chsdbacks Chapter 262 Black Iron Mid-Rank, Powerful [Battle Qi Shield]!
Chapter 262 Black Iron Mid-Rank, Powerful [Battle Qi Shield]!
Chapter 262 Black Iron Mid-Rank, Powerful [Battle Qi Shield]!
Now, with the appearance of soul crystals, it can be considered the third method Fangzhou has mastered to obtain the precious resource of soul power. Fangzhou gently stroked his chin, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Soul crystals are naturally good things.
But why does this wondrous object, the Mirror of the Heart, contain these crystallized souls?
After much thought, Fangzhou had a guess in his mind.
Perhaps it is because the Mirror of the Heart is a relic of an ancient civilization.
It underwent some elusive evolution in the torrent of time, thus giving birth to these precious crystallizations of the soul.
Shaking his head, Fang Zhou stopped thinking about this unknown mystery.
Judging from his past experiences, the crystallization of the soul is something that cannot be sought after.
Let's leave this question for later exploration.
Fang Zhou took a deep breath and carefully checked the resources he had just acquired from Gu Yueyuan.
Don't rush to learn the pharmacist job change skill book now.
In the Ark's plan, while the pharmacist is a good secondary profession, its priority is lower than that of the alchemist.
Alchemy can not only create higher-level enchantments, but also some useful items and equipment.
For a necromancer like Fangzhou, who pursues ultimate power, this is clearly a more valuable development direction.
Immediately afterwards, Fangzhou's gaze fell upon the insect venom insights given to him by Gu Yueyuan.
This book records many unique techniques for using insect toxins.
Fangzhou plans to wait until his clone completes the analysis of the zombie's talent skills before combining them, believing that such a combination will produce unexpected results.
In addition to the two books, Ark also obtained a series of strange and unusual potion bottles.
These bottles come in various shapes and colors, and each has its own unique purpose.
Especially those few bottles of insect food pills, which are specially prepared for the pearl bird Gugu, to promote its growth and evolution.
However, considering that the sealing bone bell currently used to seal the pearl bird Gugu has not yet been modified or upgraded, Ark still has some time to nurture Gugu.
So he categorized these precious medicines one by one and arranged them neatly, in preparation for any future combat missions.
After everything was settled, Fangzhou got up and walked to the meditation room, where he controlled his skeleton clone to start a new round of killing and leveling up. At this time, the skeleton clone's strength attribute was only one step away from the 50-point mark.
According to Ark's prediction, the Skull Clone's Strength attribute will likely break through 50 points tonight, thus advancing to the mid-tier Black Iron rank.
With the upgrade imminent, Ark was filled with enthusiasm.
Hills of corpses, a blood moon in the sky.
The Ark and his army of skeletons stood at the center of death.
After a night of fierce fighting, countless enemies fell at his feet, turning into a thick layer of ashes on this land.
The skeleton clone slowly bent down and extracted the last drop of corpse essence from deep within a zombie corpse.
His strength attribute finally reached 50 points.
Based on Ark's experience, this was the critical point between lower and middle Black Iron. As he expected, a mysterious and unpredictable power surged within the skeleton of the skeleton clone, and a faint light seemed to flicker in the gaps between the bones.
The strength of the skeleton clone has successfully increased from lower Iron rank to middle Iron rank.
The originally dull bone surface is now covered with a light silver-gray layer, radiating a metallic luster.
The most significant changes occurred on the ark's arms.
The originally slender skeleton suddenly expanded, each bone became thick and powerful, and the joints seemed to be strengthened by some invisible force.
When all these changes were complete, the skeleton clone's body reached an astonishing height of 2.5 meters, making it even more majestic and spectacular than before.
Fangzhou clenched his bone fist, feeling an unprecedented sense of pride and satisfaction.
After fighting for so long in the Corpse Hills, he finally succeeded in breaking through to the middle level of Black Iron.
Not only that, his strength attribute reached 50 points, and his average four-dimensional attributes also reached 45 points.
This also means that his Skeleton King skill will be able to summon more and stronger skeleton servants to become his powerful assistants in conquering the world.
Fangzhou's gaze shifted to the clone's attribute panel, his heart filled with anticipation and longing. [Cloner] Skeleton Warrior [Rank] Mid-Tier Iron [Attributes] Strength 50, Constitution 45, Agility 45, Spirit 40
[Equipment] Skeleton Spear +2 (Level 2 Bone Stone *2), Skeleton Armor +2 (Level 2 Bone Stone *2)
[Oddity] Berserker's Mark (Purple)
[Skills] Skeleton King (Black Iron, Instinct), Corpse Armament (Black Iron, Instinct), Brutal Strike (Black Iron, Proficient), Heroic Charge (Black Iron, Proficient), Advanced Weapon Specialization (Black Iron, Mastery), Parry Counterattack (Black Iron, Mastery), Victory Cry (Black Iron, Mastery), Terror Roar (Black Iron, Proficient), Unknown Skills (Under Analysis)
[Apostle] 2
[Servant] 45
With over 200 points of Soul Power reserve, Ark has the capital to grow, meaning he can choose to learn another general skill for Black Iron-level combatants and continue to expand his skill tree.
Among the many skill options, Ark already had a clear idea in mind.
He has mastered all the skills that can be used to nourish his own body and enhance his strength.
What he needs now is stronger practical skills to meet future challenges.
Among the skills such as [Battle Aura Slash], [Whirlwind Strike], [Battle Aura Shield], [Revenge Stance], and [Stomp], he unhesitatingly chose [Battle Aura Shield] as his next skill to learn.
The reason is obvious.
Fangzhou had already realized through a series of intense and fierce battles that his skeleton clones far surpassed skeleton warriors and even zombies of the same rank and attribute in terms of attack power.
With his skeleton clone's strength attribute officially surpassing fifty points and successfully advancing to the mid-tier Black Iron realm, Ark conceived a new hunting plan. He decided to lead his skeleton servants deep into the Corpse Hills to challenge those powerful undead creatures also at the mid-tier Black Iron realm.
To ensure the Skeletons remain invincible in the upcoming battle, Ark believes the primary task is to enhance their defensive capabilities.
Among the many defensive skills, Battle Aura Shield is undoubtedly the top priority.
This skill can form an unbreakable energy barrier, effectively resisting enemy attacks.
For ordinary human warriors, only when they break through to the Iron rank can they convert their physical strength into surging battle aura, and use this to unleash advanced skills such as battle aura shields.
However, the situation is different for the skeleton clones.
Although it had reached the Iron rank, it did not develop true battle aura like human warriors.
However, this does not prevent the skeleton clone from using skills such as battle shield.
Based on Ark's past experience, the skeleton clones are able to use these kinds of skills because of the powerful undead attribute energy within them.
This energy is different from the battle aura of human warriors, but it also has a powerful protective function, enough to withstand fierce attacks from enemies.
Ark piloted the skeleton clone, standing in a corner of a thoroughly cleared hill of corpses.
Silence reigned all around, broken only by the sound of a gentle breeze rustling through the bones, echoing in this land of death.
After completing his mission, he withdrew his attention from his skull clone and returned to the meditation room at the Haicheng Military Academy.
Fangzhou didn't have high expectations for the Battle Aura Shield skill he was about to learn.
After all, this was a completely new skill that the Skull Clone had never encountered before.
Even with the inheritance of previous experience, it is hard to imagine that it can be directly transformed into substantial skill improvement.
But in any case, this is an inevitable process, an opportunity to gradually improve one's strength according to a predetermined path.
He skillfully opened his personal terminal and then inserted the specially made skill key.
Once the key is connected to the terminal, information and insights related to the Battle Aura Shield begin to circulate.
The transmission process ended quickly, and Fangzhou, without any hesitation, immediately clicked on the skill projection and began learning the Battle Aura Shield skill.
As he moved, several lines of prompts immediately popped up on the attribute panel:
"A clone has been detected with learnable skill materials. You can consume 100 points of soul power to quickly learn the basics."
"Shall we begin learning?"
"Materials for improving clone skill proficiency have been detected. It is estimated that 100 points of soul power will be required for perfect absorption."
"Shall we begin absorption?"
Faced with these options, Ark did not hesitate to consume 200 points of soul power to enter a state of inspiration burst.
Although the skeleton clone, as an undead creature, does not possess the battle aura unique to human warriors, the undead attribute energy that fills its body can completely replace battle aura and be used to unleash skills such as battle aura shield and battle aura slash.
As his soul power was depleted, Fangzhou felt a warm current flowing through his body.
He seemed to be able to clearly sense every change in energy, and the originally abstract skills and knowledge gradually became concrete in his mind.
In a burst of inspiration, Ark quickly mastered the Battle Aura Shield skill.
Fangzhou's thoughts swept across the attribute panel like a gust of wind, finally settling on the [Battle Aura Shield] skill bar.
[Battle Aura Shield] (Black Iron Grade, Proficient): Condenses the user's battle aura into an incredibly strong shield, capable of blocking attacks from any direction at will. Additional skill effects can be granted based on the user's energy attributes. Shield strength, skill effects, and duration depend on battle aura strength, constitution attributes, and skill proficiency.
The simple and clear skill descriptions allowed Ark to immediately understand how to use the Battle Aura Shield.
Just as Instructor Lu Hu had recommended, the Battle Aura Shield, a simple and unpretentious defensive skill, has powerful defensive capabilities against both melee and ranged attacks, as well as physical and magical energy attacks.
This is a universal skill for combat professionals, comparable to skills such as Charge, Parry, and even Brutal Strike.
Having understood this, Fangzhou eagerly focused his attention on the skeleton clones within the hills of corpses.
He wanted to test the practical effectiveness of the Battle Aura Shield skill on his clone.
On the hill of corpses.
Fangzhou, using dozens of his summoned skeleton minions, quickly located several wandering skeleton warriors and zombies.
However, looking at these weak undead creatures, Fangzhou shook his bloodthirsty head with a sense of boredom.
Although these zombies and skeleton warriors were all mid-level apprentices, their attacks were like tickling the undead bodies of the skeleton clones, which had undergone several evolutions and whose racial combat power coefficients had increased several times over. They could not cause any effective damage at all.
However, standing atop the hill of corpses, Ark looked around and realized there were no more suitable opponents in the area.
He reluctantly chose the most powerful zombie as his glorious sparring partner.
Although this zombie was far from powerful, it was sufficient for testing the newly acquired battle aura shield skill.
Although zombies are slow-moving and have low intelligence, they are far superior to ordinary skeleton warriors in direct combat.
They possess sharp claws and fangs, as well as corrosive energy capable of corroding everything, making them a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
However, none of this was a threat to the skeleton clone.
The skeleton clone stood firmly, and with the activation of the Battle Aura Shield skill, a faint black light surrounded the skeleton clone, forming an indestructible barrier.
Not far in front of the Ark, the zombies launched an attack without hesitation.
Its claws and healing fangs kept striking the light barrier, but no matter which angle it attacked from, it could not penetrate the defense of the battle aura shield.
Each of the zombie's attacks seemed so powerless, and its putrid energy vanished the moment it touched the shield.
These low-level zombies, devoid of any intelligence, can only mechanically repeat their attack actions, but each attack is futile.
Fang Zhou silently estimated that, based on the strength of the energy within his skeleton clone, he could almost completely ignore all of the zombie's attacks and continue for a long time without feeling tired.
If combined with the parry and counterattack skill, then low-level undead creatures of the same rank simply cannot break through this defense.
Each zombie attack was skillfully neutralized by the skeleton clone, and occasionally a portion of the energy was even reflected back, causing minor damage to the zombie.
Although this practical test failed to determine the true upper limit of the Battle Aura Shield skill, Ark was already quite satisfied.
After all, given his steady and conservative nature, he wouldn't have allowed his skeleton clone to be in such a dangerous situation and face attacks from an overly powerful enemy unless he was absolutely certain of success.
Having achieved a satisfactory result, Ark ceased this meaningless contest.
He casually brandished the spear in his hand, a black glint flashing across the blade.
With the activation of the Brutal Strike skill, an astonishing power surged from the spear.
With a gentle wave, Fang Zhou sent his spear hurtling through the air like an arrow, piercing straight into the zombie's heart.
boom.
With a muffled roar, the Corpse Spear, which had already undergone extreme enhancement, easily pierced the zombie's heart with the immense power of the Brutal Strike skill, plunging it into eternal slumber.