I really can't control myself.

Chapter 3460 Overtime

In the end, this food battle started very quickly, with Liu Maoxing facing off against Xiang En.

Although Shao An did not want to accept Liu Maoxing's kindness at first, he was touched after Liu Maoxing expressed his true feelings.

Shao An is now somewhat doubtful about his life and begins to wonder if he has been doing anything wrong all along.

In fact, after so many years, Shao An has grown up. He actually realized that what he did at that time was ungrateful and he betrayed his master. But regret is useless. After all, everything is irreversible. He has been deprived of his chef qualification and can only mix in the dark cooking world.

He had been training very hard over the years, which had somewhat numbed his mind. Chrysanthemum had become his obsession, and if he didn't think about revenge, he didn't know how he would survive.

Hatred became the driving force for his growth, and he had always been trying to avoid the vague sense of guilt in his heart.

But in today's competition, everything he experienced seemed to have returned to the starting point, like a fateful process, which made him realize something. He was completely desperate and didn't want to live anymore, but when he heard Liu Maoxing's words, he knew that Master Abei had never blamed him.

His heart was touched, and he stopped struggling and fell into silence.

Seeing that Shao An had no reaction, Liu Maoxing did not continue to pursue him and try to impress him. Instead, he restrained his emotions and started a formal duel with Xiang En.

The venue is ready, so the competition will naturally start immediately.

Although the ship was bombed several times, it seems that the impact is not great now. It is still stable and obviously has no intention of silence. However, the control of the ship has been completely taken over by Aizen's men. It is currently heading towards the direction of the Magic City Pier, preparing to dock.

The players on both sides also took their positions and looked at Linton.

Linton didn't realize at first why the two were looking at him instead of cooking, but he soon remembered that the theme of this competition had not yet been determined. It was obvious that the two were waiting for him to reveal the theme of the competition, which was the ordering part.

To be honest, Linton still wants to eat fried crab meat. It's really delicious. He wants to eat it again after not having it for a while.

But this thing has been prepared. Anyway, Ryan has agreed to make it for him later, so there is no rush.

At this time, Linton looked at the fish pond in the middle of the venue. Yes, it was the fish pond where Ryan and Xiang En had just competed with each other in knife skills. I can only say that this fish pond is really awesome. Everything can be opened. Sometimes it is a sturgeon, sometimes it is a giant squid. It feels like opening a blind box.

Thinking of this, Linton had an idea and said to the two of them directly, "After all, we are fighting on the river. It's a rare opportunity so we have to eat something fresh. Let's not talk too much. Let's use local ingredients. You two can fish directly in this pond. No matter what the first fish you catch is, just cook it. That's fine, right?"

The two looked at each other. This question was not difficult and there was a lot of room for creativity. However, they didn't know what they could catch now, and they couldn't confirm what to cook for the time being.

"I'm fine." Xiang En said immediately. She wasn't afraid of Liu Maoxing on the other side. Although his cooking skills were really strong and she had lost the Seven Star Sword, Xiang En was not afraid. After all, she was known as the Victory Witch and had never lost a cooking duel. What was there for her to be afraid of as she had never lost before?

Of course, some "means" are necessary. Xiang En never cares whether his means are despicable or not. They are just means, and winning is the key.

And Liu Maoxing is not so invincible, right? He was just defeated by Shao An's cooking, right? Even if Shao An seemed to think he lost, the fact is that Shao An won 3 to 2. For Xiang En, winning is winning, and the result is what matters.

How could she be afraid of the competition between Liu Maoxing, who had just lost, and herself, the undefeated witch?

Besides, the temptation was too great and she would never let go of this opportunity.

The two of them also prepared a little, and then Xiang En took the lead in swinging.

The audience was there, still watching the game. The other staff members were also very professional and started to work. For example, the host Ma Lin started to explain the game.

"…This should be the first official food battle in the New Empire. The contestants on both sides are Xiang En, the dark cuisine world's Yizhangqing, and Liu Maoxing, the top chef. The topic of the duel is still river fish, but the specific theme is based on the first fish caught by both sides. Obviously, this first fish is very important. We see that Xiang En has already started fishing. Can he catch a suitable fish to cook?"

"As we all know, there are four kinds of fish that are considered the most delicious in the Yangtze River Basin, namely whitebait, shad, knife fish and river catfish (longnose catfish). They are called the Four Fresh Fishes of the Yangtze River. If you can catch these four kinds of fish, then you will obviously have an advantage in choosing the fish... We saw that Xiang En has caught a fish, what kind of fish is it?"

As Xiang En raised his fishing rod, a fish that many people knew appeared in front of them. When they saw this fish, everyone gasped.

"Xiang En's first fish is... puffer fish." Ma Lin also knew this and announced directly, "So Xiang En is going to cook puffer fish."

"Puffer fish is also a very delicious fish. In some places, puffer fish, knife fish and shad are called the three treasures of the Yangtze River. But I believe everyone knows that this fish is highly poisonous. If you want to cook it, the chef needs to have extraordinary processing skills. I wonder if contestant Xiang En has the ability to handle puffer fish?" Ma Lin said immediately.

Xiang En was very satisfied. She knew how to cook puffer fish. As a chef with excellent knife skills, she was the best at cooking ingredients, and puffer fish was her specialty. She was also quite satisfied with the puffer fish.

Of course, the first catch is just to determine what to cook, not necessarily to use this fish for cooking. In order to prepare a variety of ingredients for the previous banquet showdown, once it is confirmed to be a pufferfish, it is obviously impossible to cook only one, as there are five judges.

Xiang En started to take the puffer fish from the fish pond next to him and start processing it. This thing is quite troublesome to process and takes a lot of time.

At this time, Liu Maoxing also caught a fish, which directly attracted Xiang En's attention.

"Then Liu Maoxing has also caught some fish. What he caught is..."