Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 684 - 456: Mere Bronze, Terrifying Cross-Rank Slaying!

It was as if countless tentacles were sprouting from the ground, grabbing hold of the Gale Leopard King.

The effect of the Weakness Curse left its limbs powerless, with only the desire to lie down and rest.

Pale white bones formed under the influence of Death Mana, firmly locking the Leopard King in place.

"AWOO!"

The Leopard King let out a mournful cry, weakly swiping its sharp claws and opening its mouth to tear at the cage that imprisoned it.

However, this magical cage was not something it could tear apart in a short time.

Just as it managed to chew a gap in the bones and seemed about to escape, Fang Zhou directly increased the Mana supply to the spell.

With the aid of Mana, the bone cage grew rapidly, completely repairing the damage.

Meanwhile, several nearby Corpse Warriors marched toward the cage.

These Corpse Warriors clacked their skeletal jaws, letting out silent roars as they stabbed their sharp Bone Long Spears through the gaps in the cage.

"ROAR!"

The intense pain made the Leopard King roar loudly. It struggled frantically within the cramped bone prison, but to no avail.

As more spears pierced its flesh, blood sprayed out, finally ending the Leopard King’s life.

After the Leopard King died, Fang Zhou was the only living creature left in this part of the forest.

Fang Zhou casually walked into the bloody scene, taking photos to document the carcasses of the Blast Horned Sheep and Gale Leopards on the ground.

These are the key to claiming my rewards and contribution points!

Looking at the corpses littering the ground, Fang Zhou felt a sense of happy frustration.

There were too many bodies, but the Artificial Undead skill required other auxiliary materials.

Compared to the abundance of corpses, the necessary Undead Attribute materials were scarce.

This greatly limited Fang Zhou’s efficiency in creating Artificial Undead.

Although the bodies of both the Blast Horned Sheep and Gale Leopards were worth some money, their value wasn’t particularly high.

After some thought, Fang Zhou decided to abandon the idea of selling them. Instead, he let his Corpse Warriors absorb the Flesh and Blood Essence from the bodies.

The current corpses were all Black Iron Tier. Each one was a significant supplement for the Corpse Warriors.

If Fang Zhou wished, he could even reanimate them to gain more skeletons as minions.

However, the final step in controlling Artificial Undead required imprinting a loyalty Contract.

This was the key to how Fang Zhou could control his created Undead as if they were his own limbs.

However, under the current principles of creating Artificial Undead, the number of loyalty Contracts an Undead Mage could imprint was limited. This limit was closely related to their Soul Strength.

Rather than creating a bunch of weak, ordinary skeletons, it’s better to focus on improving quality while maintaining a decent number.

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Under Fang Zhou’s command, the Corpse Warriors approached the carcasses.

They thrust their weapons into the corpses and began absorbing their Flesh and Blood Essence, and the bodies visibly turned gray and withered.

Meanwhile, Fang Zhou approached the Leopard King’s body, which he knew contained a treasure.

All Fierce Beasts have Energy Organs, but not every Fierce Beast can unleash talent spells.

And those that could use talent spells all had Magic Crystals inside them.

Fang Zhou directed several Corpse Warriors to arduously cut open the body, finding a green, walnut-sized Magic Crystal within its heart.

Treasure acquired!

This Magic Crystal was worth at least 300 Magic Stones.

Although this Magic Crystal’s rank was only Black Iron Tier, it was of the Storm Series.

It would be an excellent choice for inlaying on a Magic Wand to engrave some Storm Series spells or augmentation-type spells.

With a smile, Fang Zhou took the Magic Crystal, wiped the blood from its surface, and stored it in his Space Storage Capsule.

He then looked down at the corpse and began to cast a spell on it.

Fang Zhou planned to reanimate the Leopard King and use it as a mount for the next few days of travel in the mountains.

The Black Gem Young Dragon, Tiamat, was currently too small, and its power was too immense to be used just yet.

Traveling through the mountains these past few days, even on the Skeleton Warhorse, had left Fang Zhou exhausted.

Therefore, finding a way to reduce the burden on his own two feet was an excellent opportunity.

Moreover, once the Leopard King’s body was turned into a skeleton, it should be much faster than an ordinary Skeleton Warhorse.

The spell’s energy poured onto the Leopard King’s corpse, and soon, a two-meter-tall Skeleton Giant Leopard stood up once more.

Fang Zhou used magic to manipulate the creature’s back, causing a bone saddle to grow from its spine, then draped a piece of the Leopard King’s own fur over it.

Done!

Using the original ingredients for the final product... a luxurious ride, just like that.

Fang Zhou ordered the Skeleton Giant Leopard to crouch down, then sat atop it.

After the Corpse Warriors had finished absorbing the Flesh and Blood Essence from the corpses, Fang Zhou recalled most of his Summoned Creatures back into the Summoning Tomb.

He took only thirty to forty of them with him as he pressed onward, searching for traces of other Fierce Beasts.

Relatively speaking, Fierce Beasts with talent spells are more profitable.

Other Black Iron Fierce Beasts, even if he gathered all the valuable parts from their bodies, were only worth one or two hundred Magic Stones each.

Of course, Fierce Beasts with talent spells also possessed higher combat prowess.

Other teams, like the Fierce Tiger Team, would have likely struggled against this pack of Gale Leopards. They might have even suffered injuries trying to take them down.

But falling into Fang Zhou’s hands, the Gale Leopards were simply unlucky. He never even had to get close to the battlefield.