90: Heavy rain and tsunami

“Why is it raining so heavily!”

“Such huge waves!”

“Tighten it, quickly tighten it!”

At night, the ships that had departed from South Bay had already sailed into the deep sea.

This normally calm sea area, however, unusually experienced a heavy downpour and high waves.

Even the sailors and crew members, who had sailed and lived in this sea area for most of their lives, rarely experienced such heavy rain and waves.

Winds carrying seawater continuously blew.

Raindrops as large as beans struck the hull and the sailors like bullets.

The sailors and crew members were all bare-armed at this time, maintaining the stability of the ship.

Waves surged, crashing against the hull.

Jia Gu Yi Yan, who had been cultivating the Mian Yu Technique in the cabin, was also interrupted from his meditation by the enormous commotion.

He stabilized his body while rolling off the bed.

It wasn't that he didn't want to sit down, but the entire cabin began to shake wildly, and all the furniture not tied down was thrown haphazardly around the cabin.

The sound of breaking glass and earthenware continuously echoed.

‘Is it a monster?’

Jia Gu Yi Yan got up from the floor, grabbed a nearby rope, and stabilized himself in the swaying cabin, crawling towards the cabin door.

Rainwater had already accumulated on the deck, making everything wet, and even seeping into the cabin.

When Jia Gu Yi Yan opened the cabin door, the wind that met him almost tore his clothes apart.

His clothes were instantly drenched, and his hair was all blown back behind his head.

“Master, stay in the cabin, do not come out!”

“You'll fall!”

The Old Captain, standing at the bow of the ship, despite having only one arm, stood firmly on the deck in the face of the heavy rain, strong winds, and waves.

It was as if nails had grown from his feet, pinning his body to the deck.

Upon seeing Jia Gu Yi Yan open the cabin door, he immediately shouted towards Jia Gu Yi Yan amidst the heavy rain and strong winds.

“I'm fine!”

Although Jia Gu Yi Yan said so.

But the Old Captain clearly didn't believe him; only those who had lived their entire lives at sea could deeply understand the terror of the ocean.

However, Jia Gu Yi Yan was just causing trouble for these people at the moment, and he couldn't return to the cabin.

This sudden Rainstorm and waves clearly had a problem.

Jia Gu Yi Yan worried it might be the work of a monster.

If it were just ordinary waves and Rainstorm, Jia Gu Yi Yan would naturally trust the strength of these old men.

But if it was a monster, and he didn't deal with it immediately, these people would be in danger.

Jia Gu Yi Yan walked on the deck, enduring the Rainstorm, looking at the turbulent sea around him.

How magnificent it was.

Whether in movies or documentaries, the descriptions were always separated by a screen.

Only by truly facing it firsthand could one feel the power of nature.

It was as if, with this ship as the center, everything around it had lost the restraint of gravity.

All the seawater flowed upwards into the sky as if weightless, and salty seawater was everywhere.

Or it was as if the ship had sailed beneath the sea and was submerged by the seawater.

Surprise and shock were only fleeting thoughts for Jia Gu Yi Yan, a landlubber.

He naturally hadn't forgotten his purpose.

He quickly pulled out Torrential Rain E from his card holder, stabilizing his body's balance amidst the Rainstorm and waves.

At the same time, he was also stabilizing the surrounding weather changes.

His eyes, with the vision of a hawk, quickly scanned the surroundings, searching for any possible monster figures.

‘Monster aura… none?’

‘How is that possible?’

If these waves and Rainstorm were truly caused by a monster using its power.

Then it would be impossible for the monster not to be discovered by him.

The surging monster aura, under his perception as a Summoner, was even more conspicuous than the moon in the night sky.

The distance the opponent approached must also be very close.

To use this level of power and still not let him feel any monster aura.

Impossible…

“Torrential Rain E!”

At this point, he couldn't care about anything else; the environment was simply too terrible.

Gripping Torrential Rain E, he slammed it onto the water-soaked deck, amplifying the card's power throughout the entire ship.

Centered around the Jennice, the power of Torrential Rain E emitted a blue ripple that swiftly moved through the surrounding air and sea surface!

The Rainstorm and seawater stabilized for a moment.

All the crew members and sailors held their breath, their chests heaving like bellows.

But the next second, the Old Captain's aged face froze.

He widened his eyes, covered with deep wrinkles, and stretched out his hands, wrinkled like old tree bark, pointing to one side of the ship.

A majestic sea mountain, dozens of meters high, appeared to be toppling over and crashing towards the Jennice.

That's right, it wasn't a wave, it was a sea mountain.

A sky-blue sea mountain!

The Old Captain almost remembered when he was a teenager, a young lad.

At that time, he followed the Old Captain's Old Captain out to sea.

They encountered such a wave, and then…

The ship scattered like building blocks, scattered everywhere.

And he clung to a piece of driftwood, drifting for two days and two nights, before returning to land.

That was his nightmare.

A nightmare he was unwilling to mention to anyone, and today, the dream came true.

“Hold! Tight!”

“Everyone, hold on tightly to whatever you can!”

He shouted with his hoarse, old voice.

Jia Gu Yi Yan also widened his eyes, looking at that sea wave.

With his vision, he seemed to see a tiny dark shadow on top of the wave.

It seemed to be a humanoid shadow.

Its appearance was quite petite, but its legs were particularly conspicuous, long and thick…

No, those weren't legs.

That was a fish tail!

It was a mermaid!

Or rather, a Jiao Ren!

Jia Gu Yi Yan recalled the stories he had heard the taxi driver babble about earlier.

Could it really be true!!

Or was that a monster?

At this moment, he couldn't care about mermaids or monsters.

He couldn't let this ship be shattered by the waves, otherwise, most of the people on this ship would likely face a grim fate!

Jia Gu Yi Yan activated… Mian Yu Technique!

That's right, not Basic Breathing Technique, but operating Mian Yu Technique while in a human active state!

Instantly, Jia Gu Yi Yan felt his lungs fill with water as he breathed!

A strong sense of discomfort rose from his chest.

But at this moment, he couldn't care so much; mobilizing the power of the Mian Yu Technique, Jia Gu Yi Yan held Torrential Rain E between two fingers.

Whoosh!

The card flew from between his fingers, carrying a blue glow, spinning continuously in the air, shooting towards the waves.

Rainstorm and thunder erupted again!

And that mountain-like wave, under the power of Torrential Rain E, had most of its power reduced.

But even so, the remaining power of the wave slammed onto the Jennice, and the Jennice still groaned under the strain, with the creaking sounds of breaking wood and bending steel.

All the crew members held on tightly to whatever they could grasp around them.

The Old Captain's calloused right hand gripped a rough section of ship rope tightly, gritting his teeth, resisting the Scour of the seawater.

The entire ship, following the direction of the wave's impact, almost tilted 90 degrees towards the sea surface.

The entire deck was almost perfectly vertical.

“Ahhh!!”

The sailors and crew cried out, hanging onto the ship as they were washed by the seawater.