The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 492 Self-Completed Combat Techniques
"Ok?"

Seeing Egg Baby, who seemed completely unaffected despite being hit by the Flame Sparrow, Zhang Hui's expression turned astonished once again.

Even with a 50% damage reduction, it's not so easy to block Flame Sparrow's full-force attack, is it?
However, he didn't have time to consider this issue, because after the initial setback, Qin Lang quickly made adjustments.

"Egg Baby, create some distance," Qin Lang said in a deep voice. "Use [Warm-up Exercise] and [Body of Vengeful Flames] at the same time."

"Gulu!"

Egg Baby let out a shout and flew backwards to get away from its opponent. It followed Qin Lang's instructions and blazing flames burst around its body, which then turned dark red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Now, use Breath of Fire - Cluster!"

The moment Qin Lang finished speaking, a burst of blazing flame shot out from Egg Baby's mouth like a cannonball, instantly engulfing the opponent on the other side.

That speed was much faster than what Egg Treasure had used before.

"Deep development of combat techniques?" Zhang Hui's expression turned serious. "Flame Sparrow, we will also use the Body of Vengeful Flames."

"Chirp!"

The Flame Sparrow let out a cry, and the flames around it turned from bright red to dark red. In the next instant, it was instantly engulfed by the flames spewed by Egg Baby.

"Gulu——"

"Chirp—"

Two cries of pain rang out one after the other. Yan Que was directly hit by the breath of fire, while Dan Bao was engulfed in dark red flames. The moment he attacked Yan Que, he was met with a counterattack of Yan Que's resentful fire.

It's a pity that counterattack abilities can't trigger a second counterattack, otherwise two Food Spirits with the same [Body of Vengeful Fire] activated could keep counterattacking indefinitely.

Soon, the firelight dissipated, and Qin Lang glanced at Egg Baby, whose body was still smooth, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the 50% [Burning] effect of the Vengeful Fire was not successfully applied.

On the other side, Flame Sparrow had already been inflicted with the [Burning] effect.

"[Chaotic Space] Less than ten seconds left, time to finish this quickly," Qin Lang said in a low voice. "Egg Baby, Hot Zone."

"Gurgle!" Egg Baby shouted, and fire energy instantly swept across the entire area, creating a scorching hot field with a rapidly rising temperature.

"Hmm?" Zhang Hui's face showed surprise. "They actually chose to use [Hot Zone] at this time?"

The "Hot Zone" field skill enhances all fire-type skills within its range while weakening fire-type skills that are weak against it. However, it only affects skills and does not distinguish between friend and foe.

Therefore, Flame Sparrow, which is also a Fire-type, can also benefit from the buff.

The "Hot Zone" combat skill requires continuous stamina consumption, so using it at this time would obviously be more disadvantageous for Egg Baby.

Based on the previous battles, Zhang Hui could tell that Qin Lang had considerable combat experience and was unlikely to make such a mistake.

So there is only one possibility.

Because the duration of the [Chaotic Space] was running out, Qin Lang planned to finish the job in one fell swoop.

His confidence stemmed solely from the Flame Sparrow's [Burning] status.

"Want to test your physical strength?" Zhang Hui grinned. "Flame Sparrow!"

"Chirp—"

With a shout, Yan Que stomped his foot and shot into the sky like a cannonball.

"This starting stance..." Qin Lang's expression changed slightly. Looking at the extremely familiar movements, he already knew what was coming next.

The Flame Sparrow spun rapidly in mid-air, countless flames flying out from around its body and falling into the air, following it down towards Egg Baby, like a magnificent meteor shower.

The most powerful early-game move for fire-type characters: [Starfire Dive]!
This combat skill has a power of 110, and now, with the blessing of the [Hot Zone], the power has reached 120!
"Then let's go!" Qin Lang clenched his fist, his eyes also filled with intense fighting spirit. "Egg Baby, charge at it!" "Gurgle!" Egg Baby shouted and launched [Raging Flame Charge] once again. Its small body was like a fireball rising from the ground, crashing fiercely into the falling meteor.

"boom!!!"

With a deafening explosion that echoed throughout the stadium, the intense collision in mid-air sent sparks flying, engulfing the entire arena in a sea of ​​intense heat.

Both figures were sent flying backwards at the same time. Egg Baby's condition remained stable, but Flame Sparrow on the other side was already teetering on the brink of collapse.

"How is this possible?!" Zhang Hui couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

He had calculated the damage. Under normal circumstances, Qin Lang's food spirit would have been severely injured by that attack, while his Flame Sparrow, being a revitalized food spirit, had decent defense and stamina and should be able to hold on.

But the actual result was exactly the opposite of his estimate.

Only Qin Lang knew what had happened in that brief moment.

The critical strike of the "Counterattack" trait has been triggered.

Under the [Hot Zone], the power of [Raging Charge] is increased to 80 points. With the 50% increase in critical hit damage, it is no less powerful than the opponent's [Starfire Dive].

In addition, one side has a burn and the other doesn't, and Egg Baby itself has a stamina of up to 120 thanks to the boost from Leap Scale.

A combination of factors led to the result we just saw.

However, they weren't so lucky the next time they collided.

Qin Lang glanced at Danbao, whose body was now covered in patches of charred black, indicating a "burn" condition.

【Starfire Dive】 will not inflict 【Burning】, but the collision between the two Food Spirits just now triggered their mutual resentment and counterattacks once again.

This time, however, Eggbaby wasn't so lucky.

Looking at the increasingly thinning light purple energy around him, Qin Lang's heart sank, knowing that the [Chaotic Space] was probably about to end.

"Egg Baby, use Fire Meteor!"

"Gulu~"

Egg Baby shook his head, a hint of eagerness in his eyes.

"What?!" Qin Lang couldn't help but widen his eyes. "During the collision just now, you comprehended Starfire Dive on your own?!"

"Gulu!"

Egg Baby nodded emphatically, then its body soared into the sky, with blazing flames erupting from its body. As its body spun rapidly, it gathered into one dazzling spark after another in the air.

Then, Egg Baby, accompanied by a sky full of sparks, crashed hard into the teetering Flame Sparrow below!

It really was a spark diving down!
Qin Lang couldn't help but widen his eyes, suddenly realizing something.

【Flame Meteor】 is a weakened version of 【Starfire Dive】. Egg Baby is very familiar with the former and has even completed in-depth development of this combat skill under Zhong Lingyun's guidance.

As for high-speed rotation, it is one of the ways that Eggbao has further developed the [Breath of Fire].

Through a series of coincidences, Egg has indeed mastered all the key points of [Starfire Dive], and his level has reached Lv30, meeting the minimum requirements for learning this combat skill.

Thus, it mastered the [Spark Dive] technique without any instruction!
"boom!!!"

With a series of deep explosions, the entire battlefield was transformed into a sea of ​​fire under the starlight.

When the flames subsided, only Egg Baby remained as a Food Spirit in the arena.

The duel is over!
(End of this chapter)