Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 663 - 445: Clone Evolution, Corpse Knight Lord

Moreover, the Skeleton Armor enveloping Fang Zhou was significantly enhanced! The current Skeleton Armor was pitch-black and heavy, its surface emitting a dim sheen. It now resembled a genuine suit of full-body heavy armor. In terms of defense, this Skeleton Armor, which was a concentration of his Skeleton Essence, was already comparable to the Defense Power of Green Fine Equipment.

Weapons and armor that grew alongside one’s tier and constitution were the greatest advantage that skeletons possessed. If Fang Zhou could step into the Glory Rank or the Legendary Tier, his Corpse Long Spear would be equivalent to an Orange Epic or even a Golden Legend item. His Corpse Armor would also be equivalent to Epic or Legend-quality full-body heavy armor!

Of course, this wasn’t the biggest transformation.

With the completion of this evolution, Fang Zhou clearly felt that his body was much more substantial. Although his form was still primarily skeletal, he no longer felt that empty, hollow sensation within his physique! It seemed that this evolution had caused the empty bones wrapped within his Corpse Armor to grow flesh and blood once more!

"Am I... alive?"

Unconsciously, Fang Zhou opened his mouth. A low and hoarse voice slowly spread out across the empty Corpse Hill.

True life, of course, was impossible. As an Undead, even if Fang Zhou reached the Legendary Tier, he would remain a Legendary Tier Undead. He could not transform from an Undead into a living being. The concept of life from the extreme of death might exist, but this was far beyond Fang Zhou’s current reach. One would have to at least reach the Holy Sanctuary or Demigod level to touch upon such a supreme realm.

However, existences that reached such a height were perhaps no longer concerned with life and death. Their pursuit was to go even further and ascend to a Divine Position. And to a Divine Spirit, whether one was born an Undead or a living being was meaningless.

Fang Zhou had not come back to life, but he had indeed grown flesh imbued with vitality. This was perhaps because he had previously mastered the Corrosive Poison Incarnation skill, an innate skill of zombies. Since zombies inherently possess flesh, Fang Zhou also grew flesh after this evolution.

However, the flesh of the Undead and the flesh of living beings were utterly different. The flesh of the living flowed with blood and was filled with the breath of life. The flesh of the Undead, however, contained only the aura of death.

In any case, transitioning from a monster of only bone and decaying flesh to a High-tier Undead with living flesh was already a huge leap for Fang Zhou! Being able to speak was itself a sign of this leap.

With a hearty laugh, Fang Zhou stretched his new body. Compared to the previous weightless feeling, this body of flesh felt extraordinarily stable and grounded, as if he had transformed from a skeleton back into a living human. After moving around for a bit to adapt to his current body, Fang Zhou looked at his attribute panel.

"[Corpse Knight Lord] evolution successful. Four-dimensional Attributes have undergone a leap."

"Racial limits broken. Blood Moon Blessing received."

"The Skeleton Monarch skill has advanced to Corpse Knight Lord."

[Corpse Knight Lord] (Bronze-tier, Innate): A blessing from the will of the Undead Realm bestowed upon the powerful. Only the strongest individuals of the corpse races have a chance to receive it. Moderately increases damage dealt to Skeletons, Zombies, and their evolved forms, and moderately reduces damage received. Can enslave Undead Creatures of the Skeleton and Zombie Series. The damage bonus and the number of enslaved creatures are determined by the user’s Four-dimensional Attributes.

Fang Zhou’s Soul Fire flickered as he snapped out of the euphoria of evolution and looked at his attribute panel. His four attributes—Strength, Constitution, Agility, and Spirit—were no longer capped at the Black Iron tier’s limit of 100 points and had all taken a substantial leap.

The Corpse Clone’s current attributes were Strength 300, Constitution 300, Agility 300, and Spirit 300.

