"Roar—"
"Awooo—"
Over a thousand monsters fought madly in the city. Flesh and blood carpeted the ground, and mutilated monster corpses lay everywhere.
One side consisted of more than five hundred Tiger Mastiffs, led by an exceptionally burly Primary Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff nearly three meters tall.
The other side was far more diverse, made up of Tiger Mastiffs, Iron-Haired Wild Boars, and Shadow Cats on the ground, along with Gray Cloud Finches in the sky.
The Tiger Mastiffs were the most numerous, with over a thousand of them. The Iron-Haired Wild Boars and Shadow Cats each numbered more than two hundred. The Gray Cloud Finches in the air were the fewest, but there were still a hundred of them.
Although they had no Beast General-level monster commander, this mixed monster force had many High-level Beast Soldiers. Combined with their seamless coordination and overwhelming numerical advantage, they firmly suppressed the Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff.
On the battlefield, more than two hundred Iron-Haired Wild Boars gathered together and charged. As their thick limbs thundered across the ground, the earth itself shook.
"Awooo—"
The Tiger Mastiff Beast General roared furiously, wanting to lead its pack away.
Having gained a degree of intelligence, it never could have imagined that what had been an ordinary hunt with its pack would turn out like this.
The monsters in this residential complex were simply too bizarre. They were merely Beast Soldiers, yet not only did they show no fear before a Beast General like it, they even dared to hunt it!
Their coordination was also flawless, like a precision machine. Once the battle began, its side suffered severe losses.
Especially those fellow Tiger Mastiffs. Normally, as long as the opposing pack was not led by a Beast General-level member, a single howl from it would be enough to make them submit.
But now, not only did not a single Tiger Mastiff heed it, they instead charged at it madly as though they were mortal enemies.
After it killed several enemies in succession, the other side only became more frenzied!
The earth shook more violently. Watching the Iron-Haired Wild Boars charging toward it like heavy tanks, fear rose in its heart.
Yet the anger in its heart also erupted. How dare they? It was a Beast General that had risen through countless slaughters!
With a roar, the Tiger Mastiffs that had been preparing to retreat turned around and launched a mad counterattack under the lead of the Primary Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff.
"Boom—"
The two massive forces crashed together.
The Tiger Mastiff Beast General opened its bloody maw and bit down on a High-level Beast Soldier Iron-Haired Wild Boar charging at the front. With a fierce twist of its head, it actually flung the boar away!
As its claws and fangs lashed out, one Iron-Haired Wild Boar after another was killed, fully displaying the strength of a Beast General. Even High-level Beast Soldier Iron-Haired Wild Boars could barely withstand a single blow from it.
But aside from it, the other Tiger Mastiffs were utterly powerless against the Iron-Haired Wild Boars' charge.
The moment they collided, they were sent flying, hurled into the air, then slammed back down and trampled into pulp!
After a single charge, more than a hundred Tiger Mastiffs had died, while only fifty or sixty Iron-Haired Wild Boars had fallen.
More importantly, it was not the casualties. Their formation had been completely scattered, broken into pieces, and their morale had nearly collapsed.
The Tiger Mastiffs did not let this opportunity pass. They clung tightly behind the Iron-Haired Wild Boars and completed the battlefield division.
The entire battlefield was divided into smaller battlefields, with slaughter everywhere. Under the cover of the Tiger Mastiffs and Iron-Haired Wild Boars, the Shadow Cats darted out from the shadows, while Gray Cloud Finches periodically dove from the sky and tore away chunks of flesh.
Watching more and more of its pack die miserably, the Tiger Mastiff leader grew increasingly furious. It charged left and right across the battlefield, but was firmly entangled.
At least a hundred High-level Beast Soldier monsters around it launched suicidal charges at it without restraint.
Even a Beast General-level monster had to avoid the edge of such an attack.
If not for the desperate rescue of its guards, it would likely have been heavily injured long ago.
But as time passed, there were fewer and fewer guards around it, and wounds began to appear across its body.
