167: Delicious food will come!

"Back away!"

Lin Luo shouted sharply and suddenly turned to look at the sky behind the group!

A dense and abrupt buzzing of flapping wings approached from the distance, with astonishing speed!

A swarm of giant stag beetles with dark brown shells and a cold, metallic luster were flapping their wings, diving towards them like a dark cloud!

These insects were not small, their mandibles like sharp scimitars, gleaming with a dangerous cold light under the dim light of the ice field.

Being able to be so active in extreme cold itself showed that they were by no means ordinary insects!

Lin Luo reacted extremely quickly, waving his right hand; a solid five-colored halo instantly pulled out an arc-shaped energy wall behind the group, attempting to block the swarm.

However, a shocking scene occurred!

Those brown stag beetles, facing this energy barrier capable of withstanding wind, snow, and ice cones, showed no hesitation; their sharp heads and mandibles seemed to turn into the sharpest drills, and accompanied by a harsh friction sound, they forcefully "chiseled" into the five-colored light wall!

The light wall fluctuated violently, and obvious indentations and cracks appeared at the impact points!

For the first time!

Lin Luo frowned tightly.

This was the first time since he gained the power of eight feet's protection that he had encountered a situation that could be directly "physically broken through"!

And the ones breaking through were these seemingly inconspicuous insects!

The shells and mandibles of these stag beetles clearly contained some special property that could interfere with or penetrate energy defenses, or their hardness and penetrating power had reached an unbelievable level!

"These insects are not right! Don't let them get close!"

Lin Luo shouted in a low voice, instantly increasing energy output to try to stabilize the light wall, while his other hand quietly condensed more aggressive energy.

But the speed of these stag beetles was beyond imagination, and their flight paths were extremely strange and tricky.

The several energy attacks Lin Luo condensed and launched were all flexibly dodged by them by a hair's breadth, all missing!

"Damn it!"

Lin Luo's heart sank.

Pfft!

A slight cracking sound rang out, and a crack was finally chiseled into the five-colored light wall by an exceptionally strong stag beetle using its sharp mandibles!

Although the light wall immediately began to self-repair, several insects had already drilled in like ghosts, lunging straight at the crowd behind!

"Komatsu!"

Toriko caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of a stag beetle turning into a brown afterimage, stabbing straight at Komatsu who was panicking and dodging!

Without thinking, he rushed over, his right hand turning into a fork and thrusting fiercely, but it was once again easily avoided by the insect with an incredible right-angle turn!

Seeing that the insect's jaw blade was about to stab Komatsu, Toriko had no time to attack again, and could only turn sharply, using his own back to protect Komatsu!

Rip—!

A teeth-gritting tearing sound rang out!

The stag beetle's sharp jaw blade fiercely slashed through Toriko's back clothing and tough skin, leaving a long, deep wound visible to the bone!

Blood gushed out instantly, staining his clothes red.

"Mr. Toriko!"

Komatsu screamed in horror.

Lin Luo's eyes flashed with cold light, and more light chains and energy blades erupted from around him, intercepting and shredding most of the stag beetles that had drilled in.

But there were many of these insects, and although only a few broke through the defense, they had already caused a serious threat—their speed was too fast, and their attacks were too sharp!

Pfft! Pfft!

Takimaru punched one to pieces, but his arm was grazed by another, instantly adding a bloodstain.

Machi roared, his long sword dancing into a cold light, shattering two insects attacking him, but his waist was also slashed open, blood flowing freely.

His three subordinates were even more miserable; despite struggling to resist, they instantly added several wounds to their bodies, blood staining the ice surface.

In just a few breaths, this team, which had just experienced the test of wind and snow, was all wounded because of this group of sudden, strange stag beetles, falling into brief chaos and crisis!

"Erina!!!"

Lin Luo shouted in a low voice, his eyes instantly locking onto a stag beetle that had broken through layers of obstacles and was stabbing straight at Erina's chest like brown lightning!

Erina was holding "Youyou" in her arms, and in her horror, she didn't even have time to make an effective dodge.

Just as the sharp jaw blade was about to touch her clothes—

Lin Luo's eyes burst with divine light!

Hum—!!!

An invisible, intangible, yet vast as the sea, cold as a prison, terrifying spiritual pressure exploded with him as the center!

The power of Divine Sense was no longer limited to detection or condensation, but transformed into the purest torrent of will that crushed everything, spreading out completely!

"Die!!!"

Accompanied by the cold words spat out from his mouth, time seemed to be pressed on the pause button.

All the brown stag beetles frantically flapping their wings and attacking fiercely in the air, no matter who they were lunging at or how far away they were, all froze in unison!

The next second—

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft...!

It was like a dense "insect rain" falling!

All the stag beetles seemed to have lost all power and life, falling straight from the air, hitting the ice surface with a faint sound, and then there was no more movement.

Their compound eyes instantly dimmed, and their life Aura was completely erased.

And the stag beetle closest to Erina, which had almost succeeded, bore the most concentrated and violent Divine Sense impact!

Bang!

Its brown shell, hard enough to penetrate energy barriers, couldn't even withstand half a second, like a berry squeezed by an invisible giant hand, exploding directly in the air less than half a foot in front of Erina!

Foul-smelling body fluids and carapace fragments splashed everywhere, but when they approached Erina, they were all blocked by a suddenly appearing shimmering barrier, not staining her at all.

The whole scene was dead silent.

Only the sound of the wind, and the faint sound of scattered insect corpses rolling on the ice surface.

Toriko held the wound on his back, Takimaru, Machi, and the others gripped their weapons, all staring blankly at this scene, their eyes filled with unbelievable shock.

