Yang Yi seized his chance and pulled the trigger.
An expanding projectile blasted from the muzzle, and the barrel burst open into a flared bell.
After using it several times, Yang Yi had figured out the characteristics of Roaring Mode. The shell grew gradually as it flew, up to a maximum diameter of ten meters.
After about twenty meters, the shell expanded to one meter across. After fifty meters, it reached ten meters, just as it did now!
A ten-meter shell struck the restrained, deformed giant bird overhead squarely, punched through its chest, and blasted an even larger hole out of its back.
This was Su Na's first time experiencing the power of the Roaring Flintlock at such close range. She briefly fell into a daze, her eardrums stinging.
Yang Yi was already used to it, though the Flintlock's recoil left his left arm numb.
But he dared not pause for even a moment. The shot had failed to drive the giant bird back, merely making it falter and pause in midair for an instant.
Perhaps it wanted to fly away, but the vines winding around it would not allow that.
Yang Yi immediately scooped up Su Na beside him, slung her over his shoulder, and ran straight for the cabin.
Her weight of a little over a hundred jin had no effect on him whatsoever.
Fast as lightning, Yang Yi made it into the cabin before the giant bird fell and shut the cabin door behind him.
Boom!!!
The giant bird, tightly entangled in vines, landed on the Nightmare Star's deck, forcing the Skeleton Ship down into the sea.
White seawater poured in through the unsealed gunports and windows. Together with the rocking from the impact, it threw the cabin into chaos.
Though the impact was weaker than a