Chapter 2202 - 2195: We All Went Through This
Zhang Menglong sat idly in the Super God Academy for a while, chatting with the students who were practicing spiritual cultivation. They discussed the current state of Earth; humans have already spread their branches in the new world, developing extraordinarily prosperously.
"Director, you haven’t visited in ages. Did you come specifically to chat with us today?" a few students asked.
"Not exactly, I’ve encountered a little trouble."
"Do you need our help? Many of us have already advanced to the Ultimate Lifeform. Senior Sister and Second Senior Brother are starting to break through to the Ultimate Life Form realm!"
"Oh?" Zhang Menglong sometimes felt he was just idling away.
He had the best resources for cultivation, the best environment, but in the end, he was only slightly better than others. Yet, the two students he had taken under his wing on Earth managed to catch up to him using next-tier resources, if not surpassing him.
"But this time you can’t help. I’m here to find a treasure! I need Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad’s Purple Gold Gourd or the Golden Winged Great Peng’s Flask of Yin and Yang Essence to store some things for me."
"Huh? But the Super God Academy doesn’t have Lord Lao Zi and the Golden Winged Great Peng, right?" the students asked curiously. It seemed Zhang Menglong as the director should be more aware of this!
"Not right now, but shortly there will be!"
"Huh?" The students were even more puzzled, what did this mean?
Almost at that very moment, the entire Super God Academy shook. The sky suddenly split open, startling everyone.
In their understanding, the space of Super God Academy was incredibly stable; even if their Senior Sister exerted all her strength, she couldn’t have any impact on the Academy’s space. So far, there had never been a situation of space cracking at the Super God Academy.
"Is the Academy going to collapse?"
Just as the students were still speculating, a gigantic hand appeared from the crack, tossing out a silhouette.
This was an eagle-headed man covered in black feathers, yet he had golden wings. However, this pair of wings now appeared messy and dim, with a few bald patches, suggesting he had endured a fierce and brutal battle.
His clothes were also torn and tattered, his expression particularly resentful.
He was puzzled indeed! He was drinking and having fun with his two brothers on Lion Camel Ridge when suddenly a naked man appeared out of nowhere, muttering something about the great revival of the Zhang family, then beat him up and tossed him here.
He was none other than the mighty Golden Winged Great Peng. Even the Tathagata in the West Heaven has to call him uncle, nobody ever dared provoke him, and few could defeat him by magical strength. Yet today, he was treated like an ordinary bird and roughed up.
"Menglong, I’ve got the guy for you; the rest is up to you now!" Zhang Kai’s voice gradually faded away.
"Thanks, ancestor!"
The Golden Winged Great Peng struggled to stand up, curiously observing this strange world around him, "Where is this place? What happened to my Lion Camel Ridge?"
"Let me introduce myself, I’m Zhang Menglong, this is the Super God Academy, and I’m the director here. From now on, you’ll be a teacher at the Super God Academy, so get along well with the other teachers and students, okay!"
"What nonsense are you talking, ordering me around?" The Golden-Winged Great Peng glanced at Zhang Menglong; to him, as an Eighth Grade Ultimate Lifeform, Zhang Menglong seemed like an ant he could squash with ease and was certainly not worth mentioning.
"At the Super God Academy, everyone must call me Director!"
Outside this world, Zhang Menglong might be wary of this Golden Winged Great Peng, but inside the Super God Academy, he held the supreme authority!
"Director? Even the Tathagata dares not order me like this. You shall perish!" The Golden Winged Great Peng summoned a Fangtian halberd, appearing to be a potent Divine Artifact, terrifying many teachers and students into trembling.
"Bang!" Zhang Menglong snapped his fingers, instantly summoning countless chains from the void to attack the Golden Winged Great Peng.
He was incredibly strong too, wielding the Fangtian halberd with such precision, clearing all the chains away. As the speed and force of the chains grew, after several minutes, they eventually disarmed him, transforming the remaining chains into a tight wrap around him.
"Humans, let me go, or I will punish you severely!"
"Oh wow, still defiant!" Zhang Menglong stepped forward, delivering a hefty slap to the Golden Winged Great Peng’s face, but pain shot through his hand. The strength of this Golden Winged Peng was overwhelming, and his physicality far exceeded Zhang Menglong’s.
The Golden Winged Great Peng was flabbergasted by Zhang Menglong’s audacity, unable to comprehend how a mere human dared treat him with such disdain, even when the Arhat Bodhisattvas under Tathagata would treat him respectfully. This was the first humiliation he’d ever faced.
"What are you staring at!" Zhang Menglong slapped him again, "Listen carefully, I’m the director of the Super God Academy, Zhang Menglong. From now on, whenever you see me, respectfully call me Director, or I won’t stop until you obey!"
Zhang Menglong understood, to tame the proud Golden Winged Great Peng would take some time.
"Hand over your Flask of Yin and Yang Essence!" Zhang Menglong reached out his hand.
"Don’t even think about it!" The Golden Winged Great Peng turned his face away.
"Bang!" Zhang Menglong snapped his fingers again, electricity coursed through the chains binding the Golden Winged Great Peng, roasting him thoroughly, and his cries of agony filled the air, while he angrily threatened Zhang Menglong. Yet Zhang Menglong was unfazed.
"Alright, alright, I’ll hand it over!" After ten minutes of electric therapy, the Golden Winged Great Peng became meek; even Thunder didn’t scare him this much. He couldn’t fathom why Zhang Menglong’s summoned thunder was so potent.
"So this is the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence," Zhang Menglong observed the flask, which was no larger than a water bottle, yet its weight compared to a planet. Zhang Menglong struggled to lift it.
"I’ll return it after I’m done," Zhang Menglong didn’t even release the Golden Winged Great Peng, promptly running out of the Super God Academy.
A purple potato-headed figure approached the Golden Winged Great Peng, sighed, "Hey, brother, I advise you not to resist, in this place, resisting is futile."
"Brother? What are you, worthy enough to be called my brother?"
The purple potato head shook his head, putting on a glove encrusted with colorful gemstones, punched him hard in the stomach.
This punch made the Golden Winged Great Peng nearly puke his New Year’s Eve dinner from last year; this seemingly ordinary purple potato head possessed power far more terrifying than his brother, the White Elephant Spirit!
Such a being was trapped in this godforsaken place!
"We all went through this, too," the purple potato head advised, "you should honestly stay here, it’s a pretty good place after all."
"What’s your name?" Golden Winged Great Peng asked.
"In my world, they call me Thanos!"
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