Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 665 - 446: Devour the Skeleton Lord—Offer Up Your Bone and Soul! (Part 2)

After enduring a casual strike from Fang Zhou, it felt an emotion it had never experienced before: fear.

It had no time to counterattack. Instead, it immediately activated its trump card Skill—Skeleton Summoning!

Just like before, the earth heaved. One after another, Skeleton Warriors were summoned, climbing out of the soil to guard the Skeleton Lord. These summoned Skeletons also became the material for the Skeleton Lord to once again restore its Life Energy and Gray Bone Shield Wall.

Before his evolution, Fang Zhou had the ability to fight the Skeleton Lord head-on, but at most, he could only cripple it. Once the Skeleton Lord summoned its Skeleton Legion, repeatedly restoring itself from a crippled state to Perfection, even the former Fang Zhou would have been rendered helpless.

Fortunately, this time was different.

With his current terrifying strength, Fang Zhou could easily slay the ever-resilient Skeleton Lord!

Death Charge!

He charged once more, appearing in the midst of the Skeleton Legion as Death Tornado erupted. Dark red Light Blades spread out, tearing apart the Skeletons summoned by the Lord at an unimaginable speed.

Once.

Twice.

Thrice!

After three bursts of his Skills, Fang Zhou had slain the entire Skeleton Legion, which could have restored the Skeleton Lord several times.

Although it still had the Gray Bone Shield Wall for Defense and its Death Energy had recovered to its maximum, the Skeleton Lord had undeniably reached the end of its road.

THUD!

THUD!

THUD!

Weakened by the Curse from the [Corpse Lord] Skill, its combat power significantly reduced, the Skeleton Lord let out a feeble roar. It carried its Two-Handed Battleaxe, leaving deep footprints on the ground as it advanced step by step toward Fang Zhou. When it was only a few dozen meters away, the Skeleton Lord bellowed and charged at him one last time!

Its trump cards were exhausted. It could not cast the Gray Bone Shield Wall again, nor could it summon another Skeleton Legion. But it was the king of the Corpse Hill! Even at the end of its road, it would use the last of its strength to leave its mark on the enemy!

BOOM!!!

Deadly Strike erupted. In an instant, the Gray Bone Shield Wall was torn apart, and several massive wounds were left on the Skeleton Lord’s body as Fang Zhou charged to meet its assault.

They forsook Skills. In this final battle, Fang Zhou and the Skeleton Lord returned to a pure contest of strength.

Fang Zhou’s attack speed far outstripped the Skeleton Lord’s, and in terms of strength, he completely overpowered it.

The result was inevitable.

The gigantic body crashed to the ground. This Skeleton Lord, who had ruled the Corpse Hill for countless years and nearly broken the limits of the Black Iron Tier, was finally slain by Fang Zhou!

From this moment on, Fang Zhou could stand upon the Skeleton Lord’s corpse and declare himself the new king of the Corpse Hill!

During his previous hunts, Fang Zhou had imagined defeating the Skeleton Lord many times, but when it actually happened, he found himself far calmer than he had imagined.

The Skeleton Lord was the most powerful opponent Fang Zhou had encountered in the Undead Realm. Successfully felling it with his spear also marked the beginning of Fang Zhou’s unstoppable conquest.

Sitting high atop the Yellow Springs Nightmare, Fang Zhou extended his Corpse Long Spear, lifted the Skeleton Lord’s massive body, and activated the Corpse Armor Skill.

During their battle, Fang Zhou had realized that the Skeleton Lord, as another being blessed by the Blood Moon, could not be enslaved by the [Corpse Lord] Skill. Therefore, Fang Zhou had no intention of enslaving it as one of his Skeleton Servants, opting instead to let it return to dust.

With the activation of the Corpse Armor Skill, a warm current, countless times denser and more potent than any Corpse Essence he had ever absorbed, surged into his body like a tsunami. Within just a few minutes, his Four-dimensional Attributes surged by dozens of points.

