"The contestants have arrived, now it's up to me to announce the final rankings!"

"Twenty-sixth place in the rating competition, Zhang Yue, 77.4 points!"

As the host's voice fell, a female contestant slowly walked out.

She barely managed to squeeze out a smile, but it was difficult to hide the loneliness in her eyes.

Twenty-sixth sounds nice, but it's actually the last place.

Receiving the commemorative medal handed by the host with both hands and hanging it around his neck, Zhang Yue looked at the other contestants and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

I still have a long way to go.

"Zhang Yue, do you have anything you want 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, and I hope I can achieve better results!"

"Let's give Zhang Yue a blessing with warm applause!" The host took back the microphone and smiled slightly, "In the next event, I hope to see Zhang Yue go further." ”

"So let's move on to announcing the next player's ranking!"

"Twenty-fifth place in the rating competition, Qi Yu, 78.3 points!"

The moderator walked over to the other contestant and handed the commemorative medal in his hand to the contestant.

Then, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-third, the twenty-second...

In the end, the ninth place received the last commemorative medal from the host and left the venue lonely.

There were only eight players left in the field.

They are the winners of this rating competition.

"With the warmest applause, let's congratulate the eight players who are still on the field at the moment to advance to the next round!"

The host did not immediately announce the ranking of the eight, but smiled slightly.

"As the top eight in the grading competition, you will be equally rewarded for promotion."

As his words fell, two figures slowly stepped onto the stage, holding an alloy box that had been blocked by layers.

Those two were the two outstanding trainers who had previously held a warm-up exhibition match in the process of preparing dishes by the twenty-six Imperial Spirit Chefs.

Warming up is just their job, and the main task of these two powerful Imperial Chefs is to protect the treasures in the alloy box.

As the alloy box was unlocked and opened layer by layer in front of everyone's eyes, the final eight pieces were cut into diamond-like shapes, with blue-purple nebulae circulating inside, and gems the size of pigeon's eggs appeared in front of the eight contestants, and appeared in front of tens of thousands of spectators in the field through close-up shots.

At the moment it appeared, all eight Imperial Spirit Chefs felt their own Eater's instinctive desire for it.

It was a treasure that only the Imperial Kitchen Association could come up with, and it contained a large amount of the power of the ownerless star-Chengxing Stone.

"Please take one of each of the eight contestants and absorb it on the spot!" The moderator spoke aloud.

The eight contestants stepped forward quickly, selected one of the Chengxing stones lying on the silk cloth in the box, and returned to their original positions.

"This is the Chengxing Stone."

Qin Lang looked at it carefully, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of amazement.

It was more beautiful than any gem he had ever seen in his previous life.

Feeling that the egg treasure on the side was a little uncontrollable, Qin Lang couldn't help but smile and handed the Chengxing Stone over.

"Goo-toot!"

All right!

Danbao cheered and immediately approached.

As the starlight that surrounded it touched the Chengxing Stone, the power of the ownerless star, which was far richer than the star power obtained from a victory in a soul-eating battle, burst out from the Chengxing Stone and merged into the starlight beside Egg Treasure.

In just an instant, Egg Bao showed an extremely comfortable expression.

It felt like it had taken a beautiful bath, and it was warm all over.

By the time the star stone was completely turned clear and colorless, like a diamond, the starlight beside the egg treasure was already much brighter to the naked eye.

Feeling the changes in the egg treasure, Qin Lang's face showed an expectant look.

I don't know how many such Chengxing stones can make Egg Bao from one star to two stars.

"After the absorption is complete, please put the Chengxing Stone that has lost its star power back in its original place."

The host's prompt brought Qin Lang back to his senses.

Even the absorbed Chengxing Stone has to be recycled?

It's really very strictly controlled.

He shook his head, who was going to bring the Chengxing Stone back to the collection, and put the Chengxing Stone back in the box like the other players who had completed the absorption.

It wasn't until this moment that the two outstanding trainers with tense expressions breathed a sigh of relief.

Then they stopped lingering and turned to leave the venue with the boxes.

The absorption of Chengxing Stone was carried out in the middle of the announcement of the judging results, like a small episode.

But it has already ignited the fighting spirit of the top eight players.

Just by advancing in the scoring competition, you got such a precious Chengxing Stone, so if you continue to advance, how rich will the follow-up rewards be?

For a while, the eight players standing side by side looked at each other, and their eyes burned with a strong desire to win.

They want to keep winning!

And that's what the host wants to see.

The host's voice rose a few points again, "So now, let's announce the eight players who have advanced to the rating competition, and their ratings!" ”

"Eighth place, Xiao He, 85.3 points!"

As the host's voice fell, a little glimmer of light converged from the void, and then flew towards Xiao He, who took two steps.

That's Star Power.

In addition to being obtained from the Soul Eater battle, you can also get the event promotion.

Watching his food spirit cheering to meet the power of the stars, Xiao He's face couldn't help but show a happy expression.

He's just one step away from elimination.

The ninth place just now is 85.1 points.

In previous years, this score was obviously able to be successfully promoted, but this time the number of perverts is really a bit much.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the four players in the field who had received a rating of more than 90 points.

I just hope I don't run into them in the next knockout rounds...

Thinking of this, Xiao He's face suddenly twitched fiercely.

According to the rules of the draw for the knockout round, his idea seemed impossible to realize.

Damn!

That's it, settle for the next best.

Hope you don't run into Lake!

"Seventh, White, 86.5 points!"

"Sixth place, Qiang Xiaofeng, 87.9 points!"

"Fifth place, Zhang Chen, 88.6 points!"

"Fourth place, Zhu Ming, 91.2 points!"

"Third place, Tang Xie, 92.4 points!"

"Second place, Qin Lang, 93.0 points!"

"First place, Lake, 94.1 points!"

As the host gradually reported the rankings of the contestants from the eighth place, there were more and more enthusiastic cheers and applause in the field, and the higher the ranking, the more star power he obtained.

Although he had just absorbed more star power, Danbao had no dislike at all, and flew into the air happily to meet this group of star power that was at least two or three times as many as the soul eaters who had won the battle.

Qin Lang looked at the other seven curiously.

Except for Lake, who appeared later than him and already knew something, and Tang Xie, who had already fought several times, the other players were all unknown to him.

And his opponent in the second round of eliminations will be one of them.

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【Chengxing Stone】