The dark clouds in the sky began to expand, and the piling up of dark clouds was like an invisible mountain pressing down on everyone's heart.

An indescribable feeling of depression kept emerging from my heart, and the dark sky seemed to be a sign of the wrath of heaven and earth.

The next moment, accompanied by a flash of lightning and a roar of thunder, a huge thunder exploded between heaven and earth, and a storm far exceeding the previous one fell at this moment.

A large amount of rain instantly caused storms in Dongting Lake. Three hundred miles west of Dongting, an even larger rain curtain submerged everything.

The water level in the river was increasing at a terrifying rate. The accumulated torrent was constantly widening and began to encroach on fields and mountains. The rampant flood began to cross the warning line and rushed towards the town that was not on the planned route.

The crisscrossing torrents turned into a giant net, submerging everything within the three hundred miles.

Such a change shocked Liao Yuan and his group who were about to turn around and head to Yunmeng Village.

The huge and fast raindrops fell on everyone like a high-pressure water gun, making those who were hit feel a sharp pain.

The terrifying rain curtain has blurred everyone's vision. Even the practitioners in the Refining Essence Realm cannot see the environment more than three meters away.

There were constant roars of landslides all around, huge falling rocks hit the ground causing the mountains to tremble, and the sound of rushing torrents seemed to come from all directions.

This time the rain was getting heavier.

"How is that possible!"

Liao Yuan let out an unbelievable sound.

Such heavy rain was almost beyond the scope of existence in nature. Even though he was on the hillside, he could still feel the rain accumulating and a terrible flood brewing as the heavy rain fell.

Being a cultivator in this heavy rain is already so difficult, let alone ordinary people in the midst of it.

Liao Yuan immediately stopped the team's advance, took out the communicator from the storage ring and started communicating with the state government.

The communicator was answered immediately. Before Liao Yuan could speak, the operator in the state government spoke in a hurried voice:

"Your Excellency the Governor, the scope of the rainstorm has expanded!"

"Just within a few minutes, the rainstorm has successfully expanded from the area 300 miles west of Dongting Lake to the entire Dongting Lake and part of the old Yunmeng Lake.

It is currently estimated that this heavy rain covering a thousand miles of land will cause tens of millions of people to fall into disaster."

"How could this happen?"

Liao Yuan's eyes were red with anger, and he quickly asked, "Liu Yu is in charge of the provincial government office. What is he doing?"

The communicator paused for a moment, and then his voice became much quieter.

"Governor Liu claimed that the rainstorm has expanded beyond our ability to intervene, and we can only rely on the experts from the major sects and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to find out the cause.

In order to prevent the court from suffering heavy losses, Governor Liu took the initiative to lead the army to protect the Qingyao stone veins in Dongting Lake. "

Liao Yuan was immediately enraged and yelled:

"Liu Yu is a bastard! Instead of mobilizing people from all walks of life to gather supplies to help the victims, he led the army to guard the mine.

Everyone in Yunzhou knows that his Liu family owns 80% of the shares of the Qingyao Stone mine. Is he working for the Great Xia court or for the Liu family? "

Liao Yuan was extremely furious at this moment. He never expected that the Governor of Qingzhou had become so corrupt.

He would rather harm the victims of the disaster in Qingzhou than damage the interests of his Liu family in the slightest.

However, no matter how angry he was at this moment, Liao Yuan was far away from the provincial capital and it was difficult for him to take charge of the overall situation and issue orders.

He could only mobilize other senior officials to provide assistance in disaster relief.

Although Liu Yu was too much of a bastard, one of his words was very correct.

Things have developed to this point. How to stop the heavy rain has nothing to do with the provincial government. This is no longer a realm that can be reached by human power.

Looking at the heavy rain, Liao Yuan fell into deep thought.

Yu Changliu, who was standing aside, had half dragon blood and was like a fish in water in this rainstorm.

He looked at Liao Yuan who was lost in thought and took the initiative to ask:

"Sir Governor, are we still going to Yunmeng Village?"

"go!"

Liao Yuan gnashed his teeth as he looked at the endless torrent rushing around him and said in a low voice:

"Even if I die today, I want to know who is behind this!"

After the words were spoken, the group continued to move towards Yunmeng Village.

The waves of Dongting Lake were surging, and in the cloudy sky there seemed to be a divine dragon soaring above the heavens, controlling the clouds and rain, and bringing down his wrath on the earth with his supreme power.

