That night, Ye Qin ventured inside his Monster Sea and bonded with his seven dragons for hours instead of sleeping. As for Wang Tao he slept like a log on his bed all night without a single worry
The next morning, the two brothers met up with Tang Yaling and Sun Zan for breakfast. In the midst of breakfast, Ye Qin linked his mind with Wang Tao's through the Great Sage who he had called over last night and thought "Hey fatty, today you will be taking the stage." which entered the mind of Wang Tao
"Huh? Why?" Wang Tao replied inside his mind with a puzzled expression. "Well, there's still the one on one battles the day after tomorrow. Unless you want me to beat Chen Jingyi today and you beat her on your own next time?" Ye Qin asked
"Hmm…"
"Let's go with the latter." Wang Tao thought after a while
"Alright." Ye Qin replied
After the two finished their conversation, Sun Zan looked around before whispering to the two brothers whilst Tang Yaling was away for a bit "Hey Ye Qin, why does your arm band have the presence of a monster?"
"!" the two thought at the same time
"Hahahaha! What.. are you talking about? Hahaha?" Wang Tao laughed
"C'mon don't try to trick me, I can sense the aura of an ape on your arm!" Sun Zan said
"..."
"Could he have become more sensitive thanks to the orb?" Ye Qin thought
"You're right, though, let's keep it a secret until we at least get into one of them top five academies." the latter whispered
…
As Tang Yaling returned to the table, the four of them ate silently before returning all the utensils to the cafeteria. Once it was time for the finals to begin, the four of them made their way down to the stadium where Sun Zan sat down in the crowd whilst the other three headed directly into the spotlight
As both teams gathered on both sides, the referee looked at both teams and nodded slightly before facing forwards and announcing into his mic "The final match of the group battles between Ye Qin and Chen Jingyi's party begins!"
"Both teams ready? Begin!" he continued
"Ye Qin! Ye Qin! Ye Qin!"
"Chen Jingyi!"
Amidst the crowd, there were two sides who cheered, just like the two sides of a single coin. Chen Jingyi's team members sent out their monsters first which Tang Yaling and Wang Tao did also
[Monster: Old Vine Tree]
[Grade: Common]
[Level: 14]
[Type: Plant]
[Element: Wood]
[Monster: Frost Lily]
[Grade: Uncommon]
[Level: 14]
[Type: Plant]
[Element: Ice]
Tang Yaling stayed back to be the support whilst Wang Tao took on both monsters head on. "Heh, two crowd control monsters, wanting to beat me in a battle of ice element? Hah!" Wang Tao laughed
Roar*
The Blackgold Python Tiger took flight as it zipped towards the two opposing monsters. The Old Vine Tree and Frost Lily were prepared for his attack as the tree sent out vines that stretched out towards the tiger whilst the lily sent out small flakes of tiny lily's in the gaps between the vines
Roar*
The Blackgold Python Tiger saw openings in between the vines and cut through them like tofu just by flying through using its sharp wings whilst gold and ice element energy fused together in its claws as it suddenly appeared like a bolt of lightning in between the two monsters and swiped down at them
Whee* Whee*
A single attack from Wang Tao rendered both monsters unable to battle and forcibly returned them into the opponent's Monster Sea. Wang Tao and Tang Yaling then returned their monsters as well before standing back and let Ye Qin stand in the spotlight
"Whao!! Wang Tao took out two monsters with a single attack! He even managed to fuse two elements together so fluidly!" someone in the crowd shouted
"Yea! Tang Yaling didn't even need to do anything!"
…
After the crowd became silent, Ye Qin called out his golden koi to the field whilst Chen Jingyi similarity called her demon out. Ye Qin's koi didn't transform like everyone thought it would as the two monsters seemed to move as if they teleported
Bang*
The two monsters appeared at random places and hit each other with physical attacks of equal force creating shockwaves that blew dust around. After a dozen rounds of clashing, Ye Qin used some gold element that was coated around the koi like armour whilst the demon's dark pink energy covered its two hands as they continued clashing like before
Tremble* Tremble*
"Boo!"
"We don't wanna see this!"
"Haven't we seen this enough already?"
"Show us something more exciting!!!"
The crowd grew tired of watching the same kind of fighting as they begin creating noise once again. Just like the crowd wanted, Ye Qin's koi teleported away as it shot out repetitive beams of energy whilst Chen Jingyi's demon teleported in closer as it shot out balls of demon energy to cancel out the golden beams
Not only that, both monsters combined both physical attacks and elemental attacks. Even after minutes of fighting, both monsters didn't take any real damage as most attacks were either dodged or countered and deflected
Chen Jingyi's demon laughed the entire fight as it brought its two hands together and threw a large ball of demon element energy at the koi. Ye Qin's koi waited for the attack before twisting its body and used its tail to grab hold of the demonic ball and threw it back with added in gold element
His counter attack didn't end there, the golden koi disappeared from the field, just as he asked, the golden koi reappeared once more and dived around like it disappeared into thin air whilst reappearing in random places. Last night whilst Ye Qin was in his monster sea, he realized that he finally tapped into the power of time which is his koi's primary element
By briefly stopping time for a few seconds, it can reappear in different places it likes or attack an opponent. This powerful ability enabled it to do almost anything! From attacking to defending! Using this power, Ye Qin tested it out in battle for the first time without attacking to get used to it