The Mech Touch

Chapter 7574 Major Injuries

Given the limited endurance of the Murder Knife Mark III, the Dark Apostle and the Chosen Envoy had no choice but to team up in order to defeat the Blackwater Summoner!

Though the Dark Apostle was not accustomed to fighting in coordination with an ally, he did not experience as much frustration as he appeared.

This was because of the support of his other self.

While the Dark Apostle needed to direct the vast majority of his attention on his opponent, Ves acted more of a bystander.

Of course, it would be a falsehood to claim that he did nothing throughout this battle.

Since he possessed the form of Blinky, he had quietly manipulated the Blinkyverse in order to support several different initiatives at the same time.

For example, the internal universe quietly absorbed the abundant life energies in the surrounding environment. There was no reason for Ves to let all of this free energy go to waste. The injection of lots of low-quality life energy would definitely stimulate the growth of the Blinkyverse in a positive direction!

As for the hidden poison hiding within, Ves had little concerns about them. He had created the Poison Willow variant. He already figured out several ways to filter out the poisonous seeds. It just demanded a considerable amount of time, effort or resources depending on the approach.

However, Ves actually felt inclined to keep the poisonous seeds intact. He grew curious about what sort of life might evolve in the Blinkyverse if life remained inseparable from the mechanism that had already wiped out almost all of the deathborn around Hypeh-Tekas II.

Anyway, these were considerations for the future.

At this moment, Ves also leveraged the Blinkyverse in other ways. Aside from tapping into its impressive reserves of processing power, he also began to draw out specific varieties of E energy in order to support the fight.

For example, in order to interfere with the operation of blackwater, Ves gained the bright idea to draw out earth E energy and shape it into the most solid block possible before throwing it in the way!

Though his initial experiments produced almost no reaction, later ones began to show actual results.

The Blackwater Summoner, who had long maintained absolute confidence in the invincibility and inviolability of his blackwater, reacted with great surprise!

The dark and mysterious jets of fortified phasewater no longer flowed completely according to his will anymore.

Though he still exerted strong control over the blackwater, its flows occasionally experienced unexpected hiccups.

In some instances, the blackwater experienced an unexpected slowdown, causing them to arrive at a specific coordinate half a second later than expected.

In other instances, the blackwater vortices that spiraled into place as floating defenses suffered unexpected interruptions, causing them to deform or even expose momentary gaps!

These flaws may appear minor and inconsequential, but they were extremely precious vulnerabilities on a battle of this level!

Both the Saint Commander and the Chosen Envoy were sharp and skilled enough to take advantage of these tiny openings!

"R#&@#&!"

"WHAT IS THIS!? IMPOSSIBLE! THIS IS BLASMPHEMY! MY BLACKWATER IS DIVINE! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HUMANS TO PROFANE MY POWER!"

Blinky scoffed at this arrogant declaration. "While I don't know what makes blackwater special, it is still a variation of phasewater, which in turn is a variation of water. This means that it should still be subject to all of the associations related to the water E element. One of the most basic rules that we have ascertained is that earth obstructs water. Not even a 'god' as powerful as you can eradicate this fundamental relation. I might not have the power to dam up your blackwater entirely, but I only need to put up a few obstacles to hinder your control."

This successful experiment had a considerable impact on the progression of this duel!

Although the Blackwater Summoner still fought almost just as effectively as before, his confidence had taken a massive hit!

He never expected anyone to be able to deconstruct his trump card to the point of being able to mess with it at a relatively low cost!

Ves was still limited by the annoyingly small aperture of the Blinkyverse. If he wanted to, he would have wanted to mobilize a lot more earth E energy, even to the point of destabilizing the foundation of the internal universe!

Oh well. At least his current actions posed no danger to the Blinkyverse.

He continued his efforts to hinder the Blackwater Summoner.

He did his best to coordinate his actions with the attack runs of the Dark Apostle and the Victrix.

The two had already fought long enough alongside each other to develop a tacit cooperation between each other.

The Dark Apostle proved himself to be a skilled but relatively inexperienced warrior. He had voluntarily assumed the role of the anvil. He tried to get into the face of the greater phase whale as much as possible!