"The eighth magical power of the Earthly Fiends: praying for rain. Maybe it's not the strongest magical power of the Earthly Fiends, but praying for rain is definitely the magical power that best suits the water race!"

Bathing in the surging waves, Prince Jidu opened his arms and showed a crazy smile on his face.

"In ancient times, the Water God was one of the most powerful gods in the world. There were many powerful Water Gods such as Gonggong and Wuzhiqi who were famous in all realms. The ancient Water God Gonggong was even a competitor for the position of the Emperor of Heaven.

When the ancient times came to an end, the Heavenly Court was afraid that another powerful figure like Gonggong would appear among the water gods who could shake the Heavenly Court's rule, so it divided the authority over the water areas among the entire aquatic race.

From then on, all the water creatures in the world who enjoyed incense and sacrifices could be called water gods. This move successfully deprived the water gods of their status, and there would no longer be a water god as powerful as Gonggong in the world."

"The Heavenly Court thought it could rest easy, but who knew that a water god named He Bo was born at the source of the rivers.

He used himself as the foundation to establish the Hebo system to connect all the water gods in the world. All gods who controlled the river areas could be called Hebo. Many Hebos united to form their own system, in charge of controlling the clouds and rain, and could even ignore the orders of the Heavenly Court.

The appearance of He Bo made the Heavenly Court feel fear again. They urgently wanted a water creature to replace He Bo and wipe out this traitor who ignored the Heavenly Court's orders.

With the support of Heaven, the Dragon King system headed by the Dragon King of the Water Tribe replaced He Bo and became the overlord who controlled the water of the world.

The Dragon King relies on his bloodline to connect rivers, lakes and seas, and all aquatic creatures have the opportunity to transform into dragons. The waters he rules are no longer limited to rivers, lakes and seas, even a pond or a well has the chance to give birth to a Dragon King.

Such a strong and sound system is the key to the dragon clan's ability to defeat He Bo, but such a strong dragon clan is now trapped in a heavy yoke. "

The heavy rain was still falling, and the sky and the earth were immersed in the rain. Prince Jidu showed an attitude of holding a wisdom in his hand, and asked Shen Yuan with interest.

"Do you know what that shackle is?"

Shen Yuan did not respond, but Prince Ji Du did not expect Shen Yuan to understand everything he had at this moment.

The madness on his face became more and more intense.

"That is the rain-making decree from Heaven!"

"All rainfall under heaven is controlled by the Heavenly Court. Even the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and the Dragon Lords of the Four Rivers cannot overstep their authority.

This is the price that the Heavenly Court paid for supporting the dragon clan to defeat He Bo, and it is also a heavy yoke on the necks of the water creatures of the world. When a real dragon loses the ability to make clouds and rain, and can only transport water vapor from the water to pretend it is raining, can he still be called a real dragon? Can the water god of the water creatures still be called a god? "

At this point, the expression on Prince Jidu's face became more and more crazy.

"They are just a bunch of trash kept in captivity by the Heavenly Court! Even if they command all the aquatic creatures in the world, they are just puppets under the feet of the Heavenly Emperor!

Without a decree from Heaven, they have no power to send even a drop of rain."

"But I'm different!"

The corners of Prince Jidu's mouth drew a crazy arc, his broken soul seemed to merge into the rain, and his voice seemed to merge with the rolling thunder.

"I am the water god!"

“In that era when spiritual energy was exhausted, I accidentally found the eighth level of the Earthly Demonic Powers, the Rain Prayer Power, and I exhausted all my efforts to comprehend it.

This volume of magical spells does not have the powerful offensive power to cut off everything in the world, nor does it have the mysterious creation of opening up a cave. What he has is only the magical power that directly points to the origin of the water race - rain!"

"I will no longer be bound by the decree of heaven, nor will I be shackled by the bloodline of the aquatic race. I can make it rain at will, and all places in the world will be waters under my control!"

Prince Jidu waved his hand, waves surged in Dongting Lake, and a transparent palm transformed from rainwater slowly rose from the lake.

In the palm of its giant hand, a golden dragon carp with a broken dragon seal on its head and a black kitten the size of a palm were huddled in the corner and shivering.

The Dongting Lake that was originally supposed to be used by the dragon carp has now lost control. Only the broken dragon seal is dim and can barely protect the two little guys.

Prince Jidu looked at the scene in front of him with a playful look and asked Shen Yuan:

"Are you confused as to why I can rebel against the Dragon King of Dongting Lake and take control of the water of Dongting Lake?"

