Zheng Guoping asked, "Did you watch the match between Liu Qutong and Ning Yu that aired on the Beastmastering Competition Channel last night?"
Qiao Sang shook her head. "No, but I saw that they were trending."
Zheng Guoping said with an understanding look, "Indeed, their match was quite exciting, so it's normal that it trended. Especially the Counterattack Shield used by Ning Yu's Explosive Battle Turtle—that's also the move I want your Flame Listening Dog to train next."
Qiao Sang paused. "What's a Counterattack Shield?"
She didn't remember there being a Fire-type pet beast skill by that name.
Zheng Guoping also froze for a moment. "Didn't it trend? You didn't know?"
"No. They trended because paparazzi caught Liu Qutong and Ning Yu having dinner together after the match, then staying in the same room at the same hotel for two hours," Qiao Sang said innocently.
Liu Qutong and Ning Yu were considered star competitors in this year's Yuhua Regional Tournament. Someone had dug up the fact that they attended the same elementary school, middle school, and high school, so quite a few people shipped them.
Zheng Guoping was dumbfounded.
He had thought the trending topic was about the exciting battle. In the end, it was relationship gossip?!
Did netizens really have that much free time?
Zheng Guoping held back, but ultimately couldn't help asking, "Did they really stay in the same room for two hours?"
"Probably." Qiao Sang nodded. "At least, that's what the photos taken by the paparazzi showed."
Zheng Guoping fell silent for a long while before returning to the subject.
"That Counterattack Shield is essentially a tactic. It mainly uses the pet beast spinning in place so that its skill is no longer concentrated in one direction, but covers an extremely large area instead, turning an offensive