Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Ever since Fang Zhou left, their team had been hunting in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range.

Although they never earned as much as Fang Zhou, they thrived in stability.

However, with the arrival of war, they could not avoid being conscripted.

Unlike the fortunate Jinge Adventurer Team, their Fierce Tiger Adventure Team was the reality faced by ordinary people under wartime conditions.

On the fiercely competitive battlefield, although the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team fought together, not everyone had the good luck to survive to the end.

By the end of the war, only five out of ten people survived.

Among the surviving five, two had lost limbs and were incapable of hunting ever again.

Two more, having experienced the war and the partings of life and death among teammates, chose not to continue striving and returned to Blue Star to live as ordinary people.

With only Qiu Xingyao left, the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team naturally disbanded.

Afterwards, Qiu Xingyao did not reform the adventurer team and remained idle at home.

Having gone through so much, he was physically and mentally exhausted, now only wanting to find a stable job and strive to advance to Bronze Tier.

After listening to Qiu Xingyao’s story, Fang Zhou had a solid grasp of the situation.

Previously, though things ended somewhat unpleasantly with the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team, parting on bad terms, the main problem was opposition from other team members.

Qiu Xingyao was still well-disposed towards Fang Zhou, and although he lacked leadership skills, he was fairly reliable.

So Fang Zhou extended an invitation, "Director Qiu, since you’re looking for a stable job, if you don’t mind, come and help me."

"Sure, no problem!" Qiu Xingyao nodded.

Qiu Xingyao’s strength and connections were much less than those of Yang Qinglu, the leader of the Jinge Adventurer Team.

Yet, even so, he had been around Beast Fighting City long enough to have heard of Fang Zhou’s reputation.

After Fang Zhou’s achievements were disclosed to some extent, the members of the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team regretted more than once.

When a person ascends, even their chickens and dogs rise to heaven.

If at that time they hadn’t treated him so harshly, forcing Fang Zhou to leave their adventurer team, their current situations might not have been so miserable.

Nevertheless, the past is gone with the wind, the old acquaintances scattered like ashes and dust.

There’s no point in dwelling on past events anymore.

For Qiu Xingyao, working as a security officer at the Spirit Medicine Forest, is considered relatively safe in the Desolate Land camp.

Moreover, the boss being a familiar face suits him just fine.

Afterwards, Fang Zhou continued interviewing and recruited a few more people. Once he had gathered ten Black Iron Tier Combat Professionals, he signed a contract and led them back to the Spirit Medicine Forest.

These ten people were meant for internal security, responsible for managing and protecting the ordinary employees, with Qiu Xingyao as their leader.

The external protection of the Spirit Medicine Forest was still primarily managed by the undead creatures under Fang Zhou’s command.

Besides, the distance between the mine and the forest at the mountain foot wasn’t far, making it easy for him to handle both.

Fang Zhou’s daily work involved traveling between two locations, while also setting up the remaining Energy Gathering Runes.

After finishing work during the day, he would retreat to the central control room for meditation and cultivation.

.......

Unknowingly, half a month passed by rapidly.

At the center of the City of Strife, 200 meters underground at the Blood Moon Observatory.

The previously surging Blood Moon Tide gradually calmed.

The Corpse Witch Lord Murphite and Bone Dragon Uriel, who were silently cultivating at the side, both opened their eyes.

This round of Blood Moon Tide was coming to an end, and they still had gained nothing.

As they stood up to look at Fang Zhou, these two strongest undeads of the City of Strife were suddenly shocked beyond measure.

What is this?

Fang Zhou also felt a bit agitated in his heart at this moment.

After enduring an enormous consumption of over a million soul power and undertaking half a month of analysis with the attribute panel, his mastery of the undead Blood Moon Authority of this world finally reached a peak.

Currently, on the attribute panel, a mass of blood-red light was intensely glaring.

That mass of light, originally visible only to Fang Zhou, unexpectedly began absorbing the surrounding death energy!

Like a cow drinking, like a whale swallowing!

