It was an extremely huge skeleton.
Its height far exceeds the length of the whale. When the whole body stands up, the clouds just cover its waist. Xia Ye didn't know how it was suspended in mid-air, but compared to the "Bone King" itself, this question was not important at all.
Originally, skeletons were not very scary things, but once they were enlarged to this extent, they were intimidating enough.
Maybe this is macrophobia?
The whale also screamed in terror. It and its kin were the overlords of this etheric sea. They had never seen a creature bigger than themselves, but now, such an enemy suddenly appeared in front of it. Grabbing it by its bony wings like a bird.
Looking at the struggling whale, the "Bone King" opened its mandible. It seemed to be laughing, but no sound came out. Xia Ye even doubted whether it could really make a sound with only bones.
While "laughing" at the whale, it stretched out its other hand and grabbed the other bone fin of the whale.
But just then, an incandescent flash suddenly lit up on the whale's back.
The next second, thousands of beams of light shot out from the back at the same time - it was the breath of the beluga whale, which was denser and brighter than the breath of the young whale, and the color also turned into pure white like its body.
Because the distance was too close, the whale's breath hit the "Bone King" while it was still rising. The dense beams of light were like a downpour, washing the giant skeleton that was caught off guard. The powerful beams of light exploded on the white skeleton one after another. After the whale took its breath, fine fragments of white bones fell from the huge skeleton like snowflakes.
The skull's mouth grew larger, and the bloody flames in its eyes suddenly became intense. Its "mockery" turned into a "roar" (although there was no sound), and its free left hand no longer tried to catch the whale. Instead of using his wings, he clenched his fist into a fist and hit the whale's head hard.
boom--! ! !
There was a loud bang like thunder.
The shock wave exploded with the whale's head as the center, sweeping out a circular hole in the surrounding sea of clouds. The beluga's head drooped unnaturally, and its body stopped swinging. Just when Xia Ye thought it was knocked unconscious by a punch, an extremely thick beam of light suddenly appeared from the whale's head!
"Woo——————"
Accompanied by the high-pitched whale call, the beluga raised its head. The beam of light spurting out from the head is like a sharp sword, cutting through the body of the "Bone King" from bottom to top, and at the same time cutting through the sea of clouds behind it. A wide crack extends straight into the distance, and the boundless clouds are like A piece of cloth was cut in half.
Immediately afterwards, the "Bone King"'s right hand slipped from its body, and the beluga's wings were freed from their restraints. But this time the whale didn't try to escape. It turned its huge body, preparing to aim its head at the following Moby-Dick.
Jahab immediately understood its plan.
"The thrusters haven't restarted yet?!" she yelled.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a roar from the stern of the ship. Then, the chief engineer's voice came from the microphone:
"alright."
"Main gun, fire shielding shells!" Yaha immediately gave the order.
The cannon bore had been loaded with shielding rounds in advance, and the gunner who received the order immediately opened fire. With the sound of the cannon, the white projectiles flew along a high trajectory to the front of the whaling ship about one kilometer away, and exploded with a "bang" in mid-air. .
Thick white smoke poured down like a curtain, blocking the view between the beluga and the whaler. Yaha then shouted: "Go forward four, full right rudder! Horizontal rudder angle minus -15!"
The Moby Dick began to turn slowly. Even if the thrusters that had just been restarted were turned on to maximum power, they could not enter the ramjet propulsion mode. The turbofan driven by whale oil rotated at full speed, pushing the heavy hull slowly to the lower right.
Just a few seconds later, a sharp beam of light cut through the white smoke screen. From the perspective of the bridge, it seemed that it was about to hit the bridge head-on, but in the end it just swept past the middle and rear of the whaler.
There was a "hissing" sound of metal being burned and melted from behind the hull, which lasted for a while before ending. As soon as the light beam went out, Yaha shouted towards the microphone:
"Report casualties and hull damage!"
More than ten seconds later, the reply came: "No one was killed. The rear deck was damaged, and half of the secondary battery mantlet was melted away! But it should not affect the firing."
"How is the chief engineer's condition?" Yaha asked again.
After about ten seconds, the chief engineer's voice came: "Slight injury."
In the engine room at the stern of the ship, the chief engineer, who was in the "synchronous strengthening" state, was half-kneeling on the ground, his expression as calm as ever. A huge wound was torn from her shoulder to her back, and blood was flowing profusely. Although the crew pressed the hemostatic cotton firmly on her wound, it had little effect.
"The chief engineer's injury should be serious." Yaha muttered to herself, but with the crisis ahead, she couldn't care less.
"Full left rudder! Correct the hull! Load another masking bomb in the main gun and fire according to my command!"
Xia Ye, who was idle, turned to the cat on her shoulder and said, "Go and see the chief engineer. If you can treat her, treat her."
Xiuji responded with a "meow", turned into a black shadow, and ran out of the cab quickly.
"What was that attack just now? How often did it happen?" Xia Ye asked her quickly while Yaha had not yet issued an order.
"That is emitted from the head of the beluga whale. It should be a burst of ether current. I call it 'ether torrent'. It can be emitted once in less than half a minute." Yaha explained quickly.
After a pause, she added: "My last ship was destroyed by the ether flood."
Xia Ye nodded silently.
At this moment, the roar at the stern suddenly became louder, and the propeller finally entered the ramming mode. The speed of the Moby Dick suddenly accelerated, and soon broke through the smoke barrier, and the White Whale and the "Bone King" appeared in front of them again.
The two sides are in a stalemate.
The "Bone King" held his severed arm in his mouth, while his other hand was firmly grasping the whale's tail, preventing it from turning around or escaping. Unable to break free, the white whale could only angrily shoot out rounds of whale breath, and bone fragments continued to fall. However, this skeleton was too big, and those small beams of light could not cause fatal damage to it.
"Full speed towards that whale! We have to get to it as fast as possible."
As soon as Yaha finished speaking, another round of whale breath was sprayed out, but this time the target was not the "Bone King", but the Moby Dick!
Thousands of beams of light rose up into the sky and fell densely towards the whaler. Yaha did not order to avoid them. In order to shorten the distance with the white whale as quickly as possible, the Moby Dick was like an angry beast, facing the blazing beam of light and heading straight. Rushed forward.
The whale's breath hits the deck, the gun mantlet, and the bridge one after another, exploding like high explosives. The breath of an adult whale is much more powerful than that of a young whale. Every hit will cause the ship to explode. There is a deep pit on top.
Suddenly, Xia Ye discovered that the translucent "magnetic lines" covering the entire ship disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, she saw another new whale's breath hit the starboard side. This time the bright beam penetrated the deck easily, and a dull explosion came from the bottom of the cabin.
A report came from the microphone: "The chief engineer is seriously injured! 'Synchronized reinforcement' can no longer be maintained!"
Yaha clenched his fists and issued an order through gritted teeth: "Let structural engineers No. 1 and 2 enter the 'synchronized strengthening' state! Main gun, fire shielding bombs! Helmsman, full left rudder to evade!"
But just as the order was issued, Xia Ye saw that on the beluga's head, which was facing the whaling ship, a huge mouth suddenly opened. Deep in the mouth, there was an incandescent light that was so bright that it was impossible to look directly. It is condensing rapidly.
(End of chapter)
