Chapter 1728

Bai Ziqi's flagship was indeed hit by the first giant fish, the force of the impact being extremely astonishing. Amidst flying wood chips, He Lingchuan even saw over ten sailors knocked into the sea. But this large ship was unbelievably sturdy; the moment it was hit, it glowed with cyan and white light, clearly protected by several layers of formations for reinforcement and balance, and the effectiveness was quite strong. The force of the seabed behemoth clearly could have overturned it, but the ship only rocked crazily like a pendulum; several times the main sail dipped into the water, but there seemed to be a super-sized ballast stone at the bottom of the ship, which could right it every time. Moreover, only the initial amplitude of the rocking was large; after swaying seven or eight times, it gradually stabilized.

The giant fish was also very annoyed that the first strike didn't succeed; it turned around in the distance, accelerated again, and opened its big mouth just before hitting the flagship, determined to bite a large hole in it.

No matter how sturdy a ship was, it couldn't remain unscathed when encountering this abyss-like mouth.

At the same time, the other two giant fish also rammed into it.

However, after their first success, all the ships emitted a rich red light!

The seventeen sea ships were very close together, so the red light diffused and intertwined; looking down from He Lingchuan's overhead perspective, the red light completely wrapped the entire fleet, 360 degrees, with no blind spots.

Afterward, the two giant fish slammed fiercely into Bai Ziqi's flagship.

This time they used all their strength, not stopping until the large ship was smashed, yet they seemed to have hit an iron plate; Bai Ziqi's flagship only swayed slightly this time and stabilized, not even stirring up large waves on the sea surface.

How to describe it? It was like putting a large wooden board in a basin of clear water; no matter how the water rippled, the amplitude of the board's rise and fall was limited.

Very stable indeed.

The first giant fish had already turned around and rushed over, biting onto the large ship while shaking its head and tail, trying to drag it into the seabed.

Its strength was certainly not small, but a bizarre scene appeared:

Seventeen ships swayed in unison, but none of them were in trouble. Bai Ziqi's flagship wasn't bitten through; instead, the giant fish seemed to have its mouth stuck, unable to break free from the large ship no matter how it shook.

"One hair moves the whole body." Zhu Xiuer understood. "They used the divine ability on the ships, connecting the seventeen ships into one! Your fish wants to overturn Bai Ziqi's ship, unless you overturn all seventeen ships together!"

This was like the "Unity" battle formation used by Bai Tan's army when facing the stone-carved beasts in the Yao King's palace, only it was a super-sized, enhanced version. No matter how strong the three giant fish were, it was impossible to overturn seventeen ships at once.

Bai Ziqi's move couldn't deal with a hurricane, but it was more than enough to deal with a few giant beasts stirring up trouble.

Even Dong Rui could see that this time, it didn't even need the gods to intervene.

Zhu Xiuer's subtext was: just increase the quantity, add ten or eight more giant fish, and stir the coastal waters into a pot of porridge. After all, every formation had its limits.

Just go hard, just go head-on.

But at this moment, several rays of golden light suddenly emerged from Bai Ziqi's ship, stabbing directly into the fish's eyes! This fish was stuck by the ships and hadn't retreated, so it couldn't dodge the opponent's counterattack.

Another ray of golden light drilled into its mouth.

Just over a dozen breaths later, the giant fish suddenly turned into flowing water and washed off the deck.

This was originally a divine ability of giant manifestation; after suffering fatal damage, it could no longer be maintained and was immediately knocked back to its original form.

Several more rays of golden light emerged from the ship, chasing the other two giant fish and doing the same.

By the time the sea surface calmed down, the golden light didn't return to Bai Ziqi's hands but swam to the front of the ships, transforming into seven giant swordfish! The sea breeze here also didn't know when it had changed direction, blowing from Silver Pearl Island toward the sea; the fleet was sailing against the wind, moving very arduously. But as soon as these seven swordfish appeared, they dragged the entire fleet toward the shore, moving even faster than the ships sailing with the wind! "Lamp Spirits of the Eternal Lamp." This time it was He Lingchuan's turn to explain to the immortals. "Bai Ziqi was promoted from a Lamp-Bearer of the Tiangong to a Douyun Envoy, and he is skilled in using Lamp Spirits. But I have encountered his Lamp Spirits before; they weren't this powerful in the past. They must have received the blessing and infusion of the Heavenly Demons."

The Tiangong and the Illusion Sect didn't even meet face-to-face, didn't even test each other; they started with life-or-death ultimate moves—currently, it was the Illusion Sect outputting unilaterally, while the Tiangong team led by Bai Ziqi was temporarily resolving and defending unilaterally.

However, in this realm, the Tiangong's divine arts couldn't be cast again and again, so the fleet's best plan right now was to land on the island as soon as possible.

No matter how talented Bai Ziqi was, he still had too few opportunities to fight immortals, and his experience was lacking; he suffered a bit of a loss in the first encounter.

However, the Illusion Sect's attacks also began to become cautious, not as lavish as before.

He Lingchuan's eyes flickered as he looked at the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

This mirror seemed to have a wide range of uses and was closely connected to this realm; the Illusion Sect likely didn't dare to let it exhaust its energy, otherwise many inconceivable divine abilities couldn't be cast.

That was why the immortals switched to the lower-cost black fish formation, but it didn't manage to deal with Bai Ziqi.

The ability of manifestation—Lamp Spirits had it too.

Those few swordfish were swimming very fast; in at most another half-quarter of an hour, Bai Ziqi's fleet would be able to approach the beach of Silver Pearl Island.

It was best not to drag solutions that could be resolved at sea onto land.

Elder Xu grabbed a large ball of ointment from somewhere, kneaded it a few times in the ritual bowl with water to dissolve it, and then splashed it into the Haoyuan Golden Mirror.

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror was very dissatisfied seeing this scene: "Why does he throw any old junk into the Haoyuan Golden Mirror? The treasure mirror isn't a trash can!"

But after Elder Xu's ointment entered the mirror, everyone saw large masses of black oil rapidly emerging from the seabed, staining large areas of the sea black, with a greasy layer on the surface.

The seawater that had been clear to the bottom just a moment ago turned into a black mud swamp in the blink of an eye, still bubbling away.

Those few swordfish transformed from Lamp Spirits seemed to be swimming in thick sesame paste, struggling for a long time, yet advancing less than a hundred zhang.

Xiao Wencheng walked backward, retreating to the side of the long table.

There was already a sand table on the table. He swept his hand, and the sand table rapidly enlarged, focusing on Silver Pearl Island and the surrounding sea area.

Where the beaches were, where the streams were, where the towns were, and where the low valleys were—everything was displayed clearly on the sand table.

Xiao Wencheng and the two elders each lit a stick of incense, closed their eyes facing south, and prayed silently, their expressions extremely pious.

Who else could they be praying to? Naturally, the Thousand Illusion Immortal.

The three of them stopped speaking and opened their eyes almost simultaneously, each with a bit of incense ash falling onto the sand table.

The three of them lowered their heads and stared at this bit of incense ash, eyes unblinking.

Before long, the incense ash disappeared into the sand, vanishing without a trace.

Elder Xu then breathed a sigh of relief: "The Immortal Venerable has tacitly consented! Senior Brother—"

Xiao Wencheng nodded.

At this moment, Bai Ziqi's fleet was also displayed on the sand table, having already approached the northeastern coast of Silver Pearl Island.