The instant they entered the turbulence zone, it was like plunging into a deep-sea vortex.
The Phantom Shadow Ship's inertia was worthless before the violent energy. It was instantly seized by an irresistible chaotic current and hurled viciously into the depths. The hull let out a teeth-grating metallic groan, fine cracks faintly appearing across its outer armor.
All light vanished completely here. Only the fleeting pale-white or dark-purple flashes produced when energy currents collided and annihilated each other occasionally illuminated the wildly spinning space fragments of varying sizes around them. Even deadlier was the omnipresent mental turbulence, like countless rusty files continuously scraping against everyone's soul shields, trying to bore into the depths of their consciousness.
The lights inside the ship flickered erratically, and the gravity system had long since failed. Everyone was pinned tightly to their seats by inertia.
"The shields are overloaded! Multiple energy circuits are damaged!" Xuan stared at the violently fluctuating data stream, his voice distorted by the immense pressure.
"Stabilize the ship's attitude! Prioritize repairs to navigation and propulsion!" Neji's voice cut through the chaos with an unusual calm. His hands hovered over the control panel as Chaos True Essence flowed from his fingertips into the ship's core circuits, forcibly calming several of the most dangerous reactor fluctuations.
Flame Calamity growled as he brutally poured fire energy into the auxiliary thrusters, trying to fight the current's pull. Stoneforce wrapped earth-and-stone energy around several of the ship's most vulnerable connecting points to keep it from breaking apart.
Shadowweave curled up in a corner, his face pale. He had yet to recover from the previous battle and mental corrosion, and the impact of the turbulence left him in the worst condition. Night Owl had his eyes tightly shut, a faint glow surrounding him. He was clearly doing