I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 460 The coming of heavenly punishment
Even though they were separated by the "earth wall", they could still hear the rumbling sound of the flood on the other side. The admiral of the navy of the Pingbian Palace looked at the "earth wall" blocking the way ahead, then looked at the map in his hand, and said to the guard beside him: "Go and explore."

A guard on the ship had wings growing out of his back. He fluttered his wings slightly, then soared into the sky. He returned moments later and said, "My Lord, the other side is the main road of the flood. We are not on the wrong route. It seems that the road ahead has been blocked by someone using magic power."

The general's face was extremely ugly. "Oh no! Something terrible is going to happen! Our route forward is blocked. The three million troops on the other side cannot get rescued. I'm afraid they will be buried by the flood. Send a message to the prince immediately and ask the prince to issue an order."

The winged general soared into the sky, as free as a bird, and disappeared into the mist and rain.

Zhang Chen was aware of the enemy's naval actions. Looking at the birdman who went to report the news, Zhang Chen shook his head secretly, "It's too late! It will take at least an hour for the enemy to come and go. By then, the turbulent flood will have already submerged the army."

"Why don't we go together to see the excitement?" Xie Lingyun also confirmed Zhang Chen's judgment. Now that the flood has already burst down, even if the masters around King Pingbian come to dismantle the "earth wall", it is too late.

Zhang Chen summoned the ice boat, and then the two of them went along with the rushing flood. In just half an hour, they had caught up with the raging flood. From a distance, they could see the dozens of meters deep flood carrying rocks and rushing into the endless camp that had withdrawn from the Great Wall of Bones.

Some clever Qi and blood warriors ran wildly towards the top of the mountain. However, those who have trained Qi and blood warriors are rare after all. Most of the rest are ordinary people. Facing the raging flood, even if they ran wildly, they could not outrun the speed of the flood.

The flood was like a monster, constantly devouring the endless camps and swallowing countless armies one by one.

The screams continued. Faced with natural and man-made disasters, the million-strong army was like an ant nest being watered. They had absolutely no power to resist.

Even if someone is good at swimming, facing the rocks in the water, they will be smashed and have their bones broken, and sink into the flood.

"Awesome!" Xie Lingyun stood on the ice boat, looking at the millions of troops being drowned, his eyes filled with excitement and joy.

However, opposite him, Zhang Chen's face became heavy, and his eyes looked at the lives struggling in the river with an extremely complicated expression.

After all, he is still a human being, not a heartless beast. Looking at the three million lives struggling in the flood, he felt pity in his heart.

Xie Lingyun seemed to sense the heaviness in Zhang Chen's heart, and the smile on his face faded. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Chen and asked, "Are you feeling sorry for it?"

"After all, it was three million lives, representing three million families, but they were destroyed by a single thought on my part. I feel very uneasy." If he had not come to see the scene, three million lives would have been nothing more than cold numbers to him. But when he came to the scene in person to observe the tragic scene and listen to the screams, Zhang Chen was moved.

"These three million troops are the main force that King Pingbian will use to fight against the imperial court in the future. When the two armies start fighting, that will be six million families, or even tens of millions of families. I don't know how many people have been saved from disaster by your action." Xie Lingyun said.

Having said that, Zhang Chen knew in his heart that this was not the case. What Xie Lingyun said made sense, but it was biased and his stance was too strong.

"This is the foundation of the Pingbian Palace. If this foundation is not removed, the Pingbian Palace will not decline. You will never be able to take revenge, and you will have to live in the pursuit of the Pingbian Palace forever in the future. So you don't have to regret it. Everyone is in a different camp, so naturally you will do whatever it takes." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen smiled bitterly upon hearing this: "I don't regret it, I just can't bear it."

Does he regret it?

He didn't regret it. After all, he had been fighting with the Pingbian Palace to the death. When the two sides were fighting, they would use any means necessary. The most important thing was that he couldn't be blamed for the cause and effect of the incident. It was all the Pingbian King's own fault. If it weren't for the Pingbian King's flood control, how could he have had the opportunity to take advantage of it?
Flooding the north was an inevitable outcome; Zhang Chen simply reversed the order.

Compared with the hundreds of millions of people who were flooded and left homeless, the lives of just three million soldiers seemed insignificant.

"Help! Help me!" A soldier was struggling in the river. When he saw Zhang Chen and Xie Lingyun sitting on the ice boat, he quickly called for help.

Xie Lingyun looked at Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen stood on the ice boat as still as a mountain, letting the soldier be swallowed by the river. Seeing this, Xie Lingyun nodded secretly. Zhang Chen was not a person who acted on emotion.

"I thought you would save them." Xie Lingyun said.

Zhang Chen smiled and shook his head: "I don't want to do that, but if I say save them..."

Zhang Chen didn't finish his words, but Xie Lingyun already knew what Zhang Chen wanted to express.

