Food: I found Eri Nakiri in the world of Food Prisoners

Being able to learn from Granny Setsuna is something every chef dreams of.

"In that case, your other partner can also learn with us. I will teach her some basic acupressure techniques."

Seeing that Granny Setsuna was also going to teach Xu Yong's two chef partners, Master Jiro looked at Xu Yong's last partner, Mirajin.

All three of them had a place to study, and it wouldn't be good to leave one behind, so Master Jiro made this decision.

And so, the four of them were completely arranged by these two senior figures.

After spending the night back at the food court, Master Jiro took Xu Yong and Mirajin away early the next morning. They were going to learn acupressure, which was not suitable for the city.

"Is this a demonic serpent? The one you found in the beach cave last time?"

Sitting on Xiao Mo's lap, Master Jiro was speechless. Whose demon serpent looks like this?

"That's right, Xiao Mo is indeed a demon serpent, but according to Master, Xiao Mo not only mutated, but also reverted to its ancestral form, so its appearance and strength are completely different from a normal demon serpent."

Xu Yong spoke up, saying that the person in front of him was Master Jiro, who had a good understanding of wild beasts, so there was no need to hide Xiao Mo's matter from him.

"Mutation plus atavism, just as Xiaojie said, your luck with food is really strong."

Watching Xiao Mo move so quickly, Master Jiro sighed. Then, under his guidance, the group arrived at an island.

"This is it. This island doesn't have a specific name. The creatures living on the island are not only of high capture level, but also have a strong survival ability."

Master Jiro began by saying that the creatures on this island are either extremely defensive or extremely fast. Although they are not very aggressive, their survival skills are top-notch.

This is also the best place to practice acupressure.

As they were talking, a giant insect that looked like a dung beetle crawled out of the beach. It was five meters long and over two meters tall, and its hard shell made it clear at a glance that it had extremely strong defenses.

"Beach beetle, the most common creature on this beach, has a capture level of 56. It has no value for food. The reason it has such a high capture level is that it will curl up into a ball when threatened, using its hard shell to defend against enemy attacks."

"The shell on the other side is a very good material. Many grinders like to use its shell to make kitchen utensils."

Master Jiro introduced the beetle in front of him.

Capture level doesn't represent combat power. The beach beetle in front of us is a case in point. In terms of pure attack power, it's at most equivalent to a level 5 creature, but in terms of defense, it's terrifying.

It is precisely because of this powerful defense that the capture level of the beach beetle soared to level 56.

"Try using pressure points on this guy now."

Master Jiro spoke up, and upon hearing this, Xu Yong immediately conjured a chopstick and thrust it towards the beach beetle.

Beach beetles are slow and have a slow reaction time, so they didn't even have time to react to the attack.

To Xu Yong's surprise, the beach beetle curled up into a ball after he hit it.

"There's something wrong with this guy's body!"

Xu Yong reacted immediately. Relying on his perception, he could determine how strong the opponent's carapace defense was, so the chopsticks just now could definitely penetrate the opponent's carapace defense.

Logically speaking, after the chopsticks poked the other person, they should have been immobilized and stood still.

Now, however, the other party still has the ability to move, so they've curled themselves up into a ball.

"Your senses are very sharp. That's right. This beach beetle not only has extremely strong external defenses, but also has a nervous system that is thousands of times more complex than that of ordinary insects. As a result, your acupoint striking broke through the outer defenses, but you did not complete the acupoint striking."

"The creatures on this island all have this characteristic: for gourmet hunters, there is no need to capture them, and for chefs, the ingredients here are equally worthless."

"But for those of us who have mastered acupressure, this is a great place, the best place to learn advanced acupressure techniques."

After Master Jiro finished speaking, Xu Yong suddenly understood.

"Master Jiro, are there specific levels of pressure point techniques you mentioned?"

Xu Yong asked, "In the human realm, at least after I came into contact with acupoint striking, I didn't find any level classification for it."

"Ranking? There is no ranking system for acupoint striking in the human realm, but I have divided it into three stages."

"The first stage, which is the stage you are in now, can be considered the basic acupoint striking. Most people in the human world have only reached this level."

"The second stage, which is the advanced acupoint striking technique I just mentioned, is where Tieping is currently. Once you can easily strike the acupoints of all the creatures on this island, you will reach the advanced acupoint striking stage."

"As for the final stage, advanced acupoint striking, which is the stage I am currently in, once you reach this stage, you will find that the nature of acupoint striking will undergo earth-shattering changes. However, reaching this stage is not easy."

"To date, only a handful of people have reached this level in acupressure."

Master Jiro explained his own classification of acupressure levels to Xu Yong, and after listening, Xu Yong understood it pretty well.

"This is your training ground. As for your partner, her training ground is in the sea."

Master Jiro pointed to the sea and said that the creatures on the island were used to learn advanced acupoint striking techniques, although Xu Yong had previously taught Mirazhen acupoint striking techniques.

