Chapter 588: Catherine's Decision! The Mind-Control Beast God!

"Divine Descent!"

"Sacred Light Domain!"

"Adjudication Holy Sword!"

"......"

In the extreme north, on an endless ice plain.

Twelve-winged angel Catherine gripped a sacred longsword, holy light swirling around her.

Her exquisite, beautiful face was incomparably lovely, yet she also possessed a sacred majesty that seemed to disregard everything!

Whoosh—

Sword qi saturated with holy light surged through.

The seventh-tier ice plain beasts surrounding her.

Were slaughtered in an instant, as though they were mere ants.

Yet she seemed not to know fatigue, swinging her sword and killing again and again.

Ever since the Genius Competition ended, aside from recovering her abilities, she had been in an endless slaughter.

"Catherine, you can stop now."

At that moment, a majestic voice rang out from the sky.

Immediately after, boundless light gathered and, in the sky not far in front of Catherine, coalesced into the figure of a beautiful woman.

This beautiful woman stood in empty air; her looks were seventy to eighty percent similar to Catherine's, but her temperament and appearance were far more mature.

Like Catherine, she too possessed a head of golden hair.

Only her pupils were not green, but pale gold, as though containing endless majesty and sacredness.

"Mother."

The skyful of holy light receded, and Catherine called out softly.

Megan Evelyn, the current Pope of the Holy See, the sole Supreme of the United States, possessing the Elemental Light System SS-rank ability.

Evelyn was her mother, and also her teacher.

"It was not your fault that you failed to take first place in this Genius Competition; you need not blame yourself too harshly.

The Great Xia's SS-rank Xu Jingming is indeed the most outstanding prodigy since the awakening of primal energy.

But this is only a temporary lead; I believe that with your talent, you will surely surpass him in the future."

Evelyn's elegant voice rang out:

"Return to the United States. Staying on the ice plain for long is not good for your cultivation either."

"The United States?"

Catherine shook her head. "I want to go somewhere else to continue my cultivation."

From childhood until now, she had either stayed in the extreme north or stayed in the United States.

This time, she wanted to try going somewhere else.

"Where do you want to go?"

"Dayangzhou."

Catherine said in a firm voice.

That place was the largest land beast paradise on the entire Blue Planet, apart from the ocean regions.

Xu Jingming had spent long periods in the wilderness fighting beasts, which was how he had forged his strength.

She also wanted to go to Dayangzhou—called the beast paradise and humanity's nightmare—to temper herself, honing her combat skills and battle experience.

"The Holy See has a stronghold in Dayangzhou; you may go there."

After a moment's hesitation, Evelyn ultimately chose to agree.

Twenty-five years old this year, at the mid-stage of sixth-tier, Catherine indeed ought to go see the broader world outside......

Just as the angel girl Catherine was preparing to head from the Arctic to Dayangzhou.

Deep in the vast Pacific Ocean, on a massive island.

"Roar—"

"Howl—"

"......"

Among beast groups, they were considered a top-tier group.

The vast majority were king-tier, and the remaining small portion were also top-tier overlord-tier dragon-type beasts,

At this moment, more than ten of them were circling above the island.

They emanated endless terrifying pressure, their wings blotting out the sky.

The breath they occasionally exhaled could scatter the clouds moving across the sky.

Beneath the sea surface, pairs of crimson eyes hid below.

Deep-Sea Demon Whales, One-Horned Black Sharks......

Large numbers of rare king-tier oceanic beasts had likewise gathered here; not a single one of these beasts had an aura below eighth-tier.

And on that island, there were seven or eight beasts with auras reaching the peak of ninth-tier, from different races, staying there.

There were giant dragons, raging bears, and demon apes.

Yet among this group of beasts, a human was mixed in.

This human was entirely concealed within a wide hooded robe, their appearance unseen.

Yet the aura they faintly emanated was nearly on par with those few peak ninth-tier beasts.

And beside that human, a holographic projector had been placed.

The scenes of battle from the Global Genius Exchange Tournament's semifinals and finals were all projected and played back.

Only after all the battles had ended did the holographic projection at the very center slowly dissipate.

"Four SS-class ability awakeners — it seems the origin energy concentration has increased.

Not only has our Holy Race benefited, but humanity has also given birth to quite a few geniuses."

A strange voice rang out from the mouth of one of the giant dragons.

The instant this voice sounded, all the surrounding fierce beasts stopped their roars.

This voice did not belong to any human nation's language, but was unique to fierce beasts.

"Exactly."

The human replied in an equally strange voice:

"If we let these people grow up smoothly, they will undoubtedly be the greatest threat to our Holy Race.

Especially this tournament's champion, Xu Jingming — only twenty years old, yet already displaying extremely astonishing talent.

I suggest we eliminate him ahead of time."

"Human geniuses always have all sorts of secret treasures protecting them, so it's not easy for us to act.

This matter — better leave it to your Tianming Sect to handle."

The dragon's voice rang out once more.

"Understood."

The human nodded. "If Xu Jingming stays in Daxia, it's still a bit of a hassle.

But according to the intelligence I've obtained, he happens to be going to Dayangzhou.

Our Tianming Sect's forces there are nothing like the feeble presence we have in Daxia."

"Put the matter of killing human geniuses aside for now."

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

Suddenly, a vast, mighty voice rang out.

The seawater churned, and a massive jellyfish head slowly emerged from beneath the sea.

Judging by the proportions of an ordinary jellyfish, the part of the jellyfish head that had emerged was not even one-tenth of its entire head.

Yet this portion of the head was already roughly sixty to seventy meters tall!

Under the sunlight, the entire jellyfish head shimmered like rippling azure waves, casting a huge shadow on the sea surface below.

"Mind-Control Beast God." The surrounding several peak ninth-rank Beast Emperors hurriedly lowered their heads.

These ninth-rank fierce beasts of theirs were called Beast Emperors.

And fierce beasts above ninth rank were called Beast Gods!

This jellyfish was the Mind-Control Beast God, the one among those Beast Gods who was adept at spiritual-force manipulation.

"In at most four years, the Holy Lord will awaken.

By then, all of humanity will become our nourishment.

Human geniuses will have no chance to grow up."

The vast, mighty voice rang out once more. Hearing this, the many fierce beasts erupted with surging murderous aura, their eyes flashing with crimson light — clearly extremely excited.

"Tianming Sect — you only need to deal with humanity's high-level combat power.

I will have the humans I control coordinate with your actions.

We need to sweep away any possible obstacles before the Holy Lord awakens."

"Understood…"

The human knelt on the ground, signifying submission.

The enormous jellyfish head slowly sank back beneath the water, and the many fierce beasts that had been gathered here also dispersed in different directions.

A long while later, the human finally rose and left, treading through the air.

The entire island quickly returned to its previous silence.