Chapter 40: Black Crowned Golden Eagle
Above City 0237, a massive Black Crowned Golden Eagle soared at the city's edge. Its wingspan was nearly thirty meters, resembling a magnified fighter jet. Its feathers faintly shimmered with a cold metallic luster, and the feathers on its head were a deep black, like a black crown, while its sharp, massive talons were golden.
A sharp eagle cry erupted from the Black Crowned Golden Eagle's mouth, its eyes bursting with killing intent. Just moments ago, it had discovered a group of Golden Vultures invading its territory. What made it even more intolerable was that a human was sitting on the back of one of the Golden Vultures.
All monsters shared a common enemy: humans.
The Black Crowned Golden Eagle's wings flapped violently, and its speed instantly surged, breaking through the sound barrier, as it swooped down towards the group of Golden Vultures with extreme speed.
"Impressive, a large city indeed, to encounter a primary Horde Leader rank Black Crowned Golden Eagle right away." Qin Mu, surrounded and protected by a group of Golden Vultures, smiled. What a great start.
After these days of continuous reproduction and strength feedback from the Zerg swarm, his strength was already infinitely close to the advanced Warlord rank, and his spirit power was just a step away from the intermediate Wargod rank. How could he fear a mere primary Horde Leader rank Black Crowned Golden Eagle?
Six of the eleven short spears surrounding Qin Mu shot out, attacking the Black Crowned Golden Eagle from various angles. Under Qin Mu's deliberate control, the speed of the spears was not fast, just barely reaching twice the speed of sound.
"A Spirit Master?" The rapidly diving Black Crowned Golden Eagle was startled. After reaching the Horde Leader rank, its intelligence was no different from that of humans.
However, upon discovering that the speed of the spears was only twice the speed of sound, a mocking look appeared in its massive eyes. It burst with power, and its speed actually increased again, breaking through four times the speed of sound. An attack at merely twice the speed of sound couldn't possibly harm it.
"Boom." The surrounding air produced a bigger shockwave due to this extreme speed. However, the next moment, the Black Crowned Golden Eagle's face revealed a human-like expression of terror. Because, just as it was about to dodge the spears and pounce on the human spirit master...
Qin Mu's face was filled with a smile, and his spirit power condensed, causing the speed of the spears to surge as well, exceeding six times the speed of sound. Just now, he had intentionally only used six spears and controlled their speed to lure the Black Crowned Golden Eagle into attacking. If the Black Crowned Golden Eagle had turned and fled, he really wouldn't have been able to catch up.
"Swoosh——"
The Black Crowned Golden Eagle's feathers, harder than diamonds, were torn apart, and six huge penetrating wounds appeared on its wings. Before the A8 Grade spears, its body, no matter how tough, would be pierced. However, the Black Crowned Golden Eagle, with its wings pierced, became fierce. Even though it was covered in blood, it showed no sign of retreating and almost instantly pounced on Qin Mu.
Qin Mu's feet pushed hard against the Golden Vulture's back, forcing the Golden Vulture to plummet more than ten meters, while he used the rebound force and his spirit power to fly into the sky.
"Rip——" The Golden Vulture was caught by the Black Crowned Golden Eagle's talons, tearing off a large piece of flesh, and it screamed as it fell from the sky.
Qin Mu, who had stabilized his body in the sky, his expression turned cold, and the eleven short spears descended from the sky, attacking with a terrifying speed once again. The Black Crowned Golden Eagle, with its wings pierced and speed greatly reduced, looked crazed as it made a sharp turn in the air, flapping its wings vigorously to get close to Qin Mu.
It wanted to fight to the death.
With its wings injured, it couldn't fly far, and this human had control over more than a dozen Golden Vultures. If it hadn't been injured, it wouldn't have even considered the mere Golden Vultures, but now escaping was difficult. Only by killing this human spirit master did it have a chance to survive.
Its plan was doomed to fail.
The spears were too fast and too sharp. Even though it tried its best to dodge, it could only watch helplessly as its body was pierced by the spears one by one, blood spilling across the sky. In the end, the Black Crowned Golden Eagle could only fall from the sky powerlessly, emitting a mournful cry.
