Upset? Otto was, of course, upset. Not only had they waited so long, but as soon as Zhang Menglong arrived, he ruthlessly retorted, leaving Otto feeling anything but cool.
New grudges compounded the old, and Otto wished he could tear him to pieces!
But before that, he needed to weigh the difference in strength between the two sides.
They knew there would be a conflict, but they never imagined it would erupt like a tornado—barely settled down, and they were ready to fight?
On one side was Otto, currently the recognized strongest man in the Second World, and on the other was that demon-like young man from Huaxia, Zhang Menglong. One had just broken through a realm and needed to establish his dominance, while the other was already dominating the earth and the universe. And, importantly, they had old scores to settle—no surprise they ended up fighting!
"Wow, the dean really went literary genius on us!"
"If the dean's work isn't in this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, I'm not watching!"
"What's the name of that TV show? First, my name is not 'Hey,' it's Chu Yuqian haha!"
"Who's that old Russian dude over there, daring to act cool in front of the dean?"
"Exactly, who doesn't know the founder of acting cool? When the dean's ancestors were showing off around the world 5000 years ago, these folks' ancestors were probably still eating dirt, right?"
"Who gave him the courage? Liang Jingru?"
The students from Super God Academy behind Zhang Menglong bantered back and forth.
But Otto and his people could understand most of the languages in the world. This Zhang Menglong was rumored to possess the strength of the Heavenly Origin Boundary—fine for him to be arrogant, but who were these other people? Did Longxia not respect the strong?
"Hold on!" Otto hadn't yet had a chance to size up Zhang Menglong closely when his gaze firmly landed on the captain of Longxia, Meng Tianhe.
Otto and Meng Tianhe were archenemies who, as leaders of the Supernaturals Alliance and Longxia respectively, had been feuding for more than just a decade or two. Ever since both powers were established, they began a decades-long love-hate relationship.
The two had faced each other in combat not a hundred times but certainly eighty. They knew each other even better than their own spouses, and there were several instances where they almost killed each other.
Thanks to Meng Tianhe's good relations with Yin Wuyi, Meng had also received some true teachings of Ancient Martial Arts from Huaxia. He was a genius, integrating supernatural abilities with Ancient Martial Arts to create some very powerful offensive techniques, making his battle record slightly more impressive than Otto's.
Recently, when Otto had his breakthrough, he was thrilled to know Meng Tianhe was still at the peak of legendary Psychics. After being suppressed for so long, Otto finally had the chance to step over Meng Tianhe. He had even prepared some provoking remarks, but the moment he saw Meng Tianhe, he knew he wouldn't have the chance to say them.
"You broke through as well?" A disgruntled anger shone in Otto's eyes as his wrist device flashed a number: 22. Clearly, the difference in strength between him and Meng Tianhe was not significant.
"It's not just me who broke through!" Meng Tianhe smiled.
"Liu Zhennan, Zhu Enze..." Otto's gaze swept over those familiar faces. The data told him all these people had surpassed the level of legendary Psychics, and there were even several unfamiliar faces...
"18 people?" Otto's body began to tremble slightly. If the people of Longxia were about the same as his, Otto would still be confident to suppress them, but now the number of Huaxia's Psychics who had breakthroughs was more than double theirs!
"That Zhang Menglong... 23? Just like me!"
"Could it be those kids…" Otto then directed his scanner towards the crowd of young people behind Zhang Menglong.
"Phew!" The scanner showed that their energy was only about 5 units in strength. Otto finally breathed a sigh of relief. If those kids had surpassed legendary Psychics, he might really start to question his life.
The instrument doesn't lie, but people do. In the Super God Academy, there were at least a few hundred ways to hide one's power.
Playing cool, huh? If you let the opponent discover your strength from the start, how would you play it cool?
Although somewhat apprehensive of Zhang Menglong's power, Otto had no choice but to respond after those three sentences.
If he remained silent, wouldn't other countries' psychics think Otto was a coward?
After swaggering in front of them just a moment ago, he now cowers in front of Zhang Menglong like a dog, wouldn't that paint him as a bully and a coward?
"Young man, haven't anyone taught you manners back in Longxia?" Otto reluctantly said.
"And who are you to lecture me on manners?" Zhang Menglong laughed, "Do you think I came here willingly today? If it weren't for Captain Meng inviting me personally, would I bother coming to this godforsaken place?"
"He was personally invited by Meng Tianhe!" Otto was shocked, knowing Meng Tianhe's haughty nature, the fact that he personally extended an invitation, could it be that Zhang Menglong was really as formidable as the legends suggest?
"What are you looking at? You have a problem?" Zhang Menglong continued mocking, "Oh, I see now, you must be the head instructor of the Supernaturals Alliance, right? How's this for a surprise, I raided your old base!"
"You!" Otto nearly unleashed all his energies.
Having his headquarters destroyed was an utterly humiliating affair, he had also come here with revenge in mind.
The command given to him was, if possible, to kill Huaxia's Zhang Menglong; he just didn't expect they would clash this soon.
"Alright, alright," Meng Tianhe suddenly tried to mediate.
Although he was pleased to see Otto put in his place, their primary objective this time was to explore the spacecraft, not to fight. There would be other days for battle, the only question was what the date of reckoning would be.
"We should board the spacecraft first—the blizzard outside is getting stronger, the purpose of our visit matters most!"
"Hmph!" Otto left a harsh comment, "In the face of your Captain Meng, we'll settle this later."
"Please, I'm begging you, don't do this for Captain Meng's sake, come over and kill me right now, or you're my grandson!" Zhang Menglong was all fired up.
"Why is the headmaster suddenly acting so shameless today?"
"Can't you see? He's deliberately picking a fight!"
"Laughable, but not entirely laughable."
"Menglong!" Meng Tianhe was somewhat helpless; this young man truly was a beast no one could tame.
"Alright, alright, I'll give you some respect and stop arguing with him," Zhang Menglong was nonchalant, there would be other days.
"Right!" Zhang Menglong suddenly said, "You all know that we're going to a very dangerous place today, deaths and injuries could occur anytime, I don't need to elaborate on that, do I?"
Everyone, including Otto, nodded; they were well aware of the dangers within the spacecraft.
"As we are all here, I might as well not come for nothing; let's make a deal with everyone today!" Zhang Menglong declared, "Today in Longxia, we are rolling out a rescue service. If anyone can't hold on and needs help, it'll cost them 100 million US dollars per rescue!"
"What?" Even Meng Tianhe was taken aback, when did this service start? You've really slipped up this time!
You know how dangerous this mission is, yet instead of thinking about how to survive, you're figuring out how to make money? Please, act like a human being!