Li Fan, carrying the plasma cannon and wrapped in the light of the Moon Spirit Sword, approached the flying ship. He carefully observed from a distance, uncertain what flammable and explosive materials might be on board that ship. The entire vessel had been blown to pieces and, seen from afar, looked like a great fireball hanging mid-air.
Indeed, it was suspended in the air; most of the wooden body of the ship had been blown away, leaving only the metal keel and some debris still burning fiercely but not yet falling into the sea. That's because the four chain-bound dragons, which were pulling the ship, were still tethered with adamantine chains.