When Caesar heard Luo Qingyan speak, his eyes immediately turned red:
"Brother Lin!"
"Don't worry! With me, Caesar, here, I absolutely won't let you die!"
Saying that, he summoned the sacred power from his body, intending to infuse it into Lin Ran.
Lin Ran almost choked on his own blood at Caesar's words. He quickly waved his hand:
"No, no, no... just let me recover on my own..."
"In my current state, any external force will only be counterproductive."
"Qingyan is talking about the worst-case scenario, and we clearly haven't reached that point yet."
"Brother Caesar... no need to worry."
Hearing Lin Ran's words, Caesar felt even more distressed:
"If it weren't for rushing to save us, you could have prepared for much longer..."
"This immense debt of gratitude, Caesar will never forget!"
"Brother Lin, don't worry, as long as you visit my Sacred Empire's territory in the future, I, Caesar, will definitely prepare the most grand royal reception for you!"
"You are... forever an honored guest of our Sacred Empire's royal family!"
Arthur, who was usually frivolous, also became serious for once:
"The Sunset Federation is the same..."
"Although the British Isles are not large, their strength is still considerable."
"Whether it's with the royal family or the parliament, my influence is quite effective."
"As long as Brother Lin needs anything, just say the word."
Hearing Caesar and Arthur's words, the people around were also deeply moved.
Good heavens!
These were the promises of the most powerful figures from two nations, something that could never be measured by money.
Lin Ran's act of saving them by opening a secret art was a deal that would surely lead to riches, as long as he could still breathe.
And for them, they were also deeply indebted to Lin Ran.
At that critical moment, although the Sea-Flipping Demonic Whale's attack was already showing signs of weakening, no one could guarantee that after destroying Caesar and the other two, it wouldn't continue to pick them off.
Any one of them could have been the unlucky target.
Lin Ran's existence completely eliminated that possibility, a deed truly moving the heavens and earth.
Thus, almost everyone present involuntarily became friendly with Lin Ran, with a few exceptions.
Jin Taegwang was one of them.
However, he wasn't foolish. In the current environment, if he dared to speak ill of Lin Ran, he would undoubtedly become the target of everyone's wrath.
"What now, should we continue heading to Kyushu Island?"
At this moment, Anfia, the ancient roar from the White Bear Kingdom, suddenly asked.
Everyone was taken aback.
Yes, that was indeed a major problem.
The ship Amakusa Taro was already completely wrecked before it even set sail.
If this competition were to continue, where would they go?
They looked at each other, but no clear answer emerged.
So, they began to search among the people around for any trace of the people from Sakura Country.
And indeed, they found them.
Besides Hanzō and Gen, who had extremely grim expressions, there was also a person in disarray.
Tanihiko Tanigawa!
It had to be said that this man with a mustache had an incredibly lucky life.
As a Fourth-tier Awakener, he had managed to survive until now.
Countless Fifth-tier and above Awakeners had already died in the sea, and those who survived were either exceptionally powerful or such lucky individuals.
Sensing that he was being watched, Tanihiko Tanigawa struggled a few times and clawed his way from the sea onto the wreckage:
"Let's move forward! We can absolutely continue to advance!"
"Crossing the sea is a trivial matter for everyone present."
"As long as we have perseverance and willpower, this is not a difficult task at all!"
As the person in charge of this competition, Tanihiko Tanigawa bore the responsibility of revitalizing Sakura's glory.
The sinking of the Amakusa Taro had already felt like his heart was bleeding, and if this competition were to be called off now, he would have to commit seppuku upon returning home just to appease public anger!
Sakura Country was at a critical juncture of resurgence, and if their national confidence was undermined now, he would undoubtedly become a sinner of history!
Thinking of the severe consequences he might face, Tanihiko wished he could tie them all up and force them.
However, it was a pity that not many people stepped forward to support him, only a mere handful.
Among them were even his own people, Hanzō and Gen.
Although these people did not say they wanted to give up the competition, they clearly did not want to engage with him.
After all, Tanihiko Tanigawa was almost solely responsible for this bloody tragedy, and he had almost endangered them all.
If they hadn't just escaped a life-and-death crisis and their emotions hadn't calmed down yet, many people would have wanted to directly attack him.
Under such circumstances, who would give him face?
Lin Ran spoke up at this moment:
"How about this, we can discuss whether to go or not later..."
"What we need to do now is to quickly reorganize the team."
"We don't know how many people died under the Sea-Flipping Demonic Whale, but the losses were extremely heavy."
"Everyone can gather these wreckage together to form a floating island, and it won't be too late to count the number of people then."
"Many brothers who weren't as strong, or were seriously injured, are still floating in the water!"
Lin Ran's words indeed piqued the interest of many of them.
"Brother Lin is right! Counting the numbers and reorganizing the team is the priority now!"
"Exactly, look at his perspective and vision, it's so different from some people who only care about their own affairs!"
"Let's all count the people from our own countries first, so we don't accidentally leave someone behind."
"Come on, let's get to work. Let these clowns repent here!"
Saying that, waves of captains, leading their elite troops, quickly sprang into action.
Only Gen, Hanzō, and Tanihiko Tanigawa were left standing there, looking dumbfounded.
It wasn't that they didn't want to move, but there was no point in doing so.
After all, Sakura Country was the host of this competition, and most of their participants were gathered within their own country.
Except for Gen and Hanzō who had rushed ahead to build momentum for killing the Sea-Flipping Demonic Whale, no one else had come.
As for the other service personnel on the ship, they were almost all ordinary people.
Just falling from such a high altitude would have been enough to turn them into a bloody mess, let alone the fact that this area had been subjected to countless bombardments from the Sea-Flipping Demonic Whale, ensuring their absolute demise.
Therefore, there was naturally no point for them to take action.