Beast General-level Monster

Qin Mu toyed with a dagger-like horn in his hand. It had been harvested by a Worker Bug from the head of a High-level Beast Soldier Unicorn Wild Boar.

This horn truly was the essence of the Unicorn Wild Boar. In terms of hardness, it was even tougher than Qin Mu's A2-grade Po Jun Spear.

With a light toss, the horn floated steadily in midair.

Three identical horns lined up before Qin Mu, rising and falling under his control as they performed all sorts of intricate movements.

The spearhead of the Po Jun Spear had been damaged in that battle and could no longer withstand intense combat. Thus, Qin Mu set his sights on these horns.

While Qin Mu trained with the Unicorn Daggers, the surrounding Zerg, aside from those patrolling and standing guard, were feasting on the Unicorn Wild Boar corpses, devouring great chunks of flesh.

The corpses of over twenty Unicorn Wild Boars were enough to give the Swarm a full meal. Zerg creatures needed to eat as well.

In fact, this was also one way the Zerg evolved. After countless bloody battles and consuming the flesh and blood of their enemies, there was a small chance they could break through their limits and undergo evolutionary mutation.

The Swarm had happened to be traveling for several hours, so they ate and rested at the same time.

"Once I'm back at the base, I have to buy some suitable Psionic Weapons. Otherwise, I won't be able to bring out my true combat strength at all."

Qin Mu sighed. Although these horns were quite hard, they were still inferior to actual weapons when it came to control. He could only make do with them for now.

Just as the Swarm was eating, the farthest scouting squad of Tiger Mastiffs encountered danger.

In the darkness, the Tiger Mastiffs formed a battle formation and warily watched the surrounding forest.

Just moments ago, they had been attacked by some kind of monster. One Tiger Mastiff bore a huge wound, blood streaming from it.

Whoosh—

A black shadow flashed through the forest. Even with the Tiger Mastiffs' strength, they could not make out the monster's appearance.

Crack—

The sounds of flesh tearing and bones breaking rang out.

A Tiger Mastiff's back was slashed open by the monster that suddenly leaped out.

The monster resembled a fierce tiger, with spots across its body, but it had two tails.

When the Tiger Mastiffs were attacked, Qin Mu transferred his consciousness over and examined it carefully. He discovered that it was no tiger at all, but a Two-tailed Tiger Cat from the tiger cat species!

The tiger cat species was an exceptionally powerful type among feline monsters. Identifying their strength was simple: it mainly depended on their tails.

One tail meant High-level Beast Soldier, two tails meant Primary Beast General, three tails meant Mid Beast General, and so on. The strongest eight-tailed ones had already surpassed the Lord-level and were genuine King level monsters.

This Two-tailed Tiger Cat before them was a Primary Beast General-level monster.

Facing a Beast General-level Two-tailed Tiger Cat, the Tiger Mastiffs had no ability to fight back.

As the Two-tailed Tiger Cat attacked, strange roars echoed from the forest, sounding both tiger-like and cat-like. More than a dozen one-tailed tiger cats slowly emerged from the trees and surrounded the Tiger Mastiffs.

Led by the Two-tailed Tiger Cat, these tiger cats launched repeated attacks, yet they did not deliver killing blows. They merely clawed the Tiger Mastiffs until blood flowed all over their bodies, in no hurry to kill them as though they were playing with them.

"Two-tailed Tiger Cat? You're asking to die!"

Qin Mu's expression darkened at the sight.

Many feline monsters had vile temperaments. When they completely outclassed their opponents, they often liked to torture them to death. Just as many cats before the Great Cataclysm would not immediately eat the mice they caught, but would play them to death instead.

"I never expected the first Beast General-level monster I encountered in the wilderness to be a Two-tailed Tiger Cat!"

Qin Mu quickly recalled the information on Two-tailed Tiger Cats that he had seen on the HR Alliance Platform.

Tiger cats were monsters that disliked living in groups. Even a Beast General-level Two-tailed Tiger Cat only had around a dozen tiger cat monsters by its side.

One had to know that once monsters reached the Beast General level, their intelligence increased drastically, and they would often gather many monsters of the same kind around them.

A few dozen at the least, or several hundred to over a thousand at the most, was perfectly normal. A Two-tailed Tiger Cat with only a dozen companions was actually quite rare.

By now, the Swarm had nearly finished eating. The more than twenty Unicorn Wild Boars had become a pile of shattered bones and tattered hides.

Qin Mu decisively gave the order.

"Swarm! Stop eating and support the scouting squad!"

The Swarm broke into a run, charging wildly toward the Two-tailed Tiger Cat's location.

At the same time, he ordered the other two Tiger Mastiff reconnaissance squads to quickly close in on the site of the attack. They were not to join the battle, only to observe from afar.

With the strength of those tiger cats, throwing both reconnaissance squads into the fight would accomplish nothing. However, tracking and monitoring them would not be a problem.

