Barren mountains, in front of a temple.
Yu Luo stood atop the mountain, gazing at the raging floodwaters in the distance, her fingertips lightly tapping the chessboard.
"Host, you had already anticipated that those baobab trees would be so powerful?" The little sprite that the system had transformed into landed on her shoulder and asked in surprise.
Yu Luo smiled slightly: "It's not that I expected it, it's that these trees have all been enlightened by me."
"Have you forgotten that I used all twenty draws I'd accumulated recently on upgrading my abilities, and that I specifically had the believers take the jade bottle away?"
"After the enlightenment ability was upgraded, I could use the water in those jade bottles to enlighten all things. All the demon trees, after being enlightened, not only had their demonic energy removed, but also gained new abilities."
"This is the greatest effort I made in this great flood."
Yu Luo chuckled softly.
Of course, we also have to thank the state advisors of the neighboring Yan Kingdom!
"The Grand Preceptor of Yan believed that he could destroy my faith with the demonic tree, but little did he know..."
"The baobab tree is already the most adept at storing water, and after being enlightened, it becomes even more powerful than many blue phoenixes and sea creatures living in the forest!"
She raised her hand and waved it, and the scene of Qingzhou appeared on the chessboard.
The floods are still raging, but those baobab trees that have been transformed are like mobile fortresses, carving out a path to survival in the turbulent waves.
They take root in the floodwaters, absorbing and storing water, and even turning excess water into mist, which rises into the sky.
Wherever it passed, the water level gradually receded...
The mountain god's blessing can save people and even the world.
The little system on the shoulder was dumbfounded. So this is how it can be played?
If the Grand Preceptor of Yan knew about this, knew that the ten thousand demon trees he had gone to such great lengths to acquire had played such a significant role in Liang, he would be turning in his grave.
The system silently mourned for the Grand Preceptor of the Yan Kingdom.
That's terrible, absolutely terrible. How did you end up going against the only god in the world?
Yu Luo opened the panoramic map again and looked in the direction where the many believers were.
Now, all the believers in the entire barren mountain have been sent by her to help with disaster relief, and even some of the workers have joined in, all in order to save more people.
"The flood may be merciless, but it will eventually recede. However, people's hearts are complicated, and there will be more turmoil to come!" she murmured to herself.
The panoramic map shows raging floods everywhere, with waters sweeping in like giant waves.
Even those who had escaped to higher ground were terrified, for the floodwaters seemed endless, and the roaring dragons there made countless people tremble.
"How could there be such a huge flood?" An elderly man asked in disbelief, looking dazed.
There hasn't been such a large flood in so many years. After the snow disaster, there is now a flood. Does God not want ordinary people like us to survive?
"Don't be afraid, the Mountain Goddess has sent people to save us, and the precious tree bestowed by the Mountain Goddess is also desperately trying to save us!" an old woman comforted her.
They looked up and saw one sturdy tree after another moving forward in the flood, with countless people sitting on them. The people instinctively grabbed the tree trunks and waved to the people on this side.
An old man recognized a familiar figure and instantly burst into tears, shouting frantically, "I see the person on the far right! That's my son! That's my youngest son!"
"I never expected that my youngest son would not be swept away by the flood, but was saved by the precious tree bestowed by the Mountain Goddess!"
After the old man shouted, all the people around him knelt down and kept praying to the Mountain Goddess, begging her to save their family members' lives.
Countless faiths converged at the nearby mountain god temple and surged towards the barren mountain.
Suddenly, golden light emanated from the top of the mountain god temple, and countless beliefs materialized, coating the stone statues inside with a layer of gold.
Yu Luo collected all those beliefs. This place doesn't have a physical form yet, but she felt comfortable all over. This feeling of being filled with divine power and feeling warm all over was even better than eating those demons!
She lightly flicked her sleeve and looked again in a more distant direction.
Wanzhou.
While some people who had not had time to evacuate were struggling in the flood.
A patch of pure white suddenly appeared amidst the turbid waves.
Chen Shuiyi stood barefoot on the surging floodwaters, her moon-white gauze dress remaining completely dry. With a light touch of her fingertips, circles of blue water swirled around her wrists.
"Disperse."
As she spoke in her clear, cool voice, the giant wave that had been crashing towards the thatched hut suddenly froze, and slowly receded like an obedient pet.
Several refugees clinging to driftwood stared wide-eyed, suddenly sensing something amiss around them. Several glistening streams of water, like swimming snakes, coiled around their waists.
"Go!" Chen Shuiyi controlled the water flow and threw the disaster victims directly onto the nearby baobab trees.
A scream suddenly came from afar. Chen Shuiyi frowned slightly, and suddenly transformed into a clear stream of water, rushing away with the flood peak.
As she regained her human form in the raging torrent, she saw two wealthy merchants dressed in brocade robes struggling in the whirlpool, one of whom was an old man clinging tightly to a plaque.
Upon seeing the familiar "δΈ‡" character, Chen Shuiyi turned and left.
However, she rescued the servants around her, bound them with water, and took them to a high place.
"My master..." The servant tried to struggle, but Chen Shuiyi on the other side had already transformed back into water and merged into the raging flood.
The several men, soaked to the bone, dared not speak.
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