Weight training was the method Qiao Sang had come up with to improve Fire Fang Dog's speed.
Improving speed required both explosive power and frequency.
If it could train under weight until it reached its usual speed, then once the Weighted Rings came off, Fire Fang Dog's speed would definitely rise by a significant margin.
However, only reasonable weight constituted training. Too much weight would burden Fire Fang Dog's body.
Qiao Sang remembered reading in some fitness magazine in her previous life that, at the beginning, the most reasonable weight range should be 8% to 20% of one's body weight.
Fire Fang Dog weighed 19 kilograms, yet the Weighted Bead it had chosen weighed around 25 kilograms.
Qiao Sang set down the Weighted Bead and was about to look at the Weighted Rings when a sales clerk approached.
"Is there anything you'd like to buy? I can recommend something for you."
Qiao Sang did not refuse. "I want to buy a weighted Item for Fire Fang Dog."
The clerk smiled. "Then you'll need a Gravity Necklace. The OM-8 Model Gravity Necklace, newly launched by Yongchuang Group, can adjust its settings according to a pet beast's pressure tolerance. It can be used from beginner pet beasts all the way to Advanced Pet Beasts. Your Fire Fang Dog can use it for at least six years."
So high-tech?
Qiao Sang was intrigued and asked, "How much?"
Seeing a promising customer, the clerk answered, "350,000 Alliance Coins. If you apply for a membership card at our store, you'll get five percent off."
That could buy three Fire Fang Dogs...
Qiao Sang silently glanced at Fire Fang Dog.
Fire Fang Dog looked back at her blankly.
"Forget it. I'll buy Gravity Rings instead," Qiao Sang declined.
The clerk remained enthusiastic. She picked up a black Gravity Ring from the shelf and smiled. "If your Fire Fang Dog is just starting to use Gravity Rings, I recommend this ten-kilogram one. Black also looks good on a Fire Fang Dog."
"Wouldn't that be too heavy?" Qiao Sang asked.
"Not at all. A Fire Fang Dog can at least handle gravity equal to half its own body weight while moving around. Fighting Type pet beasts can handle gravity dozens of times heavier than themselves without any problem," the clerk replied.
Qiao Sang understood.
This was the age of pet beast taming. She should not use the scientific standards of her previous life to explain everything.
Under the clerk's sales pitch, Qiao Sang ultimately bought three Gravity Rings weighing ten, fifteen, and twenty kilograms respectively, spending a total of 3,500 Alliance Coins.
Qiao Sang took Fire Fang Dog to the lounge chairs in the middle of the mall and put the ten-kilogram Gravity Ring on its right foreleg.
This kind of Gravity Ring could be adjusted from three to fifteen centimeters with a clasp on the side. Its force would also spread evenly throughout the body, so there was no need to worry about all the gravity being concentrated on its right foreleg.
"How does it feel?" Qiao Sang asked.
Fire Fang Dog stared fixedly at the virtual screen above the center of the mall and did not answer.
Qiao Sang followed Fire Fang Dog's gaze.
When she and Fire Fang Dog had arrived, the virtual screen had been showing advertisements. Now, it was broadcasting the Alliance's grandest competition.
The Global Interstellar Alliance Pet Beast Cup.
Also known as the Interstellar Cup.
The Interstellar Cup was a competition only the top pet beast tamers selected from four planets could participate in, held once every three years.
Blue Star alone had a global population of over seven billion. Including the populations of the other three planets, there were more than thirty-eight billion people in total.
Selecting the very best pet beast tamers from over thirty-eight billion people for the Interstellar Cup was not something that could be done overnight.
First, one had to win the championship of at least two national competitions within a year, then receive national support to participate in the World Asia Pet Beast Alliance Tournament.
National contestants who placed in the top six of the World Asia Pet Beast Alliance Tournament would then have to compete in the selection rounds for the Global World Alliance Pet Beast Tournament.
Only contestants who placed in the top six of the Global World Alliance Pet Beast Tournament could participate in the final Interstellar Cup.
