Fang Zhou naturally didn’t hesitate.
With the consumption of Soul Fire, it seemed as if he returned to the moment when his skeleton clone was illuminated by the blood-red moonlight.
His will seemed to transcend the bizarre and colorful barriers of space, reaching a vast, cold, and silent world.
The main body and the clone suddenly merged into one.
Then, a surging death energy enveloped Fang Zhou.
"Inference skill [Domination Skeleton] successful."
[Domination Skeleton] (Apprentice level, Skilled): Slightly increases the four-dimensional attributes of subordinate skeleton-type undead-like creatures. The increase is determined by the spirit attribute and skill proficiency.
Fang Zhou slightly nodded, yet another highly practical passive skill.
His current skills mainly fall into two categories, one is the Summoning Series, the other is the Skeleton Series.
With the growth of his strength, he was initially worried that the power of [Summon Skeleton] might not be enough.
After all, skeletons, being purely cannon fodder, are too weak in combat power.
Now with the coordination of [Domination Skeleton], the skeletons can maintain their place in his combat sequence for a long time.
Fang Zhou casually uploaded this skill to the Human Alliance’s skill library and received a reward of 100 contribution points.
He then looked at his attribute panel.
[Name] Fang Zhou
[Profession] Undead Mage
[Tier] Apprentice·Middle Rank
[Attributes] Strength 3.9, Agility 3.9, Constitution 3.9, Spirit 6
[Status] Soul Split
[Equipment] Apprentice Mage Hat, Apprentice Necklace, Apprentice Ring*2
[Skills] Skeleton King Meditation Method (Perfection), Summon Skeleton (Perfection), Skeleton Flying Spear (Mastery), Skeleton Shield (Mastery), Skeleton Shackles (Skilled), Domination Skeleton (Skilled), Calm and Relaxed (Skilled)
Compared to the attribute panel when he first awakened, Fang Zhou’s four-dimensional attributes have more than tripled, and he has learned a total of 7 top-quality skills, all with high proficiency.
This remarkable growth in less than a month gave him a spontaneous sense of accomplishment.
Fang Zhou stretched a bit lazily, content and ready to sleep when his personal terminal suddenly blinked a few times, bringing a notification.
"Ding dong, Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, someone has redeemed your developed skills [Skeleton Flying Spear], [Skeleton Shield], [Skeleton Shackles], [Domination Skeleton].
According to the bonus distribution rule, you have received 20 contribution points."
Fang Zhou was slightly stunned, unexpectedly, someone had already redeemed the new undead mage skills he uploaded so quