Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 69 [Summon Skeletons] Max Level, [Skeleton King] Enhanced

With a gentle smile, she took the bags from Fang Zhou and went back to the backyard to busy herself.

Grandma Yun sat in her recliner, swaying gently as she watched Fang Zhou walk in carrying two little girls. Though her eyes were no longer clear and bright, the wrinkles around them held endless tenderness and compassion.

Fangzhou was about to greet her when a notification suddenly came from his personal terminal.

"Corporal Fangzhou, you have been included in the seed candidate list for Haicheng Military Academy. The selection details will be announced later. Please keep up the good work!"

Fang Zhou raised an eyebrow.

Before we knew it, a month had passed since the simulated battlefield was opened.

It seems that the military academy instructors have already identified some promising candidates and are awaiting the final selection.

Seeing the change in Fangzhou's expression, Grandma Yun smiled and asked, "Little Zhou, what good news is it now?"

Fang Zhou swayed the two chubby little girls he had been feeding in his arms and said with a smile, "Grandma Yun, I've been listed as a seed candidate for Haicheng Military Academy. I'm only one step away from becoming a seed."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Yun happily stood up and took a few steps toward the ark.

"A seed candidate? I remember Xiao Jiu told me back then that she was the number one seed from Haicheng Military Academy."

I heard her say that becoming a seed requires a selection process that is one in a hundred.

Xiao Zhou, you're really something!

Fang Zhou smiled slightly.

As an ordinary person, Grandma Yun naturally doesn't understand the different skill levels among professionals.

With his current strength, even if all the other seeded candidates were tied together, they might not be able to beat him, let alone one in a hundred.

However, Fangzhou would naturally not boast about his strength to his family.

As long as Grandma Yun and the others know that I'm doing well at military school, so they won't worry, that's enough.

The warm day passed quickly, and Fangzhou returned to Haicheng Military Academy under the cover of night.

At this point, the seed selection rules had been sent to his personal terminal.

There are 100 first-year seed candidates, with 10 spots reserved for support professions and the other 90 spots reserved for combat and magic professions.

Support roles have their own selection rules.

As for warriors and mages, they were selected from 180 candidates at a ratio of 1:2, and their rankings were determined.

The selection process has two stages.

The first activity was underground hunting.

Beneath the Haicheng Military Academy, there are many underground caves built by the academy's elite members, serving as training grounds for the cadets' combat skills.

The underground caves teem with low-level monsters and ferocious beasts, each worth different amounts of hunting points.

The so-called "cave hunting" involves opening the cave to these 180 seed candidates for three days.

Three days later, the top 90 candidates in terms of total hunting points will be included in the official seed list, and those who are eliminated will be eliminated.

Dungeon hunting does not allow for team play or attacks on each other; it tests purely individual combat skills.

Of course, to ensure safety, the military academy provided each cadet with a black iron-grade shield scroll.

If you are in mortal danger, tearing open the roll allows you to hold your ground and wait for rescue, but it also means you will be eliminated.

The second part is the arena challenge.

Based on the ranking of points from the previous round of dungeon hunting, the 90 seeds will each have their own ranking, which will also affect their training priority in the military academy.

If you want to achieve a higher ranking, you can challenge other players in the arena.

The ring challenge also lasts for three days.

Three days later, the final ranking will determine the seeding order for military academies.

The rules are simple; they only assess the trainees' hard skills.

After reading the concise and clear selection rules, Fangzhou was eager to try.

He's the number one seed!

......

Late at night, in the skills training room.

Fangzhou skillfully cast [Summon Skeletons], and skeletons emerged from the black vortex as he waved his staff.

Suddenly, he stopped moving and a joyful smile appeared on his face.

After hundreds of practice sessions over the past two weeks, the attribute panel has finally changed.

The skill proficiency for [Summon Skeletons] has been successfully upgraded from [Perfect] to [Instinct].

With Ark's current mental strength, it can summon a maximum of 70 mid-level Apprentice skeletons at a time.

Although these skeletons are weakest among creatures of the same level due to their racial limitations, their numbers are simply too great.

With just this army of skeletons, Ark is enough to make them stand out among the first-year students.

Of course, what he was even more looking forward to was what kind of skills the [Instinct] level [Summon Skeleton] could deduce for the clone?

He looked at the attribute panel.

"Detected that [Summon Skeleton] has reached the [Instinct] proficiency level. It can be used as skill material to refine the skill for the clone. It is estimated to consume 10 points of Soul Power."

"Shall we begin the simulation?"

As 10 points of soul power were consumed, the soul fire of the skeleton clone continued to leap, carefully sensing every move of the main body in casting [Summon Skeleton].

In a daze, he recalled the moment when he was blessed by the Netherworld when he broke through to the Black Iron level.

In an instant, a notification appeared on the attribute panel.

"Skill [Skeleton King] successfully upgraded!"

[Skeleton King] (Iron Tier, Instinct): A blessing bestowed upon the strong by the will of the undead realm; only the most powerful individuals of the skeleton race have the opportunity to receive it. Deals slightly increased damage to skeletons and their evolved forms, and takes slightly less damage. Can enslave undead skeleton creatures; the damage increase and the number of enslaved creatures depend on the four main attributes.

Become!

Fang Zhou was overjoyed and smiled excitedly.

Surprisingly, the common necromancer skill "Summon Skeletons" can actually enhance "Bone King," granting skeleton clones the ability to enslave skeletons.

For some time now, Ark has been troubled by the fact that the undead realm is vast and sparsely populated, requiring a long time to travel before he can hunt down skeleton warriors.

If you can enslave enough skeletons, whether they are used to scout ahead, serve as cannon fodder, or provide support, you can greatly improve the efficiency of your skeleton clones in leveling up.

As the "Skeleton King," it's rather absurd that he doesn't have a single skeleton under his command.

Fangzhou was itching to find a lucky skeleton to serve as the first test subject.

Charge forward!

The Ark raced towards the thick crimson moonlight, and a few minutes later, it spotted a giant axe-wielding skeleton warrior.

I've decided on you! Be my first servant!

Fangzhou gripped the +2 refined skeletal spear tightly, gathered his strength, and decisively launched a heroic charge.

As if transformed into a shadow, the air around him was violently distorted by his rapid movement, and a gale howled, carrying up bursts of bone fragments.

The giant axe-wielding skeleton warrior was completely unable to react to his explosive speed.

It sluggishly prepared to raise its giant axe to block, but the skeletal spear, like a bolt of lightning piercing the sky, was already aimed directly at its neck bone.

"Brutal Strike!"

Fang Zhou poured all his power into his spear, unleashing a devastating strike.