The indigenous lifeforms of the Doomsday Star had a principle they invariably followed.
The larger the original body, the larger its mutated form would be. A certain ratio existed between their sizes before and after mutation.
How large was a leech's original body?
Even if it could truly evolve to Level 9, it couldn't possibly be twenty to thirty meters long.
The ratio was off!
"Captain! Are you saying..."
Zhou Haiyang's eyes widened. "This thing is a summoned beast?!"
"Try sensing it," Qin Feng said.
Zhou Haiyang was the first to awaken the summoning art.
Although it was an dark-系的 summoning, it was still on the same path.
When Shuke described the insect's appearance as very similar to a leech, Qin Feng had guessed this possibility.
That was why.
He had asked Zhou Haiyang to come over.
As fellow summoners, if the other party was controlling this leech, they would have to use mental power. Zhou Haiyang would definitely be able to sense it.
"Nothing?!"
Zhou Haiyang's tone was filled with surprise. "I don't sense anyone controlling it."
Qin Feng was stunned.
How could that be?
It was absolutely impossible for there to be such a large mutated leech on the Doomsday Star.
It had to be a summoned beast.
But...
As long as it was summoned, someone must be controlling it.
During the control process, how could Zhou Haiyang, also a summoner, not sense it?
"Roar!"
The giant leech roared, its head raised.
It was a provocative challenge.
As if it were saying...
Come down, if you dare!
"Don't come down, I'll go take a look," Qin Feng said in a deep voice.
Spatial displacement!
The next moment.
He appeared on the back of the giant leech.
Clang!
A spatial blade appeared.
It fiercely stabbed into the leech's body.
Couldn't break the defense?
Impossible!
Shuke couldn't break through the defense because it was only Level 7 and didn't have divine weapons.
Qin Feng had already reached Level 8.
Coupled with the reward of a 3x physique boost.
In terms of pure physique, he had already surpassed Level 9.
Add the all-piercing spatial blade...
Puff!
The spatial blade pierced in easily.
He slashed with force, and a gaping wound appeared.
"Roar!"
The leech let out a piercing scream.
Its body was extremely flexible. Its mouth, covered in countless sharp teeth, rotated 180 degrees and turned towards Qin Feng.
Devour!
Qin Feng's pupils tightened.
At that moment, he felt a strange power.
His body seemed to instantly stiffen.
Unable to move.
Fortunately.
It could only paralyze the flesh and blood, but not control thoughts or mental power.
Spatial Shield!
Shields fit together, enclosing Qin Feng.
He was experimenting.
"It's effective!" His eyes lit up.
The giant leech's devouring seemed related to space.
The spatial shield also used spatial power.
The suction could not penetrate.
However, accompanied by an immensely powerful suction, the spatial shield showed signs of shattering.
The leech was Level 9.
He was Level 8.
Both were spatial abilities, and the devouring suction was stronger.
"Unfortunately, you don't have time to shatter the spatial shield," he sneered.
Spatial Compression!
Without regard for sequence, the space where the devouring mouth was located was compressed.
The mouth was instantly severed.
It directly became a small ball that fell to the ground.
The leech, now without a mouth, writhed as if convulsing, body fluids spraying from the severed end—it couldn't make a sound without its mouth.
The compressed spatial area was only a tiny fraction compared to the leech's massive body.
Otherwise.
This attack would have ended it!
"Huh?!"
Qin Feng's expression suddenly changed.
A strange energy appeared.
Immediately afterward.
The leech, now without a mouth, had the space around its mouth distort, and an unbelievable thing happened.
Its mouth...
It had actually grown back in an instant.
And it continued to exert suction!
"Damn it!" Qin Feng's figure vanished from thin air.
With a flash, he appeared on the back of the Tiger Head Sea Eagle.
"What's going on?"
Zhou Haiyang was dumbfounded, murmuring, "Does this thing... regenerate like that octopus?"
"Leeches naturally have regenerative abilities. This might just be its talent," Han Ling said.
"No!"
Qin Feng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It does have regenerative abilities, but not this exaggerated."
Regeneration also takes time.
Like the giant squid he killed before.
It could regenerate.
But it had a time interval; it couldn't regenerate in an instant.
The leech was different.
Its regeneration just now was instantaneous.
The process of regeneration could not be seen.
"But it clearly..."
"Come out,"
Suddenly!
Qin Feng shouted loudly towards the area below. "It's not too late to come out now, or you'll be dead!"
"Captain, what do you mean?" Zhou Haiyang mumbled.
"The reason you can't sense the anomaly user who summoned it is because..."
Saying this, Qin Feng pointed downwards at the roaring leech and said, "It's inside its body."
What?!
Everyone was shocked.
"The leech is a summoned beast, but it's different from ordinary summoned beasts."
"Haiyang, can you keep the Dark Giant Bird existing indefinitely?"
Qin Feng asked.
"Of course not."
Zhou Haiyang shook his head. "For every second a summoned beast exists, mental power is constantly consumed—if it's not in battle, you have to recall it."
Who could withstand the continuous consumption?
"It has been existing all along," Qin Feng said, pointing at the leech.
"How is that possible?"
"Because the weaker the summoned beast, the less mental power it consumes."
Qin Feng glanced at the Dark Giant Bird. "Most summoning arts, as one's strength grows, their summoned beasts become stronger. But there are some people... whose summoned creatures remain the same from beginning to end."
"There's such a thing? Then... what if the summoned beast dies?" Zhou Haiyang exclaimed.
His summoned beasts had died countless times.
If it died, he would summon it again.
But!
According to Qin Feng, he could only summon one...
If the summoned beast died, was it gone forever?
"If it dies, this ability is also gone."
Poof!
Zhou Haiyang burst out laughing.
What kind of trash summoning art was this?
Only usable once in a lifetime, and if the summoned beast died, it was gone?
"With this kind of summoning art, the summoned creatures are initially very weak."
"Even if they exist for a long time, the mental power consumed is very little."
"It can grow continuously."
"And no matter how strong it becomes, the mental power required to maintain the summoning remains the same."
"It can exist for a long time!"
Hearing Qin Feng's explanation, Zhou Haiyang couldn't laugh anymore.
Because the summoned beast was very weak initially.
Its combat power in the early stages was extremely poor.
But once it grew...
It was an advantage!
After all, other people's summoned beasts couldn't exist in this world for a long time.
Recalling and re-summoning meant it wasn't the same one, and there was no concept of growth.
"He not only has the summoning art, but also awakened a new ability at Level 6—Time Acceleration," Qin Feng dropped another bombshell.
"What?!"
Han Ling's expression was one of surprise.
As a time-element ability user, she knew how powerful this ability was.
"Through time acceleration, the leech can devour a large number of crystals without exploding."
"In just a few minutes, days might have passed for the leech."
"Enough to digest the excess energy."
"Including the leech's self-healing, it's the same principle."
The extent of the previous injury.
The leech might have taken several minutes, or even longer, to recover with its own abilities.
What if time was accelerated?
One second passed in reality.
For the leech, a long time had passed.
Therefore.
It looked like instant healing.
"Isn't this guy invincible?!" Liu Pi exclaimed.