Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 685 - 456: Mere Bronze, A Terrifying Cross-Rank Kill! (Part 2)

He stayed at a distance, acting as a turret, while his Corpse Warriors handled all the close combat. The Undead Creatures were fearless, unafraid of injury. It didn’t even matter if the Corpse Warriors were destroyed.

For the next few days, Fang Zhou continued to hunt Fierce Beasts. After killing them, he had the Corpse Warriors and Tiamat absorb the bodies.

Most teams would harvest anything of value from a slain Fierce Beast before discarding the carcass. These bodies would then nourish other Fierce Beasts in the mountains or decompose and replenish the land.

But things were different with Fang Zhou. He took everything, leaving no part of the Fierce Beast corpses to waste. It all went into the skeletal bodies of his Corpse Warriors.

For Fang Zhou, these past few days of battle had been even more exhilarating than his time in the Forest of Nature. The Soul Power provided by the Fierce Beasts was no less than what he got from Low-Level Undead. Moreover, by absorbing the essence of these corpses, the strength of the Corpse Warriors could be further enhanced. This was the biggest difference between Fang Zhou’s Artificial Undead and ordinary Summoned Undead.

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Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

Fang Zhou rode his Skeleton Giant Leopard through the mountains, periodically activating his Soul Eagle Eye and using his Mana to scan for any sign of Fierce Beasts.

Suddenly, his expression hardened. He had detected something unusual with his Mana and immediately guided his mount toward the discovery. Upon arriving, Fang Zhou found fresh bloodstains and tracks left by a large, fleeing animal.

A smile spread across his face. Looks like the tracks of an injured Fierce Beast. I can get something for nothing again. Gaining Magic Stones is truly effortless.

The giant leopard followed the tracks, and Fang Zhou unleashed his full Mana. This was no time to be conservative.

ROAR!

Soon, Fang Zhou, still on his mount, caught up to the injured Fierce Beast. Or rather, he had been discovered by the injured beast, which had stopped to wait for him. Under the scan of his Mana, a Demon Spot Fierce Tiger was ahead, licking its wounds as it waited.

At this moment, Fang Zhou’s expression turned grim, as if facing a formidable enemy. This Demon Spot Fierce Tiger was no simple foe. It wasn’t a Black Iron Tier beast but a Bronze Tier beast. He wondered how it had wandered here.

Looking at the wounds on the tiger through his Mana, they appeared to have been caused by the Skills of human Professionals. This tiger must have been the quarry of another team, but it had managed to escape.

I just don’t know if it wiped out that team or just barely managed to escape. If it’s the former, then this tiger’s combat power can’t be underestimated. If it’s the latter, I need to end this fight quickly. Delays could bring trouble, and it would be bad if the other team caught up.

A mere Bronze Tier! Fang Zhou was confident he could put up a fight.

He waved his hand, unleashing a large number of Corpse Warriors. He kept a few by his side for protection, but the rest formed squads and advanced on the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger.

Seeing the sudden appearance of so many Corpse Warriors, the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger dared not continue its pretense of luring him into a trap. It rose cautiously, lowering its head and crouching so low its body was nearly flat against the ground. This was the perfect posture for it to launch an attack.

ROAR!

Innate Magic: Magic Energy Roar!

The terrifying innate magic was unleashed. With Bronze Tier Magic Power, its innate magic was far stronger than anything at the Black Iron Tier. The spell sent several Corpse Warriors in the front flying, their Corpse Armor shattering on impact. The Soul Fire within their skulls flickered precariously.

Fortunately, the strength of these Corpse Warriors was not what it used to be. At the Upper Black Iron level, they could face a Bronze Tier beast without being killed instantly. Though their armor was shattered and they had been knocked back, the Corpse Warriors still had fight in them.

Poison Cloud Skill!

Rotting Aura!

Whip of Suffering!

Fang Zhou didn’t remain idle, consecutively casting several Control Weakening Magic spells. The effects of these Black Iron Tier spells were naturally diminished against a Bronze Tier beast. However, the Expertise and Equipment Fang Zhou possessed gave him an extremely high level of Magic Penetration. The spells he cast still affected the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger, causing its overall strength and speed to decline.

BANG!

With a Sharp Claw Flying Strike, it slammed a shield-bearing Corpse Warrior away, then swung its steel-whip-like tail around.

CRACK!

A Corpse Warrior was struck by the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger’s tail. Its armor had already been shattered by the previous innate magic attack. This time, the tail’s attack snapped it in half at the waist, severing its upper and lower body completely.

Yet even so, this Corpse Warrior had not fallen. Relying on its remaining hands, it arduously crawled toward the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger.

A flash of cruelty and rage crossed the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger’s eyes. It leaped, landing on the Corpse Warrior’s upper body. Opening its massive maw, it bit down on the Corpse Warrior’s neck, tearing its skull off with a forceful tug and angrily flinging it aside.

But even with only a cracked skull remaining, the Corpse Warrior was not defeated. It even tried to inch forward by chomping its jaws. Luckily, Fang Zhou noticed this and hurriedly instructed the Corpse Warrior to hide and feign death to escape the fight. Otherwise, once the Soul Fire was extinguished, it would be truly and permanently destroyed.

The other Corpse Warriors swarmed in, surrounding the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger, but they also suffered its ferocious attacks. From time to time, one would be smacked a dozen meters away by a single blow. But these Corpse Warriors knew neither fatigue nor Fear; they would simply climb back up and continue their assault.

Hundreds of meters away, Fang Zhou, the Black Gem Young Dragon Tiamat, and the Death Elf Vigus did not stop either. They continuously unleashed Negative Magic for remote control. At the same time, their offensive spells rained down without pause—Skeleton Shock Wave and Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear were released one after another.

Some spells were resisted by the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger’s surging internal Magic Power or powerful muscles, but many struck their mark, gouging new, enormous wounds in its body. Enraged, it tried to break out of the encirclement to attack the distant Fang Zhou, but he would give it no such opportunity. The Corpse Warriors’ defense was like a shifting tide; even when the tiger’s attacks were effective, it was nearly impossible to completely destroy these hateful Undead Creatures.

Finally, with a mournful cry, Fang Zhou effortlessly slew the Bronze Fierce Beast.

A point of light surged into Fang Zhou’s body, and hundreds of Soul Power were added to his total.

In this battle, a full ten Corpse Warriors had been heavily damaged, with the most unfortunate one reduced to a single skull. The rest of the Corpse Warriors were also wounded; not one was unscathed. For someone as well-off as Fang Zhou, however, this was not a significant loss. Compared to the spoils of war, it was more than worth it.

This Demon Spot Fierce Tiger had an innate magic ability, which meant there was a Bronze Tier Magic Crystal inside its body. A Bronze Tier Magic Crystal was worth at least two or three thousand Magic Stones. This deal was incredibly profitable.

Fang Zhou personally extracted the Magic Crystal. He then moved the most heavily wounded Corpse Warriors over to the beast’s body, allowing them to absorb its Corpse Essence and begin recovering from their injuries. As the corpse was absorbed and dried up, the condition of these few Corpse Warriors improved. Though not fully restored, their Soul Fire no longer looked as if it was about to be extinguished.

After briefly cleaning up the battlefield, Fang Zhou cheerfully chose a new direction and continued his hunting journey.

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"The signs of battle are from yesterday. The Demon Spot Fierce Tiger is dead!"

The next day, a group of people arrived at the scene of Fang Zhou’s battle with the Demon Spot Fierce Tiger.

"Who was it? Who dared to steal our prey!"