102: The final blow! This is the true use of Fafnir!

The colossal beast plunging into the sea stirred up a raging torrent that refused to subside.

At the center of the Vortex Trench, the seawater boiled like a cauldron, churning violently and gurgling with enormous bubbles of venom and blood.

The Abyssal Throat Ripper, with its wings severed, though severely wounded, did not immediately perish.

It thrashed and rolled wildly in the sea, its massive body stirring up an even more chaotic and immense vortex, its dying rage and unwillingness to yield permeating the entire sea with an oppressive, apocalyptic aura.

Inside the Natural Selection's Bridge.

Lin Mo, controlling the heavily damaged flame dragon mecha, landed heavily in front of the commander's platform and disconnected.

He quickly walked to the commander's chair, calmly reviewing the various data transmitted back to the main screen.

In the dock on the other side, the thunder dragon mecha also landed, covered in corrosive marks and impact dents.

Gu Zhixia exited the cockpit, leaning against the mecha's cold leg armor, her face a little pale, her chest rising and falling slightly as she gasped for breath.

"This guy is even more troublesome than I imagined."

She wiped the sweat from her forehead, her phoenix eyes, usually filled with arrogance, now showed profound solemnity.

"We can't give it any more chances to catch its breath."

Lin Mo's gaze swept over the constantly fluctuating Life readings on the screen, a determined glint in his eyes.

He took a deep breath and began to issue the final general attack command.

"Nianqiu, activate the warship's 'Life Siphon' module!"

"Target, the sea below!"

"Extract Life energy over the maximum range to suppress its recovery speed!"

"Yes, Brother Mo!"

Gu Nianqiu nodded vigorously, her small face filled with seriousness.

She ran to the auxiliary control panel, her small hands swiftly operating a row of complex buttons.

Buzz—

At the Natural Selection's bottom, the Life Siphon module vibrated violently, and ripples of emerald green energy, invisible to the naked eye, spread out towards the sea below, like pebbles dropped into a lake.

In the seawater, the Abyssal Throat Ripper, which was frantically recovering from its injuries, suddenly froze.

It felt that the surrounding abyssal energy, which could heal it, was being neutralized and dispersed by an even more domineering and pure Life force!

"Gu Zhixia, your mecha is severely damaged. Stay on the ship and be responsible for main cannon charging and missile locking."

Lin Mo's command was unequivocal.

"Use saturation firepower to force it out of the sea!"

"..."

Gu Zhixia's lips moved, and she instinctively clenched her fists, her knuckles slightly white from the effort.

To watch Lin Mo face the final danger alone was more unbearable than dying herself.

But she glanced at the thunder dragon mecha's 40% damage rating and ultimately swallowed the words, "I can still fight."

She was not one to act on impulse; being reckless would only be a hindrance.

She took a deep breath, and when she looked up again, the unwillingness in her eyes had transformed into cold focus.

"Leave it to me."

The final task, Lin Mo reserved for himself.

He turned and strode towards the center of the ship's factory.

There, the steel behemoth Fafnir, having just completed a brief overhaul, lay quietly.

Its golden eyes seemed to be awaiting the king's summons.

Lin Mo did not enter the flame dragon mecha's cockpit.

Instead, he leaped, landing steadily on Fafnir's ferocious, throne-like head.

He knelt on one knee, his right palm gently pressing against Fafnir's cold head armor.

"Fafnir, be with me!"

Boom—!!!

An unprecedented, colossal mental link was instantly established between the man and the machine!

It was no longer the simple command issuance and energy conduction as before.

At this moment, Lin Mo's will was completely integrated into Fafnir's core system.

This fifty-meter-long steel behemoth was no longer a mere weapon of war but an extension of his body and will!

Fafnir slowly stood up.

Its eyes, burning with golden flames, reflected Lin Mo's figure, filled with absolute loyalty and a desire for destruction.

"Roar—!!!!"

