Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 555 - 391: Corpse Explosion Skill, the Undead Mage’s Romance!

Especially since many of the resources here were Bronze Tier, Fang Zhou currently had no use for them. He took a walk around and saw various rare materials, high-level equipment, and special potions, each marked with a staggering price. Some of the resources he had never even seen before, but just reading the descriptions was enough to understand their value.

After broadening his horizons, Fang Zhou left the trading area, satisfied. He planned to return in the evening to participate in the auction. The stalls and resources at the trading fair were updated daily. Although he had already made some significant gains today, he was even more excited for the evening’s auction and the next day’s market.

Of course, before attending the auction, Fang Zhou needed to increase his assets. In terms of bartering resources, he planned to use this time to refine all his available materials into Skeleton Warhorse Reins. He calculated his inventory and estimated that he could craft ten Skeleton Warhorse Reins by evening. As for contribution points, after his recent purchases and stone gambling, Fang Zhou didn’t have many usable ones left.

However, he had fortunately converted a large amount of Soul Power through stone gambling, so he could now begin deducing the Corrosive Poison Series Skill Tree. If he could successfully deduce a suitable and practical Corrosive Poison Series skill, it would be a significant boost to his own combat power. Moreover, exchanging it with the Human Alliance’s Skill Library would award him at least 1,000 contribution points.

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Back at the Undead Mage research project, Fang Zhou handed over the various resources he had acquired to his assistant for processing. He then slipped away into the Alchemy Workshop. With his current Alchemy level, crafting a few Skeleton Warhorse Reins was as easy as pie. He skillfully prepared the required materials and began refining them according to the established steps.

An hour later, Fang Zhou placed ten neatly crafted Skeleton Warhorse Reins into his Space Storage Capsule and then checked his attribute panel. Seeing that his Soul Power had reached several thousand points, his heart raced with excitement, feeling the profound satisfaction of a wealthy landowner. He once again opened the skill materials and deduction plans Silvanas had previously provided, his expression hesitant.

Which skill should I deduce first?

Fang Zhou carefully browsed through the Skill Materials, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each one. Soon, he made up his mind. The first Corrosive Poison Series skill would, of course, be the Corpse Explosion Skill he had long coveted.

In his mind, the Corpse Explosion Skill would be a composite skill of the Corrosive Poison Series and the Skeleton Series, one worthy of being a signature skill for the Undead Mage profession. The only shame was that Master Sandro had recently focused his efforts on deducing Artificial Undead and the Personal Undead Space. He only occasionally guided his apprentice, Silvanas, in helping Fang Zhou collect resources and materials.

Now, the Skill Deduction plans Fang Zhou held were quite complete. All that was needed was a spark of inspiration to successfully deduce the skill. For Fang Zhou, this so-called spark of inspiration was merely the consumption of Soul Power.

The auspicious hour had arrived!

Attribute panel, begin the deduction!

For the Corpse Explosion Skill, Silvanas had prepared nearly ten different Skill Materials for Fang Zhou. These materials encompassed various professions and skill types, including explosive devices from the Bombardier Warlock, Flame Traps from the Flame Mage, Puppet Control Threads from the Puppet Master, and even the Corrosive Poison Explosion from the Undead Mage’s original Corrosive Poison Series. All in all, these materials covered every casting element of the Corpse Explosion Skill.

Now, Fang Zhou needed to leverage the Burst of Inspiration, fueled by Soul Power, to fuse these Skill Materials and successfully deduce the Corpse Explosion Skill he desired.

With the consumption of a full 1,600 Soul Power, nearly ten different Skill Materials and their corresponding Skill Insights intertwined into a complex network in Fang Zhou’s mind. Each node represented a critical casting element. Driven by his Soul Power, his spark of inspiration flashed continuously as he began to integrate these elements into a new skill model.

Catalyzed by his Corpse Clone’s instinctive-level Corrosive Poison Incarnation skill, all the Skill Materials finally fused together perfectly, forming the Corpse Explosion Skill he had dreamed of.

Fang Zhou opened his eyes, and a detailed skill description appeared before him:

[Corpse Explosion Skill] (Black Iron, Mastery): Choose a corpse not exceeding the Black Iron level and infuse it with Undead Mana to cause a violent explosion, dealing mixed damage to all enemies within a certain range. Damage types include Physical, Death Energy, and Corrosive Poison attributes, among others. The Casting Range, Skill Effect, and other factors are determined by the user’s Spirit Attribute, Skill Proficiency, and the energy contained within the corpse itself.

It was a simple and brutal description, yet it represented an extremely terrifying effect. Fang Zhou repeatedly read the description on the Skills Bar, his heart filled with excitement. He had spent a full 1,600 Soul Power to deduce this skill, so the resulting effect was naturally beyond his wildest imagination.

At the Black Iron Stage, the Corpse Explosion Skill had already been deduced to its absolute limit. This was thanks to the wide variety of Skill Materials he used, as well as his Corpse Clone’s instinctive-level Corrosive Poison Incarnation. For a long time to come, the Corpse Explosion Skill would be Fang Zhou’s unique secret technique, a signature skill.

Imagine a battlefield strewn with flesh and corpses. With a single command, Fang Zhou could cause the demon bodies to explode violently. The resulting chain reaction of destruction would be enough to turn him into a killing machine on any small-scale battlefield. The terrifying effect of the Corpse Explosion Skill would be no weaker than the Undead Army he could summon.

Taking a few deep breaths, Fang Zhou looked at his remaining Soul Power, which now numbered less than 2,000 points. Filled with fighting spirit, he decided to press on and repeat his success immediately. Following the Skill Deduction ideas provided by Silvanas and Liu Diewu, he once again combined skills from Black Iron Tier Magic Professionals. He successfully deduced another Extreme Enhancement version of a Corrosive Poison Series skill.

[Rotting Aura] (Black Iron, Mastery): Release Undead Mana to form a Rotting Aura that envelops enemies within a certain range. Enemies affected by the Rotting Aura will have their Defense reduced and take increased damage from Corrosive Poison Attribute attacks. They also have a chance of being afflicted with Negative States such as weakness, plague, and poison. The Casting Range, Skill Effect, and other factors depend on the user’s Spirit Attribute and Skill Proficiency.

Unlike the Corpse Explosion Skill he had just deduced, Rotting Aura was an aura-type skill used to apply Negative States to enemies. Through his recent Cultivation, Fang Zhou had already acquired buff-type auras for his Undead Creatures, namely Brutal Aura and Iron Wall Aura. However, when it came to weakening enemies, he only had Horror Aura, which had a single, decisive effect: weakening an enemy’s will to resist. This newly deduced Rotting Aura could specifically weaken enemy defenses, thereby significantly enhancing his side’s damage output. For Fang Zhou, this was another important component of his overall combat power.

Fang Zhou glanced at his attribute panel again. His remaining Soul Power was no longer sufficient to deduce another Extreme Enhancement skill from the Corrosive Poison Series. He didn’t press the matter and instead uploaded the newly deduced Corpse Explosion Skill and Rotting Aura to the Human Alliance Skill Library.

Thanks to the high rewards from the Human Alliance for newly deduced skills, along with the funding from the Undead Mage research group, these two skills brought Fang Zhou a gain of nearly 4,000 contribution points. This wasn’t surprising, as the Skill Materials and Skill Insights Fang Zhou had used to deduce these two skills were themselves worth nearly 2,000 contribution points.

Nearly 5,000 contribution points and ten freshly minted Skeleton Warhorse Reins... That should be enough to handle the upcoming trade fair and appraisal event.

Satisfied, Fang Zhou stood up and turned to walk towards the Skill Training Ground.