"Quick, everyone withdraw from the defensive line! Retreat to higher ground!"
When Cang Xuan saw the towering waves, he cried out urgently, his voice carrying across the defensive line.
The warriors did not need to be told. Though they lacked the strength of the True Man Realm and could not see that earth-shaking battle, they could feel the surging energy, so they had already begun retreating.
Now that they had heard the order, they fled for their lives.
Over the sea, the rolling waves were already crashing in like mountains toppling and seas overturning. The thousand-zhang waves shook heaven and earth; before they even arrived, torrents of wind and rain were already pouring down. The rolling waves rumbled like unending thunder.
But the waves came too quickly. Before the warriors could retreat very far, the waves came blotting out the sky and covering the earth.
"Quick, get aboard the Heavenly Vessels!"
Many warriors desperately flew toward the Heavenly Vessels, but only Core Strength Practitioners could fly, and there were too few vessels to hold so many warriors. Moreover, as the violent wind and rain battered them, the Heavenly Vessels could barely endure, swaying in the storm as though they might fall at any moment.
"Damn it, there's no time!"
Cang Xuan and the other two shot forward, desperately trying to save people, but there was only so much they could do.
The thousand-zhang wave came crashing in like mountains collapsing and seas overturning. Its terrifying impact filled everyone with despair. Even Cang Xuan and the others instinctively rose higher; if that wave crashed down, even True Persons likely would not be able to withstand it.
Roar!
At that moment, another heaven-shaking dragon roar resounded through heaven and earth.
The massive wave actually stopped in an instant, as though it had