Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

After casually browsing through the public resource library of Beast Fighting City, Fang Zhou shook his head slightly.

There were indeed a few sets of standard Blue Fine quality Equipment available for exchange here, but they were mostly geared toward Combat Professionals; Equipment for Magic Professionals was pitifully scarce.

The bonuses for rare Professions like Undead Mage were also far from strong enough.

And with these Blue Fine quality pieces starting at tens of thousands of Magic Stones, the cost‑performance ratio was just too low.

Glancing at his Blacksmith Sub-profession that was still stuck at Middle Level, Fang Zhou felt an idea stir in his heart.

He might have to personally forge some usable Equipment himself.

But that would again require spending a large amount of Soul Power and contribution points to learn the corresponding Blacksmith Sub-profession knowledge.

Fang Zhou let out a light sigh.

He hadn’t expected that even after reaching Silver Tier, he would still have to endure the pain of "a hero brought low for lack of a single coin."

After slightly calming his mood, Fang Zhou continued to organize his shopping list.

As he stepped into Silver Tier, some of the Marvels he had relied on during the Bronze Stage could no longer function due to level restrictions.

Marvels like Death Energy Scrolls, Blessing Phylactery, Prison Badge and other Green Excellent Quality Marvels had indeed performed well against Bronze Tier enemies.

But when facing Silver Tier opponents, their effects were negligible, almost to the point of being ignored.

Of course, not all Marvels were unable to continue发挥作用.

Items like the Heroic Spirit Battle Banner, Berserk Mark, Space Storage Capsule, Longxia Sharp Warrior Medal, Moon Orchid Fragrance and others, thanks to their higher quality, could still provide Fang Zhou with necessary support for quite some time.

This made Fang Zhou sigh again despite himself.

If he could successfully raise his Mid Level Alchemist and Mid Level Blacksmith Sub-professions to high level, and also had sufficient Alchemy and forging resources...

Then perhaps, with the help of those versatile researchers in the Undead Mage research topic group, he could attempt to upgrade these Green Excellent Quality Marvels to Blue Fine quality, thus extending their lifespan.

As for Specializations, back when Fang Zhou made great contributions during the bloody battle at the tower, he had received from the Longxia Federation military the Profession Specialization training manual for [War Caster].

However, at that time Fang Zhou’s Gaseous Mana core had already been inscribed with the three major Mage Specializations of Magic Conductor, Strong Summoning of Undead, and Wisdom Incarnation, leaving no room to learn the War Caster Specialization.

But now, with his successful condensation of a Liquid Mana core and promotion to Silver Tier, Fang Zhou could begin learning a fourth Profession Specialization.

With that in mind, Fang Zhou’s gaze fell on his attribute panel, and his heart filled with anticipation.

He had just successfully solidified his Talent Skill [Calamity Flying Spear] during his breakthrough to Silver, which already greatly enhanced the effect of this single‑target Attack Skill.

And now, if he added the boost from [War Caster], this must‑have Universal Specialization for Mages, even Fang Zhou himself could hardly imagine how terrifying the power of his various Magic Skills would become.

Of course, for any Professional, mastering a Profession Specialization was an extremely difficult undertaking that required persistent effort; it was impossible to succeed in a single step.

Even with Fang Zhou’s level of talent, fully Mastering the [War Caster] Specialization would still require a period of hard work.

But cheaters are an exception.

With the small help provided by his attribute panel and Soul Power, Fang Zhou might be able to shorten this process.

Right now, learning a Profession Specialization required a full 50,000 Soul Power.

Even for the current Fang Zhou, that was a hefty sum that couldn’t easily be spared.

He had not yet set the priority for his Skill learning, so he hadn’t rushed to learn the War Caster Specialization.

Fang Zhou then turned his gaze to his side jobs as Alchemist, Blacksmith, and Array Master.

Now, with his main Profession successfully advanced to Silver, it was time to consider further raising the level of his Sub-professions.

He planned to, once resources were sufficient, redeem some high‑level Sub-profession advanced knowledge from the Longxia Federation military’s knowledge base and push each of his Sub-professions up by one Tier.

This way, not only could they provide him with more support resources, they would also bring greater convenience to his future research and practice.

In addition, as needed, Fang Zhou could attempt to take on a fourth Sub-profession.

