Swallowed Star: The Zerg Overlord

Chapter 48: Taming the Swamp Newt

"Boom——"

A Swamp Newt over twenty meters long was thrown from the sky and heavily crashed onto the ground, causing a loud boom. The Swamp Newt, dizzy from the fall, tried to get up and resist. But it was firmly pressed down on the head by the Black Crowned Golden Eagle, which slowly descended from the sky, unable to move. 

The Swamp Newt was extremely angry and let out a furious roar. It never expected that the Black Crowned Golden Eagle would cooperate with humans to attack it.

"Human——!" The Swamp Newt roared. The intelligence of Horde Leader monsters was no less than that of humans, and they could speak human language. Even some powerful Commander rank monsters could do so, such as the high-level Commander rank Silver Moon Wolf that Luo Feng encountered.

Qin Mu floated down from the Black Crowned Golden Eagle and hovered in front of the Swamp Newt, with eleven short spears slowly circling behind him. Seeing the flesh on the Swamp Newt's body surging and the eleven bloody wounds already mostly healed, Qin Mu couldn't help but sigh at the Swamp Newt's powerful self-healing ability.

Without any nonsense, the eleven short spears shot out, piercing the Swamp Newt's body, tearing its flesh once again, and breaking its limbs. These Horde Leader monsters were not easy to deal with. The best way to make them submit was to hurt them, to beat them into submission. With the Swamp Newt's powerful self-healing ability, Qin Mu didn't have to worry about accidentally killing it during the taming process.

As he attacked it, Qin Mu's spirit power surged, piercing into its sea of consciousness. 

"Submit to me." Violent spirit power rampaged within the Swamp Newt's sea of consciousness, emitting a deafening sound. The Swamp Newt was furious, but it was firmly pinned down by the Black Crowned Golden Eagle on its body and couldn't move at all. 

While Qin Mu was taming this Horde Leader Swamp Newt, a saucer-shaped dark blue fighter jet slowly descended from the sky and landed nearby. The cabin door opened, and Li Shun and the others walked out, watching from a distance as the Swamp Newt was firmly pinned down by the Black Crowned Golden Eagle. In front of the Swamp Newt, Qin Mu hovered, with violent spirit power surging out, causing the Swamp Newt to let out painful screams from time to time.

"Is he using his spirit talent to tame the monster? Human spirit power is truly incredible, able to do such things." Professor Zhou's face was filled with amazement and envy. For researchers like him, this was too curious. Unfortunately, current human technology could not explain the wonders of spirit power.

And Li Shun, as well as He Jingtian and the other fighters, were shocked by Qin Mu's powerful strength. Especially after cooperating with the Black Crowned Golden Eagle, he was able to severely injure a primary Horde Leader Swamp Newt in an instant and capture it alive. Even Li Shun, an intermediate level Wargod expert, couldn't do that.

Under Li Shun and the others' watchful eyes, the roars of the primary Horde Leader Swamp Newt grew weaker and weaker, and its resistance was clearly not as strong as before. Everyone was extremely nervous. After reviewing Qin Mu's information and combining it with his performance during the fighter practical exam, they knew that taming was not a guaranteed success.

They didn't know that for Qin Mu, this taming was much easier than taming the Black Crowned Golden Eagle before. Once you get the hang of it, it doesn't take long. Soon, his spirit power had infected most of the Swamp Newt. 

Finally, Qin Mu slowly landed, and the eleven short spears re-suspended behind him. The Black Crowned Golden Eagle also released its grip on the Swamp Newt and flew into the sky with a flap of its wings. The Swamp Newt's eyes no longer held any trace of ferocity, becoming gentle, and it made a sound of submission.

"The taming is successful." Qin Mu looked at the group not far away and smiled.

"You really succeeded?" Although they witnessed it with their own eyes, everyone was still shocked and puzzled.

"Well, the Swamp Newt's self-healing ability is indeed powerful. The wounds from the battle and taming have mostly healed. But right after being tamed, I forcibly shattered its soul sea, and it needs to rest for a while. The physical exertion during self-healing is also great. To bring it back to the base city, we need to give it some food to replenish its strength." Qin Mu said with a smile.

"Thud——" "Thud——" As they spoke, a group of flying monsters dropped several half-dead monsters in front of the Swamp Newt. Among them were two high-level Commander rank Swamp Newts, and the rest were ordinary monsters ranging from Commander rank to Soldier rank.

Qin Mu's spirit power swept over them, easily shattering the soul seas of the two high-level Commander rank monsters, forcibly controlling them and then Zergifying them. With Qin Mu's current powerful spirit power, he could easily sweep through monsters below the Horde Leader rank, forcibly Zergifying them.

As for the Horde Leader Swamp Newt, it walked up to a dead monster and began to devour it, replenishing its lost strength.

"Taming monsters below the Horde Leader rank is actually so easy." Li Shun was horrified. This ability was truly heaven-defying. If Qin Mu's strength reached beyond the Wargod level, wouldn't he be able to easily tame high-level Horde Leader monsters?

"Will the tamed monsters completely obey your commands?" Professor Zhou's focus was different, his eyes burning with excitement.

"Yes. I've already controlled them at the soul level and ordered these Swamp Newts to obey your commands. When your experiments need their cooperation, just give direct orders. Originally, I planned to only catch one Horde Leader monster, but there was an unexpected surprise. Those two high-level Commander rank Swamp Newts can be considered a bonus." Qin Mu said with a smile.

Professor Zhou was even more excited when he heard this. He walked up to the Horde Leader Swamp Newt and, with a hint of instinctive fear and curiosity, touched the Swamp Newt's skin. The Swamp Newt, which was eating, glanced at Professor Zhou and ignored him, continuing to devour the flesh on its own. When Professor Zhou tried to command the Swamp Newt, it actually obeyed his orders. This discovery excited everyone.

Looking at the group, Qin Mu simply waved his hand and said. "Take a look at the surrounding monsters. If there's one you like, I'll give it to you."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became restless, even Li Shun. Relying on his strength, he took the high-level Commander rank Black Crowned Golden Eagle first. He Jingtian chose a high-level Commander rank Wind Chaser Eagle, and the others also chose a monster they liked.

After Qin Mu gave them control, everyone excitedly operated their monster, either soaring into the sky or performing various strange actions. Qin Mu watched from the side and found it quite interesting.

Giving them control over these monsters didn't bother Qin Mu at all. Although, in a sense, these Zergified monsters were also his clones. But they were different from Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone. The entire Zerg swarm was Qin Mu's clone, a collective of individuals, both independent and a whole.

For the Zerg swarm, he was the swarm. But the swarm was not him. This was a fundamental difference. The entire Zerg swarm was his clone, the carrier of his will. Every Zerg unit was him, but also not him.

He could freely manipulate and control any Zerg unit. But these Zergified flying monsters, and even the Zerg units themselves, had their own wills. By chance, these Zerg units could also evolve and become true lives. For the Zerg swarm, Qin Mu was the master, the collective consciousness.

Therefore, even if he were to sell Zerg units, Qin Mu wouldn't feel uncomfortable. Because as long as his will didn't descend upon those Zerg units, they were no different from normal monsters.

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