I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 684: Return of the Colorful Clouds

A violent flash flood broke out in the mountains, hitting the peaks and cliffs. Zhang Chen was so shocked that he opened the window and looked at the flood in the mountains, with a look of caution in his eyes.

He sensed a different aura in the flood, as if there were traces of the laws of the innate water god flowing.

"Sure enough, the Xiantian Water God did not leave Jinling City. He wants to take revenge on the entire Jinling. What's worse, he is coming for the direct descendants of the Shen family in Chongzheng Academy!" Zhang Chen stood at the window and watched the raging flood in the dark night. It spread among the mountains like a dam bursting. His soul sensed the trajectory of the flood in the mountains.

However, Chongzheng Academy was built on a mountain. How difficult would it be to flood Chongzheng Academy? Unless the flood first flooded Jinling City, then there would be a chance to flood Chongzheng Academy.

The rumbling sound of the mountain flood startled the scholars in the academy. Countless houses lit up their lights. Everyone opened their windows and looked at the giant beast flowing in the darkness, with a hint of horror in their eyes.

If a bloodline person below the ninth level were caught in such a raging flood, he would probably die on the spot unless he had the ability to fly or escape underground.

Of course, gods don’t count, because gods are born with the ability to fly and hide underground.

The flood passed through the mountains and swept towards the distant Jinling City. A divine light rose in Jinling City, and Gu Mingyue's roar filled the sky: "Xiantian Water God, you are unworthy of being an innate god, but you actually want to flood Jinling City. Are you worthy of your position as a god?"

"Haha! Priesthood? I built Jinling City. Jinling City exists because of me. Now that I am gone, Jinling City should also disappear."

"Xiantian Water God, I advise you to retreat quickly, lest the Great Sage Master take action to kill you." There were starlight twinkling in the void, and the light of the Pojun Star came from the sky, tearing through the dark clouds and shining on a young man.

The young man became the only light in the darkness. Standing on the top of the city wall of Jinling City, he looked at the vast flood outside the city with an extremely ugly expression.

The next moment, Zhao Lie took action, and the ground outside Jinling City was torn apart, creating a deep abyss around Jinling City. All the floods outside the city poured into the abyss, without damaging Jinling City at all.

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank when he saw this scene. "Jinling City is a hundred miles in radius, and a thousand-foot abyss was torn around the hundred miles in radius, but it did not affect Jinling City. What kind of terrifying method is this? Can a tenth-level strongman really do this?"

As if sensing what Zhang Chen was thinking, the Great Freedom Demon appeared on Zhang Chen's shoulder and said, "Zhao Lie has sensed the Pojun Star and obtained its blessing. The tenth level is only his own divine cultivation. As for his combat power... after receiving the Pojun Star's blessing, I'm afraid it's not worse than the eleventh level! Moreover, he can summon the Pojun Star to suppress the enemy and even use the power of the Pojun Star to manifest his magical powers. It's an ancient star. Even if it is separated from the continent by billions of miles, its power is projected and dispersed a lot, but it is still incredible when it falls on an individual."

“It seems that I have underestimated the star gods of Huang Tiandao. There are six stars in the Southern Dipper, seven stars in the Northern Dipper, and Huang Tiandao has so many masters. No wonder they dare to cause trouble openly in Dasheng now.” There was a touch of shock in Zhang Chen’s eyes.

The flood was blocked outside the city of Jinling, but it also cut off the access to and from the city.

After watching for a while, Zhang Chen closed the window and continued to sit cross-legged on the bed to meditate and practice the Zhuxian Sword. When it was dawn, Zhang Chen pushed open the door and walked out, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

Chongzheng Academy was built on a high mountain. It was only in broad daylight that he could see clearly that the area outside Jinling City had turned into a vast ocean, and the gathering flood surrounded Jinling City.

At first glance, there is a vast ocean outside Jinling City, like an endless sea, and Jinling City is a small boat in the sea, which seems likely to be swallowed up at any time.

All floods approaching Jinling City directly irrigate into the abyss, emitting a huge roar that echoes between heaven and earth, like the sound of a waterfall.

The crack is a hundred feet wide and ten thousand feet deep, and it can accept floods from the outside world.

However, Zhang Chen looked at the vast ocean outside, which was many times more powerful than the flood that Zhang Shicheng had caused. The flood that Zhang Shicheng had gathered in the past was just a child's play compared to what he saw. Even if the cracks torn by Zhao Lie, the star of the broken army, were deep, they would eventually be filled up. By then, with the accumulated water in the ocean, the entire Jinling City would be submerged by the flood.

Fortunately, all this has nothing to do with Zhang Chen, and he did not cause the disaster. On the contrary, he dismembered the Innate Water God and suppressed the Innate Water God's power. If the Innate Water God were to obtain a physical body, then it would not be the Innate Water God who wanted to flood the city of Jinling, but he would directly drown everyone in the city with a slap.

The disciples in Chongzheng Academy were talking among themselves, looking at the vast ocean one by one, with heavy expressions and looks full of horror.

