Two more樓船 suddenly appeared, forming a triangle with the original one, surrounding the area where Ling Tian had just been attacked.
On the decks of the other two樓船, two more Kaijin could be seen.
These three Kaijin had heads that looked almost identical, with only differences in skin color and the color of their clothing.
The three Kaijin stared at each other, communicating solely through their minds. The general consensus was that the intruder had been dealt with by the first Kaijin.
However, Kaijin were not unintelligent. One of them questioned why there were no shipwrecks in the water.
The first Kaijin was also taken aback and extended its head over the side of the ship to search for the wreckage of Ling Tian's yacht.
Yet, on the dark surface of the water, there was nothing!
Suddenly, the three Kaijin sensed something was wrong. The previously calm lake surface erupted with waves, and the樓船 they stood on began to heave and sway with the swells.
The three Kaijin were bewildered. There wasn't a breath of wind, so how could there be such large waves in the middle of the lake?
At this moment, a Kappa on one of the ships suddenly let out a piercing cry, drawing the attention of all the monsters on board.
Following the direction of the Kappa's clawed finger, they saw a scene that shocked everyone. Dozens of meters behind a large ship, Ling Tian stood steadily on the water, his hands forming a mudra, aimed at the lake's surface.
The churning waves were being generated by Ling Tian!
For Ling Tian, creating waves in the water was a simple water-attribute术法. He had merely employed some scientific principles to amplify its power.
Ling Tian wasn't creating wind-driven waves, but rather swell.
Ships at sea feared not the large waves caused by wind, but rather swells – the residual, relatively stable waves that remained after the wind-driven waves had passed.
In such swells, the distance between wave crests was roughly the length of a ship, with some having a fixed frequency and others overlapping.
These types of waves exerted significant influence and impact on floating objects.
Once swells formed, their continuous impact on the ship's hull could even induce resonance.
Resonance could lead to metal fatigue, capable of tearing apart even ten-thousand-ton steel vessels or aircraft carriers with reinforced hulls.
Under normal circumstances in modern maritime navigation, captains would immediately adjust their course and speed upon detecting the formation of swells, hoping to avoid these terrifying waves.
What Ling Tian was doing now was using his术法 to create these swells. Although the water surface appeared calm, beneath the surface lay turbulent undercurrents.
While the three樓船 were exquisitely crafted, their hulls were made of wood. Moreover, the樓船 were very heavy and had a high center of gravity. In calm, fair weather, they would have sailed smoothly.
However, when encountering wind and waves, especially these terrifying swells, the unique design of the樓船 became their undoing!
Driven by the swells, the three樓船 swayed helplessly, the amplitude of their movement increasing, as if they were about to collapse. As the hulls swayed, the entire ships began to creak.
The three Kaijin were greatly alarmed. They knew this was the work of the intruder and that they had to stop him immediately!
Thus, the three Kaijin raised their staffs almost in unison. However, before they could cast their spells, a thunderous boom echoed.
A structural component on one of the樓船 suddenly snapped, sending the three-story superstructure crashing onto the deck, splitting it in two. The樓船, listing precariously, sank into the water.
The Kaijin standing at the bow was thrown off by the sudden turn of events.
Within seconds, the other two樓船 met the same fate. The core support structures of the ships could no longer bear the weight of the hulls, leading to their collapse. The fractured superstructures then punctured the decks, and all three large ships sank into the lake.
Fortunately, all the creatures on board, whether Kaijin, Kappa, or蚌精, were aquatic monsters. They had no fear of drowning and emerged from the sunken ships, surrounding Ling Tian from all directions.
Ling Tian stood calmly on the water, arms crossed, smiling as he watched the monsters' performance.
Soon, the three Kaijin with catfish heads surfaced. These three immediately spotted the instigator of the events, their gills puffing out in fury!
A Kaijin pointed a hand at Ling Tian, and in an instant, hundreds of Kappa that had fallen from the three ships swam towards Ling Tian.
The dark water surface was densely packed with heads. The Kappa's sharp teeth gleamed menacingly, a terrifying sight!
Ling Tian neither dodged nor flinched, watching as these monsters surrounded him and closed in. At this moment, the nearest Kappa was only three to four meters away.
"Alright, it's time, Xiong Er. Your turn to perform!"
Before Ling Tian's words had even finished, the Ice Soul Giant Bear was summoned from the spiritual realm.
Upon entering the water, the Ice Soul Giant Bear immediately began to sink, startling it greatly. It quickly released the extreme cold energy within its body!
Instantly, a blue halo emanated from the bear, spreading outwards for over thirty meters.
The water surface within the halo instantly froze. Within seconds, an iceberg with a diameter of over 30 meters and a height of more than one meter above the water floated on the surface, with Ling Tian and the Ice Soul Giant Bear standing on it.
However, the iceberg looked peculiar, as its ice was densely packed with the corpses of Kappa!
Nearly a hundred Kappa had surrounded Ling Tian, and now, the vast majority of them were frozen within the iceberg.
The remaining few, though not directly frozen, found the lake water near the iceberg had dropped close to freezing point. Even Kappa could not withstand such temperatures. Several Kappa near the iceberg convulsed and stiffened, sinking into the water.
In the distance, on the water's surface, the three Kaijin stared in stunned silence at the scene before them!
They had never imagined that the Kappa army, invincible in the water, would be annihilated almost instantly. But the question remained: where had that bear on the iceberg come from?