Under the Demon Beasts' battering, the ship began sinking faster and faster.
Many Qi Refining Period cultivators who could not fly on swords also realized how dire the situation was and began crying incessantly for help.
The law enforcement officers frantically tried to repair the bottom of the ship, but before they could do anything, smaller fourth-tier Demon Beasts burrowed up through the hull, seized them, and tore into them with their teeth.
Forced to fight for their lives, they had no time to keep repairing the hull. They left the bottom of the ship before the water rose, clearly having decided to abandon the vessel.
On deck, under the Demon Beasts' relentless waves of attacks, the Protective Formation finally exhausted its spiritual qi and shattered.
The cultivators were left exposed to the Demon Beasts.
Chaos immediately engulfed the ship.
Ordinarily, subduing a single fourth-tier Demon Beast required the combined strength of several late Golden Core Stage cultivators. On this ship, where most were only at the early Golden Core Stage, they were no different from food to the beasts.
Sure enough, before long, the Demon Beasts had bitten many people to death, particularly Qi Refining cultivators.
Su Jiu's expression was cold, but she did not dare slacken her hands for an instant. She, too, was struggling fiercely to fend off a fourth-tier fish demon.
Fortunately, her nimble movements let her evade many of its attacks. She even managed to leave quite a few wounds on its body.
Fourth-tier fish demons already possessed the ability to remain airborne, which allowed them to hover in midair and fight cultivators to the death.
Su Jiu was still holding her own, but Mo Qi clearly was not. She had plastered several Talismans onto herself from the start, yet their effects weakened as time