The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 455 Breakthrough, Three-Star Food Spirit!
Regardless of whether Cao Dongdong was willing or not, Tang Yu had already gone shopping with Fang Yifei, and there was no room for negotiation on what she said.

Therefore, he had no choice but to resort to the "pay-to-win" strategy, returning to his room to give Tuantuan a final push to improve her as much as possible.

As for Zhao Qian and Qin Lang, they also returned to their own rooms.

Both men were quite looking forward to the upcoming battle.

The last time I saw Tang Yu in Dongxia City, she had a four-star Food Spirit Tornado and a Food Spirit Hunter that was about to reach three stars.

Counting the time, more than two months have passed now, and Tang Yu's strength must have improved, making him stronger than before.

Back in his room, Qin Lang took out a Chengxing Stone from his bag and looked at Danbao, who was standing to the side with an expectant expression. "This is the last one."

Previously in Yuehu City, the group had prevented a disaster by awakening the berserk Leaping Fish, earning them commendation from the association and a reward of Clear Star Stones. Qin Lang received four Clear Star Stones, but because it is best to wait half a month between consecutive uses, he still has one left.

Calculating the time, it has been exactly half a month since Egg Treasure last absorbed the Clear Star Stone, so it naturally needs to improve before facing Tang Yu.

"Gulu~"

Egg Baby excitedly approached Qin Lang and swallowed the Clear Star Stone in one gulp. Its body lit up with light, and its power increased at a visible speed. It paused for a moment, and then suddenly surged up a lot.

This is…

Qin Lang's eyes widened involuntarily. After Danbao's breathing had completely stabilized, he scanned it.

"drop--"

【Food Spirit: Egg Treasure】

[Level: Lv30]

【Features: Defeat the enemy with the last move】

【Food skills: fresh and full of freshness】

[Experience Value: 57/100]

[Attributes: Salty, Fire]

【味值：270（体力90、攻击60、防御80、速度40）】

Combat Techniques: (Fire) Breath of Blazing Fire, (Wood) Fragrance of Light Sleep, (Light) Gathering of Light, (Fire) Warm-up Exercise, (Fire) Body of Vengeful Fire, (Mental) Oblivion Magic, (Fire) Flame Meteor, (Fire) Raging Flame Charge, (Melee) Full of Energy, (Fire) Scorching Zone

"He really got promoted!" Qin Lang couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

After absorbing the previous Clear Star Stone, Egg Baby's level had already increased to Lv26 through experience. It had also experienced many things in Lanqiu City and passed the second Spirit Master assessment.

With the help of the Clear Star Stone, it finally advanced to a three-star Food Spirit, reaching level 30.

"Let me see your newly awakened skills!" Qin Lang looked at Danbao's skill pool with anticipation, and then his smile deepened.

"It's actually a hot and dry area."

【(Fire) Scorching Zone (STAB): Creates a scorching area using Fire-type power. All Fire-type moves within the area gain an additional 10 points of power, while all moves that are weak to Fire-type are weakened by an additional 10 points of power. Consumes stamina during the effect.】

This is a very rare field-type combat skill that can weaken the power of four elemental combat skills that are weak to fire-type skills: metal, wood, ice, and fighting, while increasing the power of fire-type combat skills.

It's worth mentioning that this combat skill doesn't distinguish between friend and foe; it affects all Food Spirits within its range and is not considered an abnormal status.

Meanwhile, the hot zone does not have a fixed duration, but it will continuously consume a lot of physical strength during its duration.

In Food Soul battles, reaching zero stamina is a sign of losing the ability to fight. Using combat skills or getting injured will consume stamina.

Therefore, in order to make the Food Souls last longer in battle, the [Hot Zone] skill needs to be used cautiously and should not be activated without restraint.

but…

With the item "Leaping Scales" equipped, Egg's stamina can instantly surge to 120 points, more than double that of many initial Food Souls, making the combat skill "Hot Zone" quite suitable for it. After Qin Lang explained the usage of the new combat skill to Egg, a joyful smile immediately appeared on Egg's face.

"Gulu~"

Although I don't quite understand it yet, it's definitely a good thing that the spirit chef is happy!
Then, as if remembering something, it bumped its forehead against Qin Lang's hand.

"Grrrrrr!"

Reminded by Danbao, Qin Lang's gaze fell on Danbao's forehead, and he realized that the fire-attribute gem given to him by Mr. Zhang Qian in Yuehu City had been completely consumed as Danbao advanced to three stars.

"Looks like I'll have to figure out a way to get you a new one later." Qin Lang smiled as he took the broken attribute gem that Danbao had removed, and then handed it the Leaping Scale. "When Sister Tang Yu comes back later, she'll need to carry the Leaping Scale in battle, so you might as well wear it now."

"Gulu~"

Egg Baby nodded excitedly, carefully put on the Leaping Scale, felt the surge in his physical strength, and excitedly spun around in the air.

"Chop~"

Spicy let out a "woof" and bit Qin Lang's other arm, its eyes filled with longing as it looked at Egg Baby, who was enjoying the spotlight.

"Alright, alright~ It's your turn, but you should be advancing to a two-star Food Spirit soon too." Qin Lang said with a smile, scanning Lala.

"drop--"

【Food Spirit: Spicy】

[Level: Lv19]

【Characteristics: Complex flavor】

[Culinary Techniques: Speeding Up Cooking]

[Experience Value: 45/100]

【Attributes: Fresh, Vibrant】

【味值：270（体力60、攻击80、防御50、速度80）】

[Combat Techniques: (Mental) Fearful Gaze, (Mental) Oblivion Magic, (Wood) Light Sleep Fragrance, (Mental) Soul Slash, (Mental) Illusory Form, (Melee) Full of Energy]

Lala absorbed the Clear Star Stone earlier than Danbao, and after absorbing the second Clear Star Stone, her level had already reached Lv18.

Having experienced a lot recently, it has now reached Lv19, just one step away from becoming a two-star Food Spirit.

In contrast, Lala's experience points increased very quickly.

During this period, Qin Lang would cook some complicated and difficult dishes for the two little ones whenever he had free time. In addition, with three kinds of rare ingredients now available, the two food spirits' training value increased significantly faster.

As experience points increase, it becomes increasingly difficult to improve them. Therefore, with the two food spirits having similar experiences, the gap between Spicy's and Egg's experience points is narrowing at a visible rate.

Qin Lang put away the mental attribute gem that Spicy hadn't fully absorbed, gave it the Azure Silver Feather to help it adapt, and then looked at the two food spirits that were gradually becoming stronger, revealing an expectant expression.

"I wonder when you two will reach 100 experience points?"

For most spirit chefs, the renewal of food spirits is often stuck on the advanced food required for renewal, but for Qin Lang, this is the thing he doesn't need to worry about the most.

At least, Egg Boy already has ideas for more advanced culinary creations.

He also has several options for spicy, advanced dishes.

All that's missing is maxed-out experience points.

(End of this chapter)