The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 278 Hope for a Solution

"Little girl, don't try to persuade her."

Zhuo Hong chuckled, "The fact that we're here already means we're beyond your ability to persuade us."

As he spoke, he stood beside Li Yuantu and looked at the Leaping Fish, saying, "I never thought that my old bones would still be of use."

"Come out, old buddies!"

Four streams of light flew out from Zhuo Hong's star veins, transforming into four food spirits, the weakest of which was at least four-star strength, and the strongest was already five-star.

"What kind of food recommender do you have with this kind of strength?" Li Yuantu shook his head helplessly and summoned his three food spirits.

Compared to Zhuo Hong, his strength is much weaker, and his strongest food spirit is only four stars. However, for a level two food recommender who focuses on cooking, such strength is already quite good.

Sang Ran, standing to the side, also summoned her own food spirit, whose strength was similar to Li Yuantu's.

Ten Food Spirits with strength of three stars or above are definitely a formidable force, but in front of the Leaping Fish, they are still as insignificant as dust.

Sang Ran was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

"Do you think we can hold out until reinforcements arrive?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Hong and Li Yuantu exchanged a smile.

"We have to hold on, even if we can't!"

"Pah~pah~pah~"

The slow, rhythmic clapping came from behind the three people, and a figure walked forward unhurriedly. The person had a very handsome face, and even in middle age, he still had charm.

"Congratulations, you made it!"

He raised his eyes, which seemed perpetually sleepy, and said softly, "Now take back your food spirits."

"A legendary creature..." He looked at the leaping fish in the air, "I'd really like to have a go at it."

As the voice faded, a magnificent seven-star pattern lit up in his eyes, and a ray of light flew out from the Tian Shu star vein on his forehead, transforming into a food spirit.

It was a food spirit resembling an upright tiger. The moment it appeared, the surrounding air rippled, and faint flames surged and surged.

Eight-Star Food Spirit!

That was a strength far surpassing that of everyone else; even the terrifying, suffocating aura of the Leaping Fish seemed to be somewhat neutralized by it.

Immediately afterwards, a second ray of light flew out from the Tianxuan Star Vein between its eyebrows, transforming into a four-winged food spirit. The moment it appeared, countless golden feathers quickly flew in all directions, and a faint chanting sound resounded.

Both are eight-star Food Spirits!
Third star vein... Fourth star vein... Fifth star vein...

One by one, the seven star veins belonging to the human body were lit up, and one after another, the food spirits stood beside him.

Finally, the seven incredibly powerful auras converged into one beam, like a sharp sword, tearing through the blood-red clouds in the sky!
Seven food spirits, all eight stars!
The leaping fish's eyes slowly rotated, finally settling on Zhong Lingyun. It seemed to sense a threat from Zhong Lingyun, and its massive body slowly straightened, a hint of caution emerging from its crazed eyes.

“You…” Li Yuantu came to his senses and looked enlightened.

"So the person I saw on the ship that day really was you."

“Regional champion, Zhong Lingyun.”

Zhong Lingyun's lips curled up slightly, and a startling sharpness flashed in his eyes, which seemed to be half-asleep.

"Next, leave it to me."
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"What...what just happened?" Qin Lang remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "The Leaping Fish attacked...it must have been some powerful evil entity, right?"

"Legendary beings don't harm innocent ordinary people, right?"

Faced with Qin Lang's continuous questioning, the others remained silent.

They could all see that the Leaping Fish's attack just now seemed to be an indiscriminate, wide-range attack on the ground.

In addition, the red mist on the leaping fish also gives people a strong feeling of palpitations and unease.

“Normal legendary creatures are naturally friendly,” Fatima said in a deep voice, “but… the Leaping Fish’s current state is abnormal!”

“This is the berserk state of a legendary creature.” Fatima looked up at the leaping fish, her expression more solemn than ever before. “Legendary creatures possess immense power, far greater than any other food spirit.”

"Such immense power is also a heavy burden for legendary beings themselves; under normal circumstances, legendary beings are able to control their own power."

"But in some cases, their power can also go out of control and run rampant. Once their power goes out of control due to some unexpected circumstances, the legendary creatures may completely fall into madness, which is the berserk state."

“In the Ferry region, there was once a legendary creature that entered this state…” Fatima slowly closed her eyes, “It destroyed half the state, and countless spirit masters and civilians lost their lives as a result, before it was finally brought to an end with great difficulty.”

"What?" Qin Lang's expression changed instantly. "You mean, the Leaping Fish will do the same thing next?"

"If no one can stop it, that's probably it."

As Fatima finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Liu Chuang and Lomi, who stood there dumbfounded and pale-faced.

“I…I don’t know.” Lomi shook her head blankly. “I really didn’t know it would turn out like this.”

"I just... I just thought it was rare and wanted to trade it for a reward..."

"I..." Lomi slowly squatted down, burying her face in her hands in anguish. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I really never thought it would turn out like this..."

Liu Chuang, standing to the side, clenched his fists tightly, pursed his lips and said nothing, but silently stood in front of Luo Mi.

“You two…” Cao Dongdong gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and was about to step forward, but Qin Lang stopped him.

“There’s no point in talking about this now.” Qin Lang took a deep breath and suddenly looked at Fatima beside him. “How did that legendary creature in the Feli region, which went into a berserk state, eventually return to normal?”

Fatima paused for a moment, then said, “The berserk state is caused by a massive loss of control over power. Once that power is exhausted, the berserk state will naturally dissipate.”

"That legendary creature was exhausted after destroying half the state, and returned to its original state."

"So, if what you want to know is how to bring the Leaping Fish back to normal ahead of time, I have no way to answer that."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions darkened simultaneously.

Are we just going to sit idly by and watch a catastrophe happen?
Fish Mouth is the border between Tianhua State and Mingjing State.

If left unchecked, both states will be affected!

“But…” Fatima’s tone shifted, giving everyone a glimmer of hope, “I have no other choice, but perhaps it’s here.”

As she spoke, she walked step by step toward a relief stone wall not far away.

Zuo Ge quickly followed, and soon discerned something among the complex patterns and symbols on the stone wall: "The concept of 'berserk state' is mentioned here!"

"Deciphering it might solve the problem of the leaping fish!"

(End of this chapter)