Decreasing the movement speed by 40%... Unless the opponent's strength was much greater than Elder Ape's or Chen Fan's, being hit with this move would essentially make them passively take hits for 15 seconds.
Not bad.
Chen Fan didn't really care much about the Awakening skill matter.
Being able to copy skills from other Guardian Beasts, Snowy and Elder Ape being able to awaken new skills, was not important at all.
Improving their overall strength is the most crucial factor.
Don't look down on Snowy and Elder Ape, even though their Combat Power Level is still only 13, they can easily defeat 25 Level monsters in single combat now!
At the beginning, the upgrade in Species Level brought less of a power boost than a one-level upgrade in Combat Power Level.
But after the Species Level reached "Monarch", the power increase brought by each species level upgrade far exceeded the power increase brought by the Combat Power Level upgrade.