Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 69: [Summon Skeleton] Max Level, [Skeleton Monarch] Enhancement

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: [Summon Skeleton] Max Level, [Skeleton Monarch] Enhancement

Wen Rou took the large bundles Fang Zhou handed over with a smile and went back to the backyard to get busy.

Grandma Yun sat in the rocking chair, rocking back and forth, watching Fang Zhou walk in carrying the two little girls. Her eyes were no longer clear and bright, but the corners, full of wrinkles, exuded endless warmth and tolerance.

Fang Zhou was about to greet her when his personal terminal suddenly gave a notification.

"Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you have been listed as a seed candidate for Sea City Military Academy. The selection details will be announced shortly. Keep up the good work!"

Fang Zhou raised an eyebrow.

Unbeknownst to him, a month had passed since the simulation battlefield opened.

It seemed the academy instructors had already roughly selected the seed candidates, just waiting for the final selection.

Seeing the change in Fang Zhou’s expression, Grandma Yun smiled and said, "Xiao Zhou, any good news?"

Fang Zhou shook the plump little girls he had been raising and said with a smile, "Grandma Yun, I’ve been listed as a seed candidate for Sea City Military Academy. I’m just one step away from becoming a seed."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Yun stood up happily and took a few steps towards Fang Zhou.

"Seed candidate? I remember Xiao Jiu once told me she was the number one seed at Sea City Military Academy.

She said becoming a seed required exceptionally tough selection.

Xiao Zhou, you make me proud!"

Fang Zhou smiled slightly.

As an ordinary person, Grandma Yun naturally did not understand the nuances of the Professional strength tiers.

With his current power, even if all other seed candidates were tied together, they might not be able to touch him, let alone being one in a hundred.

However, Fang Zhou naturally wouldn’t boast about his strength to his family.

As long as Grandma Yun and the others knew he was doing well at the academy, so they wouldn’t worry, that was enough.

The warm day quickly passed and Fang Zhou returned to Sea City Military Academy under the night sky.

By then, the seed selection rules had been sent to his personal terminal.

There were 100 first-year seed candidates, with 10 spots reserved for supporting professions, and the remaining 90 spots for Combat Professionals and Magic Professionals.

The supporting professions had separate selection rules.

As for the Combat Professionals and Magic Professionals, they were selected in a 1:2 ratio, picking 90 from 180 candidates, determining their sequence positions.

The selection consisted of two stages.

The first stage was Cave Hunting.

Beneath Sea City Military Academy lay many caves crafted by the academy’s mighty, serving as real combat training grounds for students.

These caves were teeming with many low-tier demons and fierce beasts, each having different hunting point values.

The so-called Cave Hunting meant opening the caves to these 180 seed candidates for a period of three days.

After three days, the top 90 candidates by total hunting points would enter the official seed list, with the rest naturally being eliminated.

Cave Hunting prohibited forming teams and attacking each other, testing pure personal combat ability.

Of course, to ensure safety, the academy provided each student with a Black Iron grade Shield Scroll.

If faced with a life-threatening situation, tearing open the scroll would allow them to hold firm and await aid, but it also meant elimination.

The second stage was the Arena Challenge.

Based on the previous Cave Hunting points ranking, the 90 seeds received individual rankings, which also affected later training priority at the academy.

If wanting a higher rank, they could challenge others on an arena.

The Arena Challenge also lasted for three days.

Afterwards, the final ranking would determine the sequence positions of the academy seeds.

The rules were simple; it all depended on the students’ sheer strength.

Fang Zhou felt eager after reading the concise selection rules.

Number one seed, destined to be his!

...

Late at night, in the Skill Training Room.

Fang Zhou skillfully cast [Summon Skeleton], and one by one, Skeletons emerged from the black vortex with the wave of his Magic Staff.

Suddenly, he paused, a joyful smile appearing on his face.

After over a hundred practices in this half month, the attribute panel finally showed a change.

The skill proficiency of [Summon Skeleton] successfully rose from [Perfection] to [Instinct].

With Fang Zhou’s current Spiritual Power, he could simultaneously summon up to 70 middle-ranked apprentice Skeletons at once.

Although due to racial limitations, these Skeletons were the lowest among same-tier creatures, their sheer number was overwhelming.

Just with this Skeleton Army alone, Fang Zhou was enough to stand peerless among the first-year students.

Of course, what he anticipated more was, what kind of skill could [Instinct] level [Summon Skeleton] deduce for the clone?

He looked at the attribute panel.

"[Summon Skeleton] has been detected to reach [Instinct] proficiency. It can be used as skill material for the clone to deduce refining a skill, estimated to consume 10 points of Soul Power."

"Would you like to begin the deduction?"

As 10 points of Soul Power were consumed, the Skeleton Clone’s Soul Fire flickered continuously, carefully comprehending every move of the original casting [Summon Skeleton].

In a trance, he recalled the moment of blessing by the Undead Realm when he broke through Black Iron.

In an instant, the attribute panel gave a notification.

"Skill refinement of [Skeleton Monarch] successful!"

[Skeleton Monarch] (Black Iron grade, Instinct): A blessing from the will of the Undead Realm to the powerful. Only the most powerful individuals of the Skeleton race have the chance to receive it. Slightly increases damage dealt to Skeletons and their evolved species, reduces damage received slightly, and can enslave Skeleton Series undead creatures. Damage enhancement, the number of enslaved, etc., are determined by four-dimensional attributes.

It worked!

A joy filled Fang Zhou’s heart as he showed an excited smile.

Unexpectedly, the run-of-the-mill Undead Mage skill [Summon Skeleton] could enhance [Skeleton Monarch], bestowing the ability to enslave Skeletons onto the Skeleton Clone.

Recently, Fang Zhou had been fretting over the sparsely populated Undead Realm, requiring long distances to hunt Skeleton Warriors.

If he could enslave enough Skeletons, whether for scouting, acting as cannon fodder, or providing support, it could greatly increase the efficiency of leveling up the Skeleton Clone.

Being a [Skeleton Monarch] yet having no Skeleton minions was simply unacceptable.

Fang Zhou was itching with excitement, urgently wanting to find a lucky Skeleton to serve as the first test subject.

Heroic Charge, activate!

Fang Zhou dashed towards the area heavy with scarlet moonlight, and a few minutes later, he found a Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior.

You shall become my first servant!

Fang Zhou tightly gripped the refined +2 bone Long Spear, storing up power underfoot, decisively launching the Heroic Charge.

Like a shadow, the air around him twisted violently due to his rapid movement, the wind howled carrying with it fragments of bone.

The Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior, unable to react to his explosive speed.

It sluggishly prepared to lift the giant axe to block, but the bone Long Spear, like a deathly lightning, shot directly towards its neck.

"Brutal Strike!"

Fang Zhou poured all his strength into the Long Spear, and in an instant, a mighty blow with the force of a thousand pounds erupted.