At the upper reaches of the Tianchi Lake, the gods moved one of the mountains to an open space, allowing the flood water from the Tianchi Lake to pour out. At this moment, the energy between heaven and earth changed inexplicably, and suddenly strange winds gathered in the sky, blowing the black clouds in the sky into a vortex. Then a thunderous sound came from the vortex, and the eight gods who moved the mountain screamed, and suddenly red flames appeared on their bodies. "Ah~"
Screams rang out between heaven and earth. The gods were wrapped in flames, emitting screams, and then fell directly into the water, hoping to use the water flow to extinguish the fire. However, who knew that the red flame was not afraid of the water flow at all, and actually burned in the water flow.

"What kind of flame is that? It is not afraid of burning by the water flow?" King Pingbian looked at the gods struggling in the flood. The red flame seemed to ignite the water flow. He couldn't help but exclaimed, his eyes full of horror.

At this time, the Great Master Gu Mingyue, a ninth-rank spirit of the Taiping Dao, said with a look of doubt and uncertainty: "It seems to be the legendary karmic fire."

"Karma fire? What kind of fire is that?" Mr. Wuliu asked curiously.

"Every move of a cultivator has an impact on the world. The consequences of their influence are called merits for good and karma for negative. If karma accumulates to a certain level, it will turn into karma fire for settlement. In the past, I only saw records of it in the scriptures of the religion. I didn't expect it to be true. Karma fire actually exists." Gu Mingyue stared at the flames with seriousness in her eyes: "It must be that the gods moved the mountains, causing countless sentient beings in the north to suffer disasters, and then the karma turned into karma fire for settlement."

Gu Mingyue was still frightened at this time. He had only seen descriptions in religious scriptures in the past and was skeptical about the matters of cause and effect, karma, and divine punishment. After all, cause and effect, karma were illusory and could not be seen or touched. However, he did not expect that they were all true.

"Is there any way to extinguish it?" King Pingbian listened to the screams in his ears, looked at the gods struggling in the lake, and asked quickly.

Gu Mingyue shook her head, indicating that she was powerless. King Pingbian looked at the flames rolling in the water and asked anxiously, "What should we do? What should we do?"

Just as he was muttering, the flames rolling in the water stopped rolling, and the eight gods turned into ashes and disappeared between heaven and earth without a trace.

"This……"

Seeing the miserable state of the eight gods, all the masters under King Pingbian were frightened. They looked at each other, and for a moment, everyone was silent.

"Today I know that the law of cause and effect is real." Gu Mingyue sighed with lingering fear.

When King Pingbian heard what Gu Mingyue said, he turned his head to look at the gods under his command, and saw that all the gods looked unhappy. They met King Pingbian's gaze and lowered their heads one after another.

King Pingbian was helpless when he saw this. He knew in his heart that if he encountered such a thing again in the future, it would be difficult to ask the gods for help.

However, things were not over yet. Just when the atmosphere in the field was depressing, a rumbling sound came from the clouds, and then a little purple light was seen brewing in the clouds. Then a purple divine thunder as thick as a bowl formed in the clouds, twisting and turning and smashing down towards King Pingbian.

The moment the purple lightning formed, all the monks in the field who possessed mysterious powers felt as if they had encountered a natural enemy. There was a hint of horror in their eyes, their bloodline power and divine power were silent, and their brains were blank. At that moment, everyone was like prisoners being taken to the execution ground, unable to do anything in the face of the purple divine lightning.

"Help! Help quickly!"

King Pingbian looked at the purple lightning coming straight at him, a trace of horror in his eyes, and shouted shrilly. However, the monks around him were like wax figures, each of them was stunned, facing the heavenly punishment, they were so distracted that they couldn't even react.

Seeing that the purple lightning was about to fall on King Pingbian, at the critical moment, the purple dragon energy on King Pingbian's body rose into the air, emitting a dragon roar, and attacked the lightning.

Zhang Chen, who was boating in the distance, felt a familiar mysterious atmosphere between heaven and earth, and quickly looked towards the clouds. Sure enough, he saw a familiar purple light coming into his sight:

"Curse!"

"Someone has brought down the punishment from Heaven? Who is the one being targeted by the punishment from Heaven?" Zhang Chen's voice was filled with horror.

“Heavenly punishment?” Xie Lingyun also turned his head and looked at the purple light that connected the sky and the earth. A trace of caution appeared in his eyes: “What a terrifying thunder and lightning! I seem to have turned into an ant. Even the Yin Spirit cannot be mobilized at all. What is the Heavenly Punishment?”

Zhang Chen explained the meaning of heaven's punishment to Xie Lingyun, who took a deep breath and said, "How could such a thing exist in the world? I have never heard of it before. The one who suffered heaven's punishment must be King Pingbian!"

"Perhaps no one has ever committed such a sin as King Pingbian before, so my sister has never heard of it. Today, King Pingbian can be said to have set a precedent." Zhang Chen also felt that the punishment that day was aimed at King Pingbian. According to the estimated position, that direction overlapped with the direction where King Pingbian was.

(End of this chapter)