Beast Taming Starts from Zero

"Search!"

Little Treasure Hunter gave a shout to cheer on the child.

The surrounding insect-type pets also cheered and encouraged the Garuda.

These guys are all in cahoots... Little Treasure glanced at the insect-type pets around her, then looked at Tingbao with a worried expression.

This is the first place, I wonder if the sixth one can win.

"Tutu!"

Within the barrier, the Earth Dragon roared, and the grassy area where Tingbao was standing suddenly tore open, revealing a towering rock spike.

Tingbao sensed the ground shaking and tearing apart, and twisted his body to quickly rise upwards, dodging the attack of the rock spikes.

The earth dragon pursed its mouth and sprayed out streams of mud that looked like bombs.

Tingbao moved quickly, but the mud was even faster. Although he changed direction, he was still attacked by the mud.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the mud exploded.

The surrounding insect-type pets cheered.

"Xunxun!" Little Xunbao called out anxiously.

Having watched Lao Liu play so many matches, this is the first time it has seen Lao Liu get so badly suppressed at the start in a 1v1 situation.

The tarpon's lips curled up.

However, when it saw that Tingbao appeared to be unharmed, its smile returned.

Little Treasure wasn't particularly happy to see this from outside the barrier, because it knew that Tingbao had activated the Multiscale ability, which could only be activated once in a match.

Tingbao didn't miss the opportunity when the other party was staring at it, so it widened its eyes and revealed a sharp look.

A sudden, inexplicable sense of fear rose in Tu Lulong's heart.

The fear wasn't intense, but it still prevented it from launching another attack immediately.

A flash of yellow light appeared in Tingbao's eyes, and suddenly yellow arcs of electricity appeared around him, converging into an electric net that enveloped the location of the Earth Dragon.

By the time the earth dragon realized what was happening, the electric net had already enveloped it.

"Tutu!"

The earth dragon roared.

Without wasting any time, a yellow arc of electricity appeared on Tingbao's body again, transforming into a lightning serpent that blasted towards the direction where the Earth Dragon was located.

The lightning did not penetrate the Earth Dragon's body. Facing the lightning attack that surrounded it, the Earth Dragon revealed a disdainful smile to Thunder Treasure, then burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

Upon seeing this, Tingbao was stunned for a moment, then instinctively conjured up arcs of electricity, which transformed into lightning snakes and struck the hole that the earth dragon had entered.

At the same time, a beam of white light burst forth from below, shooting straight into the sky at an astonishing speed.

With a loud "bang," it crashed heavily into Tingbao, who was unleashing his lightning power.

"Tingting!"

Tingbao let out a scream and flew backward.

The Garuda landed on the ground, looked at its opponent flying backward, and stomped down with its right foot.

"Search!"

Little Treasure Hunter seemed to have seen something and shouted.

Unfortunately, it had no effect.

Inside the barrier, a rock spike about a meter long suddenly emerged from below where Tingbao had been thrown backward and pierced its body.

"Tingting!"

Tingbao screamed again, the rocks shattered, and dust flew everywhere.

Little Treasure covered his eyes, somewhat afraid to look.

When the dust settled, Tingbao collapsed to the ground, his eyes closed and unconscious.

"Tutu."

The Earth Dragon's lips curled into a smile, as if it had expected this outcome.

“Dede.”

The elderly insect-type pet glanced at the fallen Tingbao, blew the whistle to signal the end, and let out a cry.

Virtual panels appeared above both Tingbao and Tululong, with one decreasing by one and the other increasing by one in the points section.

The surrounding insect-type pets immediately cheered.

The barrier disappears.

"Search!"

Little Treasure teleported to Tingbao's side and called out with a worried expression.

Tingbao was unconscious and unable to respond.

Surrounded by a group of Bug-type Pokémon, Garchomp turned and left.

……

Villa, open-air training ground.

"Xiaxia." Xia Lala handed her a blade of grass.

Qiao Sang thanked him, took the gift, and nodded to Ya Bao:
"bring it on."

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao put on a serious expression, barked, and then opened its mouth, spewing golden flames at the grass held by its beast tamer.

The warmth spread, and Qiao Sang did not let go.

In the golden flames, the grass swayed slightly, but was not harmed in any way.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao let out an excited shout.

The flame disappears.

"Not bad, it seems you can now control the purification and damage of the Holy Fire on your own," Josang said with a smile.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao barked impatiently, indicating that it wanted to find a target to purify right now.

"Ya?"

