Every Second Counts!

Every second counted! The sea was pressed into a white wake by the palm wind, and the Qingshan Ship lurched violently. The sails on its masts suddenly billowed, but fortunately, it did not capsize.

Several heavy objects crashed to the floor inside the cabin. The Qingshan Ship ignored everything else, tilting nearly thirty degrees as it burned Mana Stones and sped ahead at full speed.

Before the Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant could raise its other arm, it swiftly plunged into the whirlpool at sea.

The whirlpool closed, and the entire ship vanished, mast tip and all.

Before Ling Chu could catch her breath, the Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant had already withdrawn its missed hand. Its head, piled together from skeletal hands, slowly turned toward the Ghost Ship.

The Ghost Ship was the closest vessel to the Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant, and its large size naturally made it the creature's first target.

Without pause, it raised its other arm, its enormous palm, like a mountain of fingers, slamming straight toward them!

The Ghost Ship had just fired a round of shells, and its cannons needed at least three seconds to cool down.

At that moment, with the giant palm descending overhead, Ling Chu had no time to do anything else.

"Activate Wind Speed! Wind Shield!"

The instant Ling Chu gave the order, the skeletal Helmsman pressed two buttons. The ship suddenly shot sideways, and a translucent defensive wind shield enveloped the entire vessel.

Yet it still could not evade those fingers thicker than utility poles!

Boom! Boom!

At the critical moment, two shells came hurtling in from the side, precisely shattering one of the Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant's fingers!

The shells skimmed past the Ghost Ship's stern, blasting a gap between the skeletal fingers just half a second before the hand closed.

The Ghost Ship's bow slid past the