The beast starts from zero

in reality.

The Echo Spirit Lord never awoke.

A virtual screen appeared out of thin air on the field. Below Serana's photo, the image of the Echo Lord changed from color to black and white. Then, her photo disappeared, and photos of Josan and Toothbo were enlarged to the center.

On the commentary stand, Nefertis took a deep breath and shouted into the microphone:
"Just now, the result of this match is in! Player Qiao Sang has won again with the help of the Underworld Ring Monarch! He has won the second round-robin championship match with a perfect score of 0:6!"

The entire venue erupted in cheers and screams, the deafening roar instantly filling the sky.

"Aaaaaah! Jo-san! Jo-san!"

"Little treasure hunter! Little treasure hunter!"

"Holy crap, I understood the first few matches, but what happened in the last one? How did the Lord of the Underworld win? Just with hypnosis and dream eating? That's impossible, right?"

"There must be methods we don't know about, we just can't see them."

"My God, a shutout against Serana... I never dared to imagine this before the match."

"Qiao Sang's strength is far more terrifying than I thought..."

"The main reason is that she hid it too well. Almost every royal-level pet beast had a hidden ultimate move. The Netherworld Lord must have also hidden an ultimate move, which is why the Echo Spirit Lord has been unable to wake up for so long."

"Seriously, every time I felt Serana was about to win, Josang's pet would suddenly unleash a powerful attack, turning the tide of the game and leaving me dumbfounded."

"Yes, yes, especially in the last two rounds, Thunder Beast rendered Dark Ring Lord's mutual destruction ability useless. I thought Echo Spirit Lord would win as long as it relied on sound-based skills to attack, but I didn't expect Dark Ring Lord to win in the end."

"The main reason is that Josan's previous opponents were too weak, and they didn't force her to use these moves. If she had known that Josan knew these moves, Sera wouldn't have lost so badly."

"So what exactly is the Dark Lord hiding?"

"I don't know. We'll have to wait for the post-match interview with the Echo Spirit Lord to find out. Josan and the Lord of the Underworld probably won't say."

"Wow, Little Treasure Hunter is so strong! It can win the game even without using mutual destruction and shadow penetration! I absolutely love it!"

"In the future, when our pets fall into hypnosis, could you please find a pet that can play dreams in real time? We don't even know how the Underworld Lord won."

"I guess the organizers didn't expect this either. After all, most of the participants are royal-level pets. Have you ever seen a royal-level pet hypnotized to the point that the competition ends? When Echo Spirit Master was hypnotized, everyone probably thought it would wake up quickly."

"Serana really did a great job. Even after losing several rounds in a row, she didn't lose her composure when she saw the Holy Fire, Absolute Zero, and Absolute Defense. If it weren't for the Dark Ring Lord suddenly using a skill that no one knew about in the last round, I feel that Serana had a very high chance of winning."

"Ahhh! So what exactly did the Lord of the Underworld do inside the Echo Spirit Lord's body?! I really want to know!"

"Qiao Sang is really outrageously abnormal. I think she will definitely become a representative figure among professional beast tamers in the future."

"Forget about the future, she can become a representative of geniuses among professional beast tamers right now. Go online and ask the most talented professional beast tamers, and see if anyone mentions her name."

"Serana won four games against Lefebvre, but was then shut out by Jossan. Could Jossan be the final champion of this Masters Challenge?"

“I would have definitely disagreed with you before, but after what Qiao Sanglu did today, I think she still has a very good chance of winning the championship.”

“You said Josan showed her hand too, now that she’s revealed all her cards, Lefebvre definitely won’t do what Sera did.”

"It's a truly unexpected result," said Orol on the commentary desk. "I believe that before the second round-robin tournament, no one could have imagined that Josan would win with a perfect record."

"Xinxin."

Zhi Aixin deeply agreed and nodded in agreement.

"Josang really brings us surprises in every match," Nefertis remarked with equal emotion.

"Xinxin."

Zhi Ai let out a heartfelt cry, indicating that every game was indeed a pleasant surprise, but it would be even more surprising if it knew what the Underworld Lord had done to it in the Echo Lord's dream during the final game.

"Perhaps the Echo Spirit Master's interview will tell us what happened later." Auror's tone suddenly became excited: "Player Jossan won the second round of the championship, and also gained 2 points. There is only one match left in the championship round!"

“That’s right,” Nefertis said. “The final match of the round-robin tournament, which is also the final match of this year’s Masters Challenge, will be between Lefebvre and Jossan tomorrow.”

