Foresight

The 3 competitors rush towards the center of the arena. Neither being further nor farther than the other. As all 3 girls arrive at the center of the arena the single boy seemingly disappears, his presence a mystery to even the Judges and his own team.

As his presence fades the three girls all meet up in the center. In that moment they had all decided that they would grab as many balls as they could before hurrying back. Maria and Isuel grab only a single ball and quickly return to their area however Taori remains behind. 

[Taori] My cursed technique is perfect for scenarios like this.

She grabs one of the balls while her clone grabs another. The two would then return back to their purple circle. Her ingenious move sets the crowd on fire now leaving only 3 of the original 7 balls inside the circle. 

remaining time: 7 minutes 56 seconds

After the first trip, the three students return to the center of the arena but this time they now recognize the threat that Taori had on the game. Mariah hoping to take her out forms a threatening hand sign before shouting:

"Domain Expansion: Prophetic Eye of Apollo"

A pitch-black sphere encompasses the three until a purple eye illuminates the domain in the sky. Nobody from the outside can view what happens on the inside.

Mariah then begins to talk,

"I can't use my cursed technique without opening my domain so I'm only going to explain this once. My innate technique allows me to draw 22 tarot cards from the major arcana, with each card having its own unique effect that is forced upon the person whom it is drawn upon. The domain also has a secret binding vow that prevents it from being broken so don't bother trying to activate your own."

A deck of 22 cards then spawns behind the woman with a random 2 flying in front of her.

"For Yumihito Taori I have drawn The reversed Star, and for Isuel Baek I have drawn The Hanged Man"

The domain then closes as light is restored to the world. The two leave the domain with an odd feeling permeating around them. A harsh sense of despair then takes over Taori as she screams while crying. Israel struggles to decide between attacking Mariah or grabbing another ball.

[Mariah] The reverse star provides emotions of despair while the hanged man forces indecisiveness. Don't worry you will return to normal after a minute.

Mariah picks up one of the balls and quickly retreats back to the safety of her circle.

after 1 minute passes the effects cease to exist and the two fighters are brought back to normal.

Spotting the two balloons that are left in the middle the two girls agree to a temporary truce and take one each.

Taori - 2 balls

Isuel - 2 balls

Mariah - 3 balls

Wang - 0 balls

6 minutes 37 seconds left

The two identifying Mariah as the greater threat they both charge toward her circle area. As the two got too close to the fortune teller, she once again chanted,

"Domain Expansion: Prophetic Eye of Apollo"

Before Taori is once again devoured by the barrier she opens up her simple domain shielding her from its effects for 5 seconds. 

"I haven't been slacking these last two weeks!", she declares.

She draws the blade and slashes the woman in the head with the back of her blade knocking her out. Luckily for the woman, her domain still affected Isuel who had been hit with the effects of the moon trapping her in an illusion for one minute.

Unfortunately for Isuel, she had already been hit by the effects of her domain once again and this time hit by the effects of the hanged man.

Taori quickly grabs one of the balloons as her clone grabs another putting her in first place with 4 balls.

now only 6 minutes remained on the clock.

Isuel who had recovered ahead of Mariah grabs onto one of her balloons and quickly returns back to her circle. When Mariah did recover she threw a tantrum seeing that she now had none of her balloons. She quickly runs to the center of the circle now betting all her luck on being able to obtain the golden ballon.

As the timer reached the 5-minute mark a golden light illuminates the center of the arena. It signified the appearance of the golden ball. However, just as quickly as it appeared it also disappeared. This confused, the arena that had been looking forward to its appearance were quickly disappointed as it had vanished. then 1 minute later everyone was surprised to see the scoreboard update.

Wang - infinite balls

Taori - 4 balls

Isuel - 3 ball

Mariah - balls

At that point, Taori had come to the conclusion that Wangs' innate techniques granted him the ability to erase his presence from the world. Even affecting the things he touches. This explains why the balloon had also disappeared when he touched it.

Mariah seeing the situation that she was in, runs over to Isuel to try and take her ball. However, before she gets a chance Isuels innate technique activates. 

It allowed her to mark territory in only one area that expanded the longer she stayed in that spot. The territory can then be modified with heavy artillery that drains her cursed energy when used.

This gave her the ultimate defense that surpassed even Akumus' Black palace.

As she attempts to activate her domain expansion once again she is hit by the rebound of activating it twice causing her to cough up blood and bleed from her eyes.

This was a sight that the group was experiencing for the very first time, they had never witnessed the consequences of utilizing domain expansion as the fight had either ended too quickly or the users were monsters in their own right.

As the women collapsed to the ground the match's end appeared to have drawn near.

All the competitors had decided to end the round like this. Taori was already aware that in a battle for the ball, he would lose against Wang. She had no choice but to remain in her position. The same could be said for Isuel. In the end, China won its third game with Japan now coming in second place. The points are once again counted as they are displayed on the board

China - 10 points

Japan - 5 points

Korea - 5 points 

America - 4 points

[Frotsty whipp] AND THAT IS THE END OF THE FOURTH ROUND!!!!

The crowd however shouts,

"WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!"

[Frosty Whipp] Okay chill! What can I give as compensation?

The audience then paused for a long moment. And that's when the murmuring began. They were all conversing on what they should get the judges to do, Then one man screamed,

"TAKE OFF THE MASK!"

For multiple years Frosty Whipp served as the mascot for the curse battle tournament of the death of Stew F Gerald. It was about time that they found out who was under the mask.

Frosty Whipp agreeing to everyone's demands slowly leviated both of his arms and grabbed his head. The audience watched carefully with several cameras now being pointed at him.

As he pushed his arms up the audience went silent from suspense, and then there was confusion.

As his head came off it revealed.... Nothing.

There was nothing in his head, the audience then demanded he took his suit off but he shrudded saying that they had one wish and he had granted it. The disappointingly short round had ended just like that, with china possessing an over whelming advantage over the other teams.