After saying that, it seemed to have thought of something, and let out a cry, indicating that it could let Little Treasure Hunt curse a target and let it try it when Little Treasure Hunt returned.

“Xiao Xunbao and Tingbao should be back in the evening,” Qiao Sang said. “Practice a few more times, and when you can cast Holy Fire a hundred times without any errors, we’ll try it on the cursed target again.”

After all, the Holy Fire is incredibly powerful. If it's not controlled properly and its effects are misused, not only will the purification fail, but the person could also be killed. To be on the safe side, it's best to practice the skill some more and wait until you're 100% sure it's working correctly before proceeding.

"Tooth."

Ya Bao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Just as it was about to go for training, it suddenly sensed something and looked up.

In mid-air, Xiao Xunbao and Tingbao appeared out of thin air.

"Search!"

Little Treasure landed on the ground with Tingbao and called out anxiously.

Qiao Sang looked over and saw that Tingbao had his eyes closed. The first thought that flashed through her mind was:

Is Tingbao about to shed its skin for the second time?

The next thought was: No, Tingbao is injured.

Realizing that Tingbao was injured, she immediately called out, "Lubao."

Lu Bao stopped training, walked over, and without saying a word, the gem on her forehead emitted a faint blue light that shone on Ting Bao.

"What happened?" Qiao Sang asked, looking at Xiao Xunbao.

In the past two weeks of competition, Tingbao has been injured before, but he always came back at night, conscious and having accumulated all 200 points. This is the first time Tingbao has been injured and returned home during the day.

"Searching".

"Searching".

"Searching..."

Little Treasure sighed and then proceeded to recount the events of Tingbao's competition.

At this moment, the dark blue light disappeared, and Tingbao had woken up. Listening to Xiao Xunbao's words, it lowered its head further and further, feeling somewhat ashamed to face its beast tamer.

After listening, Qiao Sang paused for a moment and asked:

"You mean Tingbao encountered the number one ranked Garuda?"

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter nodded.

What a coincidence! I just saw the interview with the land dragon this morning, and Tingbao ran into it... Qiao Sang thought to herself.

She wasn't particularly surprised that Tingbao lost to Tu Lulong.

The Earth Dragon is a dual-type pet, combining Ground and Dragon attributes, giving it a type advantage over Tingbao. Furthermore, Tingbao is young and has only shed its skin once. Its opponent is ranked first in the pet free-for-all battles, demonstrating considerable strength; its loss is understandable. "Tingting..."

Tingbao kept his head down, in a bad mood.

It doesn't care about being number one or not; all it knows is that it lost.

"Tooth."

After hearing this, Ya Bao saw Ting Bao's state and comforted him, saying, "What's there to be sad about? It's just a loss; you can win it back."

"Tingting".

Tingbao's eyes lit up for a moment, then it seemed to remember something, shook its head, and barked, indicating that it was better to give up. It still needed to accumulate 200 points every day and didn't have time to find another opponent for a one-on-one battle. Even if it did find one, it might not be able to win.

“Who said that?” Qiao Sang said.

Tingbao paused for a moment and looked over.

"Do you want to fight it again?" Josang asked, looking at it.

"Tingting".

Tingbao paused for a moment, then nodded honestly.

miss you.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao called out.

That's right, there's no such thing as giving up just because you lost.

“Then let’s find that earth dragon again and fight it,” Jossan said.

According to the competition rules, you cannot challenge a pet you have already fought to another match, otherwise it would be considered cheating. However, if the losing side initiates a match against the winning side, there is no problem, but you only have one chance.

“Tingting…”

Tingbao hesitated for a moment, then called out.

Can it beat its opponent? And what about those 200 points...?

Qiao Sang interrupted, "Tingbao, we're going to participate in the Interstellar Cup in the future. Along the way, there may be many opponents who defeat you. What we need to do is work hard to become stronger, win against these opponents, and leave them far behind."

She paused for a moment, then added, "As for the 200 points, it won't affect our accumulation at all. You'll still have extra time to train when you come back each day. If all else fails, we can reduce the number of points we accumulate each day."

In situations like this, it's more important to find and defeat opponents who have beaten you before, rather than trying to accumulate points by playing against weaker opponents.

"Tingting!"

Tingbao was taken aback at first, then his eyes lit up, and he nodded and called out, indicating that he would definitely beat that guy.

After saying that, he suddenly seemed to remember something, looked at Little Treasure Hunter, and called out:
"Tingting".