The options before him were not few, including the Scroll Master Sub-profession that could be redeemed from the Adventurer Association in Beast Fighting City, the Alchemist Sub-profession from researcher Maurice of the research topic group, and the Appraiser Sub-profession, which was quite practical in various combat adventures.

Each of these Sub-professions had its own characteristics; which one should he choose next as his side job?

In the end, Fang Zhou only shook his head lightly, noted this question down in his memo, and decided to wait until a later discussion with Instructor Su Xinyan before making a decision.

As for Spirit Pets, after devouring the Dragon Blood Crystal Stone awarded by the Longxia Federation military, the Black Gem Dragon Tiamat had entered the adulthood period of growing from a hatchling into a Young Dragon.

Once he awakened from his slumber and grew to the Young Dragon stage, his strength would naturally rise to Silver Tier.

So for now, this Dragon Pet didn’t require much of Fang Zhou’s attention.

But the other one, Death Elf Vigus, still required Fang Zhou to put in more effort.

After devouring a large amount of Purified Pale Spring, Vigus had already advanced to Bronze Upper.

However, if she wanted to quickly break through the bottleneck and advance to a Silver‑level Death Elf, Fang Zhou would likely have to expend a great deal of effort.

It wasn’t that Vigus wasn’t working hard; it was simply that her master’s Talent was too strong and his growth rate too astonishing.

Even the Black Gem Dragon Tiamat, whose bloodline strength was superior, had almost been unable to keep up with Fang Zhou’s pace of growth; for Vigus, this Death Elf who had transformed from the Flower Elf Queen, keeping up with Fang Zhou’s rate of improvement was even more difficult.

At Bronze Tier, Vigus truly struggled to provide any effective power boost to Silver‑tier Fang Zhou.

Yet the various Beneficial Skills possessed by this Death Elf were indeed extremely useful to Fang Zhou.

A look of contemplation appeared in Fang Zhou’s eyes.

Perhaps he needed to pay more attention to Vigus going forward, and try to exchange some resources capable of enhancing bloodline potential for her from the Longxia Federation military’s resource library.

She had at least been accompanying him as a Spirit Pet ever since Black Iron; if there was hope, Fang Zhou really didn’t want to abandon her.

What remained as Fang Zhou’s major direction of effort was the deduction and enhancement of Skills.

Especially in terms of Universal Skills for Silver‑tier Magic Professionals, Fang Zhou had many new Skills urgently awaiting study.

Universal Skills that every Magic Professional must have, such as [Friend of Life], [Summoned Mage Mount], [Language Mastery], and [Strong Calmness], all had corresponding advanced versions.

As for other Silver‑tier Magic Professional Universal Skills such as [High-level Mana Armor], [Hand of the Arcane Mage], and [Chain Missile Storm], while not mandatory, they were still extremely important for Fang Zhou.

In pushing the Bronze‑tier Undead Mage Skill Tree up to Silver Tier next, he would also need to accumulate a large amount of Silver‑tier Magic Professional Skill Materials.

During the Bronze Stage, Fang Zhou’s main combat mode had been Summoning large numbers of Undead Creatures to form an Undead Legion.

At the same time, under the protection of the Undead Legion, he himself used Skeleton Series Skills, Corrosive Poison Series Skills, and Soul Series Skills to act as a Magic Cannon Platform.

This tactic was not only effective, but had also achieved remarkable results in multiple battles.

In the Silver Period, Fang Zhou still did not intend to change this highly effective combat mode.

Therefore, Summoning Series Skills of the Undead Mage would remain Fang Zhou’s first learning priority.

According to the deductions of Undead Mage predecessors, the main Silver‑tier Summoning Series Skills were [Summon Vengeful Spirit] and [Summon Vampire].

With the Talent Skill [Summoned Undead] and the Profession Specialization [Strong Summoning of Undead] providing bonuses, the upcoming Vengeful Spirits and Vampires would become a critical component of Fang Zhou’s combat strength.

Moreover, under the research of his Clone, various powerful Silver‑tier Undead Creatures would also become strong reinforcements for the Undead Army.

In addition, Skill Trees for the Skeleton Series, Corrosive Poison Series, and Soul Series, represented by Skeleton Prison, Poison Cloud Skill, Corpse Explosion Skill, and Soul Stripping, would also need to be further deduced and perfected up to Silver Tier.