Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 33: Training

"This technique is quite interesting. The third diagram is complete, and I'm starting on the fourth." In the training room, Qin Mu sat cross-legged, easily manipulating 16 short spears to rotate and fly around him.

"It doesn't seem too difficult." The 16 short spears did not fly in one direction but each had its own trajectory, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, forming a very complex three-dimensional pattern in the air, like a huge maze.

Qin Mu only bought one A9 grade short spear and ten A8 grade short spears. The rest were ordinary short spears. The reason for using ordinary short spears to make up the numbers was, of course, because he was poor and couldn't afford so many good weapons. Ordinary short spears were not suitable for combat, but they were fine for training.

As for the technique he was practicing, it was a training method for 'Controller' Spirit Masters in the 'Spirit Master Basics' manual. There was a total of 99 diagrams, and since Qin Mu only bought the first level, there were six diagrams. The first two levels had 15 diagrams, and the three levels had a full 99 diagrams.

For Qin Mu, this seemed quite simple. Without the assistance of the mother nest, he could easily pass the fourth diagram.

"This thing is not bad, at least it can train control ability."

Qin Mu stroked his chin. This training method was actually a series of very dull diagrams that required one to control short spears to continuously simulate the diagrams. Through long-term training, one could achieve proficiency and thus improve control ability. After all, in the universe, it was just some basic stuff, not very profound.

When Luo Feng first got it, he thought it was deduced by 'Hong' through an intelligent system. But this was actually unlikely. Not to mention whether the intelligent system had such powerful deductive capabilities.

The 'Spirit Master Basics' included both illusion techniques and beast taming methods. How could an intelligent system without spirit power deduce illusion techniques? How could it deduce the mental communication methods of beast taming?

The reason for such a misunderstanding was probably because Luo Feng's vision had not yet been broadened, and he didn't know the situation in the universe.

"When my strength improves, I'll go to the No. 9 Ruins and take a look. With my talent, as long as I can activate the elite assessment in the ruins, I can easily pass the assessment and get the rewards."

Qin Mu couldn't help but think of the Yun Mo inheritance site on Earth that Luo Feng later visited, which was the No. 9 Ruins on Earth. There, as long as the brain width reached a certain level, the elite assessment would be activated. If the assessment was passed, one could obtain a set of Black God suit, the 'Basic 312 Moves' training method, and a Yun Mo entry token. During the assessment, one needed to learn the 'Basic 312 Moves' within three years and perfectly control 16 weapons.

Although the 'Basic 312 Moves' had a plain name, it was actually the basic training method for the Spirit Master disciples of Yun Mo sect. This was much more powerful than the very common 'Spirit Master Basics' in the universe.

Before practicing 'Spirit Master Basics,' Qin Mu could easily manipulate 10 short spears to unleash their full power. Now, after just a brief study, he could manipulate 12. Once the mother nest advanced to the next level and his Spirit Master strength reached the wargod level, it would be normal for this number to double again. 

This condition was very difficult for Luo Feng, who spent more than a year to pass, but for Qin Mu, it had almost no difficulty at all.

The ruins seemed to open every year at the end of September, so he could think of a way then.

"Forget it, let's not think about these things for now. Let's practice 'Destroyer' first."

After practicing his spirit control for the whole morning, Qin Mu had a simple meal before starting to practice the spear technique of 'Destroyer.' 

"Let's see what's so powerful about this spear technique 'Destroyer' that it's called the world's number one attack method on Earth." Taking out a rather ancient-looking training manual, Qin Mu began to carefully flip through and read it.

"So, Hong and Lei Shen's approaches are quite similar, both focusing on speed, extremely fast attack speed. Hong's strongest strike is also an extremely fast spear thrust."

Hong had a great liking for ancient Chinese culture, and even the architectural style of the Hong Ning Base City he established was completely modeled after ancient Chinese architecture. Making the training manual look like this was his style.

'Destroyer' was not just a spear technique; it also included a set of body techniques, a set of guiding techniques, and the spear technique itself. For others, the guiding technique was the foundation because only the guiding technique could strengthen oneself, but for Qin Mu, strengthening himself mainly relied on the feedback from the Zerg swarm, and the guiding technique was just an aid. On the other hand, the spear technique and body technique were more attractive to him.

The reason why the 'Destroyer' spear technique was powerful was its powerful force application method. Like the Nine Stage Thunder Blade, when wielding the spear, it would not attack with full strength but only use nine-tenths of one's strength.

When releasing the first level of strength, it could also allow one to release another level of hidden force, resulting in a total of 180% of strength, which was 1.8 times the base attack power.

'Destroyer' was divided into six levels. The first level could release an additional level of hidden force, which could exert 180% of strength. The second level could release two levels of hidden force, which could exert 270% of strength. The third level could release three levels of hidden force, which could exert 360% of strength. And so on, until the sixth level, when one could release six levels of hidden force, which could exert 630% levels of strength.

A full 6.3 times the force, although it is slightly less than the seven times force of the 'Nine Stage Thunder Blade' when 'Destroyer' was mastered, it was hailed as the world's number one attack method, indicating that there might be other mysteries in the 'Destroyer' spear technique.

"The first level of the 'Destroyer' spear technique has 21 moves. To master it, one can practice these 21 moves and familiarize themselves with the force application method of the first level of 'Destroyer'."

Holding the Vanquisher 7-series long spear, Qin Mu walked to the center of the training hall and began to practice the spear technique. "Alright, let's start training."

The spear danced, and Qin Mu's consciousness immediately linked with the mother nest, controlling every muscle and bone in his body. Any improper movements would be immediately detected and corrected.

"This move can be broken down into 32 actions, three of which have incorrect force application, and five of which are somewhat deformed." In the training hall, the spear whistled, piercing the air and emitting explosive sounds.

"Again!" Qin Mu did not rest. The second time he practiced, there was only one incorrect force application and three deformed actions!

His progress was astonishing. In just one afternoon, Qin Mu completely mastered five of the 21 moves and his control over himself was rapidly improving.

"This feeling is truly wonderful."

Immersed in training, Qin Mu was like a madman, the feeling of his strength continuously increasing made him extremely excited, and he devoted himself to it wholeheartedly. During the training, both the spear technique and the body technique were improving at an astonishing rate.

"Again."

"Haha! Yes, that's it. Practice one more time."