Taijin's forehead was beaded with sweat. His shout just now had actually been a huge gamble.
The place where their small team had landed after entering this world was fairly decent. Although that planet had no intelligent life, it had abundant ingredients, and several powerful Food Spirits happened to be wandering around there.
There were not many intelligent lifeforms in the universe that could cooperate with Food Spirits. Their arrival had made those Food Spirits overjoyed. After all, their strength was fairly formidable, and as humans, they were Rare powerhouses.
Taijin and the others were naturally delighted as well, because possessing a Gourmet Demon meant they could easily awaken Gourmet Cells. The strength of Gourmet Demons also gave them another layer of security in this world.
However, during the process of bonding with the Gourmet Demons, they encountered something terrifying.
There had initially been nine of them when they arrived. Now, only eight remained because of that incident.
A Food Spirit whose strength they could not estimate at all appeared before them and wanted to possess one of their bodies. The demon called himself a Black Overlord from the Black Universe. If they could feed him ingredients that satisfied him, he would help Taijin and the others become supreme powerhouses.
Although Taijin had suspected at the time that this Gourmet Demon was exaggerating, one member of their team had ecstatically agreed. The result was that the instant he fused with that black Gourmet Demon, the man exploded.
As a Gourmet Demon that was a Food Spirit, it was naturally unharmed. Its personality was also exceedingly cold, and it merely said, "So weak. Still not enough?"
Then it turned its gaze toward Taijin and the others. Faced with an overlord of the Black Universe, the other Gourmet Demons trembled and did