Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 494 - 357: Soul Essence Leap, Luxurious Magic List

Therefore, the Undead Mage skills Summon Zombie and Summoned Skeleton Warrior remained Fang Zhou’s top learning priorities.

With the buffs from the talent skill [Summon Undead Creatures] and the profession specialty [Strong Summoning of Undead], the Skeleton Warriors and Zombies he would summon next would become a significant part of his combat strength.

Additionally, the Skeleton Series Skill Tree, represented by skills like Skeleton Flying Spear, Skeleton Shield, and Skeleton Shackles, also needed to be further deduced and perfected to the Black Iron Tier.

Fang Zhou was full of confidence about this, as he had already raised these Skeleton Series skills to the Perfection or Instinctive Proficiency levels.

Moreover, these Skeleton Series skills themselves stemmed from the skeleton clone’s Bone Armor talent skill.

Currently, the corpse clone’s Corpse Armor skill had reached Black Iron-tier Instinctive Proficiency, fully capable of providing a solid skill reserve for the deduction of these Skill Trees.

Of course, for these Black Iron-tier Skeleton Series skills to reach the level of Extreme Enhancement, Fang Zhou also needed to increase his absorption and study of other Magic Professionals’ skills.

Thinking of this, Fang Zhou sighed lightly. Unfortunately, he had already reached the Black Iron Tier, leaving Bai Xiaochan, Meng Hongzhuang, and his other Apprentice-level assistants far behind. Until he found suitable assistants, he would likely have to rely on himself to collect information.

Fang Zhou stroked his chin as the figures of Senior Sister Liu Diewu and Senior Brother Gu Yueyuan suddenly appeared in his mind. Perhaps inviting these two Black Iron-tier, second-year Seed Students to be his research assistants for the next stage would be a good choice. After all, they both performed remarkably in their respective fields and already had a certain rapport.

But considering their own studies and tasks, Fang Zhou temporarily shelved the idea. Instead, he opened his personal terminal to browse the Undead Mage’s Black Iron-tier Skill Library.

At the Black Iron Stage, the number of skills for the Undead Mage profession hadn’t increased much compared to the Apprentice level. The additions were mainly advanced versions of some Apprentice-level skills.

For instance, [Zombie Meditation Method], the advanced version of [Skeleton Meditation Method], could provide stronger mana support for summoned Undead Creatures.

[Summoned Skeleton Warrior] and [Summon Zombie], the advanced versions of [Summon Skeleton], could summon Undead Creatures with stronger combat capabilities.

[Corrosive Net], the advanced version of [Touch of Corrosion], could cover a larger area and cause more damage.

[Continuous Death Missiles], the advanced version of [Death Missile], could fire multiple missiles in succession, increasing the frequency of attacks.

[Eye of Weakness], the advanced version of [Weakening Beam], could continually weaken an enemy’s combat strength.

Additionally, two entirely new skills piqued Fang Zhou’s interest.

The first skill was called [Plague Explosion]. As the name implied, this skill could form explosive energy balls from undead-transformed Corrosive Poison energy, causing wide-area Corrosive Poison Damage. This skill was very suitable for clearing out dense groups of enemies and could effectively weaken their combat power.

The other skill was [Dead Officer]. This skill could consciously strengthen the more powerful individuals among the Undead Creatures. While it might not significantly improve their individual combat strength, it could grant the selected undead some basic war command experience. This meant the skill could transform some Undead Creatures into Commanders, who could then take the Undead Mage’s place in commanding their subordinate undead. This would allow the Undead Mage to focus on casting and survival.

After all, not every Undead Mage was like him, adept at both magical skills and war command. Even Fang Zhou, while able to multitask in small-scale battles by simultaneously commanding his forces and casting spells, found that it was different on a true large-scale battlefield. Precisely commanding every single undead creature was still a bit of a stretch. Not to mention, it was also a severe drain on his energy.

Long ago, Fang Zhou had heard Su Xinyan talk about the [Dead Officer] skill. It was said that this skill was excavated by Great Mage Sandro from the ruins of the Naraku Civilization. It was considered an exceptionally rare and high-quality skill.

A trace of interest appeared in Fang Zhou’s eyes. Regardless of their power, these Undead Mage profession skills provided him with many excellent ideas for deducing his next Black Iron-tier skills.

Fang Zhou recalled that his corpse clone had just successfully analyzed the [Corrosive Poison Incarnation] talent skill, and his main body had also just broken through the Black Iron bottleneck. This meant his main body could also deduce the Undead Mage’s Corrosive Poison Series Skill Tree.

Fang Zhou looked at the Soul Power on his attribute panel, feeling somewhat uncertain. Previously in the Undead Realm, he had thought his several thousand points of Soul Power would be enough to squander for a while. But based on his main body’s current cultivation plan, it seemed that amount wouldn’t be nearly enough to support upgrading his entire set of skills.

Fang Zhou shook his head, choosing not to dwell on it. It was already quite late, so he decided to first place orders for all the resources he had his eye on. He estimated he could retrieve them all from the logistics department the next day.

First was the [Strong Undead Summoning] specialty, originally priced at 1,000 contribution points, now 300. Next were three pieces of the New Star Mage Set, along with the corresponding Refining Stones and Gemstones. The original total was 750 contribution points, now just 225.