When their ship lit up with a red glow, their team received a notification as well.
Just as they had concluded from earlier observations, as the main ship about to be struck by the club, they could apply defensive skills to their own vessel—but they would only last three seconds.
Once the strike was complete, they would no longer be able to apply defensive skills to the ship.
Whenever a stroke had begun before, Yu Xunge had stopped what she was doing to observe the consequences of ships successfully or unsuccessfully defending themselves.
So far, whenever a defensive skill was successfully used at the instant the club hit the hull, the ship suffered no damage. Of course, damage caused by colliding with other ships was inevitable.
Conversely, if they failed to defend in time, the hull would undergo massive deformation the instant it was struck. Judging from the expressions of the apprentices aboard those ships, the consequences were quite serious.
But if the apprentices were given another choice, ninety percent of those on the field would probably choose to be the "main ball."
After all, the striker's objective and method of play relied on main balls like them to knock other balls into the black holes.
They might be unable to move and have to constantly face the striker's attacks, but they were also necessary game tools for the striker. Unless they played terribly or did it deliberately, main balls like them with Ship Pets generally would not be knocked into the black holes.
Yu Xunge and Fat Goose stood on the deck, staring intently at the club as it repeatedly approached and retreated. The two would cover each other.
Maple Syrup stood at the stern with her weapon. The moment they collided, she would board the other ships and