Zhu Meng

Biodata

Personality

Zhu Meng treats potential threats to cities seriously and is willing to act before they cause harm. His suspicion of the Totem Mystic Snake makes him confrontational, but he agrees to investigate the deaths blamed on it and later acknowledges his mistake. He is protective of Chen Lang despite their frequent arguments 82 83 86 91 247.

Abilities & Skills

Lightning Magic

• Uses Super-level Lightning Magic. Against the Black Armored Heavy Cavalry, he forms a massive Lightning Halberd and hurls it into their ranks; their coordinated magic arrays limit its effect 192 193.
• Pierces the Silver Dome Lord’s Domain with an attack, but causes little damage to the Monarch-level creature 90.

Armed Combat

• Can fly using Flame Wings and wield a fiery Knight Lance 89.
• His Lightning Armor covers him from head to toe 89.

Equipment & Assets

• Lightning Armor — a Magic Tool used during the battle against the Silver Dome Lord 89.
• Pentagonal Lightning Stone mine — his foreign mining property in Banling Mountain City, managed by his niece Zhu Li. He later lets Chen Lang use its Lightning energy for cultivation 244 246.

Relationships

• Chen Lang — fellow Councilor and frequent collaborator. They clash over the Mystic Snake, defend Hangzhou and the Ancient Capital together, and later investigate a Vatican-linked operation in South America 82 89 123 248.
• Zhu Li — his niece, whose studies he sponsored and who manages his mine. He speaks proudly of her achievements 244 245.
• Luo Mian — fellow Councilor whose claims about the Mystic Snake Zhu Meng comes to distrust. Zhu Meng orders his arrest after his subordinates are implicated in Hangzhou’s plague 84 86 87.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Hangzhou: Zhu Meng travels to eliminate the Mystic Snake after two deaths are attributed to it. At Chen Lang’s insistence, he gives the Tang Clan three days to produce evidence. When Luo Mian’s subordinates are implicated in the plague, Zhu Meng admits he misjudged the snake 82 83 86.
• White Demon Eagle attack: He fights the Silver Dome Lord and is severely injured. After the Mystic Snake helps save Hangzhou, he removes it from his plans as an urban threat 89 90 91.
• Ancient Capital: Zhu Meng helps defend the city against the Undead, supports Chen Lang’s evacuation proposal, and joins the effort to defeat the Ghost Lord 123 130 133.
• South America: He gives Chen Lang access to his Lightning mine, then acts on Chen Lang’s warning that a subordinate codenamed Canary is colluding with the Vatican. The two travel to Ojos Holy Academy to investigate 243 248 249.