Following the earlier commotion caused by Fujimoto Kiyotsugu's challenge, this one was even bigger.
Nakiri Erina also looked over with a curious gaze.
Outside the arena.
Mito Ikumi nervously clenched her fists, saying anxiously, "You idiot partner, why are you challenging the Garra Crocodile?!"
"What am I supposed to do if you lose an arm or leg?"
Some chefs choose only one Gourmet Hunter in their lifetime to be their partner.
Nakiri Senzaemon frowned, "Why is there another newcomer challenging the Garra Crocodile."
"What, you're calling me handsome?"
Mansam turned his head and asked.
“……”
"No, I'm not!"
Three black lines appeared on Nakiri Senzaemon's forehead.
He hadn't even mentioned Mansam's name!
Mansam picked up his flat metal flask, took a sip of wine, and replied with a smile, "This kid, maybe he can capture the Garra Crocodile."
Inside the arena.
The Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter sized up Hong Yi and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure, classmate?"
"If something unexpected happens, you lose an arm or leg, or even lose your life, Totsuki Academy will not be responsible."
"I'm sure."
Hong Yi nodded.
"Good!"
Since that was the case, the Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter didn't say anything more to dissuade him.
Gourmet Hunters are a profession with extremely high risks, requiring exploration of the unknown, venturing into dangerous and remote places, and hunting terrifying and powerful prey.
If you're afraid of death.
Don't be a Gourmet Hunter!
Although he thought Hong Yi was a bit overconfident, the Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter admired his courage.
"Kid, my name is Iihara, I'm a member of the Gourmet Regeneration Society, and my master is the world's top regenerator, 'Yusaku'. Don't worry and go all out."
"If you really lose a hand or leg, I'll ask my master to regenerate you!"
Iihara, the Silver-ranked Gourmet Hunter, or rather the Gourmet Regenerator, pressed a red button on a control device.
"Click"
With the sound of the mechanism loosening, the Garra Crocodile, which had been locked with special metal shackles, seemed to break free like a ferocious beast, its ferocity instantly heightened.
"Roar!"
The Garra Crocodile opened its bloody maw and roared at Hong Yi.
"Damn thing, what are you arrogant about? You're my food!!"
"I'll let you know who is the real predator at the top of the food chain!"
Hong Yi roared back, his eyes wide, not angry but commanding, staring intently at the Garra Crocodile.
His gaze was like a tiger or a lion, looking at a wild rabbit in its dish.
Suddenly.
The Garra Crocodile felt as if it was on a dining table, while the seemingly harmless, handsome young man in front of it was like a tall, muscular, red-haired devil, wearing a white napkin around its neck, holding a knife and fork, drooling over it.
The Garra Crocodile, which stood at the top of the food chain in the Barlon Archipelago, was actually afraid.
Of course.
This fear only lasted for a moment.
Hong Yi's title of "Strongest Creature on Earth" couldn't directly scare off a capture level 5 beast.
The Garra Crocodile, embarrassed and enraged, moved its short, thick limbs like a speeding truck, charging at Hong Yi and biting down.
It had a terrifying bite force that could easily break a fishing rod with a tensile strength of 40 tons like chopsticks.
Hong Yi didn't fight back, but dodged.
With a "bang" sound.
The Garra Crocodile's huge upper and lower jaws closed together with a collision, even biting out a large patch of white air waves.
"Hanma Yujiro carefully studied martial arts and mastered all the martial arts in the world, naturally including… Bajquan!"
Hong Yi arrived beside the Garra Crocodile, his eyes like lightning, his fists clenched, like a tiger descending from the mountain, a dragon emerging from the abyss, he blasted out.
Fist like a meteor, eyes like lightning, waist like a snake, feet like a drill;
Luwei upright, spirit penetrating the top;
Body loose, inside firm, spirit inward;
Full of lightness, head hanging;
Yin and Yang, emptiness and reality, rapid changes, the source of life and intention lies in the waist.
The so-called "Ten years of Taiji without leaving the house, half a year of Bajquan to kill people!"
The moment Hong Yi exerted force, his strength was like a broken bow, his two fists punched out, directly blasting apart the air, the sound like thunder, momentum and spirit followed, swift as lightning.
Carrying a powerful force of 3500 KG, it all hit the Garra Crocodile.
With a "boom" sound.
The hard scales, like metal, covering the Garra Crocodile's body, immediately dented in two fist-shaped imprints, and a white mist exploded.
But the Garra Crocodile in front of him was huge, over ten meters long and 10 tons in weight.
With Hong Yi's strength, he couldn't shake it at all.
It was like a fully armed armored vehicle!
Even a rocket launcher couldn't break through its defense!!
"Swish"
The Garra Crocodile was large, but its speed was not slow.
Its thick, long crocodile tail immediately swept over, even making a sharp whistling sound, hitting Hong Yi hard.
Merging with Hanma Yujiro's template not only brought him superb martial arts skills, but also rich combat experience.
Hong Yi did not panic, his toes tapped, his body leaped up, avoiding the crocodile tail.
The crocodile tail hit one of the special metal pillars of the iron cage, the tremendous force directly bent and deformed the metal steel bars.
"Such terrifying strength!"
"If that hit, forget about flesh and blood, even steel plate would deform."
"My God, Gourmet Hunters deal with monsters like this?"
"The Garra Crocodile… It's only Capture Level 5, and it's already this terrifying!"
Many students cried out in surprise.
The Garra Crocodile's ferocity and power gave them a huge shock.
Compared to the dangerous and remote places full of peril, Totsuki Academy was simply a greenhouse, although the competition was fierce, but compared to life-and-death struggles, what was it?
"Look, that newcomer is so fierce, it seems like he's fighting the Garra Crocodile evenly."
"What's this newcomer's name, his strength is already comparable to a second-year student from the Hunter Division."
"Amazing, he's so young, and he can already hunt the Garra Crocodile."
With the Garra Crocodile as a foil, Hong Yi's performance further surprised the teachers and students of Totsuki Academy.
Nakiri Erina looked over, her pair of violet eyes flashed with strange light.
Mito Ikumi, who had been worried about Hong Yi, opened her mouth in surprise.
"My God, my partner is so fierce?"
However, Hong Yi leaped up to dodge the crocodile tail, easily jumped tens of meters high, and directly grabbed the iron bar at the top of the iron cage.
Although the Garra Crocodile was over ten meters long, its height was only three or four meters, it couldn't bite Hong Yi at all.
But it didn't give up, instead it tried hard to raise its crocodile head and opened its mouth.
In its bloody maw, there were actually countless leeches the size of sea bowls!
"Barlon Leech!"
Iihara's face changed slightly, and he immediately raised his voice.
Before he finished speaking.
One by one, the leeches curled up their bodies, then suddenly jumped, like cannonballs, shooting towards Hong Yi.
The Garra Crocodile's bloody maw had at least dozens or hundreds of Barlon Leeches living in symbiosis, and for a while, all of them attacked.