Running away is shameful, but it works.
Faced with David Jones's question, the splitting headache-stricken Goldy simply rolled its eyes back and passed out.
Seeing this, David Jones exchanged a helpless look with Rainbow.
"Perhaps I pushed it too hard."
David Jones sighed and put Goldy into the Star Ring.
The Hegemony Race was about to start, and it was evidently too late to have Goldy take the lead.
It looked like he needed to switch to another pet.
"Roar!" David Jones's mechanical wrist guard emitted a faint light.
"You want to fight? Fine, but remember to leave an opponent for Goldy!"
As David Jones's voice faded, the light from the mechanical wrist guard on his hand immediately calmed down.
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After entering the top eight in the Waterland City Hegemony Race, the battle rules were basically three-on-three Trainer Battles, rarely escalating to six-on-six King battles.