Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Before a normal battle, these Beastmen could first inject Battle Qi into these Fierce Beast Crystal Cores, then use them during combat.

If following standard procedures and wanting to ensure the modified body’s life, then the best choice for these Fierce Beast Crystal Cores would be Crystal Cores from Silver Tier Fierce Beasts.

Because a single Silver Tier Fierce Beast Crystal Core can store Silver-level Battle Qi, and it also has better output capability.

After all, having to bury a Fierce Beast Crystal Core inside the body is itself an extremely high-risk matter.

If the Fierce Beast Crystal Core were to undergo an Energy conflict, or get hit and cause an Explosion, then the modified body would be blown to pieces.

But now, under Fang Zhou’s suggestion, there was no need at all for Silver Tier Fierce Beast Crystal Cores—Silver Tier Fierce Beast Crystal Cores are so expensive.

They would directly use Bronze Tier Fierce Beast Crystal Cores instead. Although they were a bit small, using a sufficient number would do.

And there was no need to bury them inside the body—that was too troublesome—just inlay a row directly into the abdomen.

If the quality is not enough, make up for it with quantity; this is no real problem.

The Cultivation of Combat Professionals is different from that of Casters; their Cultivation is divided into cultivating Battle Qi and cultivating the body.

Cultivating Battle Qi requires absorbing Energy from the air, while cultivating the body requires consuming Battle Qi.

And this consumption is irreversible; to break through to a higher level, more Battle Qi needs to be accumulated.

But the body’s basic Attributes do not change, so the damage dealt in the same unit of time is roughly the same.

It’s just that the more Battle Qi there is, the stronger the ability to sustain combat.

So they need to consume Battle Qi to temper the flesh and the locomotor system, improving the basic Four-dimensional Attributes.

The role of Battle Qi is amplification: amplifying speed, strength, Penetration, Defense, and so on.

Therefore, if the physical strength is not strong, even with abundant Battle Qi, the output intensity cannot be raised.

And if the body is strong but there is little Battle Qi, after a few strikes, the Battle Qi is exhausted.

Relying solely on physical strength, the killing power is too low.

Therefore, many Combat Professionals first cultivate Battle Qi; after cultivating Battle Qi to a bottleneck, they turn back to use Battle Qi to achieve enhancement of the body.

Fortunately, when Fang Zhou previously chose Universal Skills for his Clone as a Combat Professional, he also gained some understanding of the Cultivation System of Combat Professionals.

All of this knowledge is now being used in the current Flesh and Blood Alchemy experiments.

Finally, under the magical modifications of Fang Zhou and Shen Zhongyun, the first Silver Tier Beastman modified body was successfully created!

Using Healing Scrolls, they healed the surgical wounds one by one, and the Beastman lay intact on the operating table.

He was now completely different from before; all of his fur had been shaved off, and one could no longer tell he had once been a White Skull Beastman.

The Beastman’s belly was densely inlaid with as many as ten Bronze Upper Fierce Beast Crystal Cores.

The elements originally stored in these Fierce Beast Crystal Cores were different, so their colors had also been different.

But now, after emptying out the elements inside, they were all colorless, so on the Beastman’s abdomen it looked as if ten huge irregular glass balls had been inlaid.

...

The end of the surgery did not mean that the modified body was a success.

Next, the modified body had to absorb metallic minerals, grow the locomotor system and flesh, and diligently cultivate Battle Qi.

In the process of the locomotor system and muscle growth, Battle Qi must be infused in order to obtain better results.

Of course, the Beastman would not necessarily cooperate, but that didn’t matter.

Shen Zhongyun simply threw out a Silver Tier Dark Magic: Enchanting Heart.

This was also a rather decent Magic, able to control humanoid creatures whose willpower was lower than that of the Caster.

The weaker the will, the longer the control duration.

With Shen Zhongyun, a Silver Upper Rank, casting once, he could control this Bronze Upper Beastman for more than three days.

Casting once every few days would be enough to make this Beastman obediently follow orders and properly nurse his body.

"As expected, it still turned into an Energy conflict!" Shen Zhongyun sighed, looking at the test report in his hand.

In his heart, he still wanted to blaze a proper trail, allowing the modified bodies under him to survive.

That way, he could also apply for a large sum of project funding, and he could show his face in front of the Glory Mage from the military who was leading the Flesh and Blood Alchemy experiments.

But the facts were obvious: things had gone contrary to his wishes.

"Use the Magic!" Shen Zhongyun shook his head, preparing to arrange this Beastman’s final affairs.

"Alright, Uncle Shen!"

Fang Zhou began Casting at the side; after several Healing Scrolls in succession, the adverse effects caused by the Energy conflict temporarily disappeared.

After feeding the Beastman some potions to reduce Energy conflict, they managed to keep the conflict from continuing to worsen.

Of course, this good state would not last very long—after about two or three days, Fang Zhou would have to come back and heal him with Magic again.

Obviously, such a modified body could not be considered a success.

After all, if this thing were to go to the battlefield, there would be no such good logistical support, and no Mage would expend precious Healing Scrolls to keep chasing after him to heal him.

And this was only the beginning; for now, further deterioration could still be held back with drugs and Magic.

If things went on, the frequency of treatment and medication might have to become even higher.

...

Amid the chaotic war between Beastmen and Beast Fighting City, Tiger Suppression Fortress had, for once, quieted down.

But this quiet did not last very long.

Because there were temporarily no Beastmen attacking, logistics sent quite a lot of supplies here, using Tiger Suppression Fortress as a hub transfer station to transport and resupply some resources to several nearby fortresses during the lulls in the war.