremoniously took the largest life crystal, playing with it joyfully.

To her, calling them gems seemed more appropriate.

Thirteen life crystals, all identical in structure, but varying in size. The largest was the size of a fist, while the smallest was the size of a tennis ball.

Tonpa watched from the side, wanting one but not daring to ask.

At this moment, the black cat, who had heard the news, sneaked over, swiftly swallowed seven or eight crystals, then landed a short distance away, warily watching Luo.

Luo had noticed the black cat’s movements but did not stop it.

“Tasty?”

Luo looked at the black cat, smiling.

The black cat’s eyes flashed, sensing Luo’s unusual reaction, but it still answered honestly, “A bit fishy, but filled with life force.”

“Mm, these things are rich in life force, they can make soil fertile, greatly shorten the growth time of plants, and significantly improve quality. In simple terms, they’re like fertilizer.”

Luo rubbed his chin, seriously saying, “I thought about it, and it seems useless to me, so you can have the rest as food.”

“You said... fertilizer?”

The black cat’s face stiffened.

“Mm.”

Luo nodded earnestly.

The black cat slowly opened its mouth, spitting out the life crystals one by one.

It had swallowed eight, now spitting out seven, meaning it had already digested one.

“I was just making an analogy.” Luo’s mouth curved slightly. The life crystals’ functions were far beyond making soil fertile, their life force rich as the black cat said.

The black cat had no appetite at the moment, primarily because the taste was indeed a bit fishy. It glared at Luo fiercely before returning to the cabin to steer the ship.

Luo chuckled, gathering the remaining eleven life crystals.

The creatures encountered after entering the dark sea area seemed to have one common point: abundant life force.

Netero had said that the creatures on the Dark Continent were incredibly large, indicating that the continent’s creatures had long lifespans, and strong life force to grow to such extents.

Thinking deeper, the principle of extremes does not apply to the growth environment of the Dark Continent. It had unique and special characteristics, where creatures seemed to walk in a corridor without the end of time, able to grow indefinitely.

It was impossible to determine the initial form of the Dark Continent, perhaps it had characteristics similar to a Möbius strip.

The Lorry continued forward, venturing into the unknown veil.

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