CHAPTER 997: CHAPTER 995: I’M NOT FORCING YOU

"Go back, Little Black!"

Seeing that all those level nine Life Forms had lost their fighting spirit, Zhang Menglong knew there was no need to continue this battle.

"Seems like there’s nothing much for me here either," Ariya was also clear that Zhang Menglong shouldn’t be in any danger anymore.

But Ariya didn’t know why, Zhang Menglong’s face unintentionally showed a hint of regret, "What’s wrong? You look a bit unhappy?"

"Not really," Zhang Menglong shook his head, "This time I revealed all my cards, and I didn’t even have a chance to show off."

"Haha!" Ariya couldn’t help but laugh. As Zhang Kai’s woman, she naturally knew what "show off" meant. She just didn’t expect Zhang Menglong and Zhang Kai to both be so enthusiastic about showing off, as if not doing so made them uncomfortable, "Alright, next time I won’t crash your scene. I think you can handle such situations yourself."

"Hehe." Zhang Menglong laughed sheepishly, indeed it was just a small scene that cost some Cred Points.

"Do any of you still want to fight?" After Ariya left, Zhang Menglong turned his attention back to them.

Fight? With what? They were all injured and their fighting spirit was gone; they were no match for Little Black.

Even if they could fight, would they dare? Behind Zhang Menglong was that man!

"If you still want to fight, I can’t beat you, so I can only contact my elders!"

Upon hearing this, the seven of them shuddered. They could certainly guess who Zhang Menglong’s "elder" was!

Of course, this might be a mere threat, but even if it was just a threat, they had to accept it!

"No more fighting, no more fighting!" They looked at each other and saw deep helplessness in one another’s eyes.

"No more fighting? Then take the third option?" Zhang Menglong suggested, "This is your own choice, I’m not forcing you!"

As creatures who lived for a billion years, they were experts in weighing situations; since they couldn’t offend, now they could only opt for another way!

"Um, nephew," Zorg was the first to approach, he wiped the bloodstains from his body and said with a flattering look, "This time it’s my fault, wasn’t it just a case of a flood rushing into the Dragon King’s temple, family not recognizing each other? I didn’t know you’re my brother Zhang Kai’s descendant!"

West Moss and others’ cheeks twitched slightly, this Zorg was really shameless, calling Zhang Menglong, who was just over 20 Cosmic Years old, nephew; the generational hierarchy was somewhat messed up.

"Am I familiar with you?" Zhang Menglong wasn’t buying it.

"We’re certainly not familiar, but I’m very familiar with your ancestor," Zorg quickly pulled out a secret file from their Cosmic Martial Dao Association, "Look, half of the ownership of our Martial Dao Association belongs to your ancestor!"

"Oh, right," Zhang Menglong suddenly recalled that when he checked that account balance, he had seen dividends from the Cosmic Martial Dao Association in the transactions.

"This matter is my fault!" Zorg admitted, "My friendship with your ancestor is our personal affair, but a mistake is a mistake, so I should voluntarily admit it, and I am willing to give you half of the shares of the Cosmic Martial Dao Association that remain under my name as compensation. I hope, dear nephew, you won’t hold this against me."

"Alright then!" Zhang Menglong said, "For the sake of my ancestor, I won’t hold this against you!"

"Hahahaha, here’s my personal contact info, no matter what problem you encounter in the future, feel free to find me, there are very few things in this universe I can’t handle!" Having received Zhang Menglong’s forgiveness, Zorg breathed a sigh of relief instantly.

"Um, Mr. Zhang..." West Moss also stepped up.

"What’s the matter? You also know my ancestor?"

West Moss’s face reddened; Zorg’s friendship with Zhang Kai came from sparring, and there was no friction between the two, plus the shares in the Cosmic Martial Dao Association weren’t snatched by Zhang Kai but rather offered by Zorg in exchange for a certain treasure, so strictly speaking, Zorg and Zhang Kai had some genuine friendship.

But he, he indeed knew Zhang Kai, but their acquaintance wasn’t particularly pleasant.

"I, uh, am here to talk about compensation," West Moss said with a fawning look, "I just thought about it, the compensation you asked for is really too little, this Life Force is priceless, how can it be measured by money? If you must use money to measure it, those previous amounts are far less than your Life Force’s value."

"Oh? Then how much compensation do you think it should be?"

"A few thousand Level Five civilizations, tens of millions of Cosmic Coins, this is just a drop in the bucket to our Noah Civilization, I’m willing to increase the compensation by ten times!" West Moss, although speaking tough, was bleeding inside.

According to Zhang Menglong’s previous standards, although it hurt him, it didn’t reach the point of damaging his foundation, but if increased tenfold, this extortion would practically cut into his jugular.

But he had no choice, to appease this gentleman, even if it meant major losses, he could only agree.

"Cough, cough, Mr. Zhang, I just thought about it, being your bodyguard for a few thousand years, how could that be enough?" Silver Latim quickly expressed, "With your stature, you can’t have just one level nine Life Form as a bodyguard? From now on, I’ll be your long-term bodyguard, quitting Cosmic Bank!"

"Quitting? That’s not good," Zhang Menglong said, "I’ve heard that you were cultivated by the Cosmic Bank with a lot of resources, isn’t that a bit ungrateful?"

"What I owe them, I’ve long repaid over the years," Silver Latim said unabashedly, "Moreover, I’ve heard your ancestor was also a shareholder in our Cosmic Bank, and a major one, so by protecting you, I’m still serving the Cosmic Bank, that doesn’t count as ungrateful, right?"

"Sounds so reasonable, I can’t argue!"

"And you guys?" Zhang Menglong looked at the other level nine Life Forms.

"We’re also willing to increase your conditions tenfold!"

"Tenfold, huh? These are your own words, I’m not forcing you!"

"Of course, it’s our voluntary choice!"

...

"What’s happening?" Otis watched the scene of sudden reversal.

They were just about ready for mutual destruction, weren’t they? How did it suddenly turn into this? These level nine Life Forms were not only repenting for their actions but also fawning!

"Hey, did you hear anything just now?"

"Heard a bit, seems like the dean was using his ancestors to intimidate them, scared them all."

"Not ancestors, that woman just said the dean has an ancestor named Zhang Kai, they heard that name and were terrified," someone turned to Otis, "Lord, do you know who Zhang Kai is?"

"Zhang Kai... Zhang Kai... You mean Zhang Kai? His ancestor is Zhang Kai?"

Otis revealed an expression almost identical to West Moss and others earlier, Zhang Kai’s story wasn’t known to ordinary people, but over 2000 years ago, in circles of Level Six Life Forms and above, this name would appear from time to time.

First, he amazed people by defeating a genius martial artist who had dominated the Summit Ranking of the Cosmic Martial Dao Association for hundreds of thousands of years.

Then, he took the bold move of challenging the President of the Cosmic Martial Dao Association.

Later, he founded an unprecedentedly powerful currency organization, drawing attention even from the Cosmic Bank.

Then, as an Alchemist, he participated in the Alchemist Contest held every ten thousand cosmic years, using a level nine Law Weapon to instantly defeat all the other Alchemists in the universe.

And this was merely a part of his achievements; truly speaking, his accomplishments would take three days and nights to recount.

This person actually turns out to be Zhang Menglong’s ancestor!