This is the power of nature, and no one can withstand it, unless they possess the same attribute power as a Divine Spirit.
Zhang Chen stood halfway up the mountain, watching the torrential flood, at least a hundred meters deep, sweeping along with sand and stones, relentlessly destroying all obstacles ahead.
Countless small animals in the mountains were caught-off-guard and swept away by the flood, becoming wandering souls.
And countless impoverished villagers digging for wild vegetables in the mountains were also unable to escape in time, swept up and lost within the vast waves.
"Prince Pingbian should be damned! This is not a natural disaster, it's a man-made calamity! How could he commit such sins without seeing celestial punishment striking him down?" Zhang Chen stood halfway up the mountain, his face livid.
"No, if I remember correctly, that direction should be the march route of the fifty thousand troops of the Inspection and Supervision Department." Zhang Chen seemed to recall something and became livid again.
Under such a flood, even a Qi Blood Strong Person falling in would only face drowning, and those fifty thousand troops wearing iron armor, once swept by the flood, their bodies would surely be obliterated.
"What a vicious strategy by Prince Pingbian, it's not just causing chaos in the Northern Land, but killing two birds with one stone." Zhang Chen's complexion changed dramatically, if Xie Lingyun's fifty thousand troops were buried, then the Northern Land would be completely under the jurisdiction of Prince Pingbian's Mansion, with no power able to resist Prince Pingbian.
How could Zhang Chen allow this to happen?
"Hide in the stone cave and shed your skin, don't go out, I have urgent matters to attend to." Zhang Chen instructed, and in the next moment, the water underfoot froze into ice, transforming into an ice ship, and Zhang Chen stood on it, sailing down the stream.
Though the water surged with waves and undercurrents, Zhang Chen's small boat was unaffected, as if sailing on still water.
"I must find a way to save the fifty thousand troops of the Inspection and Supervision Department, only by keeping these troops alive to restrain Prince Pingbian's Mansion can I gain more support." Zhang Chen contemplated silently.
He cast his gaze toward his Golden Finger Interface:
"No need to mention the Water Stabilizing Pearl, with my current magical power, I cannot stabilize the raging Celestial Pool waters, I can only use the Water Stabilizing Pearl to stabilize a small area. Moreover, what it stabilizes are the waves and undercurrents, not the flow of the flood."
Zhang Chen glanced at the Water Stabilizing Pearl and moved his gaze away, then looked at his own Water Control Skill:
[Skill 4 (Level 5): Water Control Technique + Weak Water (0/5000000)] Can control all water within one kilometer, freezing range of ten meters.
"With the Dragon Pearl doubling the effect, I can now control a range of two thousand meters, but…" As Zhang Chen looked at the surging flood, though two thousand meters is feasible, it is a drop in the ocean compared to the vast flood.
"Five million experience points aren't much for me, I can take the opportunity to upgrade." Zhang Chen quietly planned.
It's important to note that his Devouring Space is full of Ascension Pool energy, which if converted, can accumulate millions of experience points, so Zhang Chen began rapidly using the mouthparts of the Innate Mosquito to devour energy in the Devouring Space, his points quickly accumulating, and soon, five million experience points were sufficient.
"Upgrade!"
Zhang Chen looked at his Golden Finger Interface and pressed without hesitation.
In the next moment, the text on the Golden Finger Interface twisted, and the Water Control Technique was upgraded:
[Skill 4 (Level 6): Water Control Technique + Weak Water (0/50000000)] Can control all water within two kilometers, freezing range of twenty meters. Dragon Pearl doubles the effect.
"Now, with just the skill, I can control all water within two kilometers, and with the amplification of the Dragon Pearl from the Dragon Qi, I can control all water within four kilometers." Zhang Chen smiled at the Golden Finger Interface.
What does four thousand meters mean? Four kilometers! Eight miles.
Even a small county's diameter may not be four kilometers (the author's county hometown does not have a diameter of four kilometers).
Controlling all water within four kilometers, this is already the power of an Immortal.
At this moment, Zhang Chen stood on the ice ship, his eyes surveying all around, not hurrying into action, but continually surveying the surrounding terrain, seeking a gap to store the flood.
However, after half an hour of maneuvering through the mountains, he still hadn't found a suitable storage area, instead, the water kept branching through the mountains, spreading in different directions.
"Prince Pingbian is crazy! He wants to flood his own lair, does he not plan to live anymore?" Zhang Chen cursed under his breath, looking at the rampaging flood.
Rounding another bend, Zhang Chen could vaguely see a mass of dark silhouettes lined up neatly, faces filled with horror, staring at the approaching flood.
This group was none other than the troops of the Inspection and Supervision Department!
Even after continuous diversion, the flood was still thirty meters deep, if mortals were swept in, they would only face certain death. Even a strong person possessing Mysterious Power, without Water Control Technique and Earth Escape, their fate would be no different from that of a mortal.
