The mechs of Task Force Fisherman found it harder to fight the Phasers at this point. The mechs could easily get engulfed in various ways if they got dangerously close to the thrashing fish-whales.
There were even instances where mechs got smacked by Evolver fish-whales that hadn't been paying attention to their surroundings!
Despite the increasing difficulties, the mech units did not back down from the struggle.
Some groups even chose to ramp up their aggression and fight in a more risky but daring manner!
"C'mon, you ugly fish! Stop moving around so much!" Commander Sendra cried out as her Second Sword mech kept striking the spatial barrier of the Scar Prince while it got entangled by another powerful Evolver fish-whale.
The Scar Prince might not have been able to hear the Swordmaiden Commander's taunts, but the dangerous fish-whale did not enjoy the constant sword strikes!
Its eyes narrowed even as its spatial barrier disappeared. A few Swordmaiden mechs pounced on the vulnerability and charged at the exposed flank of the Scar Prince in an attempt to stab their swords into the flesh of this great fish.
Commander Sendra did not follow suit, though. Her eyes widened as her mind and instincts screamed warnings.
"Back off! It's a trap!"
It was too late! The Scar Prince had secretly poised its tail a moment before and struck out against the Second Swords!
Numerous mechs sustained heavy damage! Some lost their weapons while others became deformed to the point where they could no longer swing their swords!
Fortunately, none of their cockpits sustained significant damage, but the absence of several powerful Swordmaiden mechs definitely hurt!
"These damn fish-whales." Commander Sendra gritted her teeth.
As the soldiers constantly struggled against each other, the fight between the two king fishes had reached a red-hot stage!
By now, the Phase King was no longer able to keep the Cerebral King at bay!
The latter kept charging at the former, only for the Phase King to teleport away.
Yet after repeated teleports, the Phase King realized that it would quickly exhaust itself if it continued to avoid its enemy in this fashion.
The effort it took to teleport an enormous king fish was enormous compared to employing a form of pseudo-warp travel to accelerate forward!
This was why the Phase King eventually decided to meet the Cerebral King's challenge head-on!
As the two ancient archenemies collided against each other, they employed a myriad of destructive abilities that were so damaging that they sometimes affected others!
As the damaged Bolvos Rage attempted to sneak up to the Phase King's side, the king fish in question utilized its powers to generate a spatial vortex that was meant to grind the Cerebral King's body!
However, the vortex also affected the high-tier expert mech. Patriarch Reginald gritted his teeth as he tried to pull his machine away from this dangerous phenomenon.
"Take this, you big fish!"
Some of the weapon mounts of the expert hybrid mech were disabled at this time, but it still had enough left to launch a potent strike at the Phase King.
This time, the attacks hit their mark!
Patriarch Reginald didn't look happy, though. Only a small layer of flesh and fat had gotten burned. This was a pathetic result considering how much power and resonance he put into the salvo!
"These fish are too big!"
The titanic creatures were more comparable to warships than mechs. Their immense bulk provided them with so much buffer that Reginald saw little hope in using its ranged armament to inflict any serious damage onto the Phase King.
"I need to get close and put my Whale-Cutting Saber to good use!"
That approach came with its own problems, though. Right now, Reginald did not think it was a good idea to bring his expert mech close while the Phase King kept its omni-directional spatial vortex active.
The rich means displayed by the Phase King were too difficult to fight against. Even the powerful Cerebral King was at a slight disadvantage in this duel. How could the Bolvos Rage do any better?
He may be brave, but he wasn't foolhardy!
His mech already suffered a substantial blow and it couldn't take another major hit. Alarms kept pinging his mind as the constant movements kept stressing out the already-damaged components.
In other words, the more the Bolvos Rage fought, the faster it was falling apart!
"What an awful time for my machine to fail!"
It was incredibly frustrating for Patriarch Reginald to have the will but not a mech that was strong enough for him to challenge powerful foes.
Right now, he yearned to pilot the Mars Project more than ever!
"No. Maybe it's not the mech. Maybe it's me. If I was as strong as my father, no fish would be able to stand in my way."
As Reginald observed the Phase King fighting against the Cerebral King, he felt more and more disappointed at himself for being unable to make a difference in a fight at this level.