The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 277 The Leaping Fish in a Berserk State
"Cough cough cough-"

Qin Lang coughed loudly a few times, waved his hand to clear away the billowing dust, and then shouted, "Zhao Qian! Dongdong! Zuoge! Fatima!"

Can you hear me?

"I can hear you!" Zhao Qian's voice came quickly, and as the smoke and dust dissipated, her figure, shrouded in the protection of the Star Spirit, emerged from the smoke and dust.

"We're over here!"

Cao Dongdong and Zuo Ge followed closely behind, with Fatima coming last.

When the five of them reunited, Qin Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the person is fine.

"What just happened?" he couldn't help but ask.

One second everyone was shocked by the news that Xiao Cai was the Leaping Fish, and the next second the entire ancient ruins began to tremble violently.

Then came a large-scale collapse.

“It’s not clear yet,” Fatima said calmly, “but I’m afraid a lot of the records here have been destroyed.”

"Aaaaaah—" Zoge clutched his chest in agony, "Why did it suddenly collapse? Couldn't it have waited until I finished recording before it collapsed?"

"Hey, can't I just make a wish that won't fall?" Zhao Qian couldn't help but complain, then looked around.

"It seems that the entrance passage to the ancient ruins we came through was not greatly affected, and we were able to evacuate safely."

“But deeper into the ancient ruins…” Zhao Qian looked at the other side, which was completely blocked by countless pebbles of all sizes, and showed a helpless expression.

"It's good that everyone is alright. As for exploring the ancient ruins, we'll think of another way." Qin Lang said, unable to help but look up.

After the ancient ruins collapsed, a huge hole appeared above their heads, running all the way to the ground, and even allowing sunlight to see through.

What kind of circumstances would cause such a collapse at an ancient site?

As Qin Lang was pondering something, he was about to look away when he suddenly caught sight of something and was slightly taken aback.

Amidst a series of screams that gradually grew clearer, two figures shrouded in the protective aura of the Celestial Spirits plummeted heavily through the large hole above.

"Boom-"

With a dull thud, the dust that had just dissipated was stirred up again, and a familiar voice soon came from within the dust.

"It hurts, it hurts—"

Lomi rubbed her shoulder as she slowly emerged from the dust and smoke. "Where are we supposed to get this done..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Qin Lang and the others outside the smoke and dust, and her lips twitched violently. "This... what a coincidence?"

"Lomi!" Zhao Qian blushed instantly. "Wasn't it you who drew ink on my face last time? And it looked so ugly!"

"Kuku~ The ink spilled." When facing Zhao Qian, Lomi seemed to revert to her usual cheeky self. "Try a different kind of ink next time."

"you…"

Zhao Qian gritted her teeth and was about to step forward, but Qin Lang grabbed her arm.

Qin Lang rushed to Luo Mi and grabbed her shoulder. "Tell me, what have you done to Xiao Cai!"

The wound, which had not yet healed, was pinched, and Lomi's expression changed. She opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

"Say it quickly!"

Qin Lang became even more anxious and grabbed Luo Mi's shoulders, shaking her violently.

"Enough!" Liu Chuang rushed up, grabbed Qin Lang's hand and flung it away, shielding Luo Mi behind him, and then pointed to the hole above.

"Do you see this hole?"

"That was done by your little Cai."

Everyone stared at the huge hole in the sky above them, their faces showing disbelief.

This was... Xiao Cai's doing?
At that moment, a huge figure swept across the sky above the hole.

The figure was exactly the same as the one on the Leaping Fish statue they had seen, but now it was shrouded in an almost chilling red mist.

"Beep—" [Type: ? ? ?]

【grade:? ? ? 】

[Flavor Attribute: ???]

[Element attribute: ???]

[Culinary skills: ???]

[Combat Skills (excluding self-learned combat skills): ???]

[Experience Points: ???]

"It's a leaping fish!" Zuo Ge exclaimed excitedly.

The next moment, Cao Dongdong exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait, what is it going to do?"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Leaping Fish slowly opened its mouth, and a chilling crimson light rapidly gathered before blasting into the distance like a heavy cannon.
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"Om-"

A crimson light swept across the sky, instantly cleaving a tall building in half, which then crashed to the ground amidst the gasps and screams of countless onlookers.

One by one, the food spirits struck by the light transformed into streams of light and returned to the star veins of the ashen-faced security team members in the arena.

A bead of cold sweat silently dripped down Qi Bing's forehead.

Is this the power of the legendary beings?
With a single strike, all the food spirits of the security management team were sent back into the star vein, and a tall building was destroyed in the process.

If the association hadn't evacuated people in advance, hundreds or even thousands would have been killed or injured in that instant alone.

"Captain, what should we do?" The deputy captain of the security management team standing behind Qi Bing said in a deep voice, "Even if we use the Star Spirit Guardian to withstand the attack, I'm afraid it will be impossible to withstand the enemy's attack."

There is a limit to how many Celestial Guardians you can have.

Faced with such an attack, any defense is weak.

"We have to stop them even if we can't!"

Qi Bing gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice, "If we don't stop them, Yuehu City and even other surrounding cities may be destroyed."

"The Food Spirit is too severely injured to fight anymore, so let's use the Star Spirit to protect it!"

"If the Protoss guardians can't hold out, then we'll use our flesh and blood!"

"This road is blocked until we all fall!"

"Well said!" A voice came from afar, and three figures strode towards them. "Members of the association should have this kind of awareness!"

"You..." Qi Bing's gaze fell on one of them, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "You are Mr. Zhuo Hong?!"

"Why are you here?"

"Originally, I was just passing by." Zhuo Hong looked at the leaping fish in the distance, a solemn expression on his face. "But now that things have come to this, it seems that no one can stay out of it."

"No!" Qi Bing's eyes hardened. "Mr. Zhuo Hong, you are a former Level 2 Food Recommender of the Association. You should not sacrifice yourself here."

"Please leave, we are enough for you here."

"You said it yourself, I'm a former Level 2 Food Recommender." Zhuo Hong smiled and pointed to the other two people beside him.

"This Ms. Sang Ran is a former Level 2 Food Recommender in Tianhua Prefecture, and her status is similar to mine. As for Mr. Li Yuantu, he is a current Level 2 Food Recommender and also the president of a municipal association."

"This..." Qi Bing was stunned for a moment.

These three are all so influential?

"Let's set aside those meaningless titles and ranks," Li Yuantu said in a deep voice. "At this moment, we only have one identity."

"That's the Spirit Chef Association's Spirit Chef."

He walked forward step by step, looking at the frantically leaping fish.

"It is our duty to uphold justice and peace."

(End of this chapter)