As the moon-sized phase whale slammed his massive dreadnought-sized teeth onto the comparably miniscule god mech, both sides watched with baited breath whether the attack had been effective!
The orven and puelmer defenders that had retreated all the way to the inner defensive sphere all possessed a huge amount of faith in their god.
In the mythology of the native aliens, the once supreme Elder Gods were the most powerful deities to have ever existed.
Though the Elder Gods had supposedly ascended from this plane of existence a long time ago, the phase whales were regarded as their chosen descendants.
The phase whales themselves fully embraced this belief. They challenged every other race that questioned whether the Elder Gods had designated them as the caretakers of the Red Ocean.
One of the driving reasons why phase whales as old as the Singularity Lord still retained his drive to live and pursue greater strength was because they all sought to reunite with their predecessors!
It was their lifelong dream to grow and evolve their titanic bodies until they had exceeded the size of the star!
The phase whales speculated that as long as they grew large and powerful enough, they would eventually exceed a threshold that enabled them to breach through a dimensional barrier and barge their way into a higher reality!
The aliens hoped to catch up with their predecessors and prove themselves worthy in this fashion.
With this eons-old goal in mind, the phase whales could not allow others to hinder their sacred mission!
The Singularity Lord therefore held nothing back when he bit down on the god mech!
As for the humans, the people who inadvertently got stranded in the Red Ocean had simpler drives.
They just wanted to survive. How could they possibly think about greater aspirations when there was a high likelihood that they could go extinct in a few decades?
While there were still high-minded dreamers among them, the vast majority of humans watching the broadcast all prayed for the Geneforger to remain intact enough to win the duel!
"Is the Geneforger still in one piece?" Andraste squeezed Lucky into her arms.
"I don't know, pumpkin. A god mech is really strong, but it is not the best idea to fight against a phase whale where he is at his strongest."
"There is no way the Evolution Witch has died from getting bitten by a whale!"
As every human waited for the truth to become clear, the enormous whale finally opened up his mouth again.
The recording system quickly zoomed in on the Geneforger.
"What?!"
"The god mech... has been cut in half!"
Many humans expressed their anguish and dismay at seeing the Geneforger broken!
It turned out that when the Singularity Lord bit down with full force, his incredibly strong mouth muscles managed to exceed the limitations of the Geneforger's God Kingdom and bit down on the mech frame with an immense amount of force!
As tough and resilient the Geneforger's transphasic exoskeleton may be, the biting force of a moon-sized phase whale vastly exceeded its tolerance!
The black organic plating cracked in half and allowed the teeth to cut right through the god mech's abdomen!
At this time, blood and viscera spilled from the two ends of the severed god machine.
The upper and lower halves of the Geneforger had become completely inert and unmoving.
Even its God Kingdom had disappeared, which did not bode well for the Evolution Witch's survival!
A clear sense of triumph radiated from the Singularity Lord. Sure enough. His inviolable body turned out to be strong enough to overcome the God Kingdom of his tiny and annoying opponent.
The teeth that he had strengthened in the event that he ever needed to fight against his fellow ancient phase whales turned out to be surprisingly useful in this case!
As his victory finally became clear, the triumphant phase whale acted on instinct and moved to swallow the broken god mech in an attempt to digest and learn from its strength.
The Evolution Witch was not the only one who craved for flesh.
Though an ancient phase whale was far too dignified to let his baser instincts dictate his behavior, the alien had grown jealous of some of the capabilities displayed by the powerful biomachine.
If he could learn how the Geneforger managed to become so strong despite retaining such a small size, then the Singularity Lord might be able to unlock the next step of his evolution!
Just as the Singularity Lord was about to ingest the severed pieces in a single massive swallow, the alien suddenly grew suspicious!
The ancient phase whale hastily aborted its current action and flicked out his thick and massive tongue in an attempt to launch the severed god mech away!
Just before the tip of the tongue managed to eject the two biomechanical pieces away, they suddenly came to life again!
The Evolution Witch's God Kingdom unfolded inside the ancient phase whale's mouth, causing the alien to feel as if he had suddenly lost control over his own mouth cavity!
As powerful as the tongue may seem, the reality was that it was a flexible limb that was not meant to be as strong as the phase whale's jaw muscles.
When it pushed against the reformed God Kingdom, the tongue slowed down just enough to allow the Geneforger's two pieces to hook each other with flesh tendrils and pull itself back into a single cohesive whole!
"JUST KIDDING."
A huge amount of cheers erupted in many households and workplaces!
All of the humans that watched the broadcast felt incredibly relieved when they saw that the god biomech was still alive and well.
"She's alive!" Andraste jubilantly cheered and threw Lucky in the air!
"Meow!"
Ves let out a breath in relief. "Getting cut in half from the waist is a dead sentence for most mechs, but that is not necessarily the case for biomechs as long as they are strong enough."
As the Geneforger had put itself back together, it did not keep its current form.
Instead, it began to curl in on itself while its hard exoskeleton plating began to merge and shape until it started to resemble a hedgehog!
Deadly spikes surrounded the solid ball-shaped mech from all sides. Once they had grown long and deadly enough, the god mech abruptly propelled itself into the mouth cavity of the gigantic phase whale!
Even the Singularity Lord understood how bad it would be if he let an intact god mech inside his stomach.
Fortunately, a solid wall of flesh blocked the passage to his inner body, preventing the Geneforger from slipping inside!
The spiked god mech simply collided against the fleshy wall with so much force that its spikes punctured through their surface.
The god mech then bounced away at an angle towards another section of the ancient phase whale's mouth!
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