' That one with two giant heads looks good.

Wait! This one seems better....'

Ana had trouble making up her mind. Each of the war beasts she saw intrigued her but she could only choose one .

All of a sudden, a faint cry came from a stable at the corner. Ana was drawn to it. She hadn't looked at this one yet!

She walked to the source of the sound and saw a small beast curled up in the corner of the stable. She could not see clearly what it looked like under the dim light. It seemed to be ill, because it kept trembling like a leaf. Ana felt pity for it and could not help but reach out her hand to touch it.

' All right, now!' Ana stroked the little beast to comfort it.

It seemed that it worked ! The little beast stopped trembling soon and began struggling to stand up. It's slender limbs held it up and then it hobbled out of the corner and stood infront of Ana.

As it got close, Ana finnally saw it's features clearly. What came into her sight first were it's large round eyes, innocent and adorable. It's long head looked like the dragon which Shirley road on last time .

' Is this a dragon? ' Ana's eyes twinkled in excitement, when she noticed that, but soon disappointment visited her as the little beast's body showed up. It's skin was wrinkled as a new born bird, but it didn't have wings.

' Oh, it's not!' Ana remember that Shirley 's dragon had wings and two fore limbs, but this little beast only had four legs. Obviously, it was not a dragon.

The little beast walked closer to the steel bars and licked Ana's hand.

' Oh! That's ticklish! Ha ha!' Ana laughed as she looked at the little war beast, which was the cutest one she had seen.

' Time's up!' A loud voice rang out suddenly.

' Sorry little guy! I need to go now ', Ana said, standing up to leave. She then turned around and began to walk away. But she stopped when she heard a faint groan. She turned back to look at the beast and was greeted with it's innocent eyes.

Ana smiled and glanced at the number that hung on the steel bars, and then walked to Priest Dean as well.

' Now ! Tell the beast raiser the number and you get the war beast you choose. Then you shall perform blood bond. Once the beast swallows down a drop of your blood, you will become it's master', Priest Dean said and then nodded at the beast raiser .

The beast raiser walked to the young girl who stood in the first.

' Number fourteen ', said the young girl.

' Number fourteen, a two star war beast, named Hellish Hound', the beast raiser announced. Then one of his subordinates went to the stable and opened the door. He led out a wolf hound like war beast, which had two long teeth like tusks sticking out of it's mouth. It looked quite fearsome.

' A two star beast! Not bad! ' Priest Dean nodded.

The other candidates looked at the Hellish Hound , envy sparkling in their eyes.

' Two star?' Ana nudged a young man standing besides her and asked out of curiosity. ' Hey! What does ' two star ' mean?'

The young man shot Ana a disdainful look, his lips curling in annoyance. He replied, ' You don't even know that! How can you be a royal spirit manipulator then? ' two star ' indicate their potential, how strong they can become later on.

The best war beast is a nine star one. A nine star war beast is a legendary being, as strong as a great master at the immortal stage. The higher the star rating is, the stronger a war beast will be. Take this two star war beast for example, it will stop growing as it reaches grade two, which is it's limit. For a three star war beast, grade three will be it's limit but a two star war beast is good enough for now.

However, a spiritual beast has the capacity for variation. A spiritual beast can break through it's limit. It can still reach nine stars if through this process ', the young man answered. ' Yet this kind of spiritual beast is few and very few people have the opportunity to see one through their entire lifetime ', he added.

Ana then thought to herself, ' Wow! A spiritual beast can upgrade it's level! The variation he mentioned could perhaps be something like gene mutation. But what triggers the variation? Is there something special about their genes ? I should do some research on that. Maybe I can even make a brand new species of spiritual beast! Those people who looks down on me would be stunned! Ha ha ! None of them would dare to call me crap anymore! I specialised in animal gene study, something which nobody could surpass me in !'

' A spiritual beast is so uncommon. Only the best spirit manipulators are qualified to own them . The strongest spiritual beast in the Holy Dragon Empire is the Blaze Furious lion, ranking number two on the spiritual beast list. That is a seven star one'

' What's number one?'

' It's General Bryant's Big Dipper, a rare spiritual dragon. Although it is also a seven star one, It is much stronger than Blaze Furious lion', the young man answered.

' Spiritual dragon? Why are the other kinds of spiritual creature called beasts? But dragons are referred to as such?' Ana asked, rather perplexed.

' The Dragon Master Clan is a superior spiritual race, and dragons are the rarest spiritual creatures in the Wild spirit land. What's more, dragons are always stronger than the other spiritual creatures at the same level. The dragon spiritual power is what ensures the top position of the Holy Dragon Empire in the wild spirit land, as the power enables us to control dragons . The dragon is the symbol of our Holy Dragon Empire, so we distinguish it from the other spiritual creatures. And the pride and honour only belongs to the royal spirit manipulators. That's us!' the young man said proudly, puffing his chest up.

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