CHAPTER 996: CHAPTER 994: HE IS THAT MAN’S DESCENDANT

"Save us? What do you mean by that?" Moss said gravely.

"Actually, I don’t have to intervene," Ariya said with a smile, "But, whatever consequences arise, you must bear them yourselves. I have no feelings for you, but if any of you die, the Cosmic Civilization will experience significant upheaval. I don’t want my days to be chaotic."

"You think we could die?" If these words came from anyone else, Moss would definitely think they were talking nonsense. But coming from Ariya, he couldn’t help but take it seriously.

In their eyes, Ariya was a very cold person, rarely speaking, let alone joking, and this "joke" wasn’t funny at all.

"You’re planning to confront someone without even knowing their background. I don’t know how you all have lived up till now." Ariya said disdainfully.

Moss had indeed investigated Zhang Menglong. Ever since he shocked the Cosmic Civilization at the allocation venue, many people started looking into his background. Someone capable of enslaving a level nine life form couldn’t have been obscure before that, could he?

But no matter how they investigated, the result always was that he originated from a Level One civilization in the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire. Beyond that, there was nothing special, almost as if many things appeared out of thin air.

"You know his background?" Moss asked.

Ariya showed a sly smile, whispering to Moss, "Actually, it doesn’t matter if I tell you. He is that man’s descendant!"

"That man? That man!" At this moment, Moss’s body trembled with overwhelming fear, a terror that penetrated to the bone and soul, an eternal shadow he couldn’t shake off.

"Moss, what are you doing? Quickly, kill him, we’re barely holding on!"

Even though it was six against one, those level nine life forms were still losing ground under Xiao Hei’s terrifying power, some even getting injured.

"Are you crazy? We can’t kill him! Stop!"

"What are you saying? At this point, stop?" The level nine life forms said unwillingly, thinking they should just eliminate Zhang Menglong and prevent future troubles.

"Ariya even said she wouldn’t stop you; what are you afraid of?"

"Act now!"

"Enough!" Moss roared, "He is the descendant of Zhang Kai!"

"What did you say?" The six of them blurted out upon hearing the name, the sheer shock almost made them forget they were in a dangerous battle, resulting in one of them getting punched by Xiao Hei.

"Is my ancestor’s name that well-known? Even causes dizziness?" Zhang Menglong hadn’t expected that just two words could render these level nine life forms so undone.

The six lay on the ground with hollow eyes. Though Xiao Hei had done significant physical damage, it paled compared to the mental shock.

Back then, Zhang Kai was unruly and never played by the rules. All seven, including Moss, had been taught a lesson by Zhang Kai.

Zhang Kai had once challenged the Summit Ranking of the Cosmic Martial Dao Association, reaching the top of the Level Eight Life Form Summit Ranking with a 100% win rate within days, then boasting that no martial artist in the entire universe could take him on.

The Cosmic Martial Dao Association’s higher-ups couldn’t tolerate it first. Though their names didn’t appear on the Summit Ranking, their combat skills surpassed those on it.

But undoubtedly, they lost again, even forcing out the association’s president, Zorg.

However, in that battle, Zorg was easily defeated, and Zhang Kai didn’t even move a muscle, crushing him entirely with his aura and even openly mocking him on the spot.

The largest martial arts association’s president in the universe, is this all?

...

Later came a battle between civilizations. Zhang Kai enjoyed tasting foods from various civilizations in the universe, and when he was dining in one, he coincidentally got caught up in a battle between the Noah Cosmic Empire and that civilization.

Why the two civilizations were at war, Zhang Kai neither cared to understand nor intervene. But, interrupting his meal, that was a death sentence!

In a rage, he alone demolished the fleet sent by the Noah Cosmic Empire at the time and even captured the fleet commander alive.

This incident caught Moss’s attention; having their fleet annihilated and commander captured was akin to slapping his face!

He personally rushed to the civilization involved to demand answers.

But he ran into Zhang Kai, and the outcome was all too predictable.

...

As for the conflict between Zhang Kai and the Cosmic Bank president’s bodyguard, Xilatim, it started with Zhang Kai developing a powerful economic model, which grew into a colossal economic system in mere centuries. Though far from the scale of the Cosmic Bank, it drew the bank’s attention.

If this trend continued, in two millennia or less, his organization would replace the Cosmic Bank, becoming the universe’s most powerful economic entity. How could the Cosmic Bank allow this?

Initially, they tried a gentle approach, hoping Zhang Kai would join the Cosmic Galaxy, even offering a high percentage of shares, which Zhang Kai dismissed without hesitation.

But other shareholders of the Cosmic Galaxy weren’t pleased. If soft methods didn’t work, they had to resort to hard tactics.

Xilatim, a level nine life form nurtured by the Cosmic Bank with enormous resources, had a higher life level than the bank’s leaders but remained loyally in its service. His mission this time was to assassinate Zhang Kai; once dead, his economic organization would fall apart.

Unquestionably, this attempt failed yet again, with Xilatim beaten to a pulp and hung at the Cosmic Bank’s headquarters gate.

...

The rest also had their conflicts with Zhang Kai for various reasons, though keeping their lives, they all ended up worse off.

But over two millennia had passed, and Zhang Kai never reappeared. They assumed the man had vanished, yet now remembered the terror bestowed by him.

Now they finally understood why Zhang Menglong, a mere Level Five peak-life form, could chase down Level Six lives and had nurtured a group of freaks like him.

They also realized why the Ritian Sect was so wealthy, possessing many extraordinary talents, even cultivating and commanding level nine life forms.

All because he had a monstrous elder, who in a few centuries subdued the universe with talent, leaving his name across every domain.

They only knew Zhang Kai was missing, never certain of his death, believing a person like him dying seemed harder than a cosmic destruction.

If he wasn’t dead, once they laid hands on Zhang Menglong, the consequences...

Would be truly terrifying, wouldn’t it?