The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 48 Zhou Tianhao vs Tang Yu
On Zhou Tianhao's side, the third star vein, Tianji, flashed with light, and a red food spirit instantly emerged from it.

It turned out to be Hongdou who had given guidance to Danbao before.

"Grrrrrr!"

Seeing Hongdou going into battle, Danbao instantly became excited.

In a sense, the former can be regarded as half its teacher.

Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian, who saw Zhou Tianhao eating spirits for the first time, also showed surprise after scanning.

"How impressive." Zhao Qian couldn't help but sigh. "The third Food Spirit is already at Lv34. Generally, the strength of Food Spirits gets weaker the later they are. This means that Brother Zhou is likely to have a four-star Food Spirit."

Qin Lang couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

It's not just possible, it's true that there are, and there are two of them.

He couldn't help but look at Tang Yu on the other side.

The food spirit summoned by Tang Yu was also a familiar face.

It was the food spirit named Lielie who had defeated the members of the treasure hunting team before.

However, Qin Lang noticed a detail.

Lv29 Lielie was summoned from the Tianxuan Star Vein, which means it is Tang Yu’s second food spirit.

Therefore, Tang Yu’s first food spirit is likely to be even higher.

"So why do they always summon their own food spirits that are further behind first?" Cao Dongdong, who was also watching the battle, couldn't help but ask.

"Generally speaking, in a multi-on-multi battle, the Royal Spirit Chefs on both sides will first summon weaker Food Spirits to test the other side," explained Zhao Qian, who has studied many Food Spirit battles. "This can be considered a safe strategy."

"Brother Zhou and Sister Tang Yu should have both chosen this strategy." She compared their food spirits and paused slightly. "Brother Zhou's food spirit is spicy and fire-attributed, while Sister Tang Yu's is spicy and fighting-attributed."

"The flavors of the two are identical, and the elemental attributes of Fire suppress Fighting." Zhao Qian's expression darkened. "Plus, the level difference..."

"Sister Tang Yu is at a significant disadvantage."

Almost at the same time as Zhao Qian finished speaking, the food spirits of both sides quickly approached each other, and in just an instant they shortened the distance by more than half.

Zhou Tianhao's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Gather and bombard!"

The next moment, a powerful flaming cannon spewed out from Hongdou's mouth, carrying a rolling heat wave and blasting towards Lielie on the other side.

The ultra-long-distance strike, which almost spanned half the field, caused bursts of exclamations from the audience.

It's the [Breath of Fire] in a clustered development form!
After recognizing the fighting skills used by Hongdou, Qin Lang sat up straight in an instant.

Facing the sudden attack, Tang Yu's expression did not change at all. Under her instructions, Lielie's figure suddenly twisted to the side before the flames hit, and easily avoided the blow.

However, this is not the end.

Lielie twisted her body and performed several dance-like movements in succession. As she closed the distance, silver-gray fighting energy emerged around her body.

"It's the Fighting Technique [Fighting Dance]." Zhao Qian quickly identified Lielie's technique. "It's a support technique that continuously grants bonuses as long as the technique isn't interrupted."

Zhou Tianhao on the other side obviously noticed this as well.

"Fighting dance?" He laughed and then shouted.

"Hongdou, let's increase our power too!"

"Jili!"

Hongdou responded loudly, and then countless flames suddenly rose up around her body, burning her body as if she were self-immolating. When the flames dissipated, Hongdou's body became even more red, and the momentum seemed to become even more terrifying.

Fire combat skills [warm-up exercise]!
Qin Lang's eyes flashed.

Using this combat skill can instantly provide yourself with a substantial gain, but the side effect is that you will not be able to use the four combat skills that restrain fire attributes: water, earth, wind, and spirit.

However, Hongdou was specialized in fire-based combat techniques, so it had almost no effect. As the two sides finished their fight, the distance between them had been greatly shortened.

This distance…

Zhou Tianhao clenched his fist suddenly and swung it hard into the air.

"Burn it for me!"

"Boom!!!" Hongdou took a deep breath, then spun out in the air at high speed, instantly forming a flame that covered a large area.

Lielie was instantly engulfed by the flames, but without any sound, he disappeared quietly on the spot.

This is…

"It's the fighting skill [Tactical Feint]!"

Zhao Qian showed an expression of admiration, "Feign an attack to confuse the opponent, thereby concealing one's true whereabouts and movements!"

Qin Lang subconsciously clenched his fists.

Since the Lielie that rushed towards Hongdou was fake, then the real Lielie...

"It's up there!" Cao Dongdong exclaimed.

As the feinted attack of Lielie disappeared, Lielie's true position at this moment was revealed. It had arrived right above Hongdou without anyone noticing, and completely avoided Hongdou's rotating development form of [Breath of Fire]!
wrong!

Qin Lang's eyes fixed.

Right below the red bean shrouded in flames, there was also a flea!
"It's [Clone Combo]!" Zhao Qian said quickly, "Form a clone. The next attack can be used by both the original body and the clone at the same time!"

"Very interesting." Zhou Tianhao was stunned at first, then laughed heartily, "It seems you've made considerable progress in the past year or so!"

"In this case, we can't let our guard down."

"Red Bean, fire exchange!"

"Jili!"

Hongdou responded loudly, and its whole body instantly turned golden red. Countless flames centered on it and quickly swept in all directions like an explosion.

Fire combat skill [Fire Exchange]!
A combat skill with extremely large range and strong output that covers all targets indiscriminately!

"boom!!!"

With a loud bang, the blazing fireball instantly engulfed most of the venue. A streak of light quickly flew back to Tang Yu's star vein, and then another food spirit flew out from Tang Yu's star vein.

"It looks like Lielie lost." Cao Dongdong said regretfully.

"No." Qin Lang shook his head slightly, his brows furrowed. "Didn't you notice that the one flying back was the First Star Vein, Tianshu!"

Lielie was clearly the second food spirit, but it flew back to the first star vein.

This is definitely not a passive retraction after losing combat capability!
"I seem to have heard of this situation." Zhao Qian frowned slightly, and then quickly remembered something, "I know!"

"It's the characteristic of a cuckoo occupying a magpie's nest!"

"Food spirits with this trait can actively return to other star veins in the Imperial Spirit Kitchen, allowing food spirits in other star veins to fight on their behalf!"

"Lielie wasn't injured just now. It used its special ability to dodge the opponent's full-strength attack!"

"Ah?" Cao Dongdong blinked. "Will Lielie be able to appear again later?"

"Okay." Zhao Qian nodded slightly. "The standard for determining victory in a 2v2 match is that all of the food spirits on one side are completely incapacitated. The Royal Spirit Chef is allowed to replace the food spirits mid-match as long as they remain capable."

"But normal food spirit replacement cannot be performed when a combat skill is about to hit it. Only the cuckoo-taking-the-nest feature can do it."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Qin Lang's eyes were fixed on Tang Yu's other food spirit, and there was a bit of weirdness in his tone.

"Do you think Sister Tang Yu's food spirit looks familiar?"

(End of this chapter)