Though the unclean whale was far from his prime, his ability to resist the aggression of the nearby ace mechs was surprising for a beast that had remained in slumber and captivity for many years.
This was not a pariah that had been drained of strength and phasewater!
Ves would have expected such a dangerous and murderous alien to be stripped of his ability to threaten his captors.
In fact, his crimes should have merited the death penalty! Few species tolerated cannibals among their own kind. Their continued existence among their own kind was a sign that the society of a race had become depraved.
Though the phase whales had taken the trouble to isolate the unclean whale in an obscure asteroid prison that was situated far from the center of the dwarf galaxy, for the creature to retain so much health and combat strength was perplexing!
Many different minds worked to analyze the context of the unclean whale and the Palace of Shame in an attempt to figure out a way to fell this powerful foe.
Although the unclean whale had clearly suffered a setback after he failed to complete his mass displacement technique, he was already starting to show greater and greater strength.
This was despite the fact that a camouflaged cyborg cat was ravaging his insides while a bunch of ace mechs were attacking his exterior!
"The unclean whale is too massive of an opponent." Director Ranya Wodin's projection reported the most pertinent findings and conclusions of her research teams. "That is not bad in itself, but what makes this enemy different from that of the V'gahnt-Zezne is that the whale has high control over his own biological structure. The ability to rapidly redirect biomass effectively increases our opponent's ability to resist damage by over a hundred times."
General Verle's protection frowned. "The most direct method of defeating a regenerating defensive system is to launch an attack with single, overwhelming attacks such as… the strike that briefly broke open the whale's defenses."
Ves awkwardly coughed as he settled on his observer's seat. Now that his own clansmen no longer suspected his identity, he was able to resume his old job.
"Don't expect a repeat of that earlier show." He told his advisors. "That was a single-use trump card. I would have never resorted to this option if our situation wasn't dire. The only good news that I can tell you is that the… projectile that I have launched is still wreaking havoc inside the unclean whale's body."
Both Director Ranya and General Verle looked interested.
"How much damage are we talking about, sir?"
"I can tell you that my projectile is tearing through the unclean whale's internal organs. It has been doing so for a while."
Director Ranya's hopeful expression dropped. "Oh. We have not noticed a significant reduction in the phasewater abilities of our adversary. Whatever damage your surprise weapon is doing is not great enough to cripple his ability to project a powerful spatial barrier, at least for the time being."
The difference in scale was too great. No matter how well the cyborg cat was able to hide its presence and deal damage without interruption, there was no getting around the fact that he was like an ant to the unclean whale!
"My payload is attempting to get closer to the cranium of the unclean whale, but it is not moving as fast as I would have liked." Ves continued. "There is simply too much biomass in the way."
In order to ensure that the cyborg cat did not get singled out by the unclean whale that was still hellbent on destroying the intruder, the living divine artifact had to stop and allow itself to mimic any adjacent flesh or organs in order to expose its whereabouts.
The cyborg cat would be much less effective at its job if the unclear whale could precisely track the intruder rummaging through his body. It was much harder for the cat to phase or drill through meters of dense and solid phasewater-infused bone!
"Does this mean we are relegated to stalling for time in the hopes that this… intrusive element can reach the brain of the unclean whale?" General Verle frowned.
"It is an option." Ranya thoughtfully said. "I would not be surprised if the unclean whale has a secondary brain that is buried deep within the core of his belly. You may never know when it comes to members of this race. Their mastery of biotechnology is unparalleled in the Red Ocean, though this particular specimen is not the best example of their kind."
Ves and the others grew frustrated. Despite the progress they had made, they had fallen into another stalemate.
It was not the fault of the cyborg cat. The newly born living divine artifact had done what others couldn't and created enough of a breach for the ace mechs to be in a position to inflict real damage onto the unclean whale.
The problem was that the cyborg mech and the six ace mechs didn't have the firepower to finish the job!
They were simply too small and few in number to exceed the regeneration of their foe!
The only meaningful damage the ace mechs could inflict on the unclean whale was to concentrate their attacks on a tentacle in an attempt to sever the long and toothed limbs, but that only caused the limbs in question to split into sections and transform into mini-whales!
"These living tentacles are much faster!" Saint Robert Montagne observed as his Infinite Gear was doing its best to avoid getting swarmed by the voracious mini-whales. "Poking them to death is not enough. We need to burn or destroy their flesh before it can merge back into the unclean whale's body again!"
Every ace mech possessed the means to annihilate the flesh, but the amount of energy required to burn so much dense and tough biomatter was so excessive that even the Mars would run out of energy over time! ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
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