As the competitors began navigating the earth section, the crowd's anticipation swelled. The Thunderstrike Sect's representative, a young man named Zephyr, wielded a pair of electrified twin blades and commanded three beasts: the mighty storm wyvern named Thunderwing, the fearsome lightning tiger named Boltstrike, and a sleek, cunning earth fox named Quakepaw. Their opponents, the Torrential Rain Sect's Beast Master, a skilled woman named Raina, commanded a colossal water serpent named Tsunami, a powerful aqua rhinoceros named Torrent, and a nimble water spider named Riptide.