Chapter 272
As for what she could research out of it, she no longer bothered with that.
After tidying up, the sea ship set off once again. The sea surface was calm, as if the violent storms they had experienced earlier were everyone's illusion, and only the mountains of Demon Beast meat piled inside the cabins proved what they had truly been through.
The Thirteen Misty Islands, on the other hand, grew much quieter. Perhaps upon witnessing everyone's combat prowess—not just the men of the Red Wind Mercenary Group, but even a seemingly young and delicate girl like Ye Chuqi could venture deep into the Misty Sea and slay Sea Demons—it made them realize the exact gap Gaines had spoken of.
Yet some still believed Ye Chuqi's ability to achieve such a feat was purely a matter of luck. After all, though that Giant Octopus could control the weather, its combat and defensive capabilities were not particularly outstanding; once Ye Chuqi found its weakness and closed in for a melee attack, it lost both its advantage and the power to resist. They failed to consider that what came easily to Ye Chuqi might be exceedingly difficult for anyone else to pull off.
Presently, the combat strength of the skilled sailors on board was simply insufficient to sustain their movements under the pressure of the Sea Demons. Those tentacles looked easy enough to chop off, but dodging their massive numbers was a different story entirely. Even fighters like Ye Qinglan and Red Beard could barely hold their own on the surface of the water, while the ones controlling the field before the seawater ever reached them were always those Sea Demons.
If they ever dared to utter such words to Ye Chuqi's face, she certainly wouldn't mind tossing them down there