100: BOSS Phase 2! It can actually fly!

He was like a scarlet War God from hell!

The flame dragon mecha endured the countless tentacles that Abyssal Throat Ripper wildly lashed out, stubbornly plowing terrifying, bone-deep wounds across its mountain-like body!

Sparks and green venom splattered!

Abyssal Throat Ripper was completely enraged by this 'little bug' that it couldn't kill, couldn't shake off, and caused it immense pain!

It abandoned the pursuit of its other target, pouring all its attacks frantically onto the flame dragon mecha!

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Gu Zhixia had silently, like a phantom, circled to the side and rear of Abyssal Throat Ripper.

She was like the most patient, top-tier hunter.

Controlling the thunder dragon mecha, she stalked through the storm, concealing all her presence, waiting for that decisive, fatal strike opportunity that would determine victory.

The opportunity soon arrived.

To utterly crush Lin Mo, this stubborn rock, the flesh sacs on Abyssal Throat Ripper's neck once again wildly swelled, preparing to unleash a second corrosive breath!

Now!

The moment those flesh sacs became incredibly fragile from extreme charging!

A shocking cold light, enough to freeze the star sea, erupted from Gu Zhixia's phoenix eyes, which always carried a cool aloofness and pride!

"Thunder Dragon... Flash!"

Buzz—!

All the energy from the thunder dragon mecha's [thunderstorm core] in its chest cavity was, in that instant, completely poured into the particle spear in its hand!

The entire mecha and spear seemed to merge into one!

Transforming into a pure, blue lightning bolt so fast that even light itself distorted!

Pfft—!

Time, at this moment, seemed to be forcibly slowed.

The tip of the spear, infused with destructive lightning energy, precisely and fiercely pierced into the largest, most distended flesh sac on Abyssal Throat Ripper's neck!

"Roar—!!!!!!!"

Abyssal Throat Ripper let out its first true roar filled with endless pain and extreme fear since the battle began!

The corrosive breath it intended to spray out, due to the rupture of the flesh sac, detonated within its body with a boom!

Dark green poisonous blood and shattered flesh, like a volcano that had accumulated for ten thousand years, erupted wildly and soared into the sky from the massive wound on its neck!

However, before Lin Mo and Gu Zhixia could press their advantage...

A more terrifying, more evil, and more chaotic abyssal aura erupted from within Abyssal Throat Ripper!

Its massive body began to twitch and contort violently in a manner that defied the laws of Life.

The pierced wound, instead of bleeding, grew countless more hideous black growths resembling bone spurs!

Its originally dark purple carapace was rapidly shedding, emitting an unnerving cracking sound.

In its place was a layer of dark red bone armor, seemingly composed of solidified abyssal blood, harder and more wicked!

Most astonishing was its back!

Two massive wings, corroded down to mere skeletons, were visibly regrowing slimy flesh and wing membranes at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Phase two!

The dying behemoth slowly lifted its now disfigured head from the churning sea.

All the chaos and savagery in its cloudy yellow eyes had vanished.

In their place was a chilling, cold, and purely malicious intent, filled with higher intelligence, that made one's heart pound.

It opened its mouth, no longer emitting a beast's roar.

Instead, a clear, arrogant, and mocking thought echoed directly in Lin Mo and Gu Zhixia's minds.

"A good attack, mortals."

"As a reward, I will let you... witness your own nest being crushed, and then, savor your despair."

Before its words finished, its newly grown, ugly fleshy wings violently flapped!

Whoosh—!!

An unimaginable terrifying force lifted its mountain-like massive body directly out of the seawater!

Tens of thousands of tons of seawater were carried high into the sky, then crashed down like an inverted heavenly river.

The sea battle instantly turned into an aerial battle!

"It's flying!" In the Bridge, Gu Nianqiu's small face instantly turned pale, her small hands clutching the armrest of the commander's chair, her large eyes filled with terror.

The colossal creature's target after ascending was not the two mechas in close proximity.

Instead, with an astonishing speed completely unsuited to its massive size, it transformed into a sky-obscuring dark red shadow and brazenly slammed into the Natural Selection, which was suspended ten thousand meters in the air!

It was very clever!

It knew that the massive aerial battleship was the real threat!

Lin Mo's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks!

At this moment, all his attention was on coordinating with Gu Zhixia, and he had no time to spare any thought to remotely control the battleship to evade!

"Oh no!"

