Meng Zhao did not care that Flood Dragon Little Nine's existence had been exposed. At his current cultivation, realm, strength, and influence, he was more than capable of sheltering a flood dragon spirit pet. Unless he revealed the existence suspected to be a Kirin Divine Beast that he had obtained from the Imperial Sui Relics, only then might he be besieged by the masses.
Moreover, those who had seen Flood Dragon Little Nine had all passively entered his service. Without his permission, they could not possibly leak such secret information.
Returning to Meng Zhao: after awakening Flood Dragon Little Nine, he communicated with it through the Mind-to-Mind Seal. Then he saw this savage flood dragon—clearly still young by age, yet nearly grown in terms of strength—slowly lower its head and prostrate itself before Meng Zhao.
With a flip, Meng Zhao straddled the flood dragon's neck. The true qi beneath his feet linked with the flood dragon's power, firm and unshakable.
The flood dragon then let out a draconic cry. Its thick body twisted and rose, then plunged into the vast, boundless waters, throwing up an enormous wave.
Once they entered the mighty blue ocean, Meng Zhao rode the flood dragon deep beneath the sea. The flood dragon's innate divine power to stir wind and waves and overturn rivers and seas activated on its own, commanding endless undercurrents as it roamed, observed, and explored the underwater world.
The world beneath the waves was winding and splendid. Vast swathes of marine life came in every strange and fantastical form, while the depths below were nearly unfathomable. The farther down one went, the greater the pressure became—pressure that even aquatic creatures could not endure.
Amidst these incomparably abundant marine resources and sea creatures, there were also marine savage beasts far more powerful and