While Liu Changxu battled the ninth-tier Crab Emperor high in the sky, Xiao Zier and the others on deck were also directing the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship in a head-on clash with the Golden Crab army.
Dozens of spirit cannons aboard the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship fired red blasts simultaneously, bombarding the swarms of crab demons surging toward them.
The Soul-Destroying Lamp at the bow emitted dusky purple Soul-Destroying Divine Light. Wherever it swept, crab demons fell in swathes like wheat beneath a sickle. Its power was terrifying; even eighth-tier inferior-grade crab demons could not withstand it.
Meanwhile, the Space-Sealing Mirror projected beams of silver mirror light, coordinating with the spirit cannons and the Soul-Destroying Lamp to attack the high-tier crab demons. Any caught within its light were immobilized in midair, then blasted into fragments by the spirit cannons.
Although the crab demons had strength in numbers and hard shells to protect them, they could not withstand such dense, terrifying firepower. Their casualties soon mounted, and shattered crab corpses covered the sea.
Seeing this, the Golden Crab clan's dozen or so eighth-tier crab demons quickly changed tactics. Rather than charging in a mass, they scattered and lunged at the battleship from every direction.
Although the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship could strike in every direction, this scattered encirclement inevitably divided its firepower, greatly reducing its attack efficiency. Crab demon attacks struck its hull from time to time with tremendous booms. Fortunately, its defenses were exceptionally strong, and the Golden Crab demons' attacks inflicted no serious damage.
"We can't let ourselves be trapped!"
Seeing the situation, Xiao Zier swiftly ordered the Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship to change course, preparing to break out of the crab demons' encirclement!
The Ruyi Sky-Patrolling Battleship abruptly climbed. Spiritual light flared at its stern, and it instantly became a streak of