Let's find another opponent to compete against, and first collect all the points we need to accumulate today.

Little Treasure Hunter: "..."

Since your own beastmaster has said so, can't you just go along with it and say you want to train and beat that earth dragon first...?

Before Xiao Xunbao could respond, Qiao Sang took out her phone, checked the time, and said:

"No matter how many points you accumulate today, come back before 4 p.m. so we can conduct targeted training."

"Tingting".

Tingbao looked serious and called out, indicating that he understood.

Accumulating points is a task assigned by its own Beastmaster, and defeating the Earth Dragon is what it wants to do.

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter quickly joined in with a shout.

"Looking around~"

After saying that, Little Treasure Hunt didn't leave with Tingbao immediately. Instead, it went up to its Beastmaster, grinned, and barked, indicating that since it was coming back so early, it wouldn't need to increase its training time if it didn't accumulate 200 points.

Qiao Sang smiled and looked at it, saying, "As long as you don't take Tingbao out to play around."

"Qingqing."

Qingbao floated over and called out, indicating that it could help keep an eye on things.

As it was speaking, a creature named Qingyun Nainai appeared beside it, looking exactly like it.

Little Treasure Hunter: "..."

Xiao Xunbao glanced at Qingbao, then suddenly his eyes lit up with blue light, and he disappeared from the spot with Tingbao.

Seeing this, Qingbao calmly closed his eyes.

Suddenly, a breeze arose from the stillness of the surroundings.

Qingbao opened her eyes.

A short while later, the wind spun around.

Qingbao circulated its energy, and its clone followed the direction of the wind, transforming into the wind and disappearing.

"Ya Ya!"

Ya Bao called out to his beast tamer, indicating that he was going to train.

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the garden.

"Xia Xia!"

Sharara seemed to understand something, quickly floated over, stretched out her arms, stood in front of it, and shook her head.

"Tooth."

Ya Bao cried out, indicating that you should trust me, I can control it very well now.

"Xia Xia!"

Xia Lala remained unmoved and resolutely shook her head.

"Ya Bao, don't go to the garden to take flowers and plants for practice," Qiao Sang said when she saw this.

"Teeth..."

Ya Bao gave a "okay" look and turned to walk towards a rock not far away.

It felt that the flowers and plants were the most fragile, and that if they weren't burned, it would better demonstrate its control. Unfortunately, its own beast tamer and Sharara disagreed.

"Xia Xia."

Xia Lala breathed a sigh of relief, floated to Qiao Sang's side, and gave her a sweet smile.

Qiao Sang smiled back and turned to walk towards the living room.

"Grind?"

The Dragon King propped his head up with his paws, lying on his side on the sofa watching TV. When he saw Qiao Sang walk in, he turned his head and called out casually.

Did that little guy lose?

It heard the conversation outside.

“We will win back,” Josan said, sitting down in a chair at the dining table.

"Grind."

The Dragon King shouted, indicating that if you had made a contract with those little guys in my clan back then, you wouldn't have lost to a pet of the same level.

Qiao Sang didn't say anything, took out his phone, and started searching for information about the Earth Dragon.

The Dragon King found it boring and continued watching TV.

The Earth Dragon, a dual-type pet of Ground and Dragon, possesses powerful defense and stamina among mid-level pets, as well as considerable attack... It's considered quite strong even among Dragon-type pets, no wonder it has consistently ranked first in points for so long... After reading the information, Qiao Sang sighed inwardly and began searching for Earth Dragon battle videos.

As the Earth Dragon has consistently topped the leaderboard, it has undoubtedly attracted considerable attention from beast tamers and pet owners. There are certainly videos online of it participating in free-for-all battles with other pets.

Sure enough, as soon as I searched, a bunch of videos appeared below.

Qiao Sang began to examine it.

……

4:30 PM.

Little Treasure and Tingbao appeared out of thin air in the living room.

Tingbao looked around.

"Grind."

The Dragon King knew what it was looking for. It pointed with its paw, which had just been picking its nose, towards the open-air training ground and let out a cry.

"Tingting".

Tingbao glanced at it, barked, and flew towards the open-air training ground.

"Tingting".

Soon, it spotted its own beast tamer and sped off towards him.

"You're back," Qiao Sang said, turning around when she heard the noise.

"Tingting".

Tingbao nodded and barked, indicating that it could begin targeted training now.

Qiao Sang looked at it, paused for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "That earth dragon possesses the properties of a lightning rod." (End of this chapter)