Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 218: Soul Control, Fleet Escape
"Don't listen to that sound! Blast it to pieces!"

Boom boom~

The demon-hunting ship, which reacted faster, immediately turned its guns and fired a volley, blasting the nearby altar into pieces. However, only the altar was destroyed. The human eye pearl on the altar was still hanging in the air. It turned out that it was not a real object, but an illusion of a formation.

It seemed that the destruction of the altar activated and angered it. The originally dull human eye pearl became smart, and while observing the fleet from a high position, it once again let out a soul-stirring scream.

"Shielding technique! Isolation technique! Silencing technique! Soul-guarding technique!"

Lin Qianfan and Jiu Ye did not rashly use their spiritual sense to listen carefully to the specific meaning of the whispers and screams, but took direct action to strengthen the defense.

The defensive formation of the demon hunting ship had the function of capturing and weakening various foreign energy. In addition, the two captains took the initiative to help offset the protection. The soul attack of the human eye pearl did not cause any impact on the two Lin family ships.
But it was not without gain. The two medium-sized ships in the fleet whose defensive formations were previously broken, were still under repair, and could not be restarted immediately slowed down after being attacked by the human eye pearl soul, and were even about to leave the fleet.

"Jie Shun, Chang Jing, what are you doing?"

There was no response and both boats withdrew.

"Can you hear me? If you can hear me, please..."

Wow...

Just as the larger ships at the rear of the fleet were about to approach to interfere with/rescue the two of them,
Suddenly, a large number of harpoon chains and anchor chains extended from the seabed, entangled the Jieshun and Changjing, which were only slightly alone, and dragged them directly underwater. The chains were as flexible as octopus tentacles and had great strength, pulling them down by force.

At the same time, it also proves that there is indeed more than one big guy underwater, and they have been following the fleet, which is very dangerous.

"That's right! That's how they hunt monster-hunting ships. They pull the boat and the people on board underwater. It's like the people on board are asleep, and they sink as they do without any resistance!"

It has always been humans' monster-hunting ships that hunt various monsters, and the monster-hunting harpoon is the main combat weapon of the monster-hunting ships. No one would have thought that the fate of these monster-hunting ships would be like this.

"How dare you! In front of..."

[Who will be next? Hehehe…]

Before the Changjing was about to sink into the water, a message was sent. Although it still had the characteristics of the captain's soul, it was mixed with some unfamiliar aura. It was obvious that he was no longer his. The threatening meaning was self-evident, like a forewarning before death.

Gulu~

Everyone who saw this scene for the first time was shocked. This bizarre hunting method had never been seen before.

You should know that among the cultivators who can successfully cultivate to the middle and late stages of foundation building and command a medium to large monster hunting ship, there is no good-for-nothing. They are basically strong warriors with strong hearts and considerable strength.

But they were so easily controlled and pulled to the bottom of the sea without any resistance. This ability was a bit scary.

"It's soul control! Their soul defenses were broken in a very short time, and their souls were directly controlled. The opponent is obviously very good at this! The strength of their souls may have reached the quasi-third level!"

"Almost level three? Then wouldn't we be able to withstand it?"

"Spiritual attacks also have various limitations, so they definitely can't be this perverted. If you've practiced a second-level spiritual technique, you should be able to defend against it. After all, it's not a face-to-face attack!"

"I see. Then what about these human eye pearls? Are they its powerhouse?"

"Yes! These human-eye pearls are its eyes and hands. To be more precise, they are the medium through which it casts spells. Even if it's not here, it can still use them to cast spells!"

"Shall we destroy them?"

"Don't worry, just keep going!

There are a lot of these things along the way. It should be a complete formation. It would be a waste of time if we can't find the core of the formation. The most urgent thing is to rush to the depths of the secret realm!

Since it's a creature that specializes in spirits, its true form shouldn't be too exaggerated. If we lock onto it, we can destroy it!"

The fleet has more than 50 ships. Originally, the defense array of five ships could not be restarted, but there were second-level shipbuilders in the fleet who could help repair them. Until now, only the last two ships could not be restarted.

It was the two ships that were unable to restart the formation that were captured by the other side and became the unlucky ones, but it also showed that the other side was not omnipotent and needed to find a flaw before taking action.

"Fellow Daoists, use all your strength to drive the monster-hunting ships and increase the speed. Otherwise, all the monster-hunting ships it captures will become its food. The longer it goes, the stronger it will become!"