Simultaneously, he absorbed a substantial amount of Soul Power. In terms of Soul Power alone, the spoils from the Corpse Clone were in no way inferior to the gains from his main body defeating Naraku’s residual soul, Vladimir.

More importantly, this absorption was comprehensive and left nothing behind. It was a stark contrast to absorbing Vladimir’s scattered residual soul, which had required Fang Zhou to use the attribute panel to slowly strip and absorb the pieces one by one. Fang Zhou had essentially absorbed all the useful memories from deep within the Skeleton Lord’s soul.

This gain in knowledge was what Fang Zhou valued most.

As Fang Zhou repeatedly digested the Skeleton Lord’s legacy, his Soul Fire flickered slightly. The waters of the Corpse Hill seemed far deeper than he had imagined. No wonder he had never encountered any Undead Creatures above the Bronze Tier here before.

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After absorbing the Skeleton Lord’s memories, Fang Zhou headed toward the Skull Fortress. A large amount of information refreshed on his attribute panel, but Fang Zhou only glanced at it, paying it no mind.

Even with the Skeleton Lord slain, the Skull Fortress was not empty. Perhaps they were an oversight from Fang Zhou’s last clearing, or perhaps the fortress had spawned new Skeletons in the past half a month. In any case, as Fang Zhou stepped into the Skull Fortress, Skeletons occasionally charged out from various corners.

Naturally, Fang Zhou did not act. He left these newly appeared Skeletons for Olaf and the other Mutated Skeleton Servants, who had been lying in wait nearby, to handle.

After Fang Zhou had successfully advanced to the Bronze Tier, the [Berserker Heroic Spirit Mark] deep within his soul also grew stronger, its power surging to the Lower Bronze Tier. This meant Olaf’s Tier was also elevated directly to Lower Bronze, and he unlocked an entirely new Battle Cry Series Skill Tree in addition to his Blood Fury Series and Golden Body Series Skills. As a result, Olaf became Fang Zhou’s most formidable combatant, a position he would hold for a long time.

Following the Skeleton Lord’s memories, Fang Zhou arrived at the sealed space where he had slain the Skeleton Warden. He shattered the prison door the warden had once guarded and ventured into the underground prison.

The moment he stepped into the prison, a dark and obscure atmosphere greeted him. Fang Zhou could clearly feel that the aura of death here was even denser and purer than in the Skull Fortress.

He descended continuously, passing through ten full levels before finally reaching the bottom of the prison stairs.

There, a rusted yet extraordinarily thick iron door appeared before him. Fang Zhou distinctly felt an endless, exceedingly pure aura of death emanating from beyond the iron door, spreading in all directions.

The Skeleton Lord’s memories ended here, offering only a chaotic blur regarding this iron door. Fang Zhou wanted to see what was hidden behind it, to see just what kind of existence was capable of generating an endless aura of death!

Stepping forward, he slashed out with the Corpse Long Spear.

BOOM!

Accompanied by a deafening rumble and clouds of rising dust, Fang Zhou blasted the iron door open with his incredible power. In an instant, an even more refined aura of death poured forth from the shattered doorway. The pure aura of death washing over him gave Fang Zhou the impulse to cheer. It felt as if every part of his body, every single bone, was growing stronger.

The door was open, and the scene inside came into view.

It was a terrifying Array, far more spacious than the ten prison levels above.

Surrounding this Array, which spanned over a hundred square meters, lay a large amount of corroded Equipment and Talismans. Among them were Alchemy Creations like Butcher Knives, shackles, scales, and Magic Staves.

Apart from the alchemical remnants, there were endless bones and flesh.

A long time had passed, and any bloodstains had long since dried up and decayed. But looking at the black stains on the ground and walls, Fang Zhou could imagine that long ago, countless living beings had been experimented on here, offered their bones and blood, and died wailing in this very place.