After Ye Chuan erected a barrier of absolute protection around his three family members with [Infinity], the primeval forest seemed to grow even quieter in response to this power that transcended the laws of the world.
However, an ill-timed rumble soon broke that silence.
Perona clutched her ravenous stomach, her large, black-gem eyes filled with longing for food.
She tugged at the hem of Ye Chuan's clothes and complained in a wheedling voice:
"Hey! You big demon king! I'm hungry!"
"This world smells delicious and all, but when are we actually going to eat?!"
Perona's complaint was like a lit fuse.
Beside her, Hinata also rubbed her belly, looking a little embarrassed.
The stamina consumed by teleportation had left her feeling waves of hunger too.
Robin maintained her elegant posture, but a trace of longing also flashed through her eyes as she looked around.
Looking at the three stunning beauties before him, who had grown somewhat pitiful from hunger, Ye Chuan gave an indulgent smile.
"Honestly..."
He shook his head and stretched.
"Looks like I'll have to fill your greedy little bellies before we start sightseeing."
As his words fell, his ultimate eyes, which combined [Six Eyes] and [Observation Haki], instantly took in every sign of life within several hundred kilometers.
Soon, he locked onto a source of life energy brimming with a delicious aura, utterly unlike all the small fry around it.
"Follow me."
Without explaining further, he simply took the three women's hands, and with a flicker, vanished from the spot as though he had teleported.
When they reappeared, they were standing before an enormous swamp.
At the center of the swamp shrouded in purple poisonous mist, a gigantic serpent over a hundred meters long, covered in obsidian scales and bearing eight hideous heads, slowly rose from the