"Chen Han, move back a little more... Yes, right there. Stay put!"
"Wu Quan, steady that section of floor! If it gives way, we'll all fall into the sea."
"Ling Lin, spread out a bit more. That area's about to fall apart..."
A battered carriage drove across the mist-shrouded sea, swaying in the wind as though it would shatter at any moment and sink beneath the waves.
Master Chen drove the carriage while directing the people crammed inside, working up a sweat.
"All three Explorer Ships were smashed to pieces. Good thing we had Master Chen's carriage... otherwise, we would've been in real trouble."
The Phoenix Squad members looked at the hazy mist outside and spoke with lingering fear.
"But whether this carriage can hold out until Great Xia... is still hard to say." Cao Sha looked at the terrified people in the carriage and sighed helplessly.
Just then, a crimson figure flashed outside the carriage and lightly knocked on its wall.
"This carriage won't last much longer. Everyone, come out."
The people inside were somewhat bewildered, but they still pushed open the carriage's sole remaining door. Above the vast sea, seven or eight flying "Mysteries" were following alongside the carriage.
At Lin Qiye's signal, the orderlies each carried someone incapable of flight on their backs. With a beat of their wings, they soared into the sky above the sea.
As the last person stepped out of the carriage, it finally reached its limit. With a bang, it exploded into fragments that scattered over the churning sea, while Master Chen was steadily caught by the final orderly.
"Any casualties?" Lin Qiye asked.
"No."
Lin Qiye nodded. In the distance, Shen Qingzhu, Hu Jia, Yurina Takishiro, and the others had also returned to the group. Though all of them were wounded,