210: Eighth Continent

The moment the fruit entered his stomach, an indescribably vast energy, like a volcano suppressed for billions of years, erupted with a roar!

eight feet gently raised her fair hand, and a point of pure, ultimate milky-white energy at her fingertip, arriving later but striking first, silently merged into Lin Luo's body.

The originally violent and fervent energy, upon contact with this neutralizing energy, quickly became gentle and orderly, like a tamed wild horse.

At the same time, deep within Lin Luo's Dantian, the Five-Color Core, which had been slowly rotating, suddenly let out an excited hum, frantically pulsating and spinning!

A powerful suction force erupted from the core, actively drawing in the incredibly pure and vast energy, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, converging towards the Dantian.

Wherever the energy flowed, Lin Luo's Meridians, bones, internal organs, and even the most minuscule cells underwent an imperceptible yet fundamental transformation and strengthening under the nourishment and cleansing of this top-tier energy.

The pure Life Origin directly nourished his Physical Body, causing his Qi and blood to become increasingly vigorous and refined at an astonishing speed, and his life level subtly leaped upward.

The protective halo on his body inadvertently flowed with greater agility and depth, and its colors became even more vivid.

Who knew how much time had passed.

When Lin Luo's consciousness regained control of his body, an unprecedented sense of fullness permeated him. The Five-Color Core rotated quietly, its inherent light deeper and more restrained, and its rotation drove the surrounding Qi and true power, perfectly harmonious and as easy to command as an arm.

He opened his eyes, and a faint five-colored streamer seemed to flash in the depths of his pupils.

As far as his gaze reached, the surrounding scenery had undergone a great change.

Below him, the Dragon Beast was still moving forward, but the ground was no longer dry earth and giant cacti. They had long since crossed the scorching "Sun Desert" and entered a deeper, more unknown region of the Gourmet World.

The sky here was dark. Heavy, lead-like cumulus clouds pressed low against the firmament, almost within reach, slowly rolling and surging, with dull flashes of lightning occasionally flickering within, as if brewing something extremely terrifying.

However, the Dragon Beast's steps quickly halted.

Not because of fatigue or fear, but because—there was no longer a path ahead.

Below was a cliff that abruptly dropped thousands of feet, looking down, it was bottomless, with only a vast and boundless ocean.

Under the gloomy light filtering through the heavy cumulus clouds in the sky, the seawater appeared a chilling, inky black color.

Whoosh—whoosh—

The waves slowly and powerfully crashed against the steep cliffs below, emitting a low, deep roar, each impact causing the rocks underfoot to tremble slightly.

As the waves surged, a bone-chilling coldness rose from the sea, and the surrounding temperature plummeted below freezing in a single breath!

As far as the eye could see, the sea met the sky, with no trace of land, not even a black speck of an island to be found.

"There is a continent over there."

Just as Lin Luo was observing and pondering, eight feet's ethereal and distant voice softly sounded beside him. Her fair white finger lifted, calmly pointing in a certain direction deep within the Black Sea.

Lin Luo immediately looked in the direction she indicated, however, as far as his eyesight reached, there was still only the endless dark sea and low-hanging leaden clouds, with no outline of any land.

He concentrated his Divine Sense, but beyond a certain range, it was as if it had fallen into an absolute quagmire and darkness, with only deeper emptiness and coldness feedback.

The distance was despairingly far.

"Can we get there?" Lin Luo withdrew his Divine Sense, turned to look at the goddess beside him, and asked directly.

eight feet slightly tilted her head, seemingly sensing the specific situation in the distance. After a moment, she gently nodded, her ethereal voice carrying a hint of confirmation: "Yes." But then, her slender finger pointed at the Dragon Beast beneath their feet, "But... we can't take it with us."

Lin Luo understood. That distant continent, which even his Divine Sense couldn't reach, was unimaginably far. It was clearly unrealistic to cross the vast ocean with the Dragon Beast beneath their feet.

"Then refine it." Lin Luo's voice was calm and unwavering, without the slightest hesitation.

In the Gourmet World, where dangers lurked at every step, any opportunity to transform into one's own power and increase one's capital for survival and exploration should not be missed.

Upon hearing this, eight feet's eyes flickered slightly, but she did not object. She nodded slightly, then raised her fair hand and gently pointed a finger at the Dragon Beast's enormous, defenceless head below.

Buzz... The Dragon Beast didn't even feel a thing; its vast consciousness instantly fell into eternal silence, and its huge pupils immediately lost all their luster, becoming hollow and dim.

Immediately after, from the infinitely high Void Realm behind eight feet, seemingly connected to the Origin, countless pure and ultimate Holy Light streams cascaded down like a waterfall, precisely enveloping the Dragon Beast's massive corpse!

Boom—!

Within the radiance, pure and flawless milky-white flames ignited out of thin air, instantly engulfing the Dragon Beast!

Under eight feet's full control and the burning of these mysterious white flames, the Dragon Beast's mountain-like body rapidly shrank and condensed at a visible speed!

In just a few dozen breaths, a colossal beast nearly a hundred meters tall was forcefully refined and compressed into a moderately sized meatball!

The meatball floated in mid-air, exuding an incredibly enticing aroma of meat and a vast life fluctuation.

eight feet gently beckoned with her fair hand, and the meatball, which contained all the essence of the Dragon Beast, slowly floated down and hovered at Lin Luo's lips.