Qin Mu, who was watching from atop a tall building, finally revealed a satisfied smile on his previously tense face when he saw the wounds on the Tiger Mastiff leader.
"The overall situation has been decided!"
"It's a pity they came a little too early. The Tiger Hound Zerg Unit that had just infiltrated them was still too low-ranking to get close to the Tiger Hound leader. Otherwise, a sneak attack might have worked even better."
Qin Mu had not taken action in this battle. Instead, he had let the Swarm handle it on its own.
The outcome exceeded Qin Mu's expectations. After losing only a little over two hundred Zerg Units, the more than five hundred Tiger Mastiffs led by the Primary Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff had nearly been wiped out.
Only that Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff remained, still struggling bitterly.
But its fate was already sealed. After barely knocking back an Iron-Haired Wild Boar, a Shadow Cat hidden at the boar's flank silently leaped up and tore out one of its eyes with a swipe.
The heavily injured Tiger Mastiff howled as it tried to fight back, but the continuous battle had greatly drained its stamina, and its reactions had clearly slowed.
Not long after it was severely injured and blinded, the Tiger Hound leader was swallowed by the Swarm, letting out a weak, mournful cry.
"We won!"
This was the first Beast General-level monster the Swarm had killed without relying on Qin Mu.
The Swarm had truly gained a foothold in County Town 0203.
"It's time for me to return to the base city too."
After more than a day of development, the Swarm's numbers had grown explosively. Excluding those killed in battle, the remaining Zerg Units numbered close to two thousand.
Among them were more than twelve hundred Tiger Mastiffs, including four hundred High-level Beast Soldiers.
The Iron-Haired Wild Boars and Shadow Cats both numbered over three hundred, with more than a hundred High-level Beast Soldiers in each group.
Even the least numerous Gray Cloud Finches numbered over a hundred, and every one of them was a High-level Beast Soldier.
Moreover, their numbers were still increasing by more than a thousand each day. Even without a Beast General commander, they were already an extremely powerful force.
The Swarm's troop-spawning capability had begun to reveal itself. Though it could not yet be called an Insect Tide, it was starting to resemble one.
"It's a pity that Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff died a little too quickly. Otherwise, I wanted to see whether I could subdue it and have it serve the Swarm after Zergification."
Qin Mu shook his head somewhat regretfully.
However, this battle had also given Qin Mu a clearer understanding of the Swarm's strength.
Beast General-level monsters might be powerful, but when besieged by over a hundred High-level Beast Soldier Zerg Units, they still had to fall.
Of course, Qin Mu would not underestimate Beast General-level monsters because of this. The Zerg had achieved such a result because they feared neither death nor the Beast General's pressure, and coordinated flawlessly.
If they had been ordinary Beast Soldier monsters in the wilderness, the moment they encountered a Beast General-level monster, they would only scatter and flee for their lives, not daring to resist.
After ordering the Swarm to clean up the battlefield, Qin Mu returned to the underground parking garage and packed up his belongings.
He also had Worker Bugs bring over the dissected Primary Beast General-level Tiger Mastiff, which had already been separated into materials.
Qin Mu now possessed materials from two Beast General-level monsters: the Two-tailed Tiger Cat and the Tiger Mastiff.
Once he brought them back to the base city, they could easily sell for more than twenty million. To Qin Mu now, that was no small sum.
When Qin Mu walked out of the underground parking garage, a unit composed of one hundred Tiger Mastiffs, fifty Iron-Haired Wild Boars, and fifty Shadow Cats was already waiting to receive him.
These Zerg were all High-level Beast Soldiers, and Gray Cloud Finches circled in the sky above.
They would escort Qin Mu back to Mother Nest One and ensure his safety on the journey.
Qin Mu vaulted onto the back of a Tiger Mastiff and tossed a bag full of monster materials onto another Tiger Mastiff traveling alongside him.
Filled with high spirits, he shouted.
"Move out! We're going home!"
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