CHAPTER 995: CHAPTER 993: I’M SAVING YOU

"The third option? What do you mean?" Several level nine life forms showed expressions of confusion.

"Don’t you know what kind of person this kid is yet?" Moss said, "People from the Ritian Sect just roam around the Treasure Hunting Space, robbing the resources of other civilizations. He’s setting his sights on us."

"Ah, the ones who brought me into this world are my parents, but the one who knows me best is Moss!" Zhang Menglong laughed, "If you hadn’t given me trouble earlier, I would have just left. After all, I’m broad-minded, I can handle a lot of things, and I can understand if a child wants to misbehave a little."

Moss’s mouth twitched slightly. He was already billions of years old, while the oldest humans born on Earth only emerged hundreds of thousands of years ago. Yet someone like him was being referred to as a child by Zhang Menglong!

"But you insisted on causing me trouble. I really don’t want to fight and kill every day, but you made the first move. You should know that summoning the Phantom Star God consumes a lot of life force, which makes this an irreconcilable feud, right?"

"I’m a reasonable person. My principle is money over life. If you compensate me a bit to make up for the loss, then we can consider the matter settled!"

"You!" Zhang Menglong pointed at Moss and said, "You are the ruler of the largest Noah Civilization in the universe, so you must be very wealthy, right? I don’t want much; just give me tens of thousands of level five civilizations and several million Cosmic Coins, and we’ll call it even."

"You, Zorg, right? The President of the Universal Martial Dao Association? Your Martial Dao Association is spread throughout the universe, such a large industry chain, must make a lot of money every year, right? Give me half of your shares, and you can leave."

"And you, the high-paid guard of the Cosmic Bank? Come be my security captain for a few tens of thousands of years, without pay."

...

Zhang Menglong arranged this group of level nine life forms clearly, leaving Otis stunned.

Honestly, it’s rare to see demands as outrageous as these, asking for money, planets, and resources is one thing, but you even want them to be your bodyguards, your slaves? You’re really shooting for the stars, huh?

He actually dared to extort these level nine life forms!

"Zhang Menglong, we’re not here to negotiate with you. I know that creature of yours is strong, maybe stronger than anyone present here, but unless you have seven of them, even at the cost of losing a few of us, we’ll make sure to kill you!"

Although the cost is indeed heavy, if Zhang Menglong is dead-set on being difficult, they will not yield.

Zhang Menglong shrugged, "I’m not negotiating with you either. You want my life, want to rob me. I’m not killing you, just asking for some compensation; I’ve been very lenient. But if you think you can pull off an extreme reversal, go ahead and try!"

"Then you’re asking for death!" They realized Zhang Menglong indeed valued money over life, and here’s the critical point: they shouldn’t let the tiger return to the mountain today!

Because Zhang Menglong already knew, they intended to kill and rob for Zuda Civilization’s inheritance. The seven of them couldn’t always stay together.

Given the Ritian Sect’s meticulous nature, Zhang Menglong has decided that this grievance won’t be settled. He’s definitely not going to let it go easily.

Even if Zhang Menglong leaves today, no one can guarantee he’ll come seeking revenge later. If he chooses to tackle each of them one by one, they might all end up being killed by his Phantom Star Beast.

Even if, by then, they realize the situation and band together, there might not be many left, and who knows if Zuda Civilization’s inheritance has other things like the Phantom Star Beast; perhaps even the remaining ones teamed up might not be able to counter it.

Having understood this, the few of them instantly felt a chill down their spines, grateful they realized it, because once they chose to stop Zhang Menglong, the situation had already become irreconcilable. Either they’d kill Zhang Menglong today, or they’d be wiped out later.

"Drag that thing down, I’ll kill him directly. Once the summoner is dead, without the supply of life force, the Phantom Star Beast will disappear too." Moss immediately came up with a simple plan.

They didn’t need to kill that Phantom Star Beast; they just needed to drag it down. Without its protection, Zhang Menglong was merely a strong level five peak life form, any one of them could easily kill him.

Little Black soon fell into the encirclement of the six level nine life forms. Though Little Black surpassed level nine and was indeed formidable, under their all-out siege, its pace was effectively stalled.

"Without that big guy’s protection, let’s see how you will stop me!"

"Ah, there’s always someone wanting to challenge the principal foolishly."

"Indeed, the principal is someone who boosts with cheats, you know."

"Hey, you are our Twin Whales Cosmic Empire’s King, right? Why so nervous? Relax, here, have a spicy strip to calm down."

...

"What’s going on?" Moss, having made a move, suddenly felt something was wrong.

Among Zhang Menglong’s people, aside from their Cosmic Empire’s King Otis, the others seemed as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing, even starting to eat.

Do they not realize if Zhang Menglong gets killed, they won’t escape death either?

"Gou Dan, exchange it for me..." Facing Moss who was right in front of him, Zhang Menglong was about to use Cred Points to prepare a shot, when a figure suddenly emerged from the void and blocked his way.

The woman waved her hand casually, and Moss’s attack dissolved into nothingness.

"Ariya?" Upon recognizing the one who appeared suddenly, Moss’s expression immediately changed; this was a woman who once brought him terrifying nightmares, second only to that mysterious man!

Years ago, the seven of them fought Ariya, and while they declared outside it was a draw, they all got injured while Ariya was unharmed, only ending the battle because she suddenly had another matter to attend to.

Time had passed, they had grown stronger, but she must have grown even stronger.

"You, always causing trouble. If I don’t keep an eye on you, you’ll surely get yourself killed," Ariya said with a loving smile, "I heard about the fifty thousand slots you requested last time, and I felt something would happen this time, so I had people watch over here. Didn’t expect you’d provoke these few."

"This really isn’t my fault!" Zhang Menglong quickly said, "They wanted to rob me, and they made the first move; I just retaliated with reasonable measures."

"I understand the situation," Ariya smiled, "You are his descendant. Don’t worry, even if you were at fault, nobody would dare lay a finger on you!"

With Ariya stepping in, Zhang Menglong didn’t need to waste any Cred Points. He was rather curious about how intimidating his great-aunt would be.

"Why are you here?" Moss’s expression was unsure as he spoke; it was clear his level of nervous tension concerning Ariya was quite exaggerated, "Are you also after Zuda Civilization’s leftovers?"

"Those scrap items don’t interest me," Ariya responded coldly.

"Then why did you save him? We agreed not to interfere with your matters in the universe, turn a blind eye to anything violating the Universal Alliance’s rules, but you shouldn’t meddle with our affairs either."

"Save him?" Ariya chuckled, "No, I’m saving you!"