However, Mirajane's time to learn acupressure was always too late. It was only with Shi Yi's help that Mirajane mastered the acupressure technique, but she had only just begun to grasp it.

Therefore, the best training ground for Mirajane is in the sea. First of all, the creatures in the surrounding waters are not as outrageous as those on the islands, so with her strength, she can still perform pressure point strikes.

Secondly, practicing in the sea can also have a training effect due to the resistance of the seawater. It is clear that Master Jiro had thought about this issue when he decided to teach Mirajane the acupressure technique.

Under Master Jiro's tutelage, the two began training in acupressure, but during the training, Xu Yong suddenly discovered how to use the power of the soul.

Another path to food is to enhance one's soul power, which will ensure that the barriers within the cells do not revert.

Xu Yong initially thought this was how to use the power of the soul, but now he realized that he seemed to be wrong; the use of the power of the soul was not limited to this.

The power of the soul can also be used for perception.

In the past, Xu Yong perceived his surroundings by relying on his breath and his enhanced five senses, which was also the mainstream method of perception in this world.

After all, not everyone possesses the five senses of a demon king like the Four Heavenly Kings, but now, Xu Yong has discovered that he can use his soul power to perceive things.

This perception method is much more effective than his previous methods, with a wider range of perception and the ability to perceive more things.

For example, when facing the beach beetle, Xu Yong had previously successfully used his five senses and aura to perceive the strength of its carapace. However, using this method, Xu Yong failed to detect the nerves within the beetle's body.

According to Master Jiro, the key to acupressure techniques lies in perception, because you need to know which place to press in order to successfully perform acupressure.

In the final battle in the original work, Teppei got stuck at this point. He had the ability to stop the Earth directly, but he couldn't find where to start. This was due to insufficient perception. In the end, Master Jiro came to the rescue and told him where to strike.

Perception is of paramount importance in acupressure techniques. Xu Yong had a sudden inspiration to try using his soul power to perceive, and he discovered that this method of perception was truly very effective.

The body structure of the beach beetle became crystal clear under the perception of the soul power.

With his strong perception ability 717, Xu Yong's progress in acupressure can be described as rapid.

Even Master Jiro was shocked by the speed of Xu Yong's progress. He realized that he really couldn't see through Xu Yong. It was one thing that his progress in food-related skills was strange, but now his progress in acupoint striking was also rapid.

He originally thought that Tie Ping was already an outstanding person in this field and had the opportunity to inherit his title as acupressure master. But now that he puts Xu Yong and Tie Ping together for comparison, he suddenly feels a little disgusted with Tie Ping. What should he do?

Therefore, Master Jiro accelerated his teaching pace, wanting to know exactly where Xu Yong's limits lay.

And so, half a month later, one evening, the three of them were eating and chatting.

"Sometimes I really wonder if I'm getting old and can't keep up with the times. Your progress is too fast. What was originally expected to be a three-month course has now been completed in half a month."

Master Jiro said with some emotion that he originally thought that three months of teaching Xu Yong would at least help him find the right direction, if not directly reach the advanced acupoint striking level.

However, after half a month, Xu Yong has improved his acupressure skills to an advanced level and has even caught up with Tie Ping's level of expertise.

You should know that Teppei had been traveling around the world with Master Jiro since he was a child to learn pressure point techniques, but Xu Yong caught up with Teppei so quickly.

In fact, Xu Yong was able to catch up with Tie Ping in this aspect because of his perception ability.

With the help of soul power, no one can compare to Xu Yong in this respect.

Tie Ping's biggest weakness lies in this aspect, while Xu Yong is no less than Tie Ping in any aspect, and his perception ability is far superior to Tie Ping's. Therefore, his current acupoint striking skills have caught up with Tie Ping's.

Such a rapid improvement made even Master Jiro begin to question his own existence, after all, when he was learning pressure point techniques, the speed wasn't this fast.

You should know that when he was learning acupressure, he was already capable of easily making a name for himself in the culinary world.

"So what do we do next? End it early?"

Xu Yong asked, surprised that soul power would be so useful.

"No, since I said I would teach you for three months, I will naturally keep my word."

Master Jiro shook his head. He was joking. How could he possibly let go of a promising talent with an even more extraordinary ability in acupressure than himself?

He wished Xu Yong could learn even faster.

With the eclipse of the world drawing ever closer, regardless of whether the older generation can ultimately withstand it, strengthening the new generation is always the right thing to do.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Acupressure Point to Stop Earth's Rotation, the Vital Point That Disappears

Although Xu Yong's rapid progress disrupted Master Jiro's plans, Master Jiro also temporarily adjusted his teaching schedule.

However, to Master Jiro's surprise, Xu Yong's progress could become even faster.

All of this is thanks to Xu Yong's partners. Under the guidance of Granny Setsuno, Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinto shifted their main focus from memorizing information about various ingredients to training their skills.

After all, the opportunity to be with Granny Setsuna is quite precious, so they naturally wouldn't spend their time memorizing various pieces of information.

