Crash—!!
Before one disaster had passed, another struck. Before those people could even get to their feet, the towering waves that had been thrown up earlier came crashing down from midair.
Though the waves no longer had any force driving them forward, the falling seawater was like massive boulders, slamming down onto the decks in great sheets.
The wave crests crashed down with tremendous force. Wood chips flew, ropes snapped, and the ships listed violently.
In an instant, hole after hole burst open across the decks, the sound of splintering planks exploding like a string of firecrackers.
One Soul Master after another fell from the decks into the sea, accompanied by brief cries and repeated splashes.
The giant ships were breaking apart, the Soul Masters were howling in pain, and the entire fleet seemed to have been seized by an invisible giant hand and ruthlessly crushed to pieces.
Seawater poured into the cabins, soaking the crates and luggage that had not been moved in time. The crowds that had packed the decks moments ago had now descended into chaos.
The giant ship Yu Xiaogang had been on, having been positioned farther ahead, had already come apart in the earlier collision.
The hull had split down the middle, with the bow and stern tilting in opposite directions. Seawater rushed in through the crack, and the entire vessel was slowly sinking.
If Flender had not reacted quickly enough to grab him and leap onto another ship, he would likely have been dragged into the depths by the seawater by now.
His fingers clutched the edge of the deck so tightly that his nails split. It took him a long while to recover.
High in the air.
Tang Chen stared unblinkingly in the direction that sword energy had come from, Soul Power surging