Whether it was a Licker mutated from an ordinary zombie.
Or a Licker mutated from a mutant.
Both belonged to the weakest, bottom-tier creatures among same-level mutants.
Possessing astonishing strength.
Extremely high speed.
And exceptionally strong physical defense.
But!
That was all.
They had no other special abilities.
Of course, a physical strength of level 10 alone was already very troublesome.
After all, the strongest members of the first and second teams were only level 9.
Ordinary elemental abilities would find it difficult to inflict fatal damage on a Giant Licker.
*Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!*
Zhou Haiyang controlled the Dark Giant Beast, charging at one of the Lickers.
Simultaneously.
He manipulated a large number of metal cones, tearing through the void and stabbing at the monster.
However, the metal cones failed to pierce its body upon impact.
The Giant Licker opened its mouth, and a tongue tens of meters long shot out.
An 8th-level mutant zombie, before it could react, had its body entangled.
The long tongue retracted.
A chew.
Blood sprayed.
"You're asking for death!"
Han Ling's eyes flashed with a cold glint.
Time Distortion!
This was her most powerful ability, designed specifically for killing bosses.
Just as the Giant Licker, which had just devoured a mutant, was preparing to attack another mutant...
The flow of time in different parts of its body changed.
There was no sound.
Not even any visual effects could be seen.
Instantly!
The body that metal cones couldn't pierce was inexplicably dismembered into dozens of segments, neatly arranged on the ground.
Like pork cut into pieces in a slaughterhouse.
A level 10 Giant Licker.
Killed in one hit!
Han Ling's chest heaved violently.
Her strength had indeed increased, and she didn't collapse and faint from spitting blood after one use of Time Distortion.
However, the attack, though powerful, was also extremely large in scale.
This made her consume a lot of energy.
After one strike.
More than half of her mental energy was depleted, rendering her unable to unleash a second attack.
She quickly retreated.
And took out crystals to absorb and replenish.
Tang Xiaoying, Xiao Ruoruo, Zhou Haiyang, Bird Grandpa, He Dong...
With these top elites, the seemingly powerful Giant Licker posed no threat at all.
So what if it was level 10?
It only had a powerful body and strength, but lacked ranged attack capabilities.
It could only be suppressed.
"Captain!"
Zheng Rui was not engaged in combat.
This was a 'special approval' from Qin Feng.
When the overall situation was under control in the early stages, Zheng Rui's support was not necessary. "Since you knew these zombies would mutate, why didn't you kill them earlier? If you had killed them, they wouldn't have had a chance to mutate, right?"
Qin Feng didn't look at him, continuing to stare downwards. "How many zombies are there globally? Can they all be killed in such a short time?"
Even if all the zombies subdued by Shu Ke and Bei Ta were killed, what would that achieve?
Zombies elsewhere would still mutate, wouldn't they?
Moreover.
The crystals obtained from killing zombies were of low grade, at most level 8.
What Qin Feng wanted to do was control these zombies, make all the necessary arrangements in advance, and then wait for a small portion of them to mutate.
And then kill them.
To obtain higher-grade crystals.
Just then, Qin Feng's pupils tightened: "They're here!"
Following the first batch of mutated Giant Lickers.
Finally.
Stronger mutants appeared!
A level 8 mutant suddenly collapsed on the ground.
Its skin cracked and peeled.
The next moment.
Its body expanded at an incredible speed.
The speed of expansion was far greater than that of its companion, which had previously become a Giant Licker.
Not only was the expansion speed fast.
The extent of the expansion was even more astonishing!
"Fall back quickly!"
Qin Feng's expression changed, and he roared, "Shu Ke, Bei Ta! Everyone and the mutants, get away from that area..."
Too late!
Thousands of mutants were gathered together.
The first and second teams were keeping watch, waiting for a portion of them to mutate.
That thing's expansion speed was too fast.
In a flash.
The dozen or so mutants closest to it could not escape as fast as it expanded and were actually...
Absorbed into the rapidly expanding monster!
No time to struggle.
They were swallowed and fused.
Becoming a part of the monster's body!
Becoming nourishment for further expansion!
"Holy crap! What the hell is that?!"
"How can it be so big?!"
Fortunately!
The elites of the first and second teams were at the outer perimeter of the mutant gathering area, giving them enough time to retreat.
However, upon seeing the monster before them.
They were all stunned.
Zombies were almost identical to humans in appearance.
Even when they mutated into Lickers.
Their appearance was a combination of human and animal.
But the monster that mutated this time had no trace of human or animal features.
Instead, it was...
A massive blob!
Its torso, over a hundred meters tall, resembled a tree trunk made of rotten flesh, with many crimson parts mixed within the dark brown main body—that crimson was like exposed flesh after the skin had been peeled off.
In addition to the extremely massive torso, there were four giant tentacles.
Each tentacle was sixty to seventy meters long.
This size.
Was comparable to a mutated blue whale!
*Whoosh!*
The giant tentacles swung in all directions.
Any mutant that couldn't escape and was hit by these tentacles met a certain death.
Each tentacle was covered in many mouths, filled with sharp fangs.
Mutants were directly ground to pieces!
Swallowed!
"It's very similar to a giant squid..." Zhou Haiyang murmured.
In the previous storyline.
He and Qin Feng went to the South China Sea and encountered a giant squid on Taiwan Island. That squid also used the suckers on its tentacles to devour zombies.
"Much stronger than a squid!"
Qin Feng waved his hand and shouted, "Fall back further!"
*Whoosh!*
Suddenly.
From the mouths on the four tentacles, a large amount of black, viscous substance was sprayed out.
Their appearance was snake-like.
About a thumb's width thicker, and roughly two feet long.
Tens of thousands of them!
They swam rapidly in all directions.
A few mutants nearby, unable to retreat in time, were immediately surrounded by a swarm of 'little snakes.'
Those mutants roared, trying to tear apart the 'little snakes.'
The 'little snakes' had neither powerful attack capabilities nor strong physical defense.
An 8th-level mutant's strength was enough to tear them apart easily.
The problem was.
There were simply too many of them!
For every few torn apart here, dozens would swarm over from the other side.
Instantly.
The 'little snakes' burrowed into the bodies of the mutants through their orifices.
Closely following behind.
Those few mutants froze.
And suddenly attacked other mutants!
"Ouroboros larvae."
Qin Feng's expression turned cold, and he shouted, "Destroy those larvae! Don't let them parasitize you, or it's death—I'll deal with the main body!"
Mutated Exella.
A boss-level monster from Resident Evil.
Possessing an extremely large body.
Its primary attack methods were tentacles and the secretion of Ouroboros larvae for parasitism.
Once parasitized.
One would be controlled by it.
Due to its extremely large size, coupled with its peak-level 10 physique, its defense was astonishingly strong.
However...
To Qin Feng, it was nothing special.
The reason he hadn't acted immediately was to let the people around him observe the combat methods of various monsters in the new storyline, so they could deal with them in the future.
Anyway, the ones close to the monster were the mutants.
The elites of the first and second teams had already retreated far away.
He didn't care about the mutants being killed.
"In this state, it's almost invincible!"
Spatial Displacement!
Flash!
Qin Feng appeared at the base of one of the tentacles.
Spatial Blade unsheathed!
Slash!
He slashed at the tentacle while shouting, "Only by destroying all four tentacles will the core of its main body appear!"
"In the new storyline, among the various mutated bosses, it is the easiest to deal with."
"Because it has become plant-like, its intelligence is almost zero!"