The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 206 The Belonging of the Precious Spirit

"Cough cough cough-"

Covered in dust, Lomi brushed the bits of grass off his head, his face dark as he looked at the devastated rice paddies in the distance, and gritted his teeth.

"That crazy woman, Jona!"

"That combat technique just now, was it the special combat technique [Total Destruction] developed by the organization?" Liu Chuang couldn't help but ask, his eyes filled with lingering fear. "It really is as terrifying as the rumors say."

Any combat skill will cause the Food Spirit to consume stamina when using it, but this consumption is not significant. Even if one is truly exhausted, it will only result in the loss of combat ability, just like being hit and losing stamina.

However, the skill 【Jade and Stone Burn Together】 is very special. The Food Spirit who uses this skill will instantly exhaust all its stamina and fall into a deep sleep for the next 24 to 48 hours, making it impossible for the Food Spirit Chef to summon it again.

In return for this price, a massive and indiscriminate attack was launched.

"That's her." Lomi gritted her teeth and looked around. "Don't let me find her, or I'll beat her into a dwarf!"

"Hey, hey, hey, is there some special obsession with beating them into shorty?" Liu Chuang's lips twitched slightly. "They should have already run away."

"After all, Jona's food spirits cannot be summoned, and Hu Chong alone has no chance of snatching the precious spirits from us."

“You’re right.” Lomi nodded slightly, then suddenly felt that her hands were a little empty.

Looking down, she saw that the cage she had been carrying had been damaged in the explosion, and the precious spirit trapped inside was nowhere to be seen, leaving only a few glistening grains of rice.

"So this is premium rice..." Liu Chuang casually picked up a grain, sniffed it, and then popped it into his mouth. "It's definitely more fragrant than regular rice!"

"Huh?!" Lomi couldn't hold back anymore. "So that's the important thing? Zhenling is gone, you idiot!"

"Go find it quickly!"
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"Xingze, Chiyu, Yuzaozao!"

While shouting loudly, Qin Lang and the other two tried to move the collapsed beams and scattered furniture to search for the group.

Fortunately, Yang Xingze's house was a wooden house built of wood, so it wasn't too heavy. With the efforts of the three of them and Danbao, the house, which had been reduced to ruins, was gradually cleared and emptied, but they still couldn't find anyone.

"Yang Xingze's mother is still lying in bed, I wonder how she is." Zhao Qian's expression turned grave. "Those guys from the treasure hunting team are truly despicable!"

"Let's find them first," Qin Lang said in a low voice, his eyes also filled with anxiety and worry.

At this moment, he seemed to have a deeper understanding of the changes that supernatural powers bring to the lives of ordinary people.

No wonder the Spirit Chef Association wants to restrict the abuse of food spirit power by spirit chefs. Food spirits are indeed very threatening to ordinary people.

"Stop! Don't move!" Cao Dongdong suddenly spoke up. "I think I heard a sound."

Upon hearing this, Qin Lang and Zhao Qian both stopped what they were doing.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

A faint knocking sound became clearer.

The three of them followed the sound and simultaneously located a certain position.

"It's over there!" Zhao Qian exclaimed excitedly, rushing forward to move things little by little. Soon, a cellar door was revealed beneath the cleared rubble.

"Thank God, they're hiding in the cellar!" Cao Dongdong exclaimed in surprise, stepping forward to open the cellar door. Yang Xingze, Chi Yu, and Yu Zaozao were there, supporting a middle-aged woman who looked somewhat haggard and pale. None of the four were injured.

"It's good that you're all alright." Qin Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

“We were watching your fight through the window from inside the house when Auntie found out and quickly told us to hide in the cellar.” As she spoke, Yu Zaozao couldn’t help but show a look of relief. “Luckily, we acted quickly.”

"Yes." Chi Yu crawled out of the cellar, looking at the house that had been reduced to a mess, a look of distress appeared in her eyes.

"Rebuilding the house will cost a lot of money."

"You can rest assured about that," Qin Lang reassured him. "If I remember correctly, the Spirit Chef Association will help with the repairs."

"It's all the fault of the rare animal hunting team!" Zhao Qian said angrily, her gaze instinctively turning towards the battlefield where she had just been. She saw two furtive figures, quickly restrained the fleeing rare animal, and locked it back in its cage. "Don't let them get away!"
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"Done." After recaptured Zhenling, Lomi breathed a sigh of relief, patted the cage, and stared at the lifeless Zhenling inside.

"You better behave yourself, or I'll give you a good beating!"

“Actually, giving him a beating isn’t a bad idea.” Liu Chuang swallowed hard. “Let’s give him the amount of a meal he’s eating.”

Hearing the two of them talking back and forth, Zhenling shrank back and stared blankly at the sky.

Damn it, I should have just stuck with that ordinary guy!

Just then, Zhao Qian's low shout came at the opportune moment.

"Don't let them get away!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Qin Lang and the others rushed over.

"Huh? These guys' food spirits have almost no fighting power, yet they still dare to stop us?" Lomi curled her lips slightly in disdain.

"Well, it seems our food spirits are also out of fighting power." Liu Chuang said quietly, "They took some of the damage from the explosion just now."

“You’re absolutely right.” Lomi’s lips drooped again.

"What are you waiting for? Run!"

As he spoke, Lomi pulled a fist-sized object from his pocket and tossed it into the air.

"boom--"

With a low, explosive sound, an escape balloon instantly took shape, carrying Lomi and Liu Chuang rapidly into the air.

"Are you doing this again?"

Qin Lang gave a low snort, "Egg Baby, use Blazing Breath!"

"Gulu!"

Egg Baby responded and fiercely breathed fire at the balloon in the air.

To everyone's surprise, the escape balloon was completely unharmed when the flames died down.

"Kukuku~" Lomi grinned smugly. "Qin Lang, Qin Lang, do you think I'm still the same person I used to be?"

"This time I treated the balloons and all the ropes with fireproofing, so no matter how you burn them, they can't be destroyed."

As she spoke, she raised the cage in her hand and shook it.

"This precious spirit is our..."

"Agate, use the willow-leaf throwing knife!"

A soft shout interrupted Lomi's words. Lomi looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Zhao Qian had a new food spirit in her arms. The spirit used pliers to grab a leaf from the top of its head, plucked it off, and then threw it at the balloon.

"Whoosh-"

A sharp whooshing sound was followed by a slight hissing sound of air leaking out.

"The balloon... looks like it's popped?" Liu Chuang stared blankly at the hole in the balloon above his head.

“Yes, the balloon popped…” Lomi nodded, then her expression froze slightly. “Wait…”

"No! Ahh ...

The randomly flying balloons carried the two away to the horizon, and a cage floated down from the sky, which Qin Lang caught casually.

(End of this chapter)