Rapidnovel #461 - Water Stop
#461 - Water Stop
This is the power of nature, and no one can fight against it unless they are gods who wield the same elemental power.
Zhang Chen stood on the mountainside, watching the surging flood. It was at least a hundred meters deep, carrying sand and rocks with a ferocious momentum, devastating everything in its path.
Countless small mountain creatures couldn't escape in time and were swept into the flood, becoming lost souls.
Many poor people who were digging for wild vegetables in the mountains were also caught off guard, swept away by the flood and disappearing into the vast waves.
"The Prince of Pingbian deserves to die! This isn't a natural disaster, it's a man-made one! He has committed such sins, why hasn't divine punishment descended to strike him dead?" Zhang Chen stood on the mountainside, his expression changing drastically.
"Wait, if I remember correctly, that direction is where the Inspection Division's 50,000 troops are marching," Zhang Chen seemed to recall something and his expression changed again.
In such a flood, even those with strong Qi and blood would only drown. The 50,000 troops are wearing iron armor; if they are swept away by the flood, their bones will surely be lost.
"The Prince of Pingbian has a vicious plan! This guy not only wants to stir up the Northern Territory but also kill two birds with one stone," Zhang Chen's face changed greatly. If Xie Lingyun's Inspection Division's 50,000 troops were buried, then the Northern Territory would be completely under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Pingbian's estate, and there would be no force to resist him.
How could Zhang Chen allow this to happen?
"Hide in the stone cave and molt, don't come out. I have important matters to attend to," Zhang Chen instructed, and then the water beneath his feet froze into ice, forming an ice boat. Zhang Chen stood on the ice boat and went down with the current.
Although the water was turbulent with hidden currents, Zhang Chen's boat was unaffected, as if it were traveling on a calm surface.
"I must find a way to save the Inspection Division's 50,000 troops. Only if those 50,000 troops survive to restrain the Prince of Pingbian's estate can they give me more help," Zhang Chen thought to himself.
He looked at his cheat-like interface:
"The Water-Fixing Pearl is out of the question. With my current mana, I can't fix the turbulent waters of the Heavenly Pool, I can only use it to fix a corner of the area. Moreover, the Water-Fixing Pearl only fixes the waves and undercurrents of the water, but it can't stop the flow of the flood."
Zhang Chen glanced at the Water-Fixing Pearl, then looked at his Water Control skill:
[4 Skills (Fifth Order): Water Control + Weak Water (0/5000000)] Can control all water flow within one thousand meters, freezing range of ten meters.
"With the Dragon Pearl's amplification, the range I can control is two thousand meters, but..." Zhang Chen looked at the surging flood. Although two thousand meters can accomplish something, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the滔滔 flood.
"Five million experience points isn't much to me, I can take the opportunity to upgrade," Zhang Chen secretly figured out a solution.
He knew that his Devouring Space was full of Ascension Pool energy. If converted, it could gather ten million experience points, so Zhang Chen quickly used the mouthparts of the Innate Mosquitoes to devour the energy in the Devouring Space. Zhang Chen's points quickly accumulated, and soon five million experience points were enough.
"Upgrade!"
Zhang Chen looked at his cheat-like interface and clicked without hesitation.
The text on the interface twisted for a moment, and then the Water Control skill was upgraded:
[4 Skills (Sixth Order): Water Control + Weak Water (0/50000000)] Can control all water flow within two thousand meters, freezing range of twenty meters. Dragon Pearl doubles amplification.
"Now, I can control all water flow within two thousand meters with just my skills. If I add the Dragon Pearl amplification from the dragon energy, I can control all water flow within four thousand meters," Zhang Chen smiled as he looked at the interface.
What is the concept of four thousand meters? Four kilometers! Eight miles.
The diameter of a small county town may not even be four kilometers (the author's hometown county has a diameter of less than four kilometers).
Controlling all water flow within four thousand meters is already the power of an immortal.
At this moment, Zhang Chen stood on the ice boat, looking around but not rushing to act. Instead, he was constantly observing the surrounding terrain, looking for a gap that could store the floodwater.
But Zhang Chen ran through the mountains for half an hour and still didn't find a suitable storage site. Instead, the water flow continued to branch out in the mountains, venting in all directions.
"The Prince of Pingbian is crazy! He's going to flood his own lair, doesn't he want to live anymore?" Zhang Chen cursed as he watched the raging flood.
After turning another bend, Zhang Chen vaguely saw a dark mass of figures. Those dark figures were lined up neatly, looking at the rushing flood with horror.
That team was the army of the Inspection Division!
Even after continuous diversion, the flood was still thirty meters deep. Mortals swept into it would surely die. Even experts who have mastered mysterious powers, without water control skills and the ability to fly, would end up no different from mortals.
