"A solution that isn't really a solution? Let's hear it," Giant Axe said.
"It means using the influence of fate," Morosa said.
"Fate?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.
"Yes." Morosa nodded. "The ultimate fate of the billion World Beasts is to produce a king."
"So there are several ironclad rules. For example, once a sixth-order World Beast is born, if another sixth-order World Beast appears, those two must fight to the death. All their avatars must fight as well. The winner lives, and the loser dies outright."
"So, no matter what, only one sixth-order World Beast can truly remain alive."
"Two sixth-order World Beasts must fight each other to the death. That is an ironclad rule!"
"That really is a solution that isn't a solution. Isn't that just stating the obvious?" Giant Axe said. "Whichever of the two sixth-order World Beasts survives, does it make any difference to us?"
Luo Feng frowned as well.
Whichever sixth-order World Beast won and survived, it made no difference to humanity or the other races of the Universe Ocean.
"No, it does make a difference." Yun He shook his head. He glanced at Morosa and smiled. "Morosa means that if a sixth-order World Beast really is born, we can raise him to the sixth order too and have him fight that World Beast to the death... With our help, Morosa should have a better chance of winning."
"Oh." Giant Axe and Luo Feng both froze for a moment.
Morosa bowed slightly.
Although enslaved, Morosa was still obsessed with becoming the World Beast King. He had never forgotten his original aspiration.
That pursuit was etched into his bones, into the depths of his genes.
After all, that was the fate he had been born with.
"Don't worry." Giant Axe waved a hand. "We will never allow