153: Jewel Flesh

The smoke of battle and the aftermath of energy had not yet completely dispersed, but an unprecedented, overwhelming aroma had already seized everyone's minds.

Right in front of Lin Luo and the others, in the depths of the stomach cavity, a huge and magnificent mass of meat was quietly emitting light. That light was not blinding, but rather a warm and crystalline texture, like the finest jewel shining naturally in the darkness, intoxicatingly beautiful, as if attracting an instinctive desire like a moth to a flame.

The surface of the meat mass presented an extremely perfect marbled texture, with fat and lean meat intertwined in distinct layers, like a work of art carved by a top-tier craftsman over a hundred years. Golden meat juices slowly dripped along the texture, like molten gold sand, and the aroma was so rich it could not be dissolved—it was a complex symphony that blended the most primitive wild fragrance with the most top-tier rich fatty aroma; any Advanced perfume seemed pale and powerless in front of it.

Toriko's eyes were already fixed, and crystal-clear drool flowed uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth. He could no longer hold back, lunged forward in a stride, his palm instantly underwent gourmet cells transformation, turning into a sharp kitchen knife, and he cut a huge piece off the magnificent meat mass!

Without caring to share with others, he stuffed the piece of meat, which was larger than his own face, into his mouth and bit down hard!

Boom— A "blast" of taste occurred in his mouth!

An extreme sense of smoothness and moisture instantly enveloped every taste bud, followed by a surging and pure wild meat aroma bursting between his teeth! Almost without needing to chew hard, the tender meat naturally melted in his mouth, the abundant meat juices splashed like fireworks, sliding down his throat, warming him all the way to the depths of his stomach.

"Mm—!" Toriko trembled all over, feeling every cell rejoicing, greedily absorbing this supreme delicacy. His pores dilated, as if warm light was about to shine out from his body. This feeling could only be described with the most primitive word—Refreshing!

"Ah—!! It's, it's too delicious!!" He roared in satisfaction, no longer caring about his image, and simply threw himself onto the meat mass, tearing into it with his mouth. Every bite brought a splash of meat juices and a diffusion of aroma, making one completely sink into it, unable to extricate themselves.

Seeing Toriko's almost insane, intoxicated appearance, Lin Luo could not hold back either. He walked up and also cut a piece to put into his mouth.

Instantly, the extremely rich texture and taste conquered him. The plump meat juice had no gamey smell, only the wild umami flavor concentrated to the extreme spreading in layers in his mouth. The meat had both just the right amount of chewiness and a tenderness that melted in the mouth, delicious, crisp, tender, rich... all kinds of wonderful feelings intertwined, forming a warm current, not only nourishing his body, but also seeming to nourish his Soul and the eight feet phantom behind him.

"This... is the food treasure of the ancient times, jewel meat." Lin Luo murmured, the jewel-like light reflecting in his eyes as well.

Lin Luo stepped forward and unceremoniously kicked away Toriko, who was still frantically gnawing on the jewel meat: "That's enough! Next, we need to think about how to get out."

Toriko stumbled from the kick, but he was not annoyed. After a few big bites of jewel meat, plus the healing Lin Luo had provided earlier with divine energy, he felt full of energy, in the best state he had ever been in. He smacked his lips, still wanting more, but he also realized the change in the surrounding environment—the acidic smell in the air was becoming increasingly strong and pungent, and the surrounding meat walls were contracting and wriggling at a faster frequency and amplitude, emitting dull rumbling sounds.

"This is the signal that the Legal Mammoth is preparing to spit out the 'foreign object'." Toriko wiped his mouth, his eyes clearing up, "Return the same way we came, find the esophagus opening we fell into, and when it regurgitates, we can take the opportunity to be sprayed out."

As he spoke, he exerted force with his arms and actually picked up the huge and heavy jewel meat, the piece of meat almost covering his upper body, revealing only his bright, energetic eyes: "Follow me, I know the way!"

Seeing this, Tina breathed a long sigh of relief, a look of relief appearing on her face: "Finally... it's finally going to end! That's great!"

Komatsu also wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighing with lingering fear: "This journey was truly shocking and dangerous, like a dream... but, it's a great fortune to be safe and sound."

However, Ling, who had been paying attention to the movement behind them, urged anxiously: "Don't relax! The stomach wall is accelerating its contraction, and the secretion of acid is increasing! We must reach the exit before it fully enters the rejection program, otherwise, once we are surrounded by a large amount of digestive fluid or miss the regurgitation opportunity, it will be really dangerous!"

Unexpectedly, they still had to race against time at the last moment. The hearts of Tina and Komatsu, which had just relaxed, tightened again, and their faces couldn't help but show a look of despair and exhaustion—they really couldn't run anymore.

"I really can't do anything with you guys." Lin Luo chuckled and shook his head. His figure flickered, and he arrived beside the two of them, securely carrying Tina on his back with one hand, and grabbing the back of Komatsu's collar with the other hand like carrying a kitten.

"Hold on tight."

Before the words fell, Lin Luo exerted force with his feet, his figure swept out like a gust of wind, instantly catching up with Toriko, who was holding the giant meat and not slow in speed, and Ling, who was leading the way vigilantly, steadily keeping up with the escaping team.

The Legal Mammoth's stomach was contracting violently, roaring like thunder, and the ground under their feet was shaking incessantly. Suddenly, an irresistible terrifying suction force came from the dark esophagus opening above—

"Achoo—!!!"

Like an earth-shattering sneeze, Lin Luo and his party, along with the remaining gastric juices and airflow, were suddenly sprayed out from the Mammoth's mouth, shooting straight into the sky!