Xie Lingyun stood at the front of the team, looking at the surging flood, her face pale and her eyes full of despair: "The Prince of Pingbian is crazy! Heaven wants to kill me!"
Although she had cultivated into a Yin God, she still had nowhere to hide in the wilderness in the face of the滔滔 flood, and she could only be drowned.
She was already like this, let alone the 50,000 troops of the Inspection Division behind her?
But the Inspection Division's army was still elite. Even in the face of the滔滔 flood, they remained in neat formation, without any chaos.
"My life is over!" Xie Lingyun sighed softly, her eyes full of unwillingness. She had a chance to attain the Yang God, and she had a great future ahead of her. How could she be willing to die here?
"It's a pity for my 50,000 brothers, who didn't die at the hands of the demon race, but died at the hands of their own people. The Prince of Pingbian is really crazy," Xie Lingyun's heart was full of resentment.
Just as she was cursing, the approaching flood suddenly stopped, as if a wild horse had been reined in.
At this time, Zhang Chen appeared above the water flow, looking at Xie Lingyun, who was pale and desperate, and the 50,000 troops. He secretly praised: "What an elite force, truly unmoved by the collapse of mountains. Such an elite force must not die in the conspiracy of the human race!"
"Why is Sister standing there dumbfounded? Why doesn't she run away?" Zhang Chen teased Xie Lingyun, who was in a daze.
"Why are you here?" Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen standing on the flood, her eyes full of ecstasy, and then looked at the stopped flood, her eyes full of disbelief: "Are these your means? Did you stop the flood?"
Zhang Chen nodded: "That's right, it's my means. Sister, quickly lead the army to escape."
Xie Lingyun's eyes were red, and she turned her head and said to the 50,000 soldiers behind her: "What are you standing there dumbfounded for? Hurry up and run for your lives."
The 50,000 soldiers received the order and began to run wildly.
Xie Lingyun stood still, but raised her head to look at Zhang Chen: "Quickly pull me up, I have something to tell you."
Zhang Chen moved his mind to control the water flow and pulled Xie Lingyun onto the ice boat. At this time, Xie Lingyun stood on the ice boat, looking at the surging flood accumulating in the distance, her eyes full of worry: "How long can you last?"
The flood is constantly accumulating, and the more it accumulates, the more difficult it is to control.
"I should be able to last a long, long time," Zhang Chen said.
The four thousand meters he controlled was a radius of four thousand meters, unless the flood accumulated to the clouds and atmosphere, it would not be able to rush past Zhang Chen.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun's eyes turned red: "I almost thought I was going to die young. That damn Prince of Pingbian is simply inhuman, I... I hate him! Can you control all the floodwater and avoid this disaster?"
Zhang Chen shook his head: "Human power has its limits. I can control such a scale of floodwater, which is already the limit."
Of course, he didn't say that if he got another 50 million points and upgraded the water control technique, he could control a flood of ten thousand meters, which might save more people.
Ten thousand meters is ten kilometers, and there are too many things that can be done.
But at this time, Zhang Chen could only master the water flow of four thousand meters, which only slightly affected the direction of the water flow.
"I don't understand why the Prince of Pingbian would do this, doesn't he want the Northern Territory anymore? Is he going to completely abandon his lair?" Xie Lingyun's voice was full of unwillingness, her eyes full of bitterness.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen shook his head: "The Prince of Pingbian is crazy!"
With such a flood and heavy rain, the last bit of life for the people of the Northern Territory will be cut off.
"What about your soldiers?" Zhang Chen looked at the Inspection Division's soldiers who were leaving and asked.
"I have already prepared large ships, as long as I tell them to escape on the ships, everything will no longer be a problem," Xie Lingyun said.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen felt a little relieved. Being able to save the 50,000 soldiers of the Inspection Division meant that there was still hope for the situation in the Northern Territory.
"I have an idea, I don't know if you dare to do it!" Xie Lingyun looked at the滔滔 flood and suddenly turned to look at Zhang Chen.
"Sister, just say whatever ideas you have, why bother testing me? There is nothing in this world that I dare not do," Zhang Chen smiled when he noticed Xie Lingyun's little thoughts.
"Since you have the ability to stop water, you should also be able to control the direction of the flood, right?" Xie Lingyun asked.
Zhang Chen nodded: "That's right!"
"I know that the Prince of Pingbian has three million troops stationed dozens of miles away, which is the foundation of the Northern Territory and the confidence of the Prince of Pingbian. What do you say if we control the flood and flood the Prince of Pingbian's three million troops, what will happen then?" Xie Lingyun said with a smile, her voice was gentle, but there was an indescribable chill, as if it could freeze everything in the world.
Hearing Xie Lingyun's words, a chill ran straight from the back of Zhang Chen's heels to the top of his head, and a thought popped into his head: "This woman is really ruthless! Never provoke her in the future!"