Gourmet Beast Tamer

"The contestants have all arrived, now it's up to me to announce the final ranking!"

"Twenty-sixth place in the scoring competition, Zhang Yue, 77.4 points!"

As the host's voice fell, a female contestant slowly walked out.

She forced a smile, but her eyes couldn't hide the loneliness.

Twenty-sixth place sounds better, but it's actually still the last place.

Taking the participation commemorative medal from the host with both hands and hanging it around her neck, Zhang Yue looked at the other contestants and couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

I still have a long way to go.

"Contestant Zhang Yue, do you have anything to say?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yue took the host's microphone and took a deep breath.

"I will participate in the next municipal cooking competition. I hope I can achieve better results!"

"Let us give our blessings to player Zhang Yue with warm applause!" The host took back the microphone and smiled slightly, "In the next competition, I hope to see player Zhang Yue go further."

"Then let's continue announcing the next player's rating!"

"Twenty-fifth place in the rating competition, Qi Yu, 78.3 points!"

The host walked to another player and handed the participation commemorative medal to that player.

Then, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-third, the twenty-second...

In the end, the ninth person received the last commemorative medal from the host and left the venue lonely.

There were only eight players left in the field.

They are the ones who advance in this rating competition.

"Let us give the warmest applause to congratulate the eight players who are still on the court at this moment for advancing to the next round!"

The host did not immediately announce the ranking of the eight people, but smiled slightly.

"As the top eight in the rating competition, you will receive promotion rewards equally."

As he finished speaking, two figures slowly came onto the stage, holding an alloy box that was sealed in layers.

Those two people were surprisingly the two outstanding trainers who had previously held a warm-up exhibition match while the twenty-six Yuling chefs were preparing dishes.

Warming up the scene is just a casual job for them. The main task of these two powerful Yuling Chefs is to protect the treasures in the alloy box.

As the alloy boxes were unlocked and opened layer by layer in front of everyone, the final eight pieces were cut into magnificent shapes like diamonds, with blue-purple nebulae flowing inside. The gems the size of pigeon eggs appeared in front of the eight contestants, and appeared through a close-up lens. In front of tens of thousands of viewers.

The moment it appeared, all eight spirit chefs felt their own food spirits' instinctive desire for it.

That is a treasure that only the Yuling Chef Association can produce, and it contains a large amount of the power of the unruly star - the Chengxing Stone.

"Each of the eight contestants, please take one and absorb it on the spot!" the host said loudly.

The eight contestants quickly stepped forward, selected one of the Chengxing stones lying on the silk cloth in the box, and returned to their original positions.

"This is the Chengxing Stone."

Qin Lang looked at it carefully, and couldn't help showing wonder in his eyes.

It was more beautiful than any gem he had seen in his previous life.

Sensing Dan Bao's uncontrollable emotions, Qin Lang couldn't help but smile and handed over the Chengxing Stone.

"Gudu!"

Great!

Dan Bao cheered and immediately came closer.

As the starlight surrounding it came into contact with the Chengxing Stone, the power of the Unowned Star, which was much richer than the power of the star obtained from a victory in the battle with the Soul Eater, erupted from the Chengxing Stone and merged into the egg treasure. In the starlight beside me.

In just a moment, Dan Bao showed an extremely contented expression.

It felt like it was taking a nice bath, its whole body was warm.

By the time the clear star stone turned completely colorless, like a diamond, the starlight beside Dan Bao had become much brighter visible to the naked eye.

Feeling the changes in Dan Bao, Qin Lang's face showed an expectant look.

I don't know how many of these Chengxing stones can upgrade Danbao from one star to two stars.

"After the absorption is completed, please put the Chengxing Stone that has lost its star power back to its original place."

The host's prompt brought Qin Lang back to his senses.

Do you even have to recycle the absorbed Chengxing Stone?

The control is really very strict.

He planned to take the Chengxing Stone back to his collection, but he shook his head, and like other players who had completed the absorption, put the Chengxing Stone back into the box.

It was only at this moment that the two outstanding trainers with tense expressions breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they stopped lingering and turned around to leave the venue with the box.

The absorption of Chengxingshi took place in the middle of the announcement of the review results, like a small episode.

But it has completely ignited the fighting spirit of the top eight players.

Just by advancing in the rating competition, you got such a precious Chengxing Stone, so if you continue to advance, how generous will the subsequent rewards be?

For a moment, the eight players standing side by side looked at each other, with a strong desire to win burning in their eyes.

They want to continue to win!

And this is what the host wants to see.

The host's voice raised a few points again, "Now, let us announce the eight contestants who advanced in the rating competition and their ratings!"

"Eighth place, Xiao He, 85.3 points!"

As the host finished speaking, a little light gathered from the void and flew towards Xiao He who took two steps away.

That's star power.

In addition to what you can get from eating soul battles, you can also get promotions in competitions.

Seeing his food spirit cheering for the star power, Xiao He couldn't help but have a happy expression on his face.

He was just one point away from elimination.

The ninth place just now was 85.1 points.

In previous years, this score was obviously able to be successfully promoted, but this time the number of perverts was actually a bit too high.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the four players in the field who had scored more than 90 points.

I just hope I don’t encounter them in the next knockout rounds…

Thinking of this, Xiao He's face suddenly twitched hard.

According to the draw rules of the knockout round, his idea seems impossible to realize.

Damn it!

Forget it, settle for the next best thing.

Hope you don't meet Lake!

"Seventh place, White, 86.5 points!"

"Sixth place, Qiang Xiaofeng, 87.9 points!"

"Fifth place, Zhang Chen, 88.6 points!"

"Fourth place, Zhu Ming, 91.2 points!"

"Third place, Tang Xie, 92.4 points!"

"Second place, Qin Lang, 93.0 points!"

"First place, Lake, 94.1 points!"

As the host gradually announced the rankings of each contestant starting from the eighth place, more and more enthusiastic cheers and applause were heard in the venue, and the higher up the ranking, the more star power the Yuling Chef received. .

Although he had just absorbed more star power from the Cheng Xing Stone, Dan Bao had no objection at all. He happily flew high into the sky and faced this group of star power that was at least two or three times as much as the food spirit battle.

Qin Lang looked at the other seven people curiously.

Except for Reike, who appeared later than him and already knew a little about it, and Tang Xie, who had already competed several times, he didn't know the other players.

And his opponent in the second round of the knockout round will be one of them.

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Contents of the easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:

【Chengxing Stone】