"There must be some ships behind that haven't caught up yet. Are you really not going to wait anymore?"

"No more waiting. If you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences!"

Toot~
Several aggressive large ships sounded their horns and charged forward. The enemy must have a purpose for hunting like this. They thought the creatures they had captured were just crude materials for their transformation.
No matter how many creatures like Corpse Puppet Generals there are, they can hardly affect the safety of large monster hunting ships. But now it is different.

Judging from the big guy underwater, the opponent's ability is beyond expectations and it is very likely to have other uses. The longer we delay, the closer the opponent is to success. How can we let the opponent succeed easily?
The only way to break the deadlock is to kill the enemies and seize the secret realm!

Toot~
The reason is simple and easy to understand. Other boats followed suit, fearing that they would be caught in the chain and unable to move away if they got behind.

The fleet pushed forward violently, encountering many altars and creatures that tried to stop them, and they were all destroyed by concentrated fire.
But the human eye pearl on the altar is always there, and it will continue to emit that terrifying soul-bewitching sound. However, as long as the speed of advancement is fast enough, the opponent will not have time to mobilize troops and attack.

The Filthy Star Pool area is not entirely black water. The water becomes shallower as you go further back. The formations of some large ships can already detect the land under the water. There are more and more reefs on the waterway, and there are even many meteorite ore pillars that directly protrude from the water to block the way. The fleet has to slow down its speed again.

"Fellow Taoists, be careful!"

Due to the terrain, not only did the fleet's speed slow down, but the originally tight formation was also stretched into a long strip, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

Boom boom boom~
Another second-tier "fleet" approached from the side of the fleet, firing at it from a distance. While their accuracy was meager, with no real lethality, their behavior revealed a terrifying learning ability. After witnessing the fleet's salvo, they had altered their approach to the ghost ships. "Can it already control these new ghost ships to fire in salvos?"

This ghost fleet is composed of more than 20 small and medium-sized monster-hunting ships, some of which are the monster-hunting ships that disappeared before. It is obvious that the other party's transformation and refining efficiency is very high, and all the power captured by it will become a part of its control.

"Psionic cannons counterattack! Aim and fire! Keep the ship moving, we're almost at the Wailing Star's core! The more it tries to stop us, the more it fears us! Shoot!"

The ghost ship fleet's psychic cannons are just fancy moves and cannot cause much substantial damage. It is even difficult to break through the defensive formation here. However, once they enter the shooting range here, they will be smashed into pieces by the fleet's concentrated fire. These are truly small pieces. The ghost ship fleet's delay and obstruction to the fleet is limited.

Boom~
Just as the fleet destroyed the ghost fleet and continued to move forward, and the black water under the ship became shallower and shallower, which meant that it was getting closer and closer to the deepest core area of the Wailing Star, a huge explosion was heard from behind.

Boom boom boom
Loud noises were soon heard from the bottom of the sea, and huge waves rushed into the sky. The demon-hunting ship targeted by the explosion was forced to accept the impact, but it did not dare to stop, and only regretted that it did not run fast enough.

"It's a corpse explosion! Those corpse puppets and bone generals are trying to destroy my defense with corpse explosions outside my maximum attack range!"

Boom boom boom
The self-detonation of one or two secret creatures naturally could not achieve the goal of breaking the defensive formation of the demon-hunting ship, but the explosions under the black water did not stop, constantly targeting those medium-sized ships that already had poor defenses and were slow to move.

"No…"

A scream was heard in the channel, and the formation of the last ship was broken. The moment the formation was broken, their ship suddenly slowed down and slowly stopped. It was obvious that the monk who was driving the ship stopped the ship on his own initiative. The captain originally tried to break through, but flew out of the ship with a ferocious face and soon stopped again.

"What a formidable soul control ability! An ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building couldn't even withstand a single breath from it!"

This time, because they were very close, many people saw the opponent's attack clearly. When the defense formation of the monster hunting ship was broken, it launched a soul attack through the whispering sound of the human eye pearl, and attacked all the boatmen on the monster hunting ship at the same time.
The boatmen in the Qi Refining Realm had no ability to resist and were all hit instantly, and immediately began to stop the boat.
The captain's cultivation was not bad, and his spiritual consciousness at the sixth level of foundation building also had some basic defensive capabilities, but it still could not support him to escape from the monster hunting ship and enter other monster hunting ships before he was controlled.

