The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 457 A Difficult Battle
"So fast!"

On one side of the battle arena, Zhao Qian and Cao Dongdong also witnessed Lala's stunning performance upon her entrance and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Is this what it means to have a speed exceeding 100?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but marvel. "I didn't pay much attention to this dimension before, but I never imagined that the speed increase could be so terrifying."

"Speed ​​is the dimension that corresponds to several abilities of a Food Spirit, such as how fast it moves, dodges, and uses its combat skills," Zhao Qian said softly. "It is the most easily overlooked of the four dimensions of a Food Spirit's Flavor Value."

"But the priority of speed is in no way less than that of the others."

"However... Sister Tang Yu's counterattack should be coming soon."

As Zhao Qian finished speaking, the tornado in the arena let out a shout, and light blue wind energy instantly erupted from itself, forming a storm that surrounded it and rapidly expanded outward.

Spicy's forward charge came to an abrupt halt. Its reaction showed that it had already taken evasive action, but the storm's expansion was faster than its movement speed of 110 points.

In just a moment, Lala was completely swallowed up by the storm.

“Eye of the Storm.” Zhao Qian recognized the name of the combat skill immediately, and then her expression turned serious. “This combat skill is already a very high-level wind-type combat skill.”

"Although its power is not high, its coverage area is extremely large, leaving almost no room to dodge. Moreover, when used by a Food Spirit of this type, it will inflict a [Stun] effect on the target 100% of the time, affecting the opponent's movement."

"In addition, although the power is not great, the level difference between Lala and Tornado is too big, and there is no damage reduction."

"If she encounters it, Lala will probably be eliminated instantly."

"It shouldn't be a big problem, right?" Cao Dongdong casually remarked. "Lala has an illusory form, so she should be able to dodge that attack."

The moment Cao Dongdong finished speaking, the storm dissipated, and a purple light blade several meters long slashed fiercely towards the tornado at the center of the storm.

Mental combat technique, [Soul Slash]!
This combat skill has a (10 + level difference)% chance to put the opponent into a [stun] state. Tornado's level is a full 29 levels higher than Lala's, which directly reduced the probability to a negative number.

[Coma] cannot be triggered smoothly, but its own 60 power, plus the doubled damage from elemental attribute advantage and the 30% damage increase from [Fear], is still a significant blow to Tornado.

More importantly, it was the timing of Lala's move!
Knowing it couldn't dodge, it immediately activated [Illusory Form], advancing rapidly instead of retreating, and launched a fierce attack the instant the tornado's attack ended, leaving the tornado no chance to defend itself.

"Shuda!"

Tornado let out a slightly painful sound, and was instantly sent flying backward by the [Soul Slash].

Lala defeated a four-star Food Spirit with the power of a one-star Food Spirit!
"Amazing!" Cao Dongdong's eyes lit up, his blood boiling. He grinned at Zhao Qian beside him and said, "I told you so."

"Lala can definitely block this attack!"

"You idiot," Zhao Qian sighed. "Don't you think that Tang Yu's decision to have Tornado use a wide-area attack like [Eye of the Storm] immediately was clearly intentional?"

"Although she didn't know Lala before, the combat skill [Illusory Form] is Lala's awakened combat skill, which can be scanned."

Cao Dongdong was taken aback. "You mean..."

"Did Sister Tang Yu do this on purpose?"

“Of course.” Zhao Qian nodded. “This attack did hurt Tornado, but the level difference between the two is too great. Even if Tornado is countered, it won’t really hurt her. And Tornado’s counterattack is coming.”

Almost as soon as Zhao Qian finished speaking, feathers formed from gathered wind energy swept towards Lala, who was trying to create distance, instantly blocking all of her escape routes. Wind-based combat skill, [Azure Feather Blade Slash]!
This is Tornado's first awakened combat skill, and also the one she has mastered most deeply. Under Tornado's control, each feather seems to have eyes and tracking ability, continuously approaching the constantly dodging Lala, gradually shrinking the encirclement.

Spicy's [Illusory Form] is still on cooldown!

"Om-"

With a low thud, knowing she couldn't dodge, Lala, under Qin Lang's command, suddenly flew towards the tornado.

Before being hit by the feather, it tried its best to control the gathering of pale purple psychic energy, which swept across the tornado's body with a "whoosh".

The next instant, Lala let out a miserable scream and was unsurprisingly knocked back into the Star Pulse. The shield of half stamina brought by [Full of Energy] was as fragile as a piece of paper at a level difference of 29.

Meanwhile, Tornado on the other side had a blank look in her eyes.

Tang Yu's expression changed slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes as he looked at Qin Lang. "I didn't expect that your Food Spirit would have such a combat skill."

Mental combat technique, [Forgetfulness Magic]!
She was on high alert for the opponent's [illusory form], but unexpectedly, her attack played right into Qin Lang's hands.

Under the intense [Forget Magic], the [Eye of the Storm] and [Azure Feather Blade Slash] that Tornado had just used were temporarily disabled.

"To deal with a powerful Food Spirit like Tornado, we naturally have to go all out," Qin Lang said in a deep voice, while signaling Egg to move out.

There's no time to mourn Spicy's departure; now it's Egg Baby's turn to take the stage, having just been promoted to a three-star Food Spirit and now equipped with Leaping Scales!
"Egg Baby, a body of vengeful fire!"

With a low shout from Qin Lang, Egg Baby charged forward and let out a low cry, its body instantly bursting into dark red flames.

"Let's continue with the warm-up exercises!"

Following Qin Lang's command, the dark red flames around Egg Baby burned even more intensely, and Egg Baby's body even changed from its previous yellow to a hotter orange.

"A warm-up?" Tang Yu's eyes flashed. "Tornado, cool down your opponent!"

"Swoosh!" Tornado shouted, and a surge of blue water energy rapidly gathered in front of her chest. Then, like a heavy cannon, it slammed into Egg Baby, which was rapidly approaching her from a distance.

Water-based combat technique: [Wave Water Cannon]!
Although it's not a signature move, Water is still super effective against Fire!

"That's ruthless?" Qin Lang couldn't help but gasp. "Egg Baby, use Flame Charge!"

"Let's charge straight in!"

"Gurgle...gurgle!!!"

With Qin Lang's shout, the flames around Danbao spread wildly, then transformed into a blazing fireball, which, without dodging or avoiding, crashed straight into the oncoming water cannon at full speed.

"What?!" Tang Yu's pupils shrank slightly; Qin Lang's response this time was completely beyond her expectations.

Isn't Qin Lang afraid that Egg Baby will lose its fighting ability directly from this attack?

That's a water-based combat technique that counters fire!

(End of this chapter)