Zhang Tao turned to the Rank 9 city lord and asked, "May I ask which city you're the lord of?"
The Rank 9 city lord glanced at Zhang Tao, then snorted. "Red Plum City!"
Zhang Tao nodded in understanding, then smiled. Red Plum City. I'll remember that. Just you wait.
"Heh, come on down, then. What's the matter, don't dare?" Zhang Tao taunted.
The lord of Red Plum City snorted and turned to leave. There was nothing he could do about it. The other two were fine out on the Forbidden Sea, so even an idiot could tell they had powerful backing—possibly even a True King backing them. He chickened out and left without another word.
As for the Rank 9 monster beast, to hell with it.
The Rank 9 monster beast clearly didn't want to let Zhang Tao and Li Zhen go so easily. It kept circling around, then finally seemed to make up its mind and charged at them.
Seeing the Rank 9 monster beast actually dare to enter the sea, Zhang Tao was startled. He and Li Zhen hurriedly ran, while Gong Yuzi smiled and sent out his mental power, taking control of a Rank 9 monster beast in the sea.
The moment the Rank 9 monster beast entered the Forbidden Sea, several enormous tentacles attacked it. The beast turned pale with fright and hurriedly defended itself. Zhang Tao and Li Zhen stopped running at once and settled in to watch the show.
"Why are they fighting?" Li Zhen asked.
Zhang Tao shrugged. "Maybe land-dwelling and sea-dwelling monster beasts don't get along. Otherwise, they wouldn't be fighting."
They were all Rank 9, which made them hard to kill. The sea-dwelling monster beasts weren't stupid, either; most of them would probably turn a blind eye. If it were