Chapter 2023: Chapter 216: It Wants to Try (Double Chapter)

"Why?" Lei Da froze for a second, puzzled.

Thunder Dragon had been racking up Points quite happily in Thunderstorm weather lately, and with only about a week left before the competition ended, it should be even more important to hurry out and fight.

Qiao Sang let out a sigh and said:

"Check the news."

With that, she hung up.

Qiao Sang put down her phone. The food in front of her had looked quite appetizing a moment ago, but suddenly she had no appetite at all.

Too hard. First Tingbao got reported for going after opponents specifically countered by its Trait, and now the thing about changing the battlefield has been reported too. How was she supposed to farm Points after this...

"Ting Ting."

Tingbao had been focused on scarfing down its food just now and hadn’t heard the news broadcast. Only after it finished the Energy Pills on its plate did it raise its head and call out, saying it was done eating and could go right out to find opponents to battle.

"Ting Ting?"

After that, it called again, asking what time the Thunderstorm Bird was coming today?

Qiao Sang looked at it and said, "It’s not coming today."

"Ting Ting?"

Tingbao froze for a moment, then showed a confused expression.

Why not? If it wasn’t coming, would it still be able to challenge that many opponents in today’s battles?

"Xun Xun..."

Before Qiao Sang could answer, Little Treasure Spirit swallowed an Energy Pill and let out a sighing chirp.

If there’s no Thunderstorm, you can at most challenge eight like before, tops.

"The news just stated clearly that having Pet Beasts other than the ones in the match change the field weather counts as a violation. If you get caught, there’ll be a suspension of varying length." Qiao Sang explained.

The competition only had nine days left as it was. If they got suspended on top of that, there’d probably be no chance to participate again this time, let alone become first in Points.

"Ting Ting?"

Tingbao still didn’t grasp how serious this was. It thought for a bit and cried out.

If there’s no Thunderstorm, and it can only challenge eight at a time, can it still become first in Points?

"I’m afraid not," Qiao Sang answered honestly.

At their current Point farming pace, they already needed to squeeze in matches every day to even have a chance of surpassing Earth Dragon.

"Ting Ting!"

Only when Tingbao heard this did it start to panic. It cried out, asking what they were going to do then!

If it couldn’t become first in Points, wouldn’t that mean it couldn’t fight that annoying Earth Dragon again!

"Don’t panic yet, let me think." Qiao Sang soothed it.

From the earlier news, the conversation, and Tingbao’s expressions, Mikaela had more or less guessed what they were talking about and couldn’t help asking:

"How many Points does Thunder Dragon have now?"

"11,003," Qiao Sang replied.

She’d been taking Tingbao out to look for opponents lately, so naturally she knew the exact Points.

"What about Earth Dragon?" Mikaela asked.

Qiao Sang picked up her phone and did a quick search. "14,250," she said.

The Points of the top ten contestants in the Pet Beast free Points battle tournament were updated in real time on the official website, so you could see the exact numbers.

"How many days left until the competition ends?" Mikaela continued.

"Nine days," Qiao Sang said.

Mikaela thought for a moment and said, "The time is too short. There are plenty of ways to get a Pet Beast to agree to a battle. It doesn’t have to be done this way."

Qiao Sang said helplessly:

"You don’t know just how stubborn that Earth Dragon is. In some ways it’s a lot like Dragon King."

Just like back when Dragon King wanted one of its Species, Little Mo Dragon, to form a Contract with her—no matter how many times she tried to talk it through, she couldn’t get through to it. It only gave up when she later Contracted Tingbao instead. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Dragon King watched TV with an unreadable expression.

It decided to take that as praise.

Mikaela glanced at Dragon King and instantly understood how difficult Earth Dragon must be to deal with. "You’ll have to figure this one out yourself," she said, "but don’t get too hung up on it."

What she meant was that even if they couldn’t become first in Points this time, there’d be plenty of time in the future and plenty of ways to get Earth Dragon to agree to a battle.

As an S-rank Beast Tamer, a competition of this scale really wasn’t worth her personally stepping in.

She’d only suggested this competition to help Thunder Dragon get more battle experience and development. When she learned the competition lasted six months and there was only one month left, she’d already known Thunder Dragon becoming first in Points was basically impossible.

One crucial factor in challenging multiple opponents at once was having large-scale attack Skills, and that was something Thunder Dragon simply didn’t have.

Qiao Sang understood what Teacher Mikaela meant and nodded. "I get it."

She wasn’t the type to get hung up on things. The one who would was Tingbao.

"Ting Ting..."

While Qiao Sang and Mikaela were talking, Tingbao had already grown anxious.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure Spirit chirped comfortingly, telling it not to worry. If worst came to worst, it would just use hypnosis on that Earth Dragon and make it battle with Tingbao.