The more the Blackwater Summoner remained focused on the Dark Apostle, the less attention he could spare for the much more dangerous threat!

Though the alien phase whale was certainly clever enough to figure out this scheme, it was not that easy for him to turn towards the true threat.

For one, the Dark Apostle could still inflict a lot of damage!

Ves might not have applied the experimental Super-Destroyer System into this prized D-arm, but the Withering Sting was still a genuine weapon-grade superdimensional weapon!

With the help of the Victrix, the Dark Apostle already managed to get past the blackwater and plunge the tip of his extraordinary weapon into the Saint Armor of his opponent.

The alien-grade superdimensional alloy offered far too little resistance!

If not for its relatively abundant thickness, the spear attacks would have plunged much deeper into the Blackwater Summoner's flesh!

Even so, just the shallow wounds inflicted a disproportionate amount of damage and distress to the formidable alien god.

The true danger of the Withering Sting did not lie in its superdimensional edge, but its withering properties!

Each touch of the weapon left behind malevolent energies that actively sapped the life out of the surrounding alien tissue.

Parts of the flesh underneath the Saint Armor began to grow dry and weak. Though these patches of diseased and dying flesh remained small in proportion to the Blackwater Summoner's true body, they still became a persistent annoyance.

"Do you feel it, phase whale?" The Dark Apostle confidently grinned even as his Superdimensional Giant Regalia got splashed by a touch of blackwater. "Your blackwater cannot shield you anymore. Each time you let me stab you with my spear, another portion of your flesh shall wither."

His taunting words further diminished the Blackwater Summoner's mood.

As old as he may be, it had been a long time that others defied him in such an open and brazen manner!

His personality demanded him to retaliate with immediate effect to punish the Dark Apostle for his insolence, but doing so would only play into the latter's intentions!

This became evident when the Victrix took advantage of the Blackwater Summoner's momentary bout of frustration.

The metallic owl nimbly flew past the blackwater jets and pools before plunging the damaged Murder Knife into an open cavity that had already been affected by an earlier attack!

This time, the Murder Knife plunged deeper into the fat but already damaged flesh of the greater phase whale.

The large alien entity roared in serious pain as the destructive spatial blast unleashed by this strike actually managed to wound his peripheral phasewater organs this time!

Much of the Blackwater Summoner's internal volume consisted of solid flesh and bone.

However, every phase whale tried to stuff as many phasewater organs inside their true bodies as possible.

These artificially engineered organs formed the basis of a phase leader's strength and status.

Compared to phase lords derived from other alien species, phase whales could generally accommodate more phasewater organs due to their non-humanoid body shapes.

This was normally a key advantage to this species, but this time the Blackwater Summoner more than usual because his phasewater organs had already become vulnerable!

The alien leader became fought more recklessly in response. He no longer obsessed over performing a neat display and began to swing his blackwater around like a massive club instead of an elegant rapier!

"Damnit!" Ves cursed. "I can't obstruct his blackwater as effectively as before. He has dropped all pretenses of finesse in favor of relying on brute force. His blackwater has become much more resistant to interference!"

The blackwater flows became larger, broader and rougher. They no longer made fancy spirals or elegant turns. They also did not split up as much as before.

While this created a lot more openings, the blackwater jets had also become a lot more dangerous!

The Victrix was still able to move around these rough and dangerous rivers of blackwater, but the Dark Apostle experienced greater difficulties!

The giant leader overcame his fears and bravely tried to launch attacks in order to force the alien leader to pay attention to him. This cost the Dark Apostle greatly when he found himself unable to fully evade a broad jet of blackwater!

A larger quantity of blackwater spilled across the armored portions of his left arm and shoulder!

The high-grade superdimensional alloy immediately weakened to the point of forming holes!

What was worse than the loss of so much precious materials was that liters of blackwater managed to get through and splash onto the Ascended Giant's vulnerable shoulder!

"AHHH! IT HURTS!"

The smart metal fabric covering the limb succumbed without any resistance! Vulnerable flesh seemed to dissolve as the black liquid bit in deep! Even the bones closest to this limb had started to degrade!