CHAPTER 180: CHAPTER 179: ACACIA IS DUMBFOUNDED

Chapter 179: Acacia is Dumbfounded

Ichiryu, Jiro, and Midora vs. Acacia and NEO. Froese vs. Joie.

Acacia’s face was blank, but internally he was cursing up a storm. What kind of unbalanced matchmaking is this? These three disciples of his were each more ridiculously powerful than the last. How was he supposed to fight without them being nerfed?

Froese looked at Joie with utter disgust. This gender-bent body was truly ugly. It was the much-anticipated "hating oneself" segment.

The three remaining Blue Nitro weren’t even enough to be divided among the Four Heavenly Kings. Toriko and the others could only play rock-paper-scissors to decide on an opponent. One of them would have to just watch from the sidelines. The Blue Nitro felt deeply insulted.

Komatsu, Atashino, and the other chefs were in charge of cooking GOD.

"The Human World is fine, so it looks like we can go all out," Ichiryu said, looking in the direction of the Human World and cracking his knuckles with a smile.

"Master Acacia, you were the teacher to the three of us, so it’s only fair that the three of us fight you at once, right?"

Ichiryu, Jiro, and Midora stood at three points around Acacia, forming a triangle. This was the triangular encirclement formation.

Acacia: "..."

Looking at the dead-serious Ichiryu, Acacia was speechless. When had Ichiryu become so thick-skinned? He had no martial virtue. Can I say it’s unfair?

CRACK!

Making an instant decision, Acacia’s features vanished. He transformed into NEO and, in a flash, pounced on GOD and took a bite. Even without being fully cooked, NEO’s ability to devour didn’t require flavor.

POW!

After eating GOD, NEO separated from Acacia. The tumors on Acacia’s body disappeared, and he returned to his normal state. NEO’s true form was black and white. Although it had no muscles, it looked quite sturdy.

Acacia took out a golden bottle and gulped down its contents. It was the appetizer, CENTER, which he had prepared in advance.

"Aaaaaah..."

In an instant, all the hair on Acacia’s body fell out, leaving him a bald man.

The bald Acacia and NEO stared at each other with deep affection. That’s right, NEO. You have now obtained your full power. Hurry up and eat Acacia to complete your revival.

The Blue Nitro PAIR clenched its fists. As long as NEO was revived, they could seal this monster.

However, Acacia did not follow the plan. He directly ate NEO himself. His body took on NEO’s features, and a long, thin tail grew from his back. He had the distinct look of Cell or Meruem.

"Hahahaha! Is this the power of a god?!" Acacia laughed maniacally. He was invincible now. With a Capture Level of 30,000, no one was his match!

"Are you done leveling up? Then die!"

"Hungry Space!"

CRUNCH, CRUNCH—

Midora activated his ability directly. The sound of flesh being torn apart rang out continuously, and Acacia’s body was quickly riddled with holes.

Acacia didn’t even glance at such injuries. They healed in an instant, and he easily broke through Midora’s Hungry Space.

"Gourmet Combo!"

Acacia’s hands struck out rapidly, and countless energy fist imprints boomed out, covering the sky.

"Chopstick Pull!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!—

Ichiryu raised his hand, and an equal number of energy chopsticks collided with the fists. The resulting impact was like a meteor shower washing over the land, and the whistling gale forced everyone to retreat.

"Ascending Wolf—Guinness Punch!"

Jiro flashed in front of Acacia and slammed a punch into his chin, sending him straight out of the atmosphere and into space.

"My power was eaten," Jiro’s eyes narrowed. His blow had been like a stone sinking into the sea, not even making a ripple.

"That’s the power of Master Acacia’s Gourmet Demon. It can eat the power of attacks," Ichiryu said calmly. In truth, in this state, most attacks would have no effect on Acacia.

Jiro looked at Acacia. In this state, would Knocking even work on him?

"God’s Palm Print!"

A sky-covering handprint descended from the heavens, almost blanketing the entire Second Area. The terrifying pressure made the air itself viscous.

CRACK—

The pressure on the Earth was immense, and the planet’s crust began to crack. If the Earth had thoughts, it would probably be feeling incredibly weary right now. If you’re going to destroy me, just get it over with.

"A little interesting."

The Gourmet World trembled, mountains collapsed, and the earth split open. The Human World, however, protected by Furina’s completely-safe Preservation Crystal Wall, could only feel some shaking.

"Master Acacia’s strength is a bit too powerful, isn’t it?" Setsuno couldn’t help but say. She was a little worried about the battle over there.

"Vast Knocking!"

Jiro slammed a fist into the ground. The cracking earth instantly stopped. A fight was a fight, but he certainly couldn’t let the planet just blow up.

"Meteor Blast!"

Midora opened his mouth, and a violent pillar of energy shot into the sky, shattering the giant palm print. He couldn’t let such an attack land on the Earth.

"Midora, you’ve gotten stronger. Let me teach you another lesson."

"Gourmet Iron Fist!"

Acacia appeared in front of Midora. A heavy punch slammed into Midora’s abdomen, sending him flying. He quickly circled the globe and crashed next to Ichiryu.

Kenji blinked. Good heavens. Why didn’t he fly out of the Earth, but circled it instead? Could it be that gravity was at play?

"Midora, are you alright?" Ichiryu asked, pulling him up.

"I’m fine," Midora said, casually wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. The injury wasn’t fatal; not even a Life Orb had broken.

"Million-Point Knocking!"

Jiro moved with incredible speed, splitting into four afterimages and performing Knocking on Acacia’s entire body, completing a full set in an instant.

"Scream in despair!" Acacia grinned, eating the Knocking energy. His tail shot out and directly into Jiro’s mouth.

"Jirou, the Knocking I taught you... you haven’t forgotten, have you?"

Acacia knew Jiro’s strength was extremely formidable and was naturally very wary of him. He had kept a trick up his sleeve back then.

Sayonara, Jirou.

"Damage Knocking, release!"

"Cough, cough!"

Jiro quickly retreated, distancing himself from his previous position, and looked at Acacia with some lingering fear. It was a good thing the damage sealed in his body had already been released. Otherwise, that one move just now would have made him explode and spiral into the heavens.

"?"

Acacia stared blankly at the unharmed Jiro. What’s going on? Why hasn’t Jiro’s body been blown apart by the internal injuries? Give me some kind of reaction!

"Master Acacia, you should have used your full power in that last attack," Jiro shrugged. He had probably been so focused on releasing the Damage Knocking that the blow itself wasn’g t fatal.

My disciple anticipated your calculation.

Master Acacia, you really are sinister. To think you would actually release the Damage Knocking.

"You released the damage in your body?"

Acacia now understood why it had failed. With no damage inside his body, the release of the Knocking naturally had no effect. But why would Jiro think to do such a thing? Could it be that... he had anticipated his anticipation?