"At our current speed, it'll take an hour to reach the attack site. I hope we make it in time."

Qin Mu was in a foul mood, not because of the casualties among the Zerg Units, but because of how they had died.

As Zerg Warriors, death was their destiny, but they absolutely should not be tortured to death like this!

"We're almost there! Three Tiger Mastiffs are still alive!"

Fury filled Qin Mu's face. During this time, he had watched one Tiger Mastiff after another get played to death before his eyes, and his heart had long been burning with rage.

However, the closer he got to the battlefield, the calmer he became.

The backpack on his back opened under an invisible force. More than twenty dagger-like horns flew out and circled around Qin Mu.

He linked his consciousness to the Mother Nest and, with its assistance, began calculating the optimal angles of attack.

Qin Mu wanted to kill as many tiger cats as possible in a single strike!

Even if he could not kill them, he had to severely wound them and create an opportunity for the Swarm!

"Thud, thud, thud."

The charge of over a hundred Tiger Mastiffs and Worker Bugs was imposing enough to make the ground tremble.

The tiger cats playing with their prey spotted the Swarm from afar and were just about to retreat.

But the three Tiger Mastiffs that were already on the verge of death suddenly erupted, tangling up the Two-tailed Tiger Cat that was trying to flee.

At some point, twenty Tiger Mastiffs assigned to tracking and scouting had also surrounded them and launched frenzied attacks.

The Two-tailed Tiger Cat flew into a rage. Bursting out with its full strength, it easily killed the three heavily wounded Tiger Mastiffs, then killed several more in succession, yet it still could not break free from their entanglement.

While they were locked together, the Swarm finally arrived from several hundred meters away.

More than twenty dagger-like horns shot through the air. With the Mother Nest's calculations, every single one targeted a vital point on a tiger cat.

The leading Two-tailed Tiger Cat was attacked by no fewer than three High-level Beast Soldier horns.

Pfft—

Pfft—

The sounds of horns piercing flesh rang out one after another. The tiger cats that had just been wantonly torturing their prey now panicked and tried to scatter in escape.

A humanlike expression of fear appeared on the Two-tailed Tiger Cat's savage face. Its intelligence was no less than a human's, and it knew exactly what those flying horns meant.

This was the method of a Mental Master!

Driven by the fear of death, the Two-tailed Tiger Cat erupted.

Its body twisted and dodged at high speed, its enormous claws leaving afterimages as they swung. It actually struck one of the Unicorn Daggers.

Clang—

Yet the force coming from the Unicorn Dagger was nowhere near as great as it had expected, and it was easily knocked aside.

Another Unicorn Dagger struck its back, but it only barely pierced its fur before becoming lodged against muscle and bone.

One had to know that tiger cats were not known for their defense, yet this attack had only broken a little skin.

But before it could rejoice, the Two-tailed Tiger Cat watched helplessly as the bodies of more than a dozen ordinary tiger cats around it stiffened, then collapsed limply to the ground at the same time.

This strike had never been aimed at it in the first place, but at those ordinary tiger cats at the High-level Beast Soldier level!

Although Qin Mu's Mental Power was strong, once it was divided into more than twenty portions, it was naturally insufficient to kill a Primary Beast General-level Two-tailed Tiger Cat.

Thus, it had never been his target from the beginning.

As long as he killed those ordinary tiger cats, without their cover, a single Primary Beast General-level monster could be worn to death by over a hundred Tiger Mastiffs.

The next moment, more than a hundred Tiger Mastiffs charged toward the Two-tailed Tiger Cat to surround and kill it.

In the sky, more than a dozen Unicorn Daggers returned to Qin Mu's backpack like swallows returning to their nest. Only three High-level Beast Soldier horns remained circling in the air, searching for an opportunity to strike.

By controlling only three Unicorn Daggers, Qin Mu could make each one unleash the attack power of a Mid Warlord.

Whoosh—

A Unicorn Dagger whistled toward the Two-tailed Tiger Cat. Already prepared, the Two-tailed Tiger Cat burst out with all its strength and dodged at high speed.

However, the moment it evaded one Unicorn Dagger, the next came right after it.

The Two-tailed Tiger Cat's eyes turned bloodshot. It went mad, avoiding the vital point of its heart, but its left leg was still pierced.

The instant its left leg was injured, its speed plummeted. A Tiger Mastiff seized the chance and pounced onto its body.

The Two-tailed Tiger Cat was enraged. It turned its head, let out a roar, bit down on the Tiger Mastiff, and flung it more than ten meters away.

But in that brief moment, several more Tiger Mastiffs bit into its body.

The other Tiger Mastiffs seized the opportunity, leaping high and diving forward, piling into a mountain of flesh over the spot where the Two-tailed Tiger Cat stood.

A few mournful cries rang out. The Two-tailed Tiger Cat's voice gradually weakened until it vanished completely.