The battle at sea continued. By now, the destroyers and cruisers on the outer perimeter had been cleared away.
The Sea Soul Beasts' battle line kept contracting inward, but they now faced those Black-Level Battleships and that aircraft carrier.
These were nothing like the destroyers. Their shields were stronger and their firepower fiercer, leaving many Sea Soul Beasts unable to find an opening to attack.
Meanwhile, some other ships and powerful fighters who could still move were also converging in that direction.
Though they had abandoned the destroyers and cruisers on the perimeter, the situation left them no way to save those ships.
After all, the entire battle had actually begun less than five minutes ago. Even the ships' main guns that responded fastest had yet to finish charging.
Nor had all the fighter aircraft aboard the Sea God aircraft carrier taken off.
After all, even with the earlier orders to support Skysea City or scout the nearby waters, five minutes was nowhere near enough for every pilot to receive the orders and get their aircraft airborne.
Even the few fighter aircraft that took off first could not reverse the battle. In fact, those aircraft were shot down at low altitude by Integration Movement members equipped with Two-Word Battle Armor or better, and by the Sea Soul Beasts behind and below them.
Ultimately, from the utterly unforeseen surprise attack at the outset to the completely unfamiliar tactics that followed, the Sea God Fleet had remained on the back foot throughout the battle.
The situation made Chen Zeyu realize that preserving the entire Sea God Fleet was already impossible. He could only do his best to protect these few mainstay Black-Level Battleships and the Sea God aircraft carrier, relying on support from the ground forces at the harbor behind them to