Zhang Chen was too lazy to pay attention to the situation outside. He opened his oil-paper umbrella and walked into the Linglong Tower, wanting to continue to comprehend the mystery inside the Linglong Tower. The morning passed quickly. Zhang Chen stretched himself. Tushan Qing greeted Zhang Chen, "Brother Zhang, do you want to go out for dinner?" Zhang Chen nodded and followed Tushan Qing out of the door, but saw a familiar figure in red.

Shen Ling's face was very pale, so pale that it looked bloodless. She was dressed in a red dress that looked like a ball of flame. She stood in the wind and rain with an oil-paper umbrella, holding a food box in her arms, and let the people around her talk about it.

Jiang Nan stood beside Shen Ling and whispered something to her. Shen Ling stood there in the wind and rain like a piece of wood, silent and blank.

"There's going to be a good show." Tu Shanqing pulled Zhang Chen and showed an expression that showed he wanted to watch the show.

Zhang Chen was speechless when he saw this. He didn't expect that the fox spirit would become as gossipy as a human. However, he also stopped and waited to see the show.

Zhang Chen didn't have to wait long before he saw Zhang Gaoqiu and the little princess Chai Wenjie walking out of the Linglong Tower hand in hand. As soon as they walked out, they saw Shen Ling, who was dressed in a fiery red.

The little princess's face immediately darkened when she saw this scene. She glared at Zhang Gaoqiu fiercely, then shook off Zhang Gaoqiu's hand and whispered, "Solve your own problems yourself! Don't challenge my tolerance limit."

After saying this, he disappeared into the wind and rain holding his oil-paper umbrella.

Shen Ling seemed not to have noticed the little princess Chai Wenji. She came forward with a food box in her arms and stood in front of Zhang Gaoqiu. Her voice was a little weak: "Brother Zhang, I made chicken soup for you..."

"Didn't I tell you not to come here and block the door?" Before Shen Ling could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhang Gaoqiu with a cold face.

"Zhang Gaoqiu, what's with your attitude? Shen Ling just had a miscarriage, and she was afraid that you would miss your three meals a day because of your comprehension of the mystery, so she got out of bed and made chicken soup for you. Even if you don't like it, you shouldn't have this attitude, right? Don't forget, it was Shen Qiu who gave you the place to enter the Linglong Tower. If Shen Ling hadn't persuaded Shen Qiu, how could you have entered the Linglong Tower?" Jiang Nan scolded Zhang Gaoqiu with a gloomy face.

After these words were spoken, the crowd began to talk. Everyone looked at the three people pointing and making fun of them, which made Zhang Gaoqiu look even uglier. He forced out an ugly smile and said to Shen Ling, "It's my fault. I encountered a bottleneck in my comprehension of the mystery today, and I was so anxious that I took it out on you."

Then he walked forward with a gentle expression, held Shen Ling's hand, and spoke gently: "There are too many people here, let's find a secluded place to talk."

At this moment, Zhang Gaoqiu's words were extremely gentle. He gently took Shen Ling's hand and disappeared in the wind and rain.

"I want to go over and take a look. I'm very interested in this kind of dog-eat-dog drama." Tu Shanqing said.

"What a bad taste." Zhang Chen said unhappily, then turned and walked into the wind and rain.

In the familiar pavilion, Zhang Gaoqiu and Shen Ling put away their oil-paper umbrellas. Shen Ling stared at Zhang Gaoqiu with tears in her eyes. Tears fell like beads from a broken string and fell directly into Zhang Gaoqiu's arms. Her voice was full of sobs and grievances: "Brother Zhang, our child is gone!"

Zhang Gaoqiu's face froze when he heard this, and his body stiffened. Then he slowly pushed the crying Shen Ling away from his arms. His eyes were filled with complicated and incomprehensible colors. He looked at Shen Ling with his eyes, and after a moment he said: "Maybe this is God's will. God has destined that you and I are not destined to be together."

"Brother Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Shen Ling's face turned even paler when he heard this, his hands began to tremble, and his body shook in the mountain wind.

"I think we should make some things clear. We are not meant to be together. I cannot continue to be entangled with you." Zhang Gaoqiu's voice was painful and gentle:
"You are a good girl. I cannot continue to hurt you. Your identity is too special. You are Zhang Chen's fiancée. The marriage between you and Zhang Chen was arranged by the elders of the family. If I were to have an affair with you and steal my brother's wife, once it spreads back home, it will definitely be unacceptable under the family rules of the Zhang family. If this unethical thing gets out, I will definitely be ruined and despised by the entire Zhang family."

"Brother Zhang, what are you talking about?" Shen Ling was stunned when he heard that, and he felt his brain buzzing.

"Go find Zhang Chen in the future, and don't bother me anymore. All the grievances and hatreds between you and me are cut off today. From today on, there is no connection between you and me. Just treat me as a stranger. You don't know me, and I don't know you! Remember not to bother me anymore. You should have a girl's reserve and shame. You are someone else's fiancée, and you come to bother my older cousin. How can it be disgraceful if it gets out?" Zhang Gaoqiu looked at Shen Ling, his eyes showing a ruthless look, and his voice was cold at all: "Sister-in-law, please respect yourself in the future."

Hearing Zhang Gaoqiu's words, Shen Ling was struck by lightning. She looked at Zhang Gaoqiu in disbelief, her face pale and her body shaky. She suspected that she had heard it wrongly: "Brother Zhang, what are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)