Edgar was a spirit manipulator who had reached the third grade of the supernatural stage. He was at the very top of the rank of the young generation of the Holy Dragon Empire. He had succeeded in acquiring the dragon spiritual power from the Dragon Spirit Bead when he was only twelve. It was rare to see someone at such a tender age become a royal spirit manipulator. Everyone in the land considered him a God-given genius. Although Edgar was only 26 now, he had surpassed many experienced spirit manipulators who had worked hard for thier entire life. It was undeniable that he was the best of the best.

Ana, however hadn't even reached the first grade of the mortal stage even though she had obtained the dragon spiritual power from the Holy Dragon Bead. Compared with Edgar, Ana was only a talentless spirit manipulator.

None of them would even consider the possibility of Ana surpassing Edgar someday. They all thought that no matter how long she practices and how hard she works, she would never reach her brother's level.

Ana's claims were ridiculous. They now looked at her as if she was a lunatic.

When Edgar heard what she said, a scornful smile crept over his lips. He showed no concern or care. After all, Ana was nothing to him. Edgar didn't want to waste his time on such a minor being like his pathetic sister. After shooting Ana a cold glare, Edgar left right away .

The other royals looked at Ana with disgust before they turned and pompously followed Edgar out.

'Let's just see', Ana murmured angrily as she looked at Edgar 's back . Rage surged in her chest as she clenched her teeth .

Edgar's departure announced the end of the show, so the other members of royalty present left the Grand Dragon Hall as well.

' Attention, please! Except the last one, the others and you follow me!' said Priest Dean when he walked infront of the twenty nine young candidates and turned to Ana, glowering at her .

Priest Dean then walked out of the Grand Dragon Hall, and the twenty nine young candidates followed at once.

Ana was at the end of the line, lost in the thought about how she could possibly grow stronger.

After Ana left, Shirley walked to where Ana has been standing, clenching her fist, she muttered to herself, glaring at Ana's back, ' That bitch! She has obtained the dragon spiritual power from the Holy Dragon Bead, but so what? She is still a piece of shit! Nothing changes! But things have taken an interesting turn now. I will have more chances to teach her a good lesson in the future. You will regret what you said to me soon, bitch!'

Ana and the twenty nine young candidates followed Priest Dean and got into several large carriages after exiting the Hall .

They started off at once, wasting no time to begin thier journey. After a while, they reached thier destination.

Ana was greeted with the sight of peculiar architecture, which consisted of numerous cubes of different sizes. She and the other young candidates walked after Priest Dean and entered the building.

As soon as they stepped into the gate, a foul, smelly odor invaded their nostrils.

They nearly threw up as they smelled it. They could not help but cover their noses . Ana, however, didn't find anything particularly foul about it at all. The stench obviously came from animals and their dung. As a scholar in the field of animal gene study. Ana was so familiar with such an odor and has already been desensitized. After all, what she studied on required her to go to such environment. She had worked with that odor for years . She could even tell from the strong odor that there were dozens of animals living here.

She was right. As they walked along the long corridor behind the gate, roars and cries echoed in the air.

When they reached the end of the corridor, they come across a spacious hall. Tiers of stables lay around the hall in a circle, with each one them same size as a cage.

Under the dim light, Ana vaguely saw some figures of the animals in the stables. They varied in size and height. Because of how diverse they were, the hall resembled a closed zoo.

A middle aged man and his subordinates appeared and came to greet them . From the way he was dressed, Ana could definitely tell that he was an official of ancient times and could be in charge here. He was the beast raiser.

' Your grace!' the beast raiser greeted Priest Dean as he took a formal bow.

His subordinates bowed to Priest Dean as well.

' How is everything doing here?' Priest Dean asked with a arrogant air.

' Everything has gone perfectly, Your grace! We have prepared one hundred and eight war beasts for the thirty royal spirit manipulators to choose', the beasts raiser announced with a cap in hand.

Priest Dean nodded and turned to Ana and the other young candidates. He exclaimed ' Listen carefully! You only have an hour to choose your own war beast. Remember the number of the one you like. And then come back here when time's up. Go!'

The twenty nine young candidates were all bouncing off the walls . They dashed to the stables and began to choose their war beasts, while Ana still stood there .

' Why are you still here? Go!' Priest Dean yelled, glaring at Ana .

' Alright! Alright! Chill old man' Ana curled her lips as she walked reluctantly to the stables.

She was caught by surprise when she finnally reached them . They were filled with strange, monstrous beasts! Each war beast she saw was scary and hideous. There was one was beast with only an eye. And the beast next to it had two heads! Ana passed the two stables and saw another beast with two tails. What shocked her more was a snake with an eagle's face and a deer with a lion's head.

' Now I long for the animals we had back in my lifetime. How cute our animals in the modern era was! Why do all these so called war beasts look so strange? Is it because of gene mutation? But that's a good opportunity to start a new research anyway', Ana muttered to herself. She then began to look among them and tried to select one for herself.

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