The massive upheaval in the Gourmet World immediately pushed the experts of Area Zero, who were responsible for guarding the Human World, to the height of tension.
At every passage connecting to the Human World, large numbers of Gourmet World beasts were charging through. Clearly, these beasts had sensed the threat of death and instinctively wanted to flee somewhere safer.
For a time, the pressure on the guards at every checkpoint was pushed to its limit.
But that was not what worried them most. What they truly feared was that the Eight Kings of the Gourmet World would all riot and actually go to war. At that point, no matter how firmly they guarded these checkpoints, it would be useless, because the Earth itself might be smashed apart.
Within Area Zero, near Area One, the experts of Area Zero, including Master Zhen, watched the activity in Area One with nervous expressions.
"Where is Chairman Ichiryu?"
Yosaku, Teppei's master, was also stationed here today. He shouted, "At a time like this, the one who should be here most is nowhere to be found. How unreliable."
Yet Ichiryu was not as Yosaku described. The moment he noticed the upheaval in the Gourmet World, he had prepared to head over and deal with it.
Or rather, when Netero had descended upon Deer King's back and was about to fight Lu Li, Ichiryu had already wanted to rush to the scene.
However, before Ichiryu could depart, he was held back by an Explorer. The other party used a spacetime divine art to exile both Ichiryu and Jiro into another dimension, and they could not return anytime soon.
Midora, who had already been moved by Ichiryu and turned over a new leaf, had wanted to come to the Gourmet World to see what was happening.