"The players have all arrived, now it's up to me to announce the final ranking!"
"Twenty-sixth place in the scoring competition, Zhang Yue, 77.4 points!"
As the host's voice fell, a female contestant slowly walked out.
She managed a smile, but her eyes couldn't hide the loneliness.
The twenty-sixth place sounds better, but in fact it is still the last place.
Taking the participation commemorative medal from the host with both hands and hanging it around her neck, Zhang Yue looked at the other contestants and couldn't help but murmur in her heart.
I still have a long way to go.
"Contestant Zhang Yue, do you have anything to say?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yue took the host's microphone and took a deep breath.
"I will participate in the next municipal cooking competition. I hope I can achieve better results!"
"Eighth place, Xiao He, 85.3 points!"
"Seventh place, White, 86.5 points!"
But it has completely ignited the fighting spirit of the top eight players.
They are the ones who advance in this rating competition.
The control is really very strict.
The host's prompt brought Qin Lang back to his senses.
"This is the Chengxing Stone."
That's star power.
In just a moment, Dan Bao showed an extremely contented expression.
In the end, the ninth person received the last commemorative medal from the host and left the stage lonely.
I don't know how many such clear star stones can upgrade Danbao from one star to two stars.
"Sixth place, Qiang Xiaofeng, 87.9 points!"
The host's voice raised a few points again, "Now, let us announce the eight contestants who advanced in the rating competition and their ratings!"
It felt like it had taken a nice bath, and its whole body was warm.
They want to continue to win!
"Fifth place, Zhang Chen, 88.6 points!"
"First place, Lake, 94.1 points!"
In previous years, this score was obviously able to be successfully promoted, but this time the number of perverts was actually a bit too high.
Although he had just absorbed more star power from the Cheng Xing Stone, Dan Bao had no objection at all and happily flew high into the sky to meet this group of star power that was at least two or three times as much as the food spirit battle.
According to the draw rules of the knockout round, his idea seems impossible to realize.
There are only eight players left in the field.
Just by advancing in the rating competition, you got such a precious Chengxing Stone, so if you continue to advance, how generous will the subsequent rewards be?
For a moment, the eight players standing side by side looked at each other, with a strong desire to win burning in their eyes.
Sensing Dan Bao's uncontrollable emotions, Qin Lang couldn't help but smile and handed over the Chengxing Stone.
Seeing his food spirit cheering for the star power, Xiao He couldn't help but have a happy expression on his face.
The host walked to another player and handed the participation commemorative medal to that player.
Then, there was the twenty-fourth, the twenty-third, the twenty-second...
It was only at this moment that the two outstanding trainers with tense expressions breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Lang looked at it carefully and couldn't help showing wonder in his eyes.
"Then let's continue announcing the next player's rating!"
In addition to what you can get from the Soul Eater battle, you can also get it by advancing through tournaments.
Hope you don't meet Lake!
By the time the clear star stone turned completely colorless, like a diamond, the starlight next to Dan Bao's body had become much brighter visible to the naked eye.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the four players in the field who had scored more than 90 points.
"After the absorption is completed, please put the Chengxing Stone that has lost its star power back to its original place."
As he finished speaking, two figures slowly came onto the stage, holding an alloy box that was sealed layer by layer.
The eight contestants quickly stepped forward, selected one of the Chengxing stones lying on the silk cloth in the box, and returned to their original positions.
That is a treasure that only the Yuling Chef Association can produce, and it contains a large amount of the power of the Unruly Star - the Chengxing Stone.
Do you have to recycle even the absorbed Chengxing Stone?
The host did not immediately announce the ranking of the eight people, but smiled slightly.
Then they stopped lingering and turned around to leave the venue with the box.
The moment it appeared, all eight spirit chefs felt their own food spirits' instinctive desire for it.
And this is what the host wants to see.
"Gudu!"
Those two people were surprisingly the two outstanding trainers who had previously held a warm-up exhibition match while the twenty-six Yuling chefs were preparing dishes.
Damn it!
Forget it, settle for the next best thing.
As the host gradually announced the rankings of each contestant starting from the eighth place, more and more enthusiastic cheers and applause were heard in the field, and the higher the ranking, the more star power the Yuling Chef received.
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As the alloy boxes were unlocked and opened layer by layer in front of everyone, the final eight were cut into magnificent shapes like diamonds, with blue-purple nebulae flowing inside. The gems the size of pigeon eggs appeared in front of the eight contestants, and appeared through close-ups.
In front of tens of thousands of viewers.
"Each of the eight contestants, please take one and absorb it on the spot!" the host said loudly.
Great!
Dan Bao cheered and immediately came closer.
He originally planned to take the Chengxing Stone back to his collection, but he shook his head, and like other players who had completed the absorption, put the Chengxing Stone back into the box.
"Twenty-fifth place in the rating competition, Qi Yu, 78.3 points!"
As the starlight surrounding it came into contact with the Chengxing Stone, the power of the Unowned Star, which was much richer than the power of the star gained from a victory in a food-spirit battle, erupted from the Chengxing Stone and merged into the egg treasure.
In the starlight beside me.
As the host finished speaking, a little light gathered from the void and flew towards Xiao He who took two steps away.
"Let us give our blessings to player Zhang Yue with warm applause!" The host took back the microphone and smiled slightly, "In the next competition, I hope to see player Zhang Yue go further."
I just hope I don’t encounter them in the next knockout rounds…
Warming up is just a side job for them. The main task of these two powerful Yuling Chefs is to protect the treasures in the alloy box.
"Let us give the warmest applause to congratulate the eight players who are still on the court at this moment for advancing to the next round!"
"Second place, Qin Lang, 93.0 points!"
"Fourth place, Zhu Ming, 91.2 points!"
The ninth place just now had a score of 85.1.
"Third place, Tang Xie, 92.4 points!"
Thinking of this, Xiao He's face suddenly twitched hard.
He is just one point away from being eliminated.
Feeling the changes in Dan Bao, Qin Lang's face showed an expectant look.
"As the top eight in the rating competition, you will receive promotion rewards equally."
The absorption of Chengxing Stone took place in the middle of the announcement of the review results, just like a small episode.
It was more beautiful than any gem he had seen in his previous life.
Qin Lang looked at the other seven people curiously.
Except for Lake, who appeared later than him and already knows a little about it, and Tang Xie, who has already competed several times, he doesn't know much about the other players.
And his opponent in the second round of the knockout round will be one of them.
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Contents of the Easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter: