Ao Hongchen feared that if he attacked the other Sea Soul Beasts, the enemy would seize the opportunity to attack the cruise ship. With their enormous size, if they struck the ship, they could easily capsize it.
Because Federation personnel were aboard, Ao Hongchen had to divide his attention to protect them. Otherwise, if the ship were destroyed in their current position deep within the sea...
Returning to land or reaching Star Luo Continent would require considerable effort.
Meanwhile, that Ferocious Beast was wary of Ao Hongchen's strength, so it could only lurk in the depths of the sea and keep him occupied.
As the Ferocious Beast and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts made their moves, Cai Yue'er and the other four also began defending themselves. Cai Yue'er fought the Octopus Ferocious Beast, while the other four faced the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
Although the other four were also Three-word Battle Armor Masters, this was the Ocean after all. With their home-field advantage, even they found it difficult to do much against the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
Meanwhile, the offensive and defensive battle around the two large ships had already begun.
Amid deep booming sounds, clusters of dazzling Soul Cannon beams blasted from the gun ports that had long since opened on both sides of the ships.
These Soul Cannons were powered by Soul Guidance Battery Arrays filled with energy. If necessary, Spirit Masters could also directly inject Soul Power into them to activate them.
The attack power of every Soul Cannon was formidable. The strongest among them even possessed attack power at the level of a Titled Douluo.
For a time, the Ocean roared continuously from the explosions. When the Sea Soul Beasts' attacks struck the ships' Protective Barriers, rings of blinding halos erupted as well.
Fortunately, both Diplomatic