Chapter 61: The Tournament I
On the left side, the New Era academy's students stood side by side. On the opposite side, the Monster Haven team stood facing them.
Monster Haven's team consisted of four females and one male student on all four stages. It was clear that there was a larger ratio of female breeders compared to male breeders.
As the monsters were summoned. New Era's team mainly composed of the metal and earth element with a balanced team of both offense and support.
As for Monster Haven, all five monsters were barely over Level 25, however, all five monsters were of the Epic grade!
It seemed like this year's breeders were more talented than the previous years. Only the fourth year class had one Epic grade monster, while the remaining were all Rare grade. Not only did they have higher grades, but the species and types of monsters they had were also more unique than the other teams'.
Unfortunately, no humanoid monster was seen from either team. Wang Tao suddenly recalled a memory that popped up in his mind. Tang Yaling who had been their teammate last year had gone to Heaven's Gate which meant that she was here too.
He looked around for a bit and noticed her sitting towards the very back of her group. As he looked at her, Tang Yaling stared back at him making their eyes meet.
Back onto the stage, just by looking at the difference in grades, it was even easier to tell that the Monster Haven team would win compared to the battle between Black Cloud and Dixuan.
Just as the two brothers predicted, Monster Haven's team made short work of New Era, winning 4-1, claiming their position at fifth place.
Now that fifth and sixth place were determined. Finally, the battle between Nine Peaks and the Battle Temple would begin.
Ye Qin's team got up and appeared on the stage without needing to walk down. Ye Qin had used the Yinglong's power to teleport all five of them down the field. He had now exposed that his monster controls the Space element to all the academies.
"Hoh, a Space element, the kid will do good things." the headmaster of the War God Academy spoke.
"Hah, you haven't seen anything yet." Nine Peak's headmaster replied.
"Oh? Then I will look forward to the performance of your kids, I heard three of them were invited to my place last year but rejected. Let's see how they do." the War God headmaster said.
"Anyone want to make bets? It'll be 1:100." the headmaster then said between the other headmasters.
"1:100? Count me in!" the headmaster of Black Cloud university who had placed tenth again who was sullen suddenly lit up with a burning will.
"Me too!"
"Same here!"
Suddenly, the headmaster's space became rowdy as they all started betting amongst themselves.
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The students of the Battle Temple came up the stage. In front of them, all five men from the opposing side were bald.
"..."
"Are you guys an actual temple now? Or are you cosplaying a certain hero for fun?" Wang Tao couldn't help but remark.
The five 'monks' of the other team didn't reply. Instead, a visible vein popped and clearly showed their anger on their foreheads, while their eyes looked as though they were on fire.
The five of them summoned all their monsters at the same time.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Red! Red! Gold! Black! Silver!
[Monster: Flame Shrined Monk]
[Level: 35]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Fire]
[Additonal Info: A monk that mastered the element of fire. Able to create fire out of nothing and control flames at its will.]
[Monster: Shadow Flame Priest]
[Level: 35]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Fire and Dark]
[Additonal Info: A monk of both flames and darkness. It's in the name.]
[Monster: Golden Abbot]
[Level: 36]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Gold and Star]
[Additonal Info: A monster that boasts extreme strength. Able to turn its entire body golden, improving both offense and defense greatly.]
[Monster: Reclused Hermit]
[Level: 36]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Dark]
[Additonal Info: An humanoid beast in the form of an old monk. A master of darkness.]
[Monster: Devil Abbot]
[Level: 38]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Silver, Gold, and Dark]
[Additonal Info: A monstrous monk that recites both Buddhist and Devil mantra's, able to use the strength of both the Devil and Buddha.]
Seeing the lineup before them, the ten academies were all shocked. The first-year team all consisted of five humanoid monsters! Not only that, but each of them was also similar monsters with the same styles of battle.
"Hahahaha! Do you see this? They are known as the Five Demon Monks, I personally came to get them deep within a mountain of the Abandoned Lands." the headmaster of the Battle Temple laughed.
"Humans living in the Abandoned Lands? If the five of them are here, then that must mean there is a master and an entire temple of them right?" another headmaster asked.
"That's for you to find out."
Back on the stage, Ye Qin's group was quite surprised. For an entire team to have all humanoid which is amongst the rarest of all monsters to appear at once is legendary. In fact, they are probably the only team with such a lineup today.
Wang Tao couldn't help but to wonder if Jia Yazhu and their last teammate is strong enough to be able to hold their own against this lineup. If they couldn't, it would pretty much be a three on five battle, putting them at a great disadvantage if they didn't use their full strength.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Jia Yazhu's Knight of Divinity arrived on the field as its level seemed to have gone up to 33, while their mysterious dormmate's monster was a humanoid just as they were told.
[Monster: King of Darkness]
[Level: 38]
[Grade: Epic]
[Type: Humanoid (Land)]
[Element: Dark]
[Additonal Info: A humanoid monster that resembles human shinobi. A true master of darkness like no other amongst the same level. It specializes in speed and assassination, but can also fight in close combat.]
Yang Chen's monster was summoned as well. It seemed like the Super Soldier became stronger than in the past. It was now level 35 but seemed to boast much more potential than the King of Darkness.
The crowd other students watching too were surprised, three more humanoid monsters had appeared today in the first year stages. Apart from the first year and the fourth year stage with the student council, the other three years didn't attract much attention.
Knowing what to do, Wang Tao went and called out the Blackgold Python Tiger. With a flash of golden-blue light, a thunderous tiger's roar resounded throughout the entire stage.
A large tiger with golden fur and dark stripes all over its body, as well as large pitch-black wings appeared in the sight of everyone.
"It seems they have both gotten much stronger." Sun Zhan muttered as he watched from above. There, he could feel the aura of the Blackgold Python Tiger that he would have lost to last year even if his opponent wasn't Chen Jingyi.
As the Blackgold Python Tiger made its entrance, all the other monsters on the field felt a suppressive aura from it. Even though it was a lower grade than the other monsters, its pure bloodline and strength were enough to put pressure on both allies and enemies alike.
After all, it was a descendant of one of the Four Great Beasts of Asia. How can it be weak? As its level had gone up, its power increased much more than the average monster every level. Now that it was close to level 40, the Blackgold Python Tiger could tap into more of its bloodline powers and was almost able to evolve once again.
When the Blackgold Python Tiger was called out, the Battle Temple's headmaster frowned. "So this kid is one of the two that had rejected your invitation."
"It seems so, I recall that he was a big one last year, I wonder how he lost so much weight already." the War God's headmaster replied.
"Hahaha, impressive right? When he grows up, he should be just as powerful as those old fogeys hiding in my academy." the Nine Peak's headmaster interjected.
"Those old fogeys aye? I think he might surpass them judging from the aura being released right now. It's a powerful one, I can only think of few beings with such a powerful Tiger bloodline even on that side." another headmaster spoke.
"Indeed, if only this kid went with me. But it seems like he isn't the main character? I heard he follows in the shadows of a certain kid."
"Right, this other kid is just as impressive or even more so. It looks like the younger generation will soon surpass us." the New Era headmaster replied.
"Just watch, also no going back on your bets." the Nine Peak headmaster said.
"It's just a little money, no need to treat it like a treasure." one headmaster laughed.
"Shut it, just because your damn place is the wealthiest, tsk tsk."
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On the stage, it was now Ye Qin's turn to summon his monster. Out of the ten students, only he was the last to call out his partner.
Whoosh!
With a flash of gold light, another thunderous roar that shook every stadium as well as thousands of meters away. Various birds were scared witless while monkeys fell off from the trees they were hanging on.
From a golden gate, a small golden koi appeared and danced in the air. After witnessing such an earth-shattering roar, no one had expected that a koi fish would appear from Ye Qin's Monster sea.
"This is a joke right? How did a fish cause such a tremor, and better yet how did he get picked to represent the Nine Peaks?" a student from New Era couldn't help but exclaim.
Sun Zhan in the crowd laughed, "The hell, he called it out in that form, no wonder everyone is complaining..."
As for the Nine Peaks headmaster, dark lines appeared on his face.
"The kid is playing a prank isn't he? Are you tired of taking third place and want to go down the ranks?" one of the headmasters laughed.
As for the War God's headmaster, "Lin Ke, are your eyes rotten or does not body not work anymore? Don't you feel a familiar sensation coming from it?"
The headmaster whose name was called out directly shut his mouth as he looked again. This time, even he felt a suppressive aura coming from the koi that was much more than he felt from the Blackgold Python Tiger.
"It can't be a case of a fish leaping over the gate could it?" headmaster Lin Ke muttered.
Back on the field, his opponents frowned. They knew that there was no way such a thing could give off such pressure for them. It could only mean one thing, as all of them had the same thought.
The golden koi spun and flew straight up as its body glew with extremely blinding golden light. It's body slowly expanded in size as a deafening dragons roar resounded even louder than before.
The koi's body expanded into its full length of over 20 meters, taking up a large portion of the stage. When everyone's eyes opened up again, they looked forward as their jaws dropped to the ground.
"Holy sh*t! It turned into a dragon!" someone shouted.
"Look at the size of that thing! Would my monster even put a dent on it?" someone else shouted.
The Qiulong with its large head hovered in the air and looked down at its opponents. Since the Blackgold Python Tiger was close to being able to evolve again, it was obvious that the same could be said for the Qiulong.
Once the two monsters evolved, their powers would reach new heights once again. The Qiulong puffed a breath from its nostrils as the stage became filled with gold energy.
The Blackgold Python Tiger emitted ice from its paws slowly so that no one would notice as soon as it was summoned. With both Ye Qin and Wang Tao on the playing field, their preparations were set and ready to put into motion at any time.
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