Boom—!!!!!!!

A dull, deafening roar, enough to make the entire sky tremble, exploded!

The massive hull of the Natural Selection was violently struck by an invisible giant hammer, tilting sharply to one side!

The layer of energy shield, flowing with emerald green light on the hull's surface, violently twisted and flickered at the moment of impact, as if it would completely shatter in the next second!

Inside the Bridge, everything was in chaos!

All the fixed facilities groaned under the strain, red alarm lights flashed wildly, and piercing alarm sounds echoed in every corner!

Gu Nianqiu was thrown directly from her chair by the immense force!

Her small body tumbled in the air, but fortunately, she reacted quickly and grabbed onto a nearby console pillar, preventing herself from being directly thrown to the ground.

Her beloved small dining cart was not so lucky, rolling several times on the floor, spilling the prepared juice and snacks everywhere, the sound of breaking glass particularly jarring amidst the chaos.

"Brother Mo! Sister! The ship was hit!"

The Little Girl's tearful cry, clear through the communication channel, reached both their ears.

"Nianqiu! Are you alright? Are you hurt?!"

Lin Mo's voice showed obvious anxiety and a barely perceptible tremor for the first time.

Damage to the battleship was secondary; what he worried about most was the Little Girl's safety!

"Ugh... I'm fine, it's just... it's just the Gale Juice spilled..." Gu Nianqiu's voice was aggrieved, but she sounded unharmed.

The huge stone hanging in Lin Mo's heart slightly dropped.

His gaze once again became cold and sharp, firmly locking onto Abyssal Throat Ripper, which had succeeded with one strike and was now adjusting its posture in the air, preparing for a second ramming attack.

That look was filled with unprecedented killing intent!

"Its target is the battleship! We can't let it get any closer!" Gu Zhixia's voice also came from the flank, carrying a hint of extreme suppressed anger.

The Natural Selection was their shared home, their only sanctuary in this apocalypse. Now, being so brutally rammed, it thoroughly ignited the killing intent in her bones.

"Its aerial maneuverability is too strong, and its size is huge, making us very passive," Lin Mo calmly analyzed the situation. "We need to find a way to disable its wings and knock it back into the sea!"

"Exactly what I was thinking!"

The two mechas, one red and one blue, traced two distinct trajectories in the air, attacking the aerial behemoth again from two directions!

"Roar!"

Abyssal Throat Ripper, having entered phase two, clearly had a qualitative leap in intelligence.

It seemed to see through their intentions. Its ugly fleshy wings flapped violently, creating a turbulent airflow, and its massive body, with extreme agility, instantly ascended several hundred meters, easily dodging their pincer attack.

At the same time, the newly grown, bone-like growths on its back all split open at their tips, revealing cannon-like orifices!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

The next second, dozens of highly concentrated green acid arrows, several times smaller than before but more than ten times faster, rained down like a dense anti-aircraft net, covering the two mechas!

"This guy is even more slippery flying than in the water!" Gu Zhixia cursed, and the thunder dragon mecha's engine power instantly surged to its maximum.

"Thunder Dragon Dance!"

This time, it was not for attack, but for evasion.

The blue mecha weaved through the barrage, performing incredible aerial maneuvers.

Each roll, each sidestep, narrowly passed through the gaps in the deadly acid arrow rain.

That was no longer mere piloting skill, but an aerial ballet infused with combat instinct, belonging to a top ace!

On the other side, Lin Mo's choice was completely different.

He did not choose to evade.

"Fafnir! Life Link, maximize power!"

The golden film on the flame dragon mecha's surface instantly became incredibly solid.

He endured the impact of several acid arrows, allowing the corrosive power to erupt in clouds of green smoke on his armor, yet the entire mecha, like a heavy knight fearless of death, charged straight towards Abyssal Throat Ripper's main body in a desperate assault!

He would use himself as bait!

To create an attacking opportunity for Gu Zhixia!

Abyssal Throat Ripper was clearly distracted by Lin Mo's unreasonable fighting style; it poured most of its acid arrows onto the flame dragon mecha.

Now!

Gu Zhixia seized this fleeting opportunity!

The thunder dragon mecha performed a beautiful Z-axis jump in the air, instantly breaking free from the targeting of the firepower net, and appeared like a phantom beneath Abyssal Throat Ripper's left wing!

There, at the weakest joint where its wing connected to its body!

"Break for me!"