"Oh ho—!!" Toriko, holding the jewel meat, yelled excitedly in the air, "Sunny! Quick! Use your hair net to catch us, provide a cushion—!!"

After Sunny had fought the cockatoo-haired gt robot and achieved victory, he had been regurgitated and spat out by the mammoth. Coincidentally, Coco outside had also successfully defeated that tall robot.

The battle belonging to the two had already ended, so they were waiting outside for the victorious return of Lin Luo and Toriko.

Sunny, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly heard Toriko's voice. He looked up, and his gaze was instantly firmly seized by the giant object emitting magnificent light in Toriko's arms: "Whoa whoa whoa! jewel meat?! Subarashii—!!" His eyes exploded with extreme brilliance, "I will catch you extremely, extremely gently!"

Gorgeous strands of hair shot out, weaving into a wide and flexible hair net in the air. However, all of Sunny's attention was focused on that brilliant jewel meat, and the trajectory of the hair net tilted accordingly...

The result was—Toriko and the jewel meat were steadily caught by the hair net and landed softly, while he himself, due to the posture, fell headfirst through the gaps in the net, his nose hitting the ground solidly, and nosebleeds sprayed out instantly!

"Ouch!!"

Toriko got up holding his nose, blood still gushing out between his fingers, and he glared at Sunny, who was obsessively stroking the jewel meat: "I'm talking about you, Sunny! Saying you'd catch us gently, but you only caught the meat and not the person, right?!"

Sunny was already completely immersed in the incomparable beauty of the jewel meat, turning a deaf ear to Toriko's roar.

On the other side, Lin Luo reacted quickly, securely clamping Tina and Komatsu with his arms, and landed lightly with his superb balance ability. Ling also adjusted her posture and landed safely.

Coco approached and said gently: "You guys have worked hard."

Lin Luo smiled and said: "This time, no matter which aspect you look at it from, it was worth it."

Toriko, however, said with lingering fear: "If it weren't for Lin Luo this time, I would probably have died at the hands of that person named Starjun. Without Lin Luo, the jewel meat would probably have fallen into the hands of the Gourmet Association."

Lin Luo interrupted Toriko: "Alright, let's talk about these things when we get back. Don't you want to hurry up and taste the jewel meat? I am full of anticipation."

Sunny agreed: "Let's talk when we get back. The most important thing now is—to taste this peerless delicacy!"

...

At night, on a spacious rooftop of the research institute.

Lin Luo and the group sat around a huge dining table. In the center of the table was a giant dining plate covered with a silver dome, and even though the lid was not opened, that Soul-stirring, exotic aroma of the jewel meat had already seeped out in wisps, stirring everyone's appetite.

"Then, the moment of revelation!" Komatsu smiled and reached out to lift the dome.

Swish—!!! In an instant, a dazzling but not blinding golden light bloomed like a small sun! Even though it was night, the entire rooftop was illuminated as bright as day, and the warm brilliance flowed into every corner.

The sudden strong light made everyone instinctively squint, and after their vision adapted, the scene on the dining plate was clearly presented—the jewel meat, carefully cut and plated, was emitting a warm brilliance like a peerless jewel.

The perfect marbled texture was like a naturally carved work of art, and crystalline meat juices flowed slowly on the plate, like molten liquid gold. The aroma was rich and sacred, carrying primitive wildness and extreme richness; just the impact on vision and smell was enough to bring a tremor to the Soul.

"Wuwu... it's, it's too beautiful... but the light is too strong, I can't record it at all!" Tina was in tears; although she had retrieved her camera, because the light emitted by the jewel meat was too intense, her camera could not record this moment.

"Toriko, you are glowing... before in the mammoth's stomach, you already ate it, right?" Sunny keenly noticed the faint light flowing under Toriko's skin, and then thinking of the traces of the jewel meat being cut away, he immediately understood.

Toriko grinned triumphantly: "That's right! Lin Luo and I tasted it at the first opportunity! That taste... tsk tsk!" He savored the aftertaste, and even said something shocking, "Just now when I went to the bathroom, the poop I pooped out was sparkling!"

"Ah—!! Poop?! Shut up quickly, it's disgusting!!" Sunny immediately screamed in disgust, the beautiful atmosphere almost breaking.

Lin Luo shook his head with a smile and raised his knife and fork: "The full course of jewel meat is ready, everyone, let's dig in!" Although he had already tasted it, the extreme deliciousness still filled him with anticipation.

"Let's eat!" Toriko had long been impatient. He cut with a knife, and the moment the meat separated, it burst out with tiny, brilliant meat juices like miniature fireworks! "Wow! It's meat juice fireworks! Too amazing!" His eyes shone, he stuffed the meat into his mouth, and his face was instantly filled with extreme happiness.

"It is clearly so luxurious in appearance... but this is completely unpolished, primitive and pure meat flavor overflowing in the mouth..."

"Crunch crunch... it's like chewing on a vibrant heart! The meat juices keep gushing out as I chew, refreshing and not sticky..."

He swallowed with a gulp, and his whole person seemed to emit a soft light from the inside out: "All the cells in my body... are glowing with joy! Wow—!! Delicious to the point of explosion!!"

Watching Toriko's intoxicated appearance, Ling also hurriedly cut a piece and put it into her mouth, instantly squinting her eyes in happiness: "This is... the richest aroma of the rib part! The feeling of layers of meat and fat melting in the mouth... this might be the best part! It's really delicious!"

Beside him, Coco elegantly forked another piece and smiled slightly: "Oh? It's the turn of the loin." He put it into his mouth, his eyes suddenly widening: "It melted in my mouth in an instant... although the fat content is high, it is exceptionally smooth, sliding down the throat without any stagnation. It is truly... incomparable deliciousness."