Chapter 2205 - 2198: Playing the Slacker
"What exactly happened?" Zhang Menglong wanted his detector to fly out, but Monton’s space storage device seemed to be wrapped by something on the outside, making it impossible for his detector to be retrieved.
His only judgment was that in that split second, a mysterious force killed Monton, and Monton himself likely didn’t know what kind of force killed him until he died.
Besides Zhang Menglong, no one knows what happened beneath this Blood Pond, and more and more people are gathered. Several hours have passed, but Monton remains missing, leading many to speculate whether there is some danger here.
Zhang Menglong directly edited the footage he collected earlier into a video and uploaded it online.
At this point, it’s unknown how many people are watching everything here. Once Zhang Menglong released the video, it immediately garnered countless attention, and the issue’s popularity even began spreading outward beyond the Holy Soul Alliance region.
"This is the Saint Weiss Ice Dragon, an ancient species long extinct! I have seen it in a relic of an ancient civilization. Once matured, this creature can reach the strength of a Realm Breaker. There’s actually such a well-preserved corpse here!"
"Is this an ancient creature burial ground? What kind of force caused them all to die here?"
"I have a question. That cave only has a two or three meters diameter, while these creatures are hundreds or thousands of meters in size. How did they even get here?"
"Idiot, with over a hundred million years of geological changes, even oceans can become peaks, what are you talking about? Go back to elementary school!"
Once the corpse appeared in the content of the video, many people began to speculate about this person’s identity.
In another country a thousand miles away from the Holy Soul Alliance, a young man seeming to be in his twenties was also watching this video.
His name is Feiyu Moyan, Moyan being the name of his family. It’s a family thousands of years old, exceptionally powerful with countless strong members emerging throughout its long heritage.
Nowadays, the number of Realm Breakers alone in the family has reached hundreds, and they even established a powerful faction called Moyan Academy!
This young man is the youngest generation of the Moyan Family, and they’ve recently received a task: to acquire ten thousand Supreme Crystals!
For normal countries and families, ten thousand Supreme Crystals is a number that commands awe, and its value can easily purchase quite a substantial-sized country!
However, to the Moyan Family, ten thousand Supreme Crystals is merely a task to test their juniors.
This matter is quite challenging for the whole family, but particularly difficult for the younger members since their resources are limited.
After a period of investigation, Feiyu set the Holy Soul Alliance as his target.
At his young age, he already possesses the strength of a sixth-tier Transcender. He originally planned to head to the Blood Pond for the Explorer’s license test during this time, but just happened to encounter the Blood Vortex Flow, which made him quite troubled.
During this time, he had always been following everything about the Blood Pond, and coincidentally saw this very video!
Initially, he was only curious about the space under the Blood Pond, but upon seeing the skeletal remains Monton saw before his death, his pupils suddenly widened a circle.
Regular clothes would have decomposed over tens of millions of years, yet there was still a set of Inner Armor on those remains, seemingly made from a very special material, still preserved even after over eighty million years.
And on that Inner Armor, he saw the Clan Emblem of the Moyan Family!
The Moyan Family’s Clan Emblem has several types; its overall pattern is very similar, with only slight differences representing the emblem owner’s identity and status within the family.
And the emblem on this skeleton is the highest level within their family, which only the Clan Leader and his direct Bloodline may possess!
For the Moyan Family, this is a matter of utmost importance.
Currently, the Moyan Family is gradually declining. Over time, even though the family persists, many things inevitably have been lost or altered in the process of passing down generations.
The Moyan Family was once considered one of the top superpowers on the Continent. They possessed strong Transcendence Techniques heritage, but no one knows if the power from the original heritage now even retains about thirty to forty percent.
Now that an ancestor whose status was significant appears, he may contain the family’s complete heritage. If they can obtain it, perhaps the family can shine with its former glory.
"This matter must be immediately reported to the family leadership!"
As a sixth-tier Transcender, he is confident he has at least mid-level Explorer capabilities. Spending some time in the Blood Pond to gather ten thousand Supreme Crystals shouldn’t be too difficult, but entering the cave to find the ancestor’s skeletal remains would far exceed his abilities.
Upon confirming this matter, the Moyan Family leadership immediately issued a strict order: no matter the cost, the ancestor’s remains must be retrieved!
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Zhang Menglong and others waited by the Blood Pond overnight. Besides Monton, several more people went in one after another, including two Peak Transcenders and seven ninth-tier Transcenders, but by the next morning, none emerged.
Boldly, Zhang Menglong speculated that the fate of these people likely was the same as Monton’s; they must have become corpses beneath the ground.
Yet, while the lack of survivors instills fear, it also signifies the extraordinary nature of the cave’s end. Many continue to speculate what might be there, with those wishing to explore it incessantly coming forward, albeit with some hesitation!
"There’s no one with slightly more weight, either," Zhang Menglong looked at the bustling crowd. Most here were merely spectators, without even the ability to resist the air currents, which made him somewhat frustrated.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, he turned his head skyward. In the distance, eleven presences were approaching, all of them with Realm Breaker-level strength!
"It’s the Moyan Family!"
"Moyan Family? I’ve heard of them; they are an ancient hidden family with strong power. Even they’re interested in this place!"
"Moyan Family?" Zhang Menglong muttered. There is little information about this family online, but even the available materials are filled with mystery and strength.
"The stronger, the better. This way, I can be a tag-along; go find trouble, I’ll gladly reap the benefits!"
Zhang Menglong was preparing, and again several more presences were felt from the sky.
"Hmm? It seems quite a few people are interested in this place..."