A roar capable of tearing through the sea of clouds echoed across the sky!

"Fire!"

As Gu Zhixia's cold voice rang out.

From the sky, divine punishment descended first.

The energy beam main cannon, upgraded multiple times, completed its overclocked charging once more.

A white pillar of light, more concentrated and thicker than any previous one, plunged fiercely into the churning, dark green ocean below, like the spear of a god!

Immediately after, dozens of tracking missiles, trailing long plumes of fire, followed like a swarm of vengeful bees, exploding on the sea surface into enormous, fiery, and steamy death blossoms!

"Roar—!"

The Abyssal Throat Ripper, relentlessly bombarded by cannon fire, finally could no longer endure the pain and conceal itself underwater.

Its massive and broken body suddenly burst out of the water, opening its huge mouth filled with layers of sharp teeth, seemingly wanting to make a final desperate struggle against the warship in the sky.

However, what awaited it was a black grim reaper descending from the heavens.

Fafnir folded its massive black dragon wings, its entire body like a black, deathly meteor carrying immense force, fearlessly diving towards the Abyssal Throat Ripper that had just surfaced!

It wasn't going to collide.

Instead, it was going to drag the battle into its final and most brutal stage—the abyss!

Splash—!!!

Fafnir's colossal body, with an unparalleled impact, slammed fiercely into the Abyssal Throat Ripper!

It pushed it back beneath the surface!

And shoved it, rapidly diving towards the pitch-black, all-consuming center of the Vortex Trench!

The seawater around them wildly surged and roared!

Light was rapidly swallowed by darkness.

Pressure increased exponentially!

Fafnir's armor, under the terrifying water pressure, emitted a grating "creak," as if it would be crushed into a pancake by the immense power of the deep sea at any second.

But Lin Mo's will did not waver in the slightest.

His spirit merged with Fafnir's core.

Through the beast's senses, he could clearly "see" the Abyssal Throat Ripper's eyes, filled with fear and malevolence, in the endless darkness.

Now!

"Fafnir, zero distance..."

Lin Mo's thought was as cold as ten thousand years of profound ice.

"Dragon King Plasma Breath!"

Fafnir's ferocious dragon head pressed firmly against the Abyssal Throat Ripper's open mouth, which was attempting a final struggle.

The orange crystal core in its chest erupted with its final and most brilliant light!

Boom—!!!!!!!!

There was no sound.

Thousands of meters beneath the deep sea, sound had lost its meaning of propagation.

Only light.

A destructive orange-red energy torrent, almost illuminating the entire Vortex Trench, erupted with zero distance inside the Abyssal Throat Ripper's body!

In that instant, the light even penetrated thousands of meters of seawater, illuminating the sea surface in an apocalyptic orange-red hue.

The light illuminated the cliffs of the trench, and the strangely shaped abyssal plants swaying with the currents.

It even illuminated deeper... some even larger, older, terrifying shadows whose mere outlines were enough to drive one to madness.

But that light lasted only for a brief moment.

When the light faded, the world returned to darkness and dead silence.

The once-invincible mythical BOSS, Abyssal Throat Ripper, had not a single complete bone left.

It was completely and utterly evaporated, gasified, and decomposed into its most basic particles from within by that power originating from a stellar core.

The battle was over.

A long time later.

The sea surface gradually returned to calm, and even the giant vortex slowly dissipated, having lost its central gravitational pull.

A soft, giant orb of seven-colored light slowly floated up from the deep sea, finally hovering silently on the surface.

That was the victor's deserved reward.

Fafnir's massive body broke through the water, carrying Lin Mo, and slowly descended beside the orb of light.

Congratulations, you have successfully slain the LV35 Mythical World BOSS 'Abyssal Throat Ripper.'

You have obtained 'heart of the ocean' (Mythical).

You have obtained 'Abyssal Dragon King's Core' (Orange).

You have obtained 'Abyssal Gaze' (Legendary Gem).