Lin Luo opened his mouth and swallowed it.

He gently bit down with his teeth.

Pfft—!

The extremely elastic meatball burst in his mouth! An indescribably rich meat juice instantly swept through his entire oral cavity! The taste was mellow and exquisitely delicious! Every drop of juice seemed to contain explosive energy and vitality.

He swallowed it into his stomach.

Boom!

In the Dantian, the Five-Color Core, which had not yet fully calmed down, once again vibrated violently!

After everything returned to calm.

"Let's go," he said to eight feet beside him.

eight feet nodded slightly, without speaking. The next moment, her body transformed into countless pure milky-white light particles, lightly and unhindered, integrating into Lin Luo's body.

Lin Luo closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his entire demeanor seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

In the depths of his eyes, in addition to the original five-colored flowing light, there was also a trace of eight feet's serene and sacred radiance.

This was an outward manifestation of his and eight feet's high resonance and temporary Fusion of power.

There was no longer any hesitation or delay.

Lin Luo moved, and his entire being transformed into a five-colored stream of light, like a sharp sword cleaving through darkness, instantly tearing through the low-hanging leaden clouds at the edge of the cliff, soaring through the air towards the continent eight feet had pointed to!

...The Eighth Continent of the Gourmet World, this vast and boundless land had another name—the "Rain Continent."

Here, the normal state of the weather was rain, but the "rain" here was completely different from what was understood in the Human World.

At this moment, Lin Luo was in the peripheral region of this continent.

The sky was a chaotic canvas of lead gray and ink blue, with low-hanging clouds so heavy they seemed almost within reach. However, what descended from these clouds were not fine drizzles, but... enormous, suffocatingly large water spheres, each over a thousand meters in diameter!

These could no longer be called "raindrops"; they were simply giant killer bombs capable of easily destroying mountains and flattening forests! In the Gourmet World, they were reverently called "Million Rain," because each such giant water sphere weighed at least a million tons!

Boom—!!! Boom—!!!

Each "Million Rain" impact on the ground caused a terrifying, earth-shattering tremor, exploding into towering waves of water mixed with mud and rocks, leaving behind transient, dozens-of-meters-deep giant puddles on the ground.

However, miraculously, despite their astonishing size and weight, these "Million Rain" were no different in essence from ordinary rainwater.

At this moment, Lin Luo was not enduring or traversing the rain.

He was in a colossal, ancient fern thicket that stubbornly grew despite the intermittent ravages of the "Million Rain."

Lin Luo was leisurely "hiding" under one of the widest and thickest fern leaves, which had a diameter of several hundred meters. The leaf was slightly tilted, cleverly directing the terrifying weight falling from above to both sides, with only a small amount of splash entering at the edges.

Through the gaps at the edge of the leaf, he quietly "observed" the spectacular scene outside, which was akin to a doomsday catastrophe.

From the Life Waterfall Pot, crossing the inky ocean, until arriving at the edge of this Eighth Continent shrouded by the "Million Rain"... this seemingly not-too-long flight journey had consumed far more than Lin Luo had anticipated.

eight feet was even unable to manifest again, having fallen into a state of deep power exhaustion and dormant recovery.

Although the Five-Color Core in his Dantian was still stable, its rotation speed had noticeably slowed, and its light was dim. If he hadn't consumed the Dragon Beast and the small sun as sources before departing, he would probably have fallen into the sea halfway through the flight.

At this moment, a strong sense of fatigue, not just physical but also mental exhaustion, surged over him in waves.

Lin Luo closed his eyes to regulate his breathing, which gradually became long and steady.

However, danger also quietly appeared at this moment!

In the shadows, a Strangling Vine silently glided closer, its entire body a dark brown indistinguishable from ancient tree bark, hidden within the shadows. It continuously emitted a faint, almost colorless paralyzing scent that could silently invade a creature's respiratory System and numb its nerves.

In fact, from the moment Lin Luo chose to hide under this fern plant, he had already been affected!

When he sat cross-legged in meditation, his vigilance towards the surrounding environment was at its lowest.

Until... a cold, tough sensation, like an iron hoop, suddenly wrapped around his waist and abdomen, and rapidly spread upwards!

An alarm blared in Lin Luo's heart; he abruptly wanted to open his eyes and struggle free, but it was too late!

The Strangling Vine's long-planned attack was precise and lethal!

The unimaginably tough vine instantly wrapped around him dozens of times from head to toe, like the strongest shackles, binding him tightly in place, completely unable to move!

What was worse, the neurotoxin that had already invaded his body seemed even more active now, stimulated by the vine's tight constriction!

A strong sense of paralysis spread from the constricted areas to his entire body. His already diminished strength, depleted from exhaustion, now felt as if it had been completely drained, making it impossible to exert any force!

Even mobilizing the dim Five-Color Core within his Dantian became exceptionally difficult and slow.

"Am I going to die here?" A strong sense of absurdity and helplessness surged in Lin Luo's heart.

With his strength and alertness, if not for the excessive consumption from forcefully crossing the vast ocean earlier, he would never have fallen victim so easily.

As his consciousness blurred, on the verge of fainting—

The pendant on his chest suddenly flickered faintly within, its light dim, then vanished in an instant.

In the darkness, a pair of cold, sharp, emotionless golden eyes suddenly opened!