"I first led a 300-li torrent of water into Dongting Lake, and then sent heavy rains down on this vast lake. The water is still controlled by my authority.

When my strength and realm far exceed that of this little fellow, I can easily turn the tables and rebel against the Dragon King of Dongting."

"As this heavy rain continues to fall, I will gain more and more authority over Dongting Lake.

Until the end, I will devour this little guy and his position as the Dragon King of Dongting."

"This is the true power of the ancient water god, and it is also the way of the ancient water god that has the authority over all the waters in the world!"

Prince Jidu's gaze passed beyond Dongting Lake, across the 300-mile torrent, and reached the vast waters of Yunmeng Lake ten thousand years ago.

“The rain brought down by the rain-praying magic is endless. This water will cause the water level of Dongting Lake to rise and continuously engulf the land along the coast.

This time it will no longer be a small fight over 300 miles. My goal is to revive the entire Yunmeng Lake!"

Having said that, Prince Jidu looked at Shen Yuan with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

“Originally, I didn’t plan to fully reveal the power of praying for rain too early. The rainfall in the three hundred li area could be concealed by other means, so that people would not associate it with the power of praying for rain.

If the Way of the Ancient Water God is revealed too early, it will bring me unnecessary risks and cause more hostility."

“Unfortunately, your struggle made me change my mind.

Tens of millions of ordinary people will pay the price for what you have done!"

A crazy laugh came out from the mouth of Prince Jidu, echoing continuously in the thundering world.

Shen Yuan watched all this quietly, without making any response, but his eyes were filled with a hint of pity.

Only after the crazy laughter finally stopped after a long time did Shen Yuan speak softly:

"Are you done?"

Prince Jidu looked at Shen Yuan in astonishment, only to see Shen Yuan standing in the rain with a calm expression, his right index finger pointing to the sky.

"Look, the rain has stopped."

Just like the messenger from heaven who controls the clouds and rain, the torrential rain stopped abruptly the moment the decree carrying the divine law came down.

"impossible!"

Prince Jidu looked at the heavy rain that suddenly stopped in the sky, his eyes filled with incomprehensible dullness.

Praying for rain is the eighth of the Earthly Fiends’ magical powers. Its essence can even bypass the decree of Heaven and bring down heavy rain. No spell can affect it in the slightest.

This is a prayer to God, asking for heavy rain from the power of heaven and earth, which is part of the rules of heaven and earth.

Even a real cloud-controlling and rain-making envoy cannot affect the rain-praying magic, let alone the human being in front of him who is only at the Qi Transformation Stage.

But such a thing actually happened in front of him.

Prince Jidu could clearly feel the operation of the rain-praying magic, but still not a drop of rain fell from the sky, and even the thunder disappeared silently.

The dense dark clouds did not disperse, as if they were frozen in the sky. The indescribable feeling of oppression made Prince Jidu feel inexplicably frightened.

He couldn't comprehend the scene before him, nor did he know what was happening.

It was as if dark clouds gathered in the night and turned into a dark curtain covering the entire sky. The clear sky in the daytime the moment before turned into a dark night like the end of the world in an instant.

The earth fell into deathly silence in an instant. An indescribable sense of oppression filled everyone's heart. The rapidly expanding darkness dragged everyone's mind into a bottomless abyss.

When the last ray of light was completely swallowed up, a bolt of thunder exploded from the sky, and rolling thunder collided in the dense dark clouds, illuminating the earth with a dead and pale silence.

In this apocalyptic scene, Prince Jidu could feel that the authority over the Dongting waters that he had just forcibly seized was rapidly collapsing.

The waters controlled by the rain-praying power and the authority over the three-hundred-mile torrent were all swallowed up by a huge unknown will.

He suddenly discovered that after all external forces had faded away, only this fragment of soul remained before him.

The unimaginable disaster had destroyed everything that Prince Jidu had before it even actually happened.

At this moment, Prince Jidu finally understood the hint of pity in Shen Yuan's eyes when he looked at him before.

Shen Yuan never took the so-called ancient water god's way and the rain-praying power of the eighth Earthly Fiend seriously.

Because Shen Yuan already possessed a powerful force that surpassed that of Praying for Rain.

His voice suddenly became extremely dry, and Prince Jidu slowly spoke of the legendary existence.

"Tiantian Gang's great magical power!"

Shen Yuan's voice also sounded at this moment.

"Call for rain!"