They didn't even see how Lin Luo attacked; they only heard a low shout, felt a cold Aura that made their Souls tremble pass by, and then... all threats instantly vanished.

This silent, yet extremely domineering method of directly eradicating the Origin of life made people feel a chill and awe from the depths of their Souls, more than any previous energy attack.

Erina was still shaken, her face pale, holding the shivering "Youyou" in her arms tightly; the fear in her eyes looking at Lin Luo had not completely faded, but it was mixed with an indescribable sense of security and reliance.

Lin Luo slowly retracted his external Divine Sense, his face slightly paler than usual; evidently, that large-scale, high-intensity Divine Sense burst just now consumed quite a bit.

His gaze swept over the wounds on everyone, especially lingering for a moment on the hideous wound on Toriko's back, and he said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and treat your wounds."

"And—there are three Auras approaching rapidly over there!"

Before Lin Luo's voice fell, a dull explosive roar came again from the direction of the distant iceberg!

The people of the Gourmet Association clearly didn't care about the preciousness and mystery of this "Gourmet Showcase" at all; in order to reach the target as quickly as possible, they were clearing the way in the most brutal way, destroying wantonly, completely disregarding the consequences.

At the end of the pervasive smoke and ice dust, three figures exuding powerful and undisguised hostility were speeding towards the direction of the canyon where they were!

The leader was hovering in mid-air, with a pair of huge, transparent insect wings on his back, vibrating at high frequency, emitting an annoying buzzing sound.

He was surrounded by a dark swarm of insects—the very brown stag beetles that had previously attacked Lin Luo and the others, as well as some strange dragonflies with bloated bodies and abdomens bulging like dynamite packs.

The other two could not fly, but each grabbed several large flying insects with their hands, as if riding strange mounts, following closely behind.

Lin Luo frowned tightly, shielding Erina in front of him, and whispered: "Toriko, this is bad. That guy with wings... his Aura is very strange."

Toriko also looked solemn, moved his injured shoulder, and shouted in a deep voice: "Regroup, everyone! The critical moment has arrived!"

Everyone tightened their nerves and gripped their weapons.

"Whoosh—!"

A mixed sound effect of piercing air-breaking sounds and buzzing wings approached from the distance, and three figures landed with a bang not far in front of them, stirring up a patch of ice chips.

The man leading them, with insect wings on his back and a strange smile on his face, swept his gaze over the crowd, finally landing on Toriko, and said in an exaggerated tone, as if meeting an old friend: "Arrived! Oh, nice to meet you, are you Toriko?"

Before he finished speaking, he actually opened his arms, making a gesture to hug Toriko!

Swish!

A sharp, milky-white energy slash grazed his nose, leaving a bottomless, charred crack on the ice surface at his feet!

"Oh my, too enthusiastic, too enthusiastic!"

The winged man stepped back half a step without caring, his gaze turning to Lin Luo who had attacked, a flash of brilliance in his eyes: "You... must be Lin Luo, right? I didn't expect to see both of you in this godforsaken place!"

As he spoke, his mouth suddenly opened wide at an angle impossible for a human!

Pfft!

A black shadow as fast as lightning, carrying a fishy wind, like a venomous snake ejected, lunged straight at Lin Luo's face!

Lin Luo reacted extremely quickly, tapped his feet, and his figure drifted back several meters, easily avoiding this treacherous sneak attack.

Just then, a heavy sound of footsteps that shook the earth and mountains, and a deafening "chirp" sound came from the side!

Everyone looked to the side and saw two adult Wall Penguins, as huge as small mountains and covered with thick, gray-white fur, taking heavy steps and rushing towards this side aggressively!

Their copper-bell-like eyes were staring fixedly at the pink cub in Erina's arms; they were clearly the parents who had come looking for it by scent.

"The Wall Penguin's parents... they've come for their child."

Toriko said in a deep voice.

Lin Luo immediately shouted in a low voice to Erina: "Don't stop it! Let it go back to its parents!"

"I know! You be careful!"

Erina nodded quickly, although reluctant, she still quickly bent down and gently placed "Youyou" from her arms onto the ice surface.

The little penguin looked at her ignorantly, then at its approaching parents, chirped "Youyou" twice, and toddled towards its parents.

However, the two adult Wall Penguins, eager to protect their young, did not seem to want to approach slowly.

Seeing the cub out of human control, their huge bodies sank suddenly, and then they jumped up with a bang like two mountains of flesh, smashing heavily towards the direction of the cub!

Rumble—!!!

Where they landed, the seemingly thick ice surface could not withstand such terrifying weight at all; after a series of teeth-gritting "creaking" cracking sounds, it collapsed with a bang into a huge deep pit!

Ice chips and snow mist shot into the sky!

When the smoke and dust dissipated slightly, everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes to the bottom of the newly appeared giant pit.

The bottom of the pit was not solid frozen soil, but a huge hollow covered by a thick layer of ice, yet the internal outline was vaguely visible.

Even more shocking was that a huge, incredibly thick ice pillar, seemingly condensed from ten-thousand-year black ice, rose from the depths of the pit, piercing straight up to the dome of the ice layer above, like a spine supporting heaven and earth!

The ice pillar was crystal clear, and inside, countless hideous beasts of various shapes, lifelike, were clearly visible, frozen!

There were ice field giant wolves with sharp teeth, coiled frost giant pythons, and ice monster birds about to spread their wings...

Lin Luo put Erina down steadily, stared at the ice pillar and the deep hollow below, and said in a deep voice: "In other words... 'century soup' is right under this pillar."