This was not an act of suicide, but a tactic to seal the creature’s throat with its crocodile jaws, cutting off its breath. Crocodile hide is tough; as long as the sea lion’s jaws were clamped shut, it could no longer pose a threat.
Under the relentless, rotating attacks of the "slaughter trio," the sea lion was doomed to be torn apart and devoured. Its master let out a sharp cry and collapsed, falling unconscious to the ground.
The onlookers, who had initially focused solely on defense, realized that the slaughter trio's three Guardian Spirits had grown significantly larger after devouring the blue light-points that made up the bodies of the sea spider and the sea lion.
Chapter 86