Wow~

A huge corpse whale with the aura of the second-level peak emerged from the water. It was wrapped in various chains all over its body and quickly wrapped around the boat like a living thing, then dragged it underwater. The foundation-building monk who was controlled by the unknown existence also entered the water with it.

【Hehe~ This is so fun~ Who's next? 】

The same tone of voice was heard again, but the Foundation Establishment cultivator was apparently stunned in the air. The person who spoke was not him, but the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Corpse whale! This is a corpse whale transformed from a peak-level second-order countercurrent whale!"

It turns out that the big guy hiding under the water is like this, but now the water is shallow and it can't hide anymore.

Boom boom boom~
The last few ships bombarded the corpse whale, but the power was not enough to cause effective damage to it. The distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther until it disappeared beyond the effective range.

Bounce, bang, bang~
Seeing that the routine was effective, corpse explosions continued to be heard underwater, and corpse puppets and bone generals continued to gather in the middle and rear ends of the fleet and began to hunt the slow-moving ships. For the first time, the people on these ships regretted why they didn't increase the power of the power core.

"Fellow Daoists, save me!"

Of course, the power of a single corpse explosion is far from enough to break the monster hunting ship formation, but it can't withstand the continuous flow.
The energy of the defensive formation needs to be replenished immediately after being consumed. The efficiency of this replenishment has a limit. When the replenishment cannot keep up with the consumption, the defense will weaken until it is broken by overload.

No one responded to him. The powerful monster-hunting ship in the front wanted to find the target as quickly as possible, kill the target and resolve the crisis, while the monster-hunting ship at the back wanted to try its best to move one more body length. As long as it ran faster than others, it would not be targeted.

As the fleet paid a price to continue going deeper, the black water below the ship became shallower and shallower, and more and more obstacles appeared on the surface of the water, and the overall speed dropped again.

These obstacles are not like ice that can be directly smashed by a single shot. They are all various meteorite minerals, which are very hard and can only be bypassed without increasing the speed.

"Here we come! Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Because the black water here is too shallow, the underwater corpse puppets are often destroyed before they have time to self-destruct, so the opponent has changed its tactics and used a large number of ghosts to launch self-destruction attacks.

After becoming ethereal, ghosts can pass through most objects, but the formation of the demon-hunting ship repels all alien energies, so they cannot easily enter. However, they can also choose to self-destruct and launch suicide attacks on demon-hunting ships that are not well positioned or have weaker aura.

Bang bang bang~
The ghost's self-detonation can also form a negative energy shock, which can also effectively attack the monster hunting ship formation. Once the routine is broken, it will also be effective.
However, as the sample data grew, there were naturally cases of foundation-building cultivators who successfully escaped. Without exception, they were all powerful foundation-building cultivators who had practiced soul-building techniques alone.

In other words, the strength limit of the opponent's soul attack/control in a short period of time is whether or not the opponent has practiced soul skills. If one has practiced soul skills, he or she will be able to withstand the first wave, respond, and escape.

Bang bang bang~
Second-level ghosts of various appearances launched suicide attacks on some of the monster-hunting ships as if they were free.

"Help, I don't want to die..."

Not every ship has means to deal with ghosts. In fact, even large ships only partially carry formations that can attack ghosts. In addition, if the captain himself has countermeasures, he can use the formation to launch a defensive counterattack.
But if the monster hunting ship has no corresponding means, the captain has no corresponding means, and his position is not good and cannot be effectively supported by other monster hunting ships, then the situation will be really critical.

And every foundation-building cultivator who was dragged into the water would make a death prophecy when entering the water, instilling fear in other survivors.

"Soul-shaking Song is released at maximum power!"

Under Lin Qianfan's micro-manipulation, the Blue Dragon Fish has always been in the safest position in the fleet, and all kinds of attacks could not interfere with the two ships, but now Lin Qianfan had to take appropriate action to protect the formation, so as to avoid being left without many helpers to face the final enemy together.

The invisible soul-shaking song spread, and the ghosts nearby, which were controlled on a large scale by the opponent and lacked agility, came out of their virtual state and were stunned. The captains who could not bear it any longer took ruthless actions.

Once ghost-like creatures are unable to launch effective attacks and cannot effectively dodge damage, they are actually very vulnerable and are killed one after another.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lin, for your help. If I can go back this time, I will definitely buy a formation like yours. It's really useful!"

Lin Qianfan did not comment, it was hard to say whether it could be sold.

"We're almost on land. Should we abandon the demon-hunting ship?"

(End of this chapter)