Therefore, their cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds, almost every day. Similarly, under Master Jiro's tutelage, Mirajane learned pressure point techniques very quickly, and her culinary skills also improved.

This resulted in Xu Yong receiving several rewards in succession, all of which were enhancements related to food, causing Xu Yong's soul power to rise rapidly.

As his soul power grew stronger, Xu Yong's perception naturally improved rapidly, which in turn allowed him to learn acupoint striking much faster.

Xu Yong's actions completely baffled Master Jiro; in short, Xu Yong's rate of progress was beyond his comprehension.

However, Master Jiro also knew that this was a good thing, so he continued to accelerate his teaching pace.

"In less than three months, you have completed all the courses for advanced acupressure."

With a few days left in the three-month period, Xu Yong completed his advanced acupressure training, having already completed the first two stages of acupressure.

"I am grateful for Master Jiro's teachings; otherwise, I would never have been able to reach such a level."

Xu Yong spoke up, and he meant it sincerely. Although he didn't have Master Jiro's guidance, his sense of food would continue to improve as others improved, his soul power would become stronger, and he would be able to figure out how to use his soul power to perceive things.

However, it took much longer than just a few months. The most crucial aspect was the pressure point technique. Master Jiro possessed advanced pressure point techniques, and there were only a handful of people in the entire world who knew them.

Without anyone to teach him, it would take Xu Yong a very long time to figure out these acupressure techniques on his own.

With Master Jiro's guidance, Xu Yong saved a lot of time. Feeling your way across the river by yourself and using a bridge built by predecessors are two completely different concepts.

"With your talent, it's just a matter of how much time it takes. But now you've learned almost all the advanced techniques. Next, I'll teach you advanced acupoint striking techniques, but you'll probably only be able to learn a portion of these techniques."

"Advanced acupressure techniques, as I've mentioned before, will bring about a dramatic change in acupressure once you reach that level."

"I originally thought it would take you a long time to reach the level of learning advanced acupressure techniques, but now it seems that I was a bit superficial."

"I will tell you all the theoretical knowledge about advanced acupoint techniques, but right now you can probably only use the Vast Acupoint Technique and the Destructive Acupoint Technique, and you can only achieve this part of the effect."

"Advanced acupressure techniques also require a high level of physical skill; your cellular level is too low."

Master Jiro began by saying that advanced pressure point techniques require not only extremely strong perception but also sufficiently strong physical fitness.

Xu Yong himself was well aware of this. Some advanced acupressure techniques, such as the Eternal Acupressure, were so powerful that even Master Jiro could not withstand them.

Master Jiro is a perfect fusion of the Gourmet Demon; if his physical strength is so great that this happens, then Xu Yong is even more likely to be affected.

Destroying acupoints is manageable, since this type of acupoint strike seals part of the damage inside the body and transfers the rest to the outside world, so Xu Yong can use it now after learning it.

However, among the other advanced acupoint techniques, only the Vast Acupoint Technique is barely usable, and even then, Xu Yong's ability to use it is extremely limited. At most, it can only be used as a large-scale group acupoint technique, and it is impossible to stop the Earth's rotation.

"I'll teach you these two moves you can use first. I'll demonstrate them for you, and you won't provoke those guys even if you just stop for a moment. Watch carefully~"

After Jiro tapped himself a few times, his body returned to its robust state, and then he raised his right fist high.

The next second, Master Jiro slammed his fist into the ground.

At this moment, Xu Yong activated his full soul power, sensing the attack that Master Jiro had unleashed. He could clearly perceive that the force of Master Jiro's punch had penetrated the earth and spread towards the earth's core.

However, his soul perception range was limited, and he could not directly detect the situation of the earth's core. The energy released by Master Jiro also disappeared from his perception in an instant. In less than a second, Xu Yong personally noticed that the earth suddenly trembled.

Although it resumed rotation again the next second, Xu Yong was certain that the Earth had indeed stopped rotating for a brief moment.

However, this momentary cessation of rotation had little impact on Earth in the world of Toriko. The Earth in this world has been growing and is now 659 times its original size, and has also been modified by Gourmet Cells.

Therefore, although Master Jiro stopped the Earth's rotation for a moment, the impact was not significant.

If it were a normal Earth, even a one-second stop in rotation would trigger terrifying consequences, such as natural disasters, climate change, and celestial motion disorder, among other horrific effects.

Jiro's attack was also sensed by some powerful life forms on Earth.

"President, was it just my imagination? Did the Earth's rotation stop for a moment just now?"

At IGO headquarters, Mansam, who was reporting to Yi Long, also noticed some changes.

"It wasn't an illusion. The Earth's rotation did indeed stop for a moment. Only Jiro could stop the Earth's rotation. Wasn't he training Xu Yong? How could he suddenly use the Vast Acupoint Strike?"

Yi Long also looked puzzled and took out his phone to call and ask about the situation.