Rebirth: He refused to Divorce Again

Chapter 1903: Chapter 1901: Adding Fuel to the Fire

But what this power truly means for Xiao Bao is still uncertain, yet she needs to grow stronger to protect her treasures.

As they spoke, the three of them had already waded into the yard. Qin Yize and Chu Chengfeng quickly inflated the rubber boat, and the three climbed aboard. They didn’t leave the yard; if the water rose a bit more, it would flow over the garden walls, so the walls and the main gate weren’t obstacles for them.

Just then, Elder Sima paddled over frantically in a small boat. Seeing only the three of them on the rubber boat, he shouted, "Why just the three of you? Where are the two children?"

Gu Qiaoqiao was actually touched because, at least in the absence of Sima Xiaowen, the old man first cared about Xiao Bao and Xiao Bei. She hurriedly shouted back, "I put them into the Hundred Miles of Mountains Map with Sister Xiao Wen accompanying them, so rest easy."

Elder Sima blinked, not asking further as he assumed Gu Qiaoqiao had brought that painting along. Everyone was in raincoats; though the wind had subsided, the rain still poured heavily, occasionally accompanied by distant lightning and thunder.

At this moment, the water rose alarmingly, and Chu Chengfeng turned around to see clan members bracing boats to emerge.

However, many people headed to the Divine Emperor Hall, sitting atop the hall’s roof. Gu Qiaoqiao knew that even with this flood, the hall’s roof would remain above water.

That place indeed was a good refuge from the floodwaters.

Chu Chengfeng looked worriedly at Elder Sima, saying, "Dad, you should go to the hall and hide with everyone; in a bit, let Qiaoqiao set up a barrier there."

"We old folks may be aged, but we aren’t as useless as you imagine," Elder Sima said, with a hint of hostility.

Chu Chengfeng chuckled, "I know, but the weather really is treacherous."

Elder Sima waved his hand, "No problem, I want to see what this woman is up to."

Then, with tightly furrowed brows and a sarcastic tone, he continued, "I want to see how she has the face to come here for revenge, sparing her from a brutal dismemberment was the mercy of our Phoenix Clan."

Chu Chengfeng truly had many good things in his storage space. He pulled out a coil of rope-like item and tossed it towards the hall’s rooftop. It landed accurately on the most solid beam, and then he guided the rubber boat in the hall’s direction.

Following him steadily was Elder Sima, along with many others following sporadically. However, everyone’s face reflected anxiety; this place, which never experienced such a natural calamity in years, was besieged by one now. Has the Phoenix Clan encountered trouble again after just a few days of peace?

Yet, fortunately, there were preparations made in advance, which is a blessing amidst the misfortune.

At the Divine Land Hall, Gu Qiaoqiao set up a barrier, while Elder Sima and Elder San Ye sat on a boat, vigilantly scanning their surroundings and the sky, guarding against an abrupt appearance by Liu Ruye.

At this moment, the rain lessened somewhat, yet the water rose higher.

But once the water reached the hall’s eaves, it seemed to cease rising.

Gu Qiaoqiao leaned towards the two and whispered, "I feel some disturbance in the air, I will go invisible..."

Then Gu Qiaoqiao drew an Invisibility Talisman and rendered herself invisible.

Elder Sima and Elder San Ye, after a brief discussion, had all five elders who remained in the Phoenix Clan’s Divine Land camouflaged as well, leaving only two boats drifting on the water.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s invisibility ability had become quite formidable because she had mastered the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation, significantly enhancing her auxiliary powers.

Suddenly, Gu Qiaoqiao spoke, "There seems to be some disturbance in the southeast direction, be careful."

At that time, the southeast direction began to distort suddenly, like ripples on a lake. When the ripples spread out, a crack appeared in the air, and an old woman dressed in black with a single eye appeared mid-air.

She coldly looked at Chu Chengfeng and Qin Yize, grinning savagely, "Mo Li, your life is resilient."

Chu Chengfeng’s gaze turned icy cold, yet his demeanor remained extraordinarily calm, "Too bad you didn’t die."

Liu Ruye stared intently at Chu Chengfeng, "Today, it will be you who dies!"

Then, she extended her hand, and a green flame erupted in the air, the size of a basketball, heading directly toward the boat carrying Qin Yize and Chu Chengfeng. Yet upon reaching the barrier, it bounced off, collapsing a nearby building tens of meters away.

Logically, the green flame should have extinguished upon meeting water, but instead, the opposite happened, with water seeming to make it fiercer, like adding fuel to the fire.

Though initially only basketball-sized, upon contact with water, it exploded to several times its original size.

If not for the barrier on the rubber boat deflecting the green flame, that boat would have been destroyed. But as it stood, Gu Qiaoqiao’s barrier held firm.

Thus, this once serene and beautiful Divine Land now melded natural disaster and battlefield, evoking an apocalyptic feeling.

Gu Qiaoqiao swiftly fortified Elder Sima’s and Elder San Ye’s boats with barriers.

Although they had their own defenses, Gu Qiaoqiao’s additional safeguards offered more reassurance.

Unreservedly, Elder Sima and Elder San Ye countered immediately.

For a moment, the air filled with a dazzling interplay of gold, red, and green flames like blooming fireworks, even as the sky grew darker, far-off, brooding black clouds weighing heavily on morale.

Gu Qiaoqiao finally understood Liu Ruye’s rationale for choosing such weather.

Her unique green spiritual fire was not at all afraid of water, even thriving exponentially in it, something Gu Qiaoqiao hadn’t anticipated.

Although she knew their spiritual fire was water-resistant, Liu Ruye’s fire differed from the Phoenix Clan elders’, including Chu Chengfeng as clan leader. They couldn’t manipulate water to augment their fire’s potency like Liu Ruye.

This was why she appeared on a flooded day, having waited a long time for this moment.

Initially, it seemed Liu Ruye targeted Chu Chengfeng and Qin Yize’s boat.

However, Liu Ruye didn’t solely attack them, hindered herself by injuries.

Suddenly, she disappeared, reappearing elsewhere to start bombing one building after another.