27 A Great Sin

The screams and cries of both joy and mourning were heard as those who made bets and won successfully claimed their bounties whilst those who lost looked as if their souls were stolen from their bodies

After winning his match, Ye Qin waited for the other classes to finish their matches. Once every class had a champion the winners of each class all gathered in one place before moving to their designated fields to battle

The battles were based on groups namely Class 1 vs Class 2, Class 3 vs Class 4, Class 5 vs Class 6 and Class 7 vs Class 8. Wang Tao is in Class 1 whilst Ye Qin is in Class 5, the two of them stood on their respective fields as they battled their opponents simultaneously

Ye Qin's opponent in Class 6 is a male student, as they stood across from each other, a student from Class 6 shouted "Do it for our class!". As for Ye Qin basically his entire class besides Lang Hui, Xie Xuefeng and Tang Yaling cheered for him

According to Ye Qin's observations on his opponent, they had barely won the last match. This meant that Ye Qin easily defeated his opponent who had an Uncommon grade monster, in fact Ye Qin's opponent is weaker than Xie Xuefeng which bagged him another easy win

After winning his match, Ye Qin sat down and waited for his next opponent whilst the winner of Class 6 looked slightly dejected as his class cheered him up

"Seems like he's popular." Ye Qin thought

After waiting for just a few minutes, Wang Tao too had won his match and sat down next to the former as they waited their turn

"You sure took your time." Ye Qin said

"Cmon boss, I just wanted to have a little fun by holding back just like you are." Wang Tao replied quietly so that no one else could hear them

…

After the four battles between classes, the top four within the third year in Ye Qin's school was determined, Ye Qin and Wang Tao naturally took two of those four spots

The top four of the school stood aligned in a row and faced the referee as he said "Now that the four of you are determined, we will draw lots to decide your next opponents for the semi finals. The number at the end of your lot will decide your opponent, for example 1 and 2 will be matched as well as 3 and 4."

The four of them nodded as they each pulled out a strip of paper from a box. Ye Qin looked at the end of his paper and saw a clearly printed number 3, Wang Tao patted his shoulder as he revealed the number 2

"Hehehe boss looks like we will be facing off in the finals. Should we still hold back for that and then shock the entire stadium when we beat the other schools?" the fatty smirked and asked

"..."

"Whatever you prefer." Ye Qin replied

"..."

"..."

Staring at each other for a few moments, Wang Tao shook his head as he went to his field and faced his opponent as Ye Qin did the same

…

"Battle 1: Wang Tao vs Tan Jiang"

"Battle 2: Ye Qin vs Feng Wei"

"The two battles will be held simultaneously as per the other matches previously." the referee said then turned around and spoke to the other referee quickly before they both made their way towards the two fields for the semi finals

"Begin!" the two refs said at the same time

Woosh*

Feng Wei made the first move as a flash of grey light illuminated the space in front of him

Roar*

A slightly transparent rhino appeared out of the monster sea as its huge body shook the field as it landed before slowly hovering itself in the air

[Monster: Spectre Rhinoceros]

[Grade: Rare]

[Level: 10]

[Type: Beast, spirit]

[Element: Ghost, Earth]

"A rare ghost type monster huh, no wonder he won his matches with a monster of that level." Ye Qin thought

Suddenly with a flash of golden light, a koi jumped out of the monster sea as it leaped through the air as if it were trying to become a mighty dragon

With the few battles Ye Qin had been through, his koi gained a tiny amount of xp making it as if he hadn't battled at all. As he leveled up more and more, the required xp amount increased exponentially as the initial 25k xp suddenly became over 100k with just a difference of 5 or so levels. The journey ahead is truly a long one

Feng Wei didn't give any leeway as his Spectre Rhino immediately moved its large body and flew towards Ye Qin's golden koi whilst it's large horn picked up momentum and slowly started becoming red the closer it flew

The Golden Koi naturally didn't allow itself to get hit and waited until the last second before impact and twisted its body around, dodging the horn before giving the Spectre Rhino a headbutt on its head

Bang*

The power of Ye Qin's Golden Koi isn't weak even in it's weakened form. The large spider web like crack under the Spectre Rhino is proof of this. However, Ye Qin knew that a rare grade monster wouldn't be so easy to take down as even the former's classmates' monsters of the uncommon grade still required a few hits before taking them out of the game

The Spectre Rhino picked itself up after crashing and taking some damage as it lifted its huge body upward and kicked its legs at the Golden Koi

Woosh*

Woosh*

The Rhino's hind legs stretched as earth type energy protected its feet as it made way towards the Golden Koi floating in the air

Woosh*

The Golden Koi instantly dived down between the gap of its stretched hind legs as it headbutt the Rhino's bottom

Crash!*

Roar*

The Spectre Rhino swung its leg and hit the Golden Koi slightly before flying away from the impact of the headbutt. Ye Qin's Golden Koi which had taken some slight damage moved around as if nothing had happened as it suddenly sped up and headbutt the Spectre Rhino at blinding speeds

Bang!* Bang!* Bang!*

Awhuu!*

Within just a few seconds, the Golden Koi landed dozens of headbutts which each carried amazing force and knocked out the Spectre Rhino completely before flying off towards Ye Qin disappeared into his Monster Sea

"Winner, Ye Qin of Class 5!" the referee shouted

"Whao!!!!"

"Ye Qin! Ye Qin! Ye Qin!" the students of Class 5 chanted in unison as if they were reciting the words from an occult group

"..."

Ye Qin then nodded at his opponent Feng Wei before turning around and sat down next to Li Yutong, Tang Yaling and Mo Qiu

"You won again…" Li Yutong whispered into his ears

"Yea." he nodded as he saw her bright red face

He then thought to himself "Sigh looks like being handsome is a great sin." as he waited for his match against his best friend