Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 691 - 459: Lord War, Massive Pioneering Profits!

While the Blood Moon’s glow wasn’t as immediately effective at strengthening a Soul Fire as directly devouring another Undead Creature’s, it was remarkably potent at repairing a Soul Fire damaged in battle. Generally speaking, if Undead Creatures in this realm suffered ordinary injuries or severe Soul Fire depletion, these minor problems would naturally resolve themselves after basking in the moonlight for a few nights. Unless the damage was so fatal as to be nearly irreparable—requiring the consumption of a massive amount of Soul Fire—the healing effects of the Blood Moon’s radiance were always effective. If need be, basking in the moonlight during a full moon would yield even more significant results.

According to Fang Zhou’s analysis and speculation, the power of the Undead Blood Moon had weakened significantly after the colossal war between the Naraku Civilization and the Abyssal Demons. The glow of the Blood Moon was, in essence, a dense form of high-level Undead Death Energy. The Blood Moon Projection in each Fragment of the Undead Realm supplied the energy for the birth of nearly all new Undead. The authority of the Undead Realm contained within the Blood Moon was the very reason new Undead Creatures could continuously spawn.

At this moment, within Fang Zhou’s sight, the Blood Moon’s glow seemed to suddenly coalesce, becoming almost visible to the naked eye. Pure Undead Death Energy was continuously transmitted to the Zombie Lord through the Blood Moon’s radiance. The Zombie Lord absorbed the Death Energy into its body, then spewed it out again. With each such cycle, the Zombie Lord’s Soul Fire grew a little stronger. This pace was almost as fast as absorbing a Soul Fire directly.

Is there really a way to train a Soul Fire like this? Fang Zhou was shocked. Could it be that the Undead of this new world possess cultivation spells?

Out of caution, Fang Zhou did not interrupt the Zombie Lord’s cultivation. Instead, he hid behind a high slope to observe it carefully. The Undead Realm was truly vast. Despite being shattered into fragments of various sizes, the rules governing each fragment differed significantly. For Fang Zhou, who was determined to fully master the Authority of Corpse, this meant a daunting journey lay ahead. The road ahead is long and my journey is far; I will seek my way high and low. There are still so many things about the Undead Realm that I don’t understand. I’m just a lowly Undead of the Bronze Middle Rank. To understand the Authority of Undeath more thoroughly, I must become stronger.

After getting a rough idea of the cultivating Zombie Lord’s actions, Fang Zhou stopped observing. He activated Death Charge, bypassed several Zombie Guards, and approached the Zombie Lord from behind. Without hesitation, Fang Zhou drew his Corpse Long Spear and struck hard!

The effect of Deadly Strike allowed his Corpse Long Spear to carve a deep gash into the Zombie Lord! This particular Zombie Lord seemed to have enhanced its physical defense. Even with Fang Zhou’s Four-dimensional Attributes, his race’s Combat Power Coefficient, and his Bronze Tier Combat Skills, he couldn’t kill it in one blow.

This ignited a long-lost sense of excitement in Fang Zhou. He had been invincible in the Corpse Hill for too long. Now, he had finally met a reasonably durable opponent, giving him a chance to truly indulge himself. The ambushed Zombie Lord reacted instantly. Billowing with a black aura, it stood up, drew its Bone Saber, and let out a chilling growl to summon the nearby Zombie Guards.

Fang Zhou could already sense the Zombie Lord’s strength; he certainly wasn’t going to fight it head-on while surrounded. After parrying a few blows, he saw the guards that had been standing by were now chasing him down. He immediately executed a Death Stomp that dazed the Zombie Lord, then turned tail and bolted!

After several evolutions, Fang Zhou’s movement speed was no longer as sluggish as an ordinary zombie’s. Especially since he had refined the Skeleton Warhorse into his exclusive Corpse Armor, his evolution seemed to have taken a different path. His movements were exceptionally swift, and unlike the rigid bodies of typical Undead, he was remarkably agile. Judging purely by Four-dimensional Attributes, the Zombie Lord wasn’t much weaker than Fang Zhou, but its speed was far inferior.

Fang Zhou ran ahead at a leisurely pace, brazenly beginning his game of cat-and-mouse. To ensure the Zombie Lord remained interested in the chase, he would occasionally turn and unleash a few Death Energy Slashes, which made the Zombie Lord’s jaw clatter furiously, producing a grinding sound. As an elite Zombie Lord with the Blood Moon Blessing, this Undead Creature already possessed basic intelligence and emotions.

Fang Zhou rode his Yellow Springs Nightmare, maintaining a steady pace. Every now and then, he would turn back and slam the Zombie Lord with a heavy Death Energy Slash. The lord’s guards were even slower than it was, falling far behind until they were almost out of sight. The gap between Fang Zhou and the Zombie Lord gradually closed, while the distance between the lord and its minions grew ever wider.

Though he was fleeing, Fang Zhou grinned.

Seeing this taunting smile from afar, the Zombie Lord seemed to experience a long-lost flicker of anger. Its previously slow pace suddenly quickened. A faint gray-black light enveloped its body, significantly boosting its movement speed. Fang Zhou hesitated for a split second and was almost caught. He immediately changed his strategy.

First, he used Death Charge to create distance. Then, instead of running in a straight line, he began moving in a zigzag pattern, changing direction every time the Zombie Lord was about to catch up. The two mighty Undead Lords continued their chase, one fleeing and one pursuing. Soon, the smile on Fang Zhou’s face widened.

The Zombie Lord chased tirelessly behind Fang Zhou, noticing nothing amiss. Suddenly, the ground beneath its feet gave way. With a sharp SNAP, it stepped on empty air, and its entire body plunged downward.

This was a trap Fang Zhou had ordered Tidamia and the Corpse Guards to prepare beforehand. The pit was over five meters deep; once the Zombie Lord fell in, there was no chance of it climbing out. Besides, even if it could, would Fang Zhou give it the opportunity?

Fang Zhou’s Soul Fire pulsed, and the Corpse Guards instantly appeared nearby. The moment it fell into the trap, the Zombie Lord knew something was wrong and let out a silent scream generated purely by its Soul Fire. According to the information Fang Zhou received from the Undead Blood Moon, this was one form of a Lord’s Summoning Order. Before long, hordes of skeletons and zombies would converge on this location.

Unfortunately for the Zombie Lord, Fang Zhou had no intention of letting it see its reinforcements. The ranged Corpse Guards surrounded the pit and unleashed an indiscriminate barrage on the trapped lord, aiming to eliminate it as quickly as possible. Standing to the side, Fang Zhou wielded his Corpse Long Spear, launching one powerful Death Energy Slash after another.

With a zombie’s intelligence, did it really think it could contend with me? The essence of strategy is creating an advantageous situation from a disadvantageous one. If I didn’t use tactics beyond a simple sea of corpses to bury you, it would hardly do justice to my wisdom as a dignified Lieutenant of Longxia!

But just as Fang Zhou thought victory was assured, the Zombie Lord—riddled with arrows and covered in wounds—suddenly erupted with a black radiance. With a forceful leap... it jumped right out of the pit