The Yaksha, hearing his leader’s reprimand, felt a surge of grievance and couldn’t help but defend himself in a low voice, saying, “Boss, listen to me. I wanted to attack with waves, but we’re currently in a five-times gravity field. Normally, I could easily whip up giant waves, but now, in this gravity field, the seawater is incredibly heavy, and the surrounding waves have become smaller. I can’t possibly summon colossal tidal waves!”
The Demon King, upon hearing his subordinate water-element ability user’s reply, had no choice but to shake his head and say helplessly, “Since that’s the case, you don’t need to make a move. Next person, go. If you can cause damage, that’s better. If not, we’ll settle for second best and just tie up these two!”
The next person began to unleash his ability. His ability was also material-based, and the material he controlled was calcium.
“Boss, don’t worry, watch me. I’ll sink their ship into the sea without anyone noticing. Then, I’ll see how they plan to stay on the water!” As he spoke, this person unleashed his ability. There was no visible change on the sea surface, but the calcium ions in the seawater quickly gathered around Shen Feng’s ship, and then began to condense.
There were many ions in the seawater, and the concentration of calcium ions was also high. As these calcium ions gathered, they slowly began to condense. Beneath the unseen ship, a thick layer of crystalline substance formed.
“Xiao Yue, have you noticed our ship’s waterline getting deeper?” Shen Feng noticed something was wrong. The small boat, which could previously float on the water, now seemed to be slowly sinking, with the seawater almost reaching the deck.
Yue Hengyi looked around and indeed, the ship was sinking without them realizing it. He quickly leaned over to look beneath the ship and immediately discovered a thick layer of crystals beneath the vessel. Only then did he understand that the ship’s weight had unknowingly increased, which was why it was trending downwards.
“Brother Feng, the ship is covered in thick crystals. If this continues, the ship beneath us will definitely be submerged. What should we do?” Yue Hengyi asked anxiously.
Yue Hengyi couldn’t deactivate the gravity field at the moment because he knew that if he did, the enemy would be unhindered and would surely fight with all their might. Therefore, for their own safety, he absolutely could not deactivate the gravity field. However, the ship’s weight was continuously increasing, and if no solution was found, it would surely sink.
Shen Feng had no good solution for the current predicament. After thinking for a while, he looked at a small pouch inside the cabin. It contained the seeds of the hundred-year-old orchid. He remembered that anyone who ate this seed could unleash powerful combat strength for a short period!
“Xiao Yue, go get two of the fruits from the bag! We have no choice but to fight with all our might now. I had intended to use them only at a critical moment, but it seems now that without a desperate struggle, we won’t survive,” Shen Feng said in a deep voice.
Shen Feng had never encountered such a perilous moment, nor had he been pushed to such an extent by ability users. Previously, when he encountered danger, it was mostly on land, and he could still escape if he wanted to. But now, while still floating on the sea, he was facing attacks from over a dozen ability users. The strength of these ability users was not ordinary; all thirteen of them were experts!
“I understand, Brother Feng, wait for me, I’ll go get them right away!” Yue Hengyi also realized that even if the after-effects of these fruits were severe, survival was the most important thing. The after-effects were no longer important!
“Splash…” The seawater was gradually surging onto the deck. Once the cabin was also submerged, the ship would have only one fate: to sink into the sea, and the two people on board would lose all their footing.
Shen Feng took the fruit handed over by Yue Hengyi and ate it without hesitation. To make it take effect faster, he chewed it thoroughly. The fruit tasted slightly bitter. If one were to eat it as a snack, it was clearly unqualified, but the fruit’s function was not to satisfy human appetite.
After eating the fruit, Shen Feng felt a surge of energy throughout his body. His complexion immediately turned flushed, and a powerful force within him could not be unleashed. His eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, and his eyes were almost blood-red.
Yue Hengyi also ate the fruit and immediately sensed something was wrong with his body. It seemed that this fruit could also affect abilities!
“Ten-times gravity field!” Yue Hengyi gritted his teeth fiercely and poured all the unreleased power in his body into unleashing his ability. Instantly, a ten-times gravity field appeared on the sea. With the help of the fruit, Yue Hengyi had actually broken through his original ability limit.
Originally, under the five-times gravity field, ordinary ability users were already finding it difficult to persevere. As for ordinary people, their internal organs would rupture and they would die. Now, with the appearance of the ten-times gravity field, even ability users found it hard to breathe, their bodies reaching their limits.
Pilots who had undergone professional training could actually withstand eight or nine times gravity for a short period, but that was only for a moment. For a prolonged duration, pilots would also die. This was the limit of pilots, and also the limit of the human body.
The ability users on the cargo ship were directly suppressed by the powerful gravity and forced to their knees. The person who had previously used his ability to condense calcium ions also had to stop using his ability and use all his strength to resist the ten-times gravity. However, his chest and abdomen were compressed, making breathing a problem.
“Hold on, who can still attack from a distance? Hurry up and act!” the leader wearing the Demon King mask shouted with difficulty. He had never expected to encounter such a troublesome opponent.
“Didn’t the data show that Yue Hengyi could only unleash a five-times gravity field? How many times is this now? It’s far more than five times, isn’t it?” someone asked doubtfully, panting as they spoke.