Xie Lingyun stood at the forefront of the troop, pale-faced, watching the oncoming flood, eyes filled with despair: "Prince Pingbian has gone mad! Heaven is abandoning me!"
Though she had cultivated the Yin Spirit, facing the surging flood in this vast wilderness with nowhere to hide, she was still bound to drown.
If such was her fate, how much more so for the fifty thousand troops of the Inspection and Supervision Department behind her?
Yet, the troops remained elite, maintaining a neat formation amid the mighty flood without the slightest disorder.
"My fate is sealed!" Xie Lingyun sighed softly, her eyes filled with unwillingness. She had hoped to prove the Yang God and had a bright future ahead, how could she accept dying here?
"It's pitiful, these fifty thousand brothers won't die at the hands of the Demon Race but by our own. Prince Pingbian has truly lost his mind." Xie Lingyun's heart was filled with resentment.
Just as she was cursing, the flood that was getting closer suddenly stopped, like a wild horse halted by a rein, no longer advancing.
At this moment, Zhang Chen appeared above the water flow, his eyes looking at the pale and hopeless Xie Lingyun and the fifty thousand troops, secretly praising: "Such elite troops, truly unperturbed even in the face of an impending disaster. Such elite must not perish in the Human Race's conspiracy!"
"Why is sister standing there foolishly, why not quickly escape?" Zhang Chen teased the dazed Xie Lingyun.
"Why have you come?" Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen standing on the flood, her eyes full of ecstatic surprise, then gazed at the halted flood, filled with disbelief: "Are these your methods? Did you stop the flood?"
Zhang Chen nodded at her words: "Indeed, it's my technique. Sister, quickly lead the army to escape."
Xie Lingyun's eyes reddened, she turned her head to the fifty thousand soldiers behind her: "Why are you still standing there foolishly, hurry and flee for your lives."
The fifty thousand soldiers, upon receiving the order, began to run wildly.
Xie Lingyun stood still, not moving, instead she raised her head to look at Zhang Chen: "Quickly pull me up, I have something to tell you."
With a thought, Zhang Chen manipulated the water flow to pull Xie Lingyun onto the Ice Ship. Standing on the Ice Ship, Xie Lingyun looked at the looming flood accumulating in the distance, her gaze filled with worry: "How much longer can you hold on?"
The flood was continuously accumulating, the more it accumulated, the harder it was to control.
"I should be able to hold on for a very long time." Zhang Chen replied.
The area he controlled was four thousand meters in radius, unless the flood reached the atmospheric clouds, it could not break through in front of Zhang Chen.
Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun's eyes reddened: "I nearly thought I would meet an untimely death, that damn Prince Pingbian is simply inhuman, I... I hate him! Can you possibly control all the flood and prevent this calamity?"
Zhang Chen shook his head: "Human power is always limited, being able to control such a scale of flood is already the extent."
Of course, there was a sentence he left unsaid, if he could acquire fifty million points to upgrade his Water Control Technique, then he might be able to control ten kilometers of flood, perhaps saving more people.
Ten kilometers is a great distance, there are too many things one could do.
But at this moment, Zhang Chen could only manage four thousand meters of water flow, merely influencing its direction.
"I can't fathom why Prince Pingbian would do this, does it mean he no longer cares for the Northern Land? Does he intend to completely abandon his old lair?" Xie Lingyun's voice was laced with reluctance, her eyes full of bitterness.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen shook his head: "Prince Pingbian has gone mad!"
With such a flood and torrential rain, the last threads of life for the people of the Northern Land are about to sever.
"What about those soldiers of yours?" Zhang Chen asked, watching the departing soldiers of the Inspection and Supervision Department.
"I have long prepared large ships, as long as they flee to these ships, everything will no longer be a problem." Xie Lingyun replied.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen felt slightly relieved, saving these fifty thousand soldiers meant the situation in the Northern Land still had hope.
"I have an idea, I wonder if you dare execute it!" Xie Lingyun looked at the surging flood and suddenly turned to Zhang Chen.
"Sister, if you have an idea, just say it directly, why test me? There's nothing in this world I don't dare try." Detecting Xie Lingyun's careful calculations, Zhang Chen chuckled.
"Since you have the ability to halt the water, you should also be able to control its direction, right?" Xie Lingyun asked.
Zhang Chen nodded at her words: "Correct!"
"I know Prince Pingbian has three hundred thousand troops stationed just dozens of miles away, they are the foundation of the Northern Land and Prince Pingbian's confidence. If we control the flood and submerge Prince Pingbian's three hundred thousand troops, what then?" Xie Lingyun spoke with a gentle voice, but it carried a chilling undertone, as if capable of freezing all things within Heaven and Earth.
Upon hearing Xie Lingyun's words, a chill ran from Zhang Chen's spine to his head, as a thought leapt in his mind: "This woman is truly ruthless! Best not to provoke her in the future!"