The quantity of death energy consumed by the blood-red light was so vast that it seemed to dim even the Death Energy Prism supporting the entire Undead Sky Screen by a fraction!

Murphite and Uriel exchanged a glance, both seeing disbelief in each other’s eyes.

This commotion, could it be that the Blood Spirit is about to take that step?

From the depths of his heart, feelings of envy and jealousy prompted Bone Dragon Uriel to involuntarily extend a claw, aiming to interrupt Fang Zhou’s advancement.

However, Corpse Witch Lord Murphite sensed the Bone Dragon’s dangerous intention, grasping his skeletal magic staff, and gave a warning look.

Considering Murphite’s stance and Fang Zhou’s terrifying power, Bone Dragon Uriel had no choice but to subdue in silence, waiting for a chance to act.

Despite the earlier cordial conversations with Fang Zhou, when Fang Zhou truly grabbed the opportunity to break through the bottleneck and ascend to gold in front of him, the jealousy still made the proud Bone Dragon Uriel unable to accept it.

Time passed, and after a full half-hour, when the blood-red light absorbed death energy equivalent to that contained in Fang Zhou’s body, the devouring finally ceased.

A brand new undead Blood Moon Authority finally appeared in Fang Zhou’s view!

Seeing the newly fused undead authority that was uniquely his, Fang Zhou’s heart trembled slightly.

He could undoubtedly claim that the undead Blood Moon Authority he possessed already surpassed all Undead Lords of the Wasteland of Strife.

Including the Corpse Witch Lord Murphite and Bone Dragon Uriel.

And this laid the foundation for Fang Zhou to become the first golden undead creature since the Land of Strife closed its doors to the world.

Unable to help but let out a sigh, suppressing his excitement, Fang Zhou began attempting to integrate the undead Blood Moon Authority he had long deciphered.

The system prompt sounded in real-time.

"Integrating this undead Blood Moon Authority may enable a breakthrough, ascending to gold.

Due to world-level restrictions, sacrificing high-level resources to the Blood Moon Observatory can substantially boost the success rate and efficiency of the integration."

Fang Zhou was slightly startled.

World level restriction? High-level resources?

It seemed that the reason Murphite and Uriel couldn’t break through the bottleneck and ascend to gold was indeed due to the limitations of the undead Blood Moon Will of the Land of Strife.

And now, just as success was within reach.

Although Fang Zhou had successfully condensed an unprecedentedly powerful authority, integrating it successfully still required high-level resources sacrificed to the Blood Moon Observatory.

And this high-level, naturally referred to as a level above the world level, that is, gold tier above Silver.

This made Fang Zhou feel a bit of a toothache.

In the period of expansion and accumulation, the Tomb Undead Force under his command had nearly occupied most of the City of Strife’s area, accumulating numerous precious undead attribute resources.

Yet, these resources at most were of silver quality.

Now, asking Fang Zhou to find gold-tier resources in the Wasteland of Strife to sacrifice to the Blood Moon Observatory was indeed quite a challenge.

Suddenly, Fang Zhou paused, remembering the rare purple soul marvel deep within his Soul Fire, the [Berserker Heroic Spirit Mark].

This gift from Berserker Pioneer General Ning Feihu had accompanied him for a long time.

Due to the special nature of the soul encounter, it could be used by both the Undead Mage’s true self and clone.

This powerful marvel was undoubtedly a high-tier resource.

If he could sacrifice it to the Blood Moon Observatory, it should meet the requirements.

However, Fang Zhou immediately put this idea aside.

Not to mention, the Berserker Heroic Spirit Mark still provided formidable support for both the clone and the true self. The significant meaning represented by this heroic mark, and the deep bond with Major General Ning Danxin, made it impossible for Fang Zhou to sacrifice it.

Yet once the thought diverged, the problem troubling Fang Zhou naturally resolved itself.

Currently, besides the purple rare soul marvel Berserker Heroic Spirit Mark on the Blood Spirit Lord clone side, he also had a high-tier marvel unused and gathering dust at hand.