You Have Someone Above You, but I've Got No One Above Me

"We've pretty much finished analyzing it. These things have a high resistance to purely physical attacks like piercing and crushing, but they're quite vulnerable to lightning and fire. I also found a faint but exceptionally potent life force inside them."

Lingling put away the instrument she'd used to analyze the Leech Demons and spoke with a grave expression.

"I suspect these creatures might be parasites living on some powerful Sea Beast, or fragments that split off from some enormous creature."

It wasn't unusual for symbiotic demons to live on powerful demons.

Powerful demons had extraordinarily vigorous life forces, which could sustain small parasitic or symbiotic demons. In return, the powerful demons gained an additional means of attack.

Haila, whom Dongfang Chen had encountered before, was a good example.

Many Dark Undead Bugs lived symbiotically inside Haila. At critical moments, they could help Haila recover from injuries, and Haila could also send them to attack enemies.

"These things should be the Magic Leeches from Qiuchu," Dongfang Chen said.

"Qiuchu? What kind of demon is that?" Lingling asked, looking at Dongfang Chen in confusion.

Although she was an expert in demonology, she didn't know every kind of demon.

After all, there were countless demons in the world. There were plenty of demons humans knew nothing about, especially those living in the deep sea or in forbidden zones humans had never set foot in.

"They've been Baxia's old rivals for a long time. They're a pair of demon brothers known as the Twin Calamity Stars. Qiuchu is the older brother, and Qiuci is the younger. They fought with Baxia in the East Sea for a long time. In the end, they resorted to dirty tricks and badly wounded Baxia, which was why Baxia went to Little Day to recuperate..."

Dongfang Chen told Lingling