[Clone] Corpse Knight Lord

[Tier] Bronze · Lower

[Attributes] Strength 300, Constitution 300, Agility 300, Spirit 300

[Equipment] Poisonous Skeleton Long Spear +2 (Level 2 White Bone Stone ×3), Poisonous Skeleton Armor +2 (Level 2 White Bone Stone ×2), [Marvel] Berserker Mark (Purple)

[Skills] Corpse Lord (Bronze, Innate), Corpse Armor (Bronze, Innate), Corrosive Poison Incarnation (Bronze, Innate), Deadly Strike (Black Iron, Perfection), Death Energy Slash (Black Iron, Perfection), Death Tornado (Black Iron, Perfection), Death Charge (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Weapon Specialization (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Block (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Battle Cry (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Energy Shield (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Stance (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Roar (Black Iron, Mastery), Death Stomp (Black Iron, Mastery)

[Apostles] 32

[Servants] 30 Mutated

According to Fang Zhou’s estimations, even among all lower-tier Bronze Undead Creatures, the attributes of his newly advanced Corpse Clone were considered to be in the upper-middle range. Not to mention, the surge in his Clone’s attributes would also feed back to his main body.

Fang Zhou checked his main body’s attribute panel. Sure enough, his Spirit Attribute, which had just broken the 50-point barrier, had already soared to 70. It was now just one step away from the Black Iron Upper-tier limit of 80 points.

After calming the roiling Mana within his main body, Fang Zhou had no time to further indulge in the exhilarating surge of his four attributes. Instead, he immersed his entire consciousness into his Corpse Clone.

The Skeleton Lord could never have anticipated that Fang Zhou’s combat strength would undergo such an earth-shattering change in just half a month! In its experience, the emergence of every High-tier Undead was the result of accumulation over a vast amount of time.

Now, if he were to face the Skeleton Lord again, Fang Zhou likely wouldn’t even need the help of his skeleton minions to slay it!

Fang Zhou had no intention of waiting any longer. It was time to press the attack and deal with the Skeleton Lord that had been tempting him for so long!

...

Soon, Fang Zhou arrived near the bone castle. Stopping just over a hundred meters from the castle gate, Fang Zhou wildly unleashed his aura, announcing his arrival to the Skeleton Lord!

ROAR!

In the next moment, a gigantic figure burst out from the bone castle, appearing before Fang Zhou accompanied by an enraged roar. It was the Skeleton Lord, and it certainly hadn’t forgotten Fang Zhou.

Although Fang Zhou’s appearance and aura had undergone an earth-shattering change after his advancement to a Bronze-tier Corpse Knight Lord, the Skeleton Lord still recognized him at a glance. It was this peculiar Undead Creature who had repeatedly challenged its authority and even slaughtered its many Mutated Skeleton underlings, nearly turning it from the ruler of the Corpse Hill into a commander with no army!

To the Skeleton Lord, this was an absolute humiliation!

So, after rushing out from the bone castle, the Skeleton Lord showed no fear in the face of Fang Zhou’s surging aura. It brandished its Two-Handed Battleaxe and charged toward him!

Confident after his successful advancement, Fang Zhou believed his current power could completely crush the Skeleton Lord. Thus, he also charged forward, wielding his Corpse Long Spear and riding his Yellow Springs Nightmare!

BOOM!!!

An intense shockwave spread out in all directions.

When it was only a few dozen meters away, the Skeleton Lord brazenly unleashed its first skill! By this point, Fang Zhou had already become one with his mount and activated his Death Charge skill. After successfully refining the Yellow Springs Nightmare into his Corpse Armor, all of his Death Energy skills could be channeled through his mount. This unquestionably and greatly enhanced Fang Zhou’s frontal assault capability.

In an instant, Fang Zhou appeared behind the Skeleton Lord. The Corpse Long Spear erupted with a dark gleam, forming a solid sheet of light that slashed toward the Skeleton Lord’s back.

As usual, when the spear light struck, five White Bone Shields emerged from the Skeleton Lord’s body, attempting to block Fang Zhou’s first attack.

However, that was merely wishful thinking.