The Interstellar Cup was what was playing on the screen.
On the screen, a refined-looking man wore a white trench coat, with a Giant Sky Toad roughly sixty meters tall standing beside him.
The Giant Sky Toad was grayish-black all over, its coloring deep and weighty. It stared solemnly ahead, wearing a pair of custom-made black sunglasses that gave it an aura both cool and mysterious.
The stands, capable of seating three hundred thousand people, erupted with deafening cheers as everyone shouted the names of Lin Ya and Giant Sky Toad.
Wave after wave of sound echoed through the air above the arena.
Qiao Sang watched the scene on the screen, her blood boiling as the passion of being a pet beast tamer ignited within her!
Wasn't the greatest dream of every pet beast tamer to participate in the Interstellar Cup at least once in their lifetime?
Qiao Sang turned to look at Fire Fang Dog, which was still staring dazedly at the screen.
She knew that at this moment, she and Fire Fang Dog were truly in sync!
Qiao Sang turned Fire Fang Dog's face toward her and said solemnly, "Fire Fang Dog, believe me! One day, we'll be standing up there too!"
Fire Fang Dog: "???"
It listened to its pet beast tamer's words with a baffled expression.
Up there?
What up there?
After being turned by its pet beast tamer, Fire Fang Dog came back to its senses. It wanted to point at the screen with its paw, but when it lifted one, something felt off. Only then did it notice the thing it had just bought on its paw.
"Fang!"
Fire Fang Dog did not mind it. It exerted a little force and raised its paw to point at the screen, then barked excitedly.
Qiao Sang: "..."
"Are you saying you want to buy sunglasses?"
Fire Fang Dog nodded excitedly.
"You were looking at the sunglasses, not the competition?"
"Fang?"
Fire Fang Dog tilted its head.
What competition?
Qiao Sang: "..."
To hell with being in sync!
Cha Gui Park.
"Fang!"
A scorching Spark shot out.
Wearing black triangular sunglasses, Fire Fang Dog practiced releasing its skills with high spirits.
Qiao Sang watched from the side.
The triangular sunglasses seemed to be some strange switch. Ever since putting them on, Fire Fang Dog had remained in an unusually excited state.
It had already released Spark twenty-one times in a row, yet its mental state was still exceptionally full.
Qiao Sang could not help thinking, Why does it feel like it took drugs...
Twenty minutes later, the effects wore off.
Fire Fang Dog collapsed onto the ground, unable to get back up.
Fortunately, there was still plenty of the Qi Yuan Milk she had bought that morning. While Fire Fang Dog drank the Qi Yuan Milk, Qiao Sang's consciousness entered the Pet Beast Codex.
Name: Fire Fang Dog Attribute: Fire Level: Beginner (121/1000)+ Skills: Bite (Beginner 74/100)+, Take Down (Mastery 138/500)+, Fire Fang (Beginner 41/100)+, Spark (Beginner 32/100)+ Points: 55
This time, Fire Fang Dog had released Fire Fang eighteen times and Spark twenty-six times!
Qiao Sang looked at Fire Fang Dog, her eyes flickering as she asked, "What other styles of sunglasses do you like?"
"Fang~"
Excitement showed through Fire Fang Dog's weak cry.
In the end, based on Fire Fang Dog's choices, Qiao Sang ordered six different pairs of sunglasses online.
There were seven days in a week—one pair each day, with no repeats.
At 3:32 p.m., Fire Fang Dog recovered.
This time, Qiao Sang did not let it overdraw itself. After Fire Fang Dog released Fire Fang four times and Spark eight times, she made it stop.
Fire Fang Dog's stats in the Pet Beast Codex had also changed.
Name: Fire Fang Dog Attribute: Fire Level: Beginner (121/1000)+ Skills: Bite (Beginner 74/100)+, Take Down (Mastery 138/500)+, Fire Fang (Beginner 45/100)+, Spark (Beginner 40/100)+ Points: 55
"Fire Fang Dog, next we're going to do weight training," Qiao Sang said.
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