Kakarot's battle with the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch showed no sign of ending anytime soon.
Kakarot grew stronger the longer he fought.
Supported by the Dark Obelisk Phantoms, the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch continuously repaired his black-flame bone armor.
Saine had already weakened the obelisks' feedback behind it several times.
Vegeta had also worked with the Mechanical Civilization's artillery formations to blast apart several Dark Obelisk Phantoms.
Yet the true Black Flame Spire Cluster behind the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch still continued projecting new phantoms.
That made it difficult for this battle to produce a result in a short time.
For the moment, Saine was in no hurry either.
The data from the Empty-Faced Burning Monarch continued streaming into Skynet without end.
The longer Kakarot fought, the more Saine could record.
What truly claimed more of Saine's attention was the Abyss-Scaled Swimming Shadow.
This newly appeared Level-12 Mid-Stage Destruction Creature had already been successfully lured into the trap zone by Lian Mo.
But luring it into a trap did not mean they could take it down.
The Abyss-Scaled Swimming Shadow was highly unusual.
Even now, it had not revealed its complete form.
It was merely a pitch-black outline swimming at high speed through the Destruction Crystal Tide.
At times, it resembled a long serpent.
At times, it looked like a flat black shadow.
And at times, it seemed like a moving dark current formed from countless tiny scales.
It likewise possessed no clear consciousness.
Yet its survival instincts were stronger than those of both the Hundred-Eyed Chaos Beast and the Black Flame Skeletonized Being.
That gave Lian Mo no small amount of trouble.
After luring the Abyss-Scaled Swimming Shadow into the trap zone, she had intended to withdraw at once.
But the instant the Abyss-Scaled Swimming Shadow entered the trap zone, it did