Chapter 2186 - 2179: Be Sure to Treat Him with Respect

"Let me see what kind of good stuff this is!" After dealing with Zhang Kai a few times, Zhang Menglong had deeply grasped one thing: anything produced by Zhang Kai was bound to be premium. This had to be a very powerful secret skill.

"Water Control Art, huh? The name sounds kind of third-rate," Zhang Menglong muttered to himself, then started absorbing the information of this Water Control Art.

Very soon, Zhang Menglong felt just how powerful this Cultivation Technique was. The name was plain as can be, but the contents were incredibly profound. Once you truly mastered it, you could easily control all kinds of water!

Here, "water" referred to all liquids, including blood, and even molten steel counted as well! Anything that could flow could be controlled with the Water Control Art!

Of course, the threshold and difficulty for cultivating it were extremely high. The first necessary prerequisite was comprehending the origin Laws of water—though Zhang Menglong had already accomplished that long ago!

Time to get to work! Over the next few days, Zhang Menglong directly started cultivating this Cultivation Technique.

For five straight days, Zhang Menglong locked himself inside the villa’s Cultivation Room. During that time, Zelans and the others came looking for him a couple of times, probably thinking he was exhausted and still recovering. Seeing no movement, they went back to their own affairs.

On the fifth day, Zhang Menglong walked out of the Cultivation Room with full confidence. He headed into the shower, rinsing away the physical and mental fatigue of the past few days. All of a sudden, with a flicker of intent, the water pouring over him turned gentle, and the sensation of it flowing down his body was like a clingy little kitten rubbing itself against him.

Then, the water accumulated on the floor actually slowly condensed into two transparent water figures. They pressed close against Zhang Menglong, the water sliding back and forth as if giving him a massage.

"Now this has some juice." The more Zhang Menglong cultivated, the more he could feel how marvelous this Water Control Art was. He hadn’t even developed all of its functions yet.

Zelans and the others had gone off somewhere and weren’t in the estate. Zhang Menglong left them a message and then quickly headed out.

...

"Sorry, at the moment absolutely no one is allowed near the Blood Pond!" Zhang Menglong had just tried to enter the Blood Pond’s entrance when a few Holy Soul Alliance people stopped him.

Right now the Blood Vortex Flow in the Blood Pond had almost reached its most ferocious point, and this state would continue for quite a long time. Going into the Blood Pond now—how was that any different from seeking death?

Even those Top-level Explorers faced certain death in the Blood Vortex Flow, so they might as well just seal off the entire area.

Though in truth this was a bit redundant. Unless someone really had a death wish, who would come running into the Blood Pond at a time like this for no reason?

"Top-level Explorer?" The Holy Soul Alliance guards glanced at the epaulette on Zhang Menglong’s shoulder and couldn’t help being stunned. So young, already a Transcender, and he actually had a Top-level Explorer’s epaulette? Could it be stolen from some elder at home?

They were only here under orders to manage this place, but the background of a Top-level Explorer was something they absolutely couldn’t afford to provoke. Even their attitude immediately became much more polite.

"What’s the situation in the Blood Pond now?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"Very bad. The Blood Vortex Flow’s intensity has already reached level nine. We estimate it’ll strengthen to level ten in about a week."

"That fierce?" Zhang Menglong still remembered someone saying that when they fled, the Blood Vortex Flow was only around Level Six, and even then he’d had a hard time holding on. How terrifying would level nine be?

"So for your safety, sir, we advise you to stay a bit farther away."

"You’re not letting people in now?" Zhang Menglong asked. "Last time I explored, I left something in the rest area."

"Very sorry, you can’t go in now. The impact range of the Blood Vortex Flow also includes those rest areas. Right now several of the rest areas have already been damaged—the danger level is very high."

"I see..." Zhang Menglong could tell that getting in would indeed be troublesome.

But then Zhang Menglong suddenly remembered something: the Holy Soul Alliance was basically his own family’s turf! As the Zhang Family’s eldest young master, there was no way he’d be barred from entering!

"Explorer sir, you’ve come back again?" Seeing Zhang Menglong return, the two Holy Soul Alliance guards were a bit puzzled. With things this dangerous, what was this Explorer trying to do?

Other people avoided the Blood Vortex Flow like the plague, yet he looked extremely interested.

"Help me deliver this to the Holy Soul Alliance’s Alliance Hierarch," Zhang Menglong said, taking out the Zhang Family’s Clan Emblem and handing it over.

The guards gave a wry smile. What kind of status did the Holy Soul Alliance’s Alliance Hierarch have? That was a Peak Transcender-level existence! People like them, just ordinary guards, weren’t exactly in a position to see him whenever they wished.

"If you can’t reach him yourselves, have someone of higher rank pass it up," Zhang Menglong said. "If you can’t handle this, you’ll bear the consequences yourselves!"

Zhang Menglong’s unquestionable tone left the two Holy Soul Alliance guards a bit dazed. Even if Zhang Menglong was a Top-level Explorer with an extraordinary identity, as members of the Holy Soul Alliance they weren’t obligated to do everything he asked just because he said so.

"Please wait a moment, sir. I’ll report this to our commander."

"Fine, I’ll wait," Zhang Menglong said, casually taking out two Supreme Crystals and tossing them to them.

The two guards were only fifth order Transcenders. They had absolutely no ability to enter the Blood Pond to search for Supreme Crystals. Though they counted as high-income, they had to save up for quite a while just to buy a single Supreme Crystal. And this Transcender was actually this generous!

Their attitude toward Zhang Menglong had carried a bit of subtle resentment before, but now there was not a trace of complaint left.

The "commander" the two guards mentioned was the guard commander of Town Number One. He was an Eighth Grade Transcender, responsible for maintaining order across the entire Town Number One, and he was also a direct internal member of the Holy Soul Alliance.

"He wants to see the Alliance Hierarch?" Hearing this, the commander let out a cold laugh. Even he couldn’t just see the Alliance Hierarch whenever he wanted.

As everyone knew, the Holy Soul Alliance was formed by several countries joining together. The highest power body of the entire alliance was the Holy Soul Alliance council, but none of the rulers of those countries were the council’s speaker—they were only councilors.

In other words, those six countries weren’t the core of the Alliance; they were merely components!

The Alliance Hierarch, who was also the council speaker, was a very mysterious, peerless powerhouse. He wasn’t stationed in the council, nor within the Holy Soul Alliance.

All information about him within the Holy Soul Alliance was nearly legendary. Maybe only the heads of those six great nations had ever seen him.

"What did he want you to send to the Alliance Hierarch?" the commander asked.

"It’s a badge. I don’t know what it represents." The guard presented the Clan Emblem Zhang Menglong had given him to the commander.

"This..." The commander’s pain instantly magnified.

"This man—you must treat him with utmost respect. Do not, under any circumstances, slight him or offend him. If he has any request, you are to fulfill all of them. Otherwise, forget you two—the entire Holy Soul Alliance will be buried with you!"