Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Delay

Translator: 549690339

“Qin Lang, has the Star Hunter been defeated?”

As soon as Qin Lang stepped out of the Bai Lu Mountain Arena, he was surrounded by Zhao Chen and the others who were nervously waiting outside and refused to leave Qin Lang behind.

In their view, Qin Lang who had delayed so long before leaving the arena, must have seen more of the situation of the fight between both parties.

“Yes, the Star Hunter has been driven back and the Starstone has been preserved.” Qin Lang nodded, signaling the three to be assured.

“So will the competition be postponed?” Du Weiwei couldn’t help but ask.

“It should be postponed.” At the thought of the mess inside the arena after the fight, Qin Lang felt that a delaying of several days was not impossible.

Just as he was about to voice his guess, Zhao Chen at his side took out his mobile phone and took a look at it, then made a low exclamation, “The Association has issued a notice!”

Upon hearing this, the three of Qin Lang quickly logged onto the official website of the Spirit Chef Association.

Sure enough, the official notice had already been released.

The gist of the notice was that the Association successfully repelled the attack of the Star Hunters, managed to save the Starstone from the Star Hunters, and that the afternoon competition would be delayed for one hour for venue repair.

!!..

So soon?

Qin Lang scratched his head.

It was a good thing he hadn’t voiced his guess, or else the embarrassment would be too swift.

“Since the competition will only be delayed for one hour in the afternoon, we won’t be going down the mountain at noon.” Du Weiwei, who had originally planned to take the cable car down the mountain as soon as Qin Lang came out, quickly changed her mind. “We will have a meal at a nearby restaurant at noon and continue the competition in the afternoon.”

The other three naturally had no objections.

The Association responded very quickly. The audience who had evacuated the venue in advance hadn’t even had a chance to take the first cable car down the mountain before they received the notice that the competition would continue in the afternoon.

The appearance of the Star Hunter sparked a lot of discussion, but it didn’t cause a worse impact.

Time flew by, and soon the afternoon ranking match was about to start.

Arriving early at the Contestant Preparation Seat, they saw the mess inside the venue from the earlier battle disappeared as if it had never happened. The four contestants who had witnessed the battle couldn’t help but marvel at the efficiency of the Spirit Chef Association.

Perhaps because of the earlier ordeal, the atmosphere among the four contestants in this ranking competition, which would decide the final ranking of the Youth Training Competition, was unexpectedly harmonious. They would occasionally have a few exchanges while waiting for the host to deliver their warm-up commentary.

This made the audience who noticed the situation in the Contestant Preparation Seat look a little strange.

The decisive moment was coming, why were they still chatting?

“Now, let’s welcome with the warmest applause-”

“From Dongxia City, it’s contestant Qin Lang who has got this far with a two-star Food Spirit and a one-star Food Spirit!”

“From Danju City, it’s contestant Xia Yun, who came in second place in the combat selection event, losing to contestant Hao Yifan!”

“The competition these two contestants will participate in will determine the third place in this Youth Training Tournament. The winner will be the third place in this tournament, and the loser will be the fourth place!”

“Who among these two will win? Let’s wait and see!”

Amid the thunderous applause and cheers from the audience, Qin Lang stood at his allocated position in the competition venue, looking distantly at Xia Yun on the opposite side.

What Xia Yun said to him on the Contestant Preparation Seat was echoing in his mind.

“I heard that you defeated Lei Ke in the Dongxia city cooking competition? 1 know that fool well, as a fellow townsman, I’m going to take revenge for him this time!”

Qin Lang’s face bore a confident smile.

Seeking revenge is not that easy!

“Now, it’s time to draw the competition format for the two contestants!”

Accompanied by the host’s voice, the big screen above, already repaired, displayed the avatars of Qin Lang and Xia Yun.

With everyone holding their breath, the word between the two avatars finally settled.

[Replaceable Wheel War]

“Congratulations to the two contestants for drawing the Replaceable Wheel War!” The host’s voice became more impassioned, “According to the rules of this format, only one Food Spirit can be deployed by each contestant at a time.”

“While the Food Spirit has not lost its combat capability, it can be replaced with another Food Spirit for combat. A Food Spirit that has lost its combat capability can no longer be deployed.”

“The final winner of the Wheel War will be determined only when all the Food Spirits of one side have lost their combat capabilities!”

“This is the first time in this Youth Training Tournament that the Replaceable Wheel War has taken place. Let’s look forward to the exciting competition brought by the two contestants!”

The Replaceable Wheel War, huh…

Qin Lang withdrew his gaze from the big screen in the sky and turned to Dan Bao and Spicy who were eager to try, “Proceed as planned!”

“Clack!”

1’11 go first!

Spicy’s face was filled with expectation.

“Coo coo!”

Go, Spicy!

Dan Bao rubbed against Spicy, his face encouraging.

On the other side of the competition venue, Xia Yun, who had summoned two Food Spirits, had just finished communicating with her Food Spirits as well.

“The referee for this match is Food Recommender Du Hong!”

As the host’s voice sounded, a burly man with steady and powerful steps walked to the center of the venue and spoke through a megaphone.

“Contestants, get ready!”

With Du Hong’s voice trailing off, Spicy quickly moved forward, flying to the designated area for the Food Spirits to battle.

On the other side, Xia Yun’s slightly weaker Food Spirit also flew out at this moment.

As soon as the Food Spirits of both sides designated for the first round of the battle were confirmed, whispers began to spread among the audience.

“Why is Spicy going out first?” A nervous Qi Xiaoyu tugged at Du Weiwei’s arm, her face full of bewilderment. “Spicy is only a one-star Food Spirit, can it win?”

“I think, Qin Lang’s goal should be to wear down his opponent.” Looking at Spicy in the field who was showing off her little tiger teeth, Du Weiwei wore a thoughtful look, “The unpredictability of Spicy’s Lucky Bite Mark is too strong and unsuitable to be kept until the end where the competition’s result is at stake.”

“Regardless of whether Spicy’s Bite Mark takes effect or not, with Dan Bao who can consistently perform at a high level covering, Qin Lang’s chance of winning this match is greater.”

Seeing Qi Xiaoyu, who still seemed somewhat confused, Du Weiwei shook her head, “Just imagine, if Qin Lang were to first send out Dan Bao and could not defeat both of Xia Yun’s Spirits, leaving only Spicy to face the not-quite-at-peak two-star Food Spirit…”

“There’s another reason.” Zhao Chen added from the side, “The Lucky Bite Mark requires close combat to take effect. Among Xia Yun’s two Food Spirits, only the one currently deployed might possibly be approached by Spicy.”

The Food Spirit that got Xia Yun the second place in the combat competition, both its combat skills are long-ranged.

Qi Xiaoyu sighed, “I get it now that you’ve both explained.”

All three of them turned their eyes towards the venue in the direction of Qin Lang.

Qin Lang, Go for it!

“Count down from five, the game starts!” After confirming that both contestants were ready, Du Hong shouted and started the countdown.

“Whistle—”

After the count of five, a sharp whistle cut through the entire venue.

The game begins for Qin Lang vs Xia Yun!

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