"Success." Qin Mu's face was filled with joy as he landed on a Golden Vulture. With a thought, the Golden Vulture beneath him chased after the falling Black Crowned Golden Eagle.
"Boom——"
The Black Crowned Golden Eagle crashed into the ruins of a building, completely collapsing the already dilapidated structure, sending dust and smoke flying.
Under Qin Mu's deliberate control, the previous attacks had only injured its wings, without piercing the vital parts of its body.
Struggling to get up from the ruins, the Black Crowned Golden Eagle was still fierce despite its inability to move. Looking at the Black Crowned Golden Eagle on the ground, Qin Mu slowly descended from the sky, his spirit power surging and piercing into its sea of consciousness.
"Submit to me."
Violent spirit power rampaged within the Black Crowned Golden Eagle's sea of consciousness, emitting a deafening sound. The Black Crowned Golden Eagle's eyes turned red. This human actually wanted it to submit. How dare a mere human! It was furious!
But the moment it resisted, a tearing pain came from its sea of consciousness, a pain that made its soul tremble, causing its entire body to convulse.
After the mother nest evolved to the second level, Qin Mu's soul power surged, and his ability to manipulate the sea of consciousness greatly improved. In City 0203, he had tried to tame a high-level Commander monster and easily turned it into a member of the Zerg race.
The moment he encountered this Black Crowned Golden Eagle, Qin Mu had the idea of subjugating and transforming it into a member of the Zerg race.
A Level 2 mother nest could hatch high-level Commander monsters, so transforming them into members of the Zerg race was not particularly meaningful.
Horde Leader rank monsters, on the other hand, were different. Based on the mother nest's progress in analyzing monster genes, it would take at least two more months to evolve to a Level 3 mother nest. During this time, Horde Leader rank monsters would become the high-end force of the Zerg race, providing strong support for the swarm's expansion.
"Submit to me." Seeing the Black Crowned Golden Eagle desperately resisting without any intention of submitting, a trace of ruthlessness flashed across Qin Mu's face. One of the spears that had pierced the Black Crowned Golden Eagle flew up, hovered, and then, under the eagle's watchful gaze, plunged into its body, tearing its internal organs.
The Black Crowned Golden Eagle's eyes bulged, with blood vessels appearing in its eyeballs. This strike had severely wounded it.
"Submit or die."
As the spear entered its internal organs, Qin Mu's spirit power once again swept through its sea of consciousness like a storm, almost tearing it apart. Just as its consciousness was about to fall into a coma and lose the ability to resist, Qin Mu's face finally revealed a smile.
"The soul connection is successful." As Qin Mu's spirit power continued to infect, a faint soul link appeared between him and the Black Crowned Golden Eagle. Qin Mu's face was filled with joy. As long as Qin Mu was willing, he could continuously control Horde Leader rank monsters, greatly enhancing the high-end force of the Zerg race.
"Quick, take it to the mother nest for treatment." Qin Mu's heart moved, and several Golden Vultures landed, grabbing the severely injured and dying Black Crowned Golden Eagle. Without the mother nest's treatment, it wouldn't be long before the Black Crowned Golden Eagle would likely bleed to death.
Fortunately, the Zerg race's mother nest in City 0237 was not far from here. With the combined efforts of several Golden Vultures, it was quickly transported to the vicinity of a building ruin. This was a subway station built by humans in City 0237 before the Great Nirvana period, chosen by Qin Mu to incubate the mother nest.
When the Golden Vultures landed, a group of Zerg units was already waiting. The subway platform had been expanded by the Zerg race, and despite its massive size, the Black Crowned Golden Eagle was dragged inside by the Zerg warriors.
As the Fungus Carpet inside the subway platform extended its tendrils to wrap around the Black Crowned Golden Eagle and treat its injuries. Seeing the Black Crowned Golden Eagle's injuries stabilize and begin to improve, the last trace of worry in Qin Mu's heart disappeared.
"City 0237, I'm just getting started." Listening to the roars of monsters outside the city, ambition burned in Qin Mu's eyes.
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