No one could answer this question. When the battle began, they had thoroughly investigated the ability limits of Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi, which was why they were so confident. But now, looking at it, Yue Hengyi could also unleash powerful combat strength instantaneously, which no one had anticipated.
And after Yue Hengyi’s outburst, it wasn’t just the group of people on the cargo ship who were affected. Even Shen Feng, standing beside Yue Hengyi, was severely impacted. Even though Shen Feng possessed inexhaustible strength at this moment, he had to kneel on the deck under the immense gravity, and his breathing became difficult.
“Hoo, this damn ability of yours is truly a double-edged sword!” Shen Feng said helplessly.
In order to maintain his breathing, Shen Feng had to use his ability. Fortunately, he himself was a wind-element ability user, so he could resolve the difficulty in breathing. Shen Feng compressed the air and sent it into his lungs, maintaining fresh air within his body so as not to suffocate.
Human breathing relies on the ribs and abdominal cavity. When exhaling, the ribs contract, the diaphragm moves upward, making the air pressure in the lungs lower than atmospheric pressure, and the stale air inside is expelled. When inhaling, the ribs expand downwards, pulling the diaphragm down, reducing the air pressure in the lungs, and atmospheric pressure forces air into the lungs.
But now, Shen Feng could barely move his entire body, and his ribs were so compressed that they were completely immobile. To breathe air, he could only rely on his ability to assist his breathing. This way, he could last a little longer.
However, even so, Shen Feng felt that he could only last for half an hour.
The wind speed in the air was getting faster and faster. Shen Feng could feel a powerful storm approaching them. If they couldn’t resolve the enemy within half an hour, then they would have to leave the sea surface by relying on the sea storm!
An ability user on the cargo ship began to act. He propped himself up and sat on a container, saying, “I originally didn’t want to use my ability because every time I use my ability, it consumes several years of my life. But now, it seems worth it to use a few years of my life to kill two great heroes!”
After speaking, this person jumped directly into the sea. Under the powerful gravity, his body slammed into the sea surface as if hitting a wall. His ribs and leg bones broke at that moment, but he was still not dead. The powerful vitality of an ability user meant that he might not be killed even if he jumped from a ten-story building.
After the ability user from the cargo ship fell into the water, white solids immediately formed on the water surface and spread towards the sailboat. A thick layer of solid material appeared with needle-like objects protruding from it. The nearby sea surface seemed to have grown long needles all at once.
“Is this guy’s ability ice-making? That’s difficult to deal with!” Yue Hengyi was shocked by this scene. Having someone who used ice as their ability on the sea was definitely powerful.
Shen Feng looked at these white solid substances and shook his head slightly, saying, “It doesn’t look like it. The speed of freezing is too slow. This kind of attack generally cannot threaten us. However, no matter what, let me show you!”
Shen Feng couldn’t just stand by and watch the enemy attack him. Since he had already eaten the hundred-year-old orchid fruit, he had inexhaustible strength all over his body. With abundant physical strength, he felt that his abilities also possessed greater power.
“Furious Wind!” Without a word, Shen Feng condensed tens of thousands of wind blades in the air. This was Shen Feng’s limit for a single attack. However, at this moment, Shen Feng found that he still had spare energy, so he condensed another five thousand wind blades. The dense wind blades solidified in the sky above everyone.
Originally, wind blades were invisible, and no one could see them. But the heavy rain on the sea was getting heavier and heavier. The rainwater fell onto the wind blades and then flowed down along them. Water droplets stuck to the wind blades, causing the wind blades to reflect light. The people on the cargo ship looked up and saw dense, menacing sword blades suspended in the sky.
“Prepare to dodge, this is Shen Feng’s attack, incredibly sharp!” The Demon King’s expression changed. Seeing this scene, he was completely stunned.
However, Yue Hengyi was currently unleashing his ability. The ten-times gravity field had already enveloped the battlefield. Everyone present was firmly pressed onto the ship, finding it difficult to even move. Now, with countless flashing, cold-glowing sword blades in the sky, how could such a wide-range attack be blocked?
“Go!” Shen Feng felt his limit. Fifteen thousand wind blades were the maximum. More sword blades could not be controlled, but that was enough. The dense sword blades in the sky converged into a torrent and descended directly towards the cargo ship. So many sword blades falling at once were like a waterfall cascading from the heavens.
As the ability users on the containers were about to be hit by the wind blades, the people on the ship fought back desperately. A burly man stood up. If he were to stand on his own, his legs would have already been crushed, but there were steel bars supporting him. In haste, he had actually fabricated a steel frame to support himself.
“Old Six, block it quickly!” the Demon King urged, clearly not expecting Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi to be so troublesome, finding himself pushed into a desperate situation.
Old Six did not hesitate. The moment he stood up, the containers on the ship all melted. The melted steel formed a shield, covering the entire top of the cargo ship. The wind blades fell, making “ding-ding-dang-dang” sounds, and sparks flew. The group of people hiding on the ship listened to the dense impact sounds and trembled slightly.
“As expected of a sixth-order ability user, as expected of the Wind God! He is so powerful!” Everyone was shocked by Shen Feng’s combat prowess. If no one could block this, wouldn’t everyone on the ship be killed by the wind blades?