A shrill hiss came from deep within the fissure. The thing seemed enraged. Tearing sounds erupted throughout the gray mist, and dozens of spatial fissures opened like venomous snakes, countless twisted tentacles and sharp teeth attacking from every treacherous angle!
"Nine Palaces Defense-activate!" Yun Qing commanded in a low voice.
Everyone formed hand seals. Runes lit up on all twelve Cloudships at once, linking them into a formation. The attacks struck the barrier with a grinding sound that set their teeth on edge.
"These things are hiding in the gaps between spaces. If we don't drag them out, they'll wear us to death!" Yun Zui tipped her head back and took a huge swig of wine. Her cheeks were flushed, but there was no drunkenness in her eyes. "Ruyi, lend me a little luck!"
"Mm!" Yun Ruyi nodded obediently and patted her Fortune Pouch. A rich, auspicious golden light enveloped Yun Zui.
"Watch your great-aunt burn these skulking things to ash!" Yun Zui let out a long cry, tossed her wine flask into the air, and formed hand seals so quickly that her hands left afterimages. "Drunken Immortal Secret Art-Flames Scorch the Heavens!"
Boom!
A sea of crimson-gold flames surged forth, blanketing the sky. It actually seemed to make space itself "drunk," causing the hidden rifts to flicker into view!
"Yun Li, three ahead on the left! Yun Poxiao, five above on the right! Shuanghua, something below is trying to bore through the hull!" Yun Jinglei, who had been standing with his arms folded, suddenly spoke. His orange hair streamed behind him as his divine sense worked with the sea of flames, instantly pinpointing every abnormal fluctuation.
"Understood!" Those he named acted immediately, without the slightest hesitation.
Yun Li unsheathed his blood blade and slashed into the fissures. Amid wretched