Auror continued, "After the first two matches of the round-robin tournament, the champion and runner-up are already locked in between player Lefebvre and player Josang. Who will be the final champion of this Masters Challenge? Tomorrow's final round-robin match will tell us the answer!"

"Heart~"

She called out "heart" from the bottom of her heart, expressing her sincere hope to be a guest at the event again tomorrow.

Nefertis laughed and said, "You can come to watch the match with us tomorrow, and we will hold many more Masters Challenge tournaments in the future. As long as you are willing, there will be many more opportunities in the future."

"Heart~"

The heart-shaped heart showed a happy expression.

……

at the same time.

VIP room.

"Xia Xia!"

"Xia Xia!"

Sharara stood in front of the French windows, barking excitedly. Then, hearing Heartfelt Heart's words, she seemed to remember something, turned to look at the Dragon King, who had been a guest before, and barked:
"Xia Xia?"

If it wants to be a guest, can it go?

"Grind."

The Dragon King was taken aback at first, then nodded firmly and called out, indicating that if you wanted to go, you could definitely become a guest.

At this moment, Michaela was excitedly chatting in the group, completely unaware of Sharara and the Dragon King's conversation.

"Puff."

Penjami noticed this and, quite rationally, let out a cry, indicating that if you were to be a guest, people's attention might not be on the competition.

"Xia Xia."

Upon hearing this, Sharala quickly waved its paws and meowed, indicating that it was no longer going to be a guest.

It hopes everyone will watch Josang's game carefully.

After saying that, Xia Lala turned her head, her eyes still sparkling as she looked at Qiao Sang on the platform, raising her cheering stick and shouting excitedly:

"Xia Xia!"

"Xia Xia!"

……

On the field, Qiao Sang completely ignored the noise and screams around him, and instead watched the little treasure hunter absorbing the white energy continuously, and was overjoyed.

To be honest, she herself was a little surprised to win this game. Although she felt that Xiao Xunbao had a chance to defeat her opponent with hypnosis, dream eating, and nightmares, she was still very surprised and delighted that she actually won the game with this combination of methods.

After all, this combination technique hadn't been specifically trained in regular training.

"Search!"

"Search!"

Little Treasure waved its paws enthusiastically towards the audience.

Serana sighed slowly, then looked admiringly at Josang in the distance. With a wave of her hand, she retrieved the Beast Taming Codex from Echo Spirit Lord, who was still asleep, dreaming about something and silently shedding tears.

"We congratulate Josan and send our best wishes to Serana." On the commentary stage, Auror said, "Thank you for bringing us so many wonderful matches. Failure is a normal part of life. When faced with a defeat, Beastmasters will show very different reactions. Some Beastmasters will be discouraged, while others will continue to move forward with determination. I believe that Serana is definitely the latter."

Nephthys chimed in, "Any player who makes it to the top three of the Master Challenge, no matter who comes in third, will not be a true loser. Everyone must have been thrilled and excited by Serana's match; that is undoubtedly a victory."

"Xinxin."

He nodded in heartfelt agreement.

On the high platform, Serana had already adjusted her mindset and was waving with a smile towards the audience.

"Serana! Serana!"

At that moment, Serana's fans, with tears in their eyes, chanted her name in support.

……

five minutes later.

Backstage, lounge.

Qiao Sang refused the medical team's treatment and summoned all of Ya Bao and the others. Gang Bao and the others were still in good spirits, but Ya Bao lay in the star array, his whole body black and purple, already unconscious with his eyes closed.

The Nightmare Serpent's venom was indeed very potent; the recovery methods in the Beast Taming Manual couldn't keep up with the spread of the venom at all... Qiao Sang looked at Lu Bao.

Before she could speak, Lu Bao had already made the gem on her forehead glow with a faint blue light, shining on Ya Bao.

Soon, the dark purple color on Ya Bao's body faded away, restoring its usual dazzling golden-red color, and it was fully recovered.

"Ya?"

Ya Bao opened its eyes and jumped up immediately. After looking around and finding itself in the rest room, it couldn't help but look at its Beastmaster and barked, indicating that it had won the competition.
“Of course,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

"Ya Ya!" Ya Bao immediately showed an excited expression.

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao sighed and barked, indicating that it hadn't even made an appearance.

"Tingting".

Tingbao barked, indicating that not playing was no big deal, as it had only played twice in all its matches.

Qingbao gave it a look that said, "Can you compare to me?"

Tingbao seemed to notice the gaze and turned to look at it.

Qingbao immediately averted her gaze, then sighed and called out:
"Qingqing."

There's nothing we can do; we're the weakest two right now.

After saying that, it seemed to remember something and turned to look at Little Treasure Hunter.

