How could I not find any opponents? The Electric-type doesn’t want to battle, but there are still the Bug-types.

With that said, his eyes flickered with blue light, and he left the spot together with Tingbao.

In a lush meadow, various Bug-type Pet Beasts were scattered about.

Little Treasure Spirit and Tingbao appeared out of thin air.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure Spirit shot a glance at Tingbao towards the direction of the Bug-type Pet Beasts.

"Ting Ting!"

Tingbao understood immediately, stepped forward, and roared loudly.

Some Bug-type Pet Beasts got startled and scattered, while others with unfriendly faces crawled or flew over.

"Xun Xun~"

Little Treasure Spirit leaned beside Tingbao and lowered its voice.

These ones have low intelligence.

"Ting Ting."

Tingbao called out, indicating it understood, then stepped forward and displayed its Points Recording Device.

The Bug-type Pet Beasts looked at each other, then many with Points Recording Devices stepped forward.

...

Meanwhile.

A villa, the living room.

Qiao Sang walked in with a tired expression and said:

"Can we please have the wind confirm once more if the Sun Crystal is genuine before sending the information?"

Initially, the wind found it once a day, then twice a day, later every few hours, and now several times an hour.

If there was even one genuine item among them, it would be fine, but there hasn’t been a single real one.

"Qingqing."

Qingbao called out, indicating it would communicate with the wind.

With that, it closed its eyes.

The surroundings began to stir without wind.

"Ya Ya!"

Yaobao called out, indicating it was going for training and to call it when it was time to go out.

With that said, it ran towards the outdoor training ground.

Qiao Sang came to sit down on the sofa in the living room.

Dragon King was lying sideways on the sofa, watching TV.

Qiao Sang glanced over; it was the news channel, and couldn’t help but ask:

"Why do I feel like you always watch the news channel?"

"Momo."

Dragon King called out while watching TV, indicating that what’s on TV now is mostly trivial battles, not interesting, he might as well watch the news.

"Gangqiu."

Gangbao translated in his mind.

Dragon King is already Emperor Level, battles of lower-level Pet Beasts probably aren’t interesting in its eyes, while battles among Beast Tamers with Emperor Level Pet Beasts require long preparations for large competitions, which aren’t frequent, so it’s normal that such level battles aren’t on TV for long periods of time... Qiao Sang could understand, and proceeded to watch the news as well.

After a while, Dragon King changed the channel.

On TV, the host sat on the sofa interviewing:

"Could you tell us how you’ve maintained points-first from the beginning of the competition until now?"

With a body measuring around two meters, a deep brown base color, white from chin to belly, single-toed white claws, three-toed feet, with wings on its forearms, the Dragon-type Pet Beast smirked and called out:

"Tutu."

Subtitles translating: By strength.

Earth Dragon, Ground Type and Dragon Type dual attribute Intermediate Pet Beast, likes to burrow and hide underground, rarely appearing before humans, has good relations with Bug-type Pet Beasts that also burrow often, reportedly because these Bug-type Pet Beasts bring it food. If one wishes to find the Earth Dragon, seek the lairs of burrowing Bug-type Pet Beasts, there’s a high chance of encountering it... Qiao Sang’s mind flashed with information on this Dragon-type Pet Beast.

The host asked, "Have you encountered any opponents that felt challenging in the competition so far?"

"Tutu?"

The brown Dragon-type Pet Beast called out.

Subtitles translating: What do you mean by challenging?

"Just those opponents that are difficult to deal with," the host explained.

"Tutu."

The brown Dragon-type Pet Beast chuckled and called out.

Subtitles translating: There aren’t any opponents like that.

"You seem very confident," the host remarked, "Do you think you can maintain the first points position until the end of the Pet Beast Free Points Battle Competition?"

Pet Beast Free Points Battle Competition? Qiao Sang paused.

This Earth Dragon participated in the Pet Beast Free Points Battle Competition? And long maintained first place in points?

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but stare closely at the Earth Dragon on TV.

Wondering if Tingbao might have the chance to encounter it in the future...

Dragon King clearly had the same thought, watching with interest, not changing the channel.

"Tutu." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The Earth Dragon confidently called out.

Subtitles translating: Of course, unless I give up halfway, first place will always be mine until the end of the competition.

Such confidence... thought Qiao Sang as he considered the captions.