Chapter 157 - 157: Counter War

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Getting the Deer Spirit Badge seems like a minor episode.

Qin Lang’s training with the two Food Spirits continues as usual.

Time flies by, and in no time it’s two days later and the Rank Matches are about to start.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Bai Lu Mountain Youth Training Tournament’s venue – the Bai Lu Mountain Arena!”

Amidst the resonating sound of the host’s excited voice, the audience breaks into waves of cheers and thunderous applause.

The over hundred consecutive exhilarating Spirit Battles from the selection competition have fermented over these three days, thoroughly igniting the passion and anticipation of all spectators.

It is said that after the tickets for the Rank Match were on sale, fifty thousand tickets sold out in less than three minutes, a terrifying speed for Bai Lu Mountain City.

“Now, let’s look at the big screen!” The host points to the big screen in the air, and the profiles of the four advancing contestants appear on screen. “Today, the four contestants will…”

Unlike the tightly scheduled selection competition before, today’s Rank Matches consist of just four rounds, split between the morning and afternoon.

One Spirit Battle might be over within a few minutes, so the host has to interject more frequently to maintain the heat and extend the competition duration.

After introducing the content of today’s upcoming matches, the big screen starts to replay the battle videos of the four advancing contestants from the selection competition. Although the matches were three days ago, revisiting them with the host’s commentary is still quite engaging for the audience.

In the Contestant Preparation Seats, Qin Lang and the other three contestants are not distracted, and are making their final preparations and adjustments before the matches.

“Gurulu…”

It would be great if I could master the Combined Battle Skills.

With a look of nervousness and frustration on his face, Dan Bao looks at the Three-stars Food Spirit beside Zhu Quan in the distance.

Over the past two days, under Qin Lang’s guidance, it has undergone various trainings in Thought Waves.

Now, its speed and agility in shell peeling is no less superior to Qin Lang’s.

Like Full Firepower, Dan Bao too has started to get the hang of using Thought Waves, attaining an intuitive understanding of them.

But, it has not yet been able to create Combined Battle Skills as it had previously envisaged.

“Don’t worry.” Qin Lang rubs Dan Bao’s head, “I checked with Du Weiwei, Little Glutinous Rice took a full two months from practice to creating Combined Battle Skills. You’re already moving pretty fast, maybe all you need for creating Combined Battle Skills is an opportunity?”

But Dan Bao isn’t comforted by Qin Lang’s words.

“Gurulu-”

But the competition is imminent…

Its little head is hanging low.

If it can’t master it before the competition, then what’s the point of these three days of training?

“Working hard is to leave yourself without regrets.” Qin Lang speaks softly, “Up to this point, we’ve already done very well.”

These past few days watching the two little ones train, he too has come to understand this point.

Even if Dan Bao masters the Combined Battle Skills, it would still be difficult for a Two-star Food Spirit to defeat a Three-star Food Spirit.

Let alone the fact that Spicy is only a One-star Food Spirit.

The hope of winning this battle is already slim to begin with. It can be a goal and motivation, but there’s no need to be overly obsessed about it.

In the end, it has only been a month since he became a Spirit Chef. Competing now against others who have been Spirit Chefs for several years or even longer, is still a bit premature.

This competition is just for gaining experience.

“Snap!”

We’ll just do our best!

Spicy nods in agreement and, unusually, takes the initiative to snuggle up to Dan Bao.

Qin Lang also rubs Spicy’s head and cracks a little joke to ease the tension, “Don’t be too nervous, who knows, maybe Spicy can bite the other two Food Spirits unconscious in two bites?”

Spicy and Dan Bao look at each other and their nervousness seems to lessen considerably.

Time ticks away. After replaying and commenting on all the videos from the selection competition featuring Qin Lang and Zhu Quan who are about to compete, the host finally stops dragging it out.

“Now, let’s give a warm round of applause to invite our contestants Zhu Quan and Qin Lang on stage! Next, they will bring us the first thrilling duel of the Rank Matches!”

Amidst deafening cheers and applause, Qin Lang and Zhu Quan look at each other and then rise to walk towards their respective entrances to the Competition Venue.

Soon, the two contestants stood on both sides of the competition venue.

“Let’s see, the contest that the two contestants will be participating in is…” As the host’s voice trailed off, a rolling banner appeared in between the avatars of Qin Lang and Zhu Quan on the big screen above.

The atmosphere in the entire arena seemed to freeze at that moment, and under the tense gaze of countless people, the banner finally settled down.

[Full Lineup Combination Battle]

“It’s a full lineup combination battle! This means that the two contestants will pit all their Food Spirits against each other in an all-out battle to determine the winner of this match!”

“Damn it!”

In the audience seats, Qi Xiaoyu couldn’t help but stomp her foot.

Du Weiwei next to her also helplessly shook her head.

For Qin Lang, whose both Food Spirits were weaker than his opponent’s, there was a glimmer of hope in a Wheel War strategy to use the weak to defeat the strong. If it’s a direct 2V2, his chances of winning are almost zero.

“Go, my rival!!!”

Zhao Chen, who was standing next to them, stood up, cupping his hands at the sides of his cheeks in a megaphone-like fashion, and yelled loudly.

“A full lineup combination battle huh…” Qin Lang looked at the two little ones beside him, “Then let’s give it our all!”

“Gulu!”

“Chaka!”

Responding to him were the high-spirited voices of the two Food Spirits.

On the other side, a blue light flashed beside Zhu Quan as he summoned his other Food Spirit for the first time in this Youth Training Tournament.

As everyone had predicted, it was a Two-star Food Spirit.

Moreover, the starlight around the Two-star Food Spirit was very weak, as if it had just been promoted recently.

Although opening up the Star Vein requires all Food Spirits to reach a certain star level, many Spirit Chefs still have a particular focus during the nurturing process.

Zhu Quan’s situation was obviously the case.

“The referee for this match is Spirit Executor Zhou Xin.” The host waved at the middle-aged woman who was walking into the arena.

“Both sides, prepare.” Zhou Xin took a glance at the two contestants on both sides of the competition venue, “Countdown starts from five, the match begins.”

“Five…”

The gaze of the two contestants standing a hundred meters apart in the arena crossed.

It was as if an electric light had momentarily flashed in the void.

“Four…”

“Borrow power from Tian Shu, defend!” x2

Qin Lang and Zhu Quan simultaneously unfolded their respective Star Spirit Protection.

A whirlwind blew around the two contestants, who were fully ready, and they were tacitly confronting each other in the air.

“Three…”

Zhou Xin’s steady countdown was like a small hammer tapping at every audience member’s heart. Countless people held their breath, waiting for the battle about to begin in the arena.

Qi Xiaoyu and Du Weiwei held hands tightly. On the side, Zhao Chen was swinging his clenched fist in the air, as if trying to transmit his power to Qin Lang across the distance.

“Two…”

“One…”

“Beep— ”

The sharp whistle echoed through the air.

The match between Qin Lang and Zhu Quan began!

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