Feng Zhan had no idea how great a stir the matter he decided to take charge of would cause.
At this moment, deep in the mountains.
Inside a huge cave, a very beautiful bird was hovering on a stone slab.
Its feathers were smooth and magnificent. Under its wings, there was a deep wound. All the animals in the Beast Realm respected it.
If it hadn't been driven to desperation back then, why would it have chosen such a place to recuperate?
This was a remote border area, adjacent to the Ghost Domain. The hands of the Four Great Families couldn't reach this far.
However, it was thanks to the master's desperate struggle that it was reborn from the fire. After the phoenix's nirvana, it was no longer the one that had cared about all sentient beings.
Heaven was heartless, and the Four Great Families were unjust.
They had tried to join hands to kill the master and itself. The master had exhausted all their strength to preserve a glimmer of hope for it.
They had failed to kill it back then, and now, it would make the Four Great Families suffer sleepless nights for itself and the master.
The phoenix had entrusted the task of disturbing the riverside to the ancient demon beast, the Flying Serpent.
The Flying Serpent was also a demon beast the phoenix had brought back when passing by Mount Dazhou a few years ago.
To destroy Daliang, one Flying Serpent would be enough.
Every day, the phoenix would send the Flying Serpent to patrol the mountain. All the beasts below the demon - beast level would flee in a hurry.
The phoenix had already formulated a new plan. When the flood rose greatly in spring, the Flying Serpent could use the power of the water to break the dam set up by the Xuanfu Division, cross the dam directly, and enter the territory of Daliang.
But the phoenix had a new destination.
The Four Great Families, Wang Cheng, Lin Feng, Yuan Xin, and An Susu. You treated my master like that back then, and now, I'll return it a hundredfold, a thousandfold to your descendants.
The phoenix might be an ancient divine beast, but don't forget that before it was subdued by Yan Ruyu, it had once been on the list of the Three Great Ancient Ferocious Beasts.
When Zhao Shuning arrived, the flood in Daliang had already begun to overflow.
She stood on the opposite side, looking at the gushing flood at her feet. The dam, which should have been easily destroyed, was extremely solid at this moment.
The place where the huge spiritual energy shield was formed was the location of the Xuanfu Division.
At this moment, Feng Zhan was seriously directing the people in the Xuanfu Division to defend against the flood. Before the Flying Serpent could use the momentum to cross the dam, Feng Zhan had already commanded the others to reinforce the dam several times.
"Things in your world are really terrifying. A small snake can grow so big."
Ling Sese said, "I'm sorry, young master. I've implicated you. I didn't expect that the opponent we'd have to face this time would be the ancient demon beast, the Flying Serpent."
"You said it's a demon beast?"
"Yes."
"Sese, demon beasts shouldn't hurt people casually. Judging from the Flying Serpent's moves, it clearly wants all the people in Daliang to be buried with it."
This was no longer a demon beast. It was more like a ferocious beast.
Ling Sese was also puzzled.
"We don't know why the Flying Serpent has suddenly become so fierce. I just hope that little Shuning won't see the message I sent her by the wild goose. There's a Flying Serpent here. If she comes, she'll just be courting death."
The flood was already showing signs of breaching the dam.
The obstacles in front of Zhao Shuning were too great. She couldn't cross them at all.
Originally, Zhao Shuning had thought that the people in the Xuanfu Division had helped the Wang and Lin families do many bad things back then, and she was about to just leave them alone.
But then she saw a familiar figure within the huge spiritual energy shield of the Xuanfu Division.
"Sese? Didn't she die? Why is she here!"
To confirm that the person was Ling Sese, Zhao Shuning stood there for a long time and watched carefully before she came to her senses.
At this moment, another creature appeared in the dam.
It was thousands of miles long, with a human face and a snake's body. It was the God of Zhongshan. Its red skin, two huge dragon horns, and its whiskers were shining brightly because of the overflowing flood.
As soon as it appeared, the originally solid dam began to show signs of collapse.
"Zhu Long! It's over!"
Zhu Long, also known as Zhu Yin, lived in the extremely cold northern land. When it opened its eyes, it was daytime; when it closed them, it was night. When it exhaled, it was winter; when it inhaled, it was summer. It could control the wind and rain.
Why would it appear here?
"Oh my god, this is too difficult."
Zhao Shuning closed her eyes. She swore that in this new life, she really didn't want to meddle in these matters. But on the other side, there were her friends who had lived and died with her.
Zhao Shuning could be cold - blooded and ignore these matters.
But she couldn't just abandon her friends and flee for her own life.
"Forget it. Even if it's the depths of hell, I'll have to give it a try."
When Zhao Shuning came here, she had thought that she would see the phoenix. But unexpectedly, it was the Flying Serpent she had seen when she was very young, and now, there was also Zhu Long.
With such a large - scale battle, if she was a bit careless, their sharp claws would surely pierce through her body, and their bodies would tightly entangle her.
In the end, whether she would suffocate to death was another matter.
"Bang!"
Under the impact of Zhu Long, the dam couldn't hold out for even a moment and collapsed.
At this moment, most of the common people in Daliang had gathered in the shelter within the Xuanfu Division. The location of the Xuanfu Division was relatively high in the whole of Daliang.
For the time being, the flood couldn't reach there.
However, it was only a matter of time.
Ling Sese was crying at that time.
"Little young master, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have persuaded you. I'm sorry—"
Feng Zhan frowned.
To be honest, he really didn't like Ling Sese crying like this at this moment.
He, Feng Zhan, had roamed the world for many years and had never been afraid of life and death. This wave might be fatal to him, but it wasn't enough to make him afraid.
"Senior, what should we do?"
Feng Zhan asked cautiously.
"Is there an underground secret chamber here?"
"Yes, but it can only accommodate two thousand people. There are at least thirty thousand common people in Daliang. That small secret chamber can't hold so many people."
"Senior, the Xuanfu Division is the highest - lying place. The flood shouldn't reach here, right?"
"Are your eyes blind?"
"Senior."
"First, organize the people to go in. All the strong men in Daliang should stay and resist the flood with me."
Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Feng Zhan didn't have the lofty righteousness of seeking death. But when he looked back, he found that among the people standing behind him were old people, women, and many babies in their swaddling clothes.
Their looks in their eyes made it impossible for him to back down.
"Hurry up!"
At this moment, every second counted.
The common people of Daliang were all rushing into the secret chamber in the underground passage.
At this moment, the flood had already spread to the corner of the Xuanfu Division.
Two giant beasts emerged from the water, showing their heads and bodies.
Feng Zhan's face tightened. At this moment, there were only two words in his mind, and that was - it's over.
"Dying like this is really not worth it. Little aunt, you have to remember that you owe me a life!"