Chapter 4783 — Sea Beast Attack
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
In the blink of an eye the horde closed from twenty li to ten, moving with appalling speed. Their roars were already at his ear, and the once-calm sea was churned into surging waves, heaping up heaven-high swells in an instant that came crushing down upon the colossal ancient warship.
There was no time to think further. Okuda Qi hastily withdrew to the No. 2 lookout platform and, steeling himself, bellowed: "All hands, hear the order! Activate the defensive formations, activate the offensive formations, all hands to combat readiness!"
By now it was impossible to think of dodging. A colossus of such tonnage could not change course in an instant—unless they had reacted at Wei Zhao's first warning, in which case there might still have been time.
With the thrust of this warship's power formations, had they heeded Wei Zhao's warning and turned to flee at once, bringing the engines to full power before the beasts closed in, they ought to have been able to shake off the horde. But now it was all too late.
At Okuda Qi's command the whole ship fell into still greater confusion. The Eastern Continent disciples did not know what to do, but fortunately the original crew were well trained; after a moment of chaos they each took their battle stations, and in an instant every kind of defensive and offensive formation sprang to life, layer upon layer of dazzling multicolored light—a truly spectacular sight!
Boom! The ancient warship shuddered violently. This was the first wave of the sea beasts' charge. No one knew why the horde would commit such near-suicidal acts; against a colossus of the ancient warship's tonnage, even the desperate ramming of a Nascent Soul beast posed not the slightest threat.
Even those mighty Profound Ascension beasts, at the cost of their lives, could at most wear down the warship's defensive formations a little; they could not even reach the hull itself, let alone inflict any damage.
What truly posed a threat were those few Mountain-Splitting beasts mingled amid the vast horde. Once they began to attack with all their strength—especially once they had probed out its weak points—how long the warship's defensive formations could hold was hard to say.
Okuda Qi flew swiftly back to the command room. Though his heart was filled with nameless dread, he now appeared calm and composed, issuing each order to every crew member in methodical fashion. His steadiness was deeply infectious; one by one the men shed their panic, and morale surged.
Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie had at some point mixed into the command room as well. Watching Okuda Qi's performance, they could not help nodding inwardly. Anyone who could hold the captain's seat was surely no worthless man.
Okuda Qi noticed the two of them too. His brows knitted and he was about to open his mouth to drive them out, but then he remembered the warning Wei Zhao had given and swallowed the words before they left his lips, saying nothing more.
"Captain, the first wave of the sea beasts' charge is over—about forty or fifty Nascent Soul beasts. The defensive formations are intact." A familiar voice rang out from the sound-transmission formation. Wei Zhao recognized it as the lazy first mate from before; by the sound of it, he had gone to direct the defense on the spot.
"Don't get careless. This was only the appetizer they sent to test us. I don't know where they came from, but one thing is certain—this horde is coming for us. Brothers, make ready; today we fight a hard battle!" Okuda Qi said in a low voice.