Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 678 - 453: Tomb of Corpses Upgraded, Unlocking New Undead Units!

Fang Zhou ignored them.

To him, the Fierce Tiger Team was just a stepping stone.

He had joined the team simply to familiarize himself with the local situation. As long as he was safe, he didn’t care what these team members thought.

Then, Fang Zhou began casting, aiming the magic at the birds before him. The birds’ corpses quickly changed as their flesh and blood gradually disappeared. A dozen or so skeletal birds appeared at Fang Zhou’s feet.

This was naturally a new ability Fang Zhou had gained after mastering the Artificial Undead Skill. Although these casually created undead skeletons lacked any direct combat ability, they were more than sufficient as vigilant sentries. As Undead Creatures, they were naturally far more reliable than human teammates.

Dinner was quickly prepared. Fang Zhou quietly cast Friend of Life to detect for toxins before he ate with peace of mind. Being wary of others in this world was Fang Zhou’s personal motto.

In the forest at night, even while resting, someone needed to keep watch. Of course, such tasks were of no concern to Fang Zhou. The night watch duty was assigned to the Forest Wanderers and Wanderers, who were divided into three shifts.

However, Fang Zhou also summoned several Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Bats, positioning them at three points around the camp. When it came to keeping watch, these Undead Creatures were the most adept. They didn’t need to sleep and wouldn’t feel fatigued until Fang Zhou’s Mana was exhausted. If danger arose, they could be the first to intercept it.

Returning to his tent, Fang Zhou entered a shallow meditation to restore his Mana and slowly continue his Cultivation.

Two days after the team set out, they officially began the hunt. Here, the Fierce Beasts truly became more numerous.

The further into the mountains they went, the higher the concentration of Magic Power became. Correspondingly, the Fierce Beasts were of a higher level. After traveling hundreds of miles, they had reached the outer ring of the mountain range, where most Fierce Beasts were of the Black Iron Tier.

The Fierce Tiger Team’s composition was well-balanced, so hunting even Upper-Level Black Iron Fierce Beasts posed little difficulty. They could even slay some unintelligent Lower Bronze Tier Fierce Beasts. However, due to a previous incident, they had little desire to hunt Bronze Fierce Beasts.

"Boss, there are several Fierce Bears ahead—two adults and five juveniles."

The Wanderers were at the very front of the team, responsible for clearing the path and scouting for huntable Fierce Beasts. An adult Fierce Bear from the Fierce Beast Mountain Range possessed Black Iron Tier strength. They typically lived in family groups. Only when the juvenile Fierce Bears grew to the Black Iron Tier would they be driven away by their parents.

"Let’s go! Move out!" Qiu Xingyao led the team toward their target without hesitation.

The team stopped several hundred meters away. From here, the Forest Wanderers could use their Secret Techniques to see the large family of Fierce Bears. This family of Fierce Bears seemed to have just finished a hunt, as they were all gathered around the corpse of a deer-like Fierce Beast, feeding.

A few Forest Wanderers took up high positions on tree branches, already aiming at the Fierce Bears, who were still completely oblivious to the danger. As the Battle Qi circulated within them, a dangerous fluctuation of energy began to emanate from their bodies. This was a basic skill of the Forest Wanderers that allowed them to take advantage of high ground to imbue their weapons or Arrows with extra damage.

WHIZZ! WHIZZ! WHIZZ!

Several Arrows flew through the gaps between the trees, precisely striking the two adult Fierce Bears in their eyes.

"ROAR!"

The Fierce Bears’ bodies were covered in keratinized Scale Armor, providing them with impressive Defense. If their eyes weren’t targeted, it would be difficult to inflict a lethal wound. The Fierce Bears were struck in their vitals by the sudden attack, and the explosive Battle Qi infused in the Arrows sealed their fate.

The creatures had no chance to fight back and quickly died. With the adults dead, the juvenile Fierce Bears stood no chance. They soon fell one by one to the hail of Arrows.

Fang Zhou didn’t even have a chance to act before the battle was over. Seeing this, he couldn’t help but be impressed by the Forest Wanderers’ Attack Power.

Forest Wanderers are one of the Professions capable of harming a Mage, as they can attack from a great distance. Furthermore, Forest Wanderers have an advanced Profession, the Sniper, which exists specifically to target Mages. Arrows from the Sniper Profession have a Demon-Breaking effect, allowing them to more easily penetrate a Mage’s Defense Shield and strike the Mage directly.

Everyone gathered at the site of the kill. They used their personal terminals to document the evidence, which they could exchange for contribution points. The Forest Wanderers had consumed a significant amount of Battle Qi and were now hurrying to recover. Although they had only fired a few shots, each Arrow had been concentrated with a large amount of their Battle Qi.

Fierce Bears were quite valuable, primarily due to the single horn growing on their heads. It was an Energy Organ, valued at around thirty Magic Stones. Their Scale Armor was also a material used for making Defense Armor. But since the hunt had just begun, carrying all the Scale Armor would be too heavy, so they simply discarded it.

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Time always flew by when hunting. In the ten or so days that followed, the members of the Fierce Tiger Team hunted nearly a hundred Fierce Beasts, most of which were of the Lower Black Iron Tier.