At this moment, Little Treasure Hunt had already taken out his phone, grinning with two rows of big white teeth, and was scrolling through content about himself.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao understood what Xiaoxunbao was looking at, so she floated over, leaned closer, and called out to indicate whether it had been mentioned online.

Little Treasure didn't answer, and continued scrolling through her phone, flashing her two rows of big white teeth.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao called out again.

Little Treasure Hunter still didn't answer, scrolling through his phone.

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao immediately became unhappy, her face fell, and a strong wind rose around her.

Little Treasure Hunt then realized what was happening. It turned its head and saw Qingbao right beside it. Startled, it teleported to the side and cried out:
"Search?"

When did you get next to me?

"Qingqing."

Qingbao looked displeased and called out.

"Search?"

Little Treasure placed its paws beside its ears, stretched its neck, pricked up its ears, and barked:
"Looking around~"

What did you say? Speak louder, I can't hear you.

Qingbao was stunned, and even the wind stopped blowing.

This is because they took too much damage from sound-based attacks during the match, injuring their ears... Qiao Sang noticed the commotion and immediately knew what was going on. He looked at Lu Bao and said:
“Lu Bao, treat Xiao Xun Bao and Gang Bao as well.”

"Ice Saint".

Lu Bao cried out, and then the gem on her forehead emitted a faint blue light, which shone on both Xiao Xunbao and Gangbao.

"Looking around~"

As the blue light faded, Little Treasure's eyes lit up, and it cried out, indicating that its ears felt much better.

"Qingqing?"

Qingbao called out cautiously, as if to ask, "Can you hear me now?"

"Looking around~"

Little Treasure Hunter gave a "you're being silly" look and called out, indicating that he wasn't deaf and of course he could hear her.

"Qingqing..."

Qingbao breathed a sigh of relief, but then became annoyed, and a slight breeze rose around her.

"Searching..."

Little Treasure Hunter realized that he had offended Qingbao again. Feeling completely bewildered, he silently floated behind his Beastmaster.

You've been selected as one of the most feared pets among the contestants in this year's Master Challenge, yet you're still so afraid of Qingbao… Qiao Sang glanced at Xiao Xunbao with amusement, then, as if remembering something, asked:

"What were you doing in your dream? Why can't the Echo Spirit Master wake up?"

To be honest, she wasn't surprised that Echo Spirit used Tears, since Little Treasure Hunter's Nightmare ability was designed to plunge the target into nightmares, causing psychological damage.

Qingbao stopped blowing and looked at Xiao Xunbao.

It also wants to know.

Ya Bao and the others also looked over.

"Looking around~"

"Looking around~"

Seeing everyone looking at him, Little Treasure Hunt perked up immediately. He coughed once, and then, with the help of paw movements, vividly described the dream he had created.

When they heard Xiao Xunbao say that he had changed his dream and used the Echo Spirit Lord's shouts to cover up the shouts coming from the outside world, Qiao Sang and Ya Bao all widened their eyes and showed expressions of "You're so amazing". Even Lu Bao and Gang Bao showed a little amazement in their eyes.

"Looking around~"

"Looking around~"

Seeing this, Little Treasure Hunter became even more enthusiastic in his storytelling.

……

Meanwhile, Serana and her summoned beasts were being interviewed.

"You lost six games in a row in this competition. What are your thoughts on this?"

"You've already secured third place in this Masters Challenge. Are you satisfied with this ranking?"

"Did you expect to be shut out before participating in this competition?"

Serana answered them one by one with a smile.

Suddenly, one of the reporters asked the dejected Echo Spirit Master:

"During the competition, you were hypnotized by the Lord of the Underworld. What exactly did you experience in your dream that caused you to shed tears and remain unconscious even after the competition ended? Did the Lord of the Underworld consume more than just your dreams in the dream?"

All the reporters' microphones and cameras were immediately pointed at the Echo Spirit Lord.

The Echo Spirit Master looked up blankly, then glanced at his own Beastmaster.

Serana smiled and said, "That's not something I can reveal. If you want to know what other skills the Lord of the Underworld has hidden, you might be able to interview Lefebvre, who will be fighting Jossan, tomorrow."

"Who do you think has a better chance of winning tomorrow's match, Josang or Lefebvre?" a reporter asked.

All the reporters' microphones and cameras were pointed at us again.

Serana smiled and said, "Judging from my record, isn't it obvious who has a better chance of winning?"

at the same time.

Inside the VIP room, Lefebvre sat on the sofa, picked up the remote, and turned off Serana's live interview video. (End of Chapter)