"Beep!" The whistle sounded.
Immediately after, a standard announcer's voice rang out from the broadcast system, spreading across the entire Kainan Pet Beast Battle Arena.
"First match, Saint Water High School Qiao Sang wins."
"Whoa!"
Deafening cheers erupted at once, and the venue instantly became noisy.
Especially the people in the contestants' section—they could hardly believe their eyes.
This was the kind of shock only this year's Grade Three Section students could understand.
Ding Yanjing, the Ding Yanjing who had become the nightmare of every Grade Three Section school team member, had lost just like that?!
"Holy crap, this Qiao Sang is a monster..."
"The times are changing..."
"What the hell is Ding Yanjing doing? He beat me so badly, yet he lost to a first-year?!"
"You can't really blame him. Think about it—Ghost Type plus Psychic Type pet beasts, with Darkness Shadow Control in Three-Dimensional Mode. No matter how fast Flickering Crow is, it wouldn't have worked."
"Actually, Ding Yanjing fought pretty ruthlessly just now. If Flickering Crow's defense had been a little stronger, it might really have turned things around after breaking free from Darkness Shadow Control. After all, something as fragile as Treasure Hunting Fairy would be finished after one lightning strike."
"Yeah, he was still the first person to break free from Darkness Shadow Control."
"That move where he had Flickering Crow stick its beak into the ground—I don't consider that a loss in my heart. I definitely never would've thought of that move."
"Don't forget, Guwei Flower is Ding Yanjing's trump card."
Almost everyone present had lost to Ding Yanjing before. Though they were secretly thrilled by this result, they still put on a show of making excuses for him.
After all, if they admitted Ding Yanjing wasn't that good, then what did that make