Ye Ranran had never expected her Desert Tail Fox to be so impressive. She immediately relaxed.
With over two hundred pet beasts in the race, there was no way Fire Fang Dog, the second to set off, would finish dead last.
The moment Fire Fang Dog put on the yellow relay sash, it shot off with a whoosh.
"Treasure!"
"Treasure!"
Little Treasure Hunting Ghost desperately cheered it on.
As it shouted, it floated after Fire Fang Dog.
Qiao Sang swiftly grabbed it and pulled it back.
"Treasure?"
Little Treasure Hunting Ghost looked utterly innocent.
"Don't waste your stamina. We'll still need you for the sixth leg. Let's go straight to Liuyang River and wait for Ya Bao," Qiao Sang said.
That was half true and half false. The first half was false; she had never counted on Little Treasure Hunting Ghost for the sixth leg.
There was no way she could run alongside it. The third leg was at Liuyang River, ten kilometers away. With her tiny arms and legs, she would probably be done for before reaching even halfway.
Besides, marathon races did not allow runners to accompany the participants. There were professional medical teams and technical services along the route, and the logistical support was perfectly safe.
Running alongside them would only create unnecessary trouble and chaos during the race, making order harder to maintain.
Qiao Sang looked in the direction Fire Fang Dog had vanished.
Ya Bao, all we can do is support you in spirit!
Keep it up!
Fire Fang Dog ran forward with all its might.
It remembered its Beastmaster telling it to follow the main pack ahead, but forget a main pack—there was not even a single competitor in sight.
Then it thought of the Six Tentacle Snail that had started before it.