Are All My Spirit Beasts Tryhards? You’re Making Me Lie Flat My Way to the Championship!

Wang An had a simple dream: get into a beast-breeding program, find a stable job, and spend his days doing nothing with his long-haired dog, Bruce.

Long-haired dogs were the most common spirit beasts in Tianhai City. They were ordinary-type beasts, everywhere you looked. Bruce was level 9, looked completely harmless, and did nothing but eat and sleep.

A perfect lie-flat life.

Until, at the awakening ceremony, Wang An gained a legendary talent: [Experience Umbilical Cord]. It let him share 100% of his spirit beast’s training gains.

Then he watched helplessly as Bruce’s level jumped from 9 to 12, from 12 to 15, and finally stopped at level 19.

The dog’s usual laziness had all been an act. Every night, he practiced dodging in front of a wall. At four in the morning, he rammed his head into a punching bag. For three years, day in and day out, he trained a long-haired dog that should have only reached level 25 down a path no one could have predicted.

The combat program’s full scholarship landed in Wang An’s lap. All tuition paid, 5,000 in monthly living expenses, a private dorm, and an exclusive training ground. Bruce carried off the acceptance letter from the beast-breeding program and dropped it in the trash.

“You’re a dog. You can’t make decisions for me!”

Bruce tilted his head. “Woof.”

What could they do? The offer was just too good.

So Wang An was forced to take this workout-obsessed dog into the combat program. Everyone around him was a genius, with one fierce spirit beast after another. But that was fine. He had Bruce, a long-haired dog who went to bed earlier than Wang An, trained harder than anyone, and hid all his ambition beneath a dopey, adorable exterior.

By the time anyone realized what was happening, this “ordinary, common long-haired dog” had already torn through the entire alliance.

From university champion to world champion, Wang An just wanted to finish grinding as soon as possible and go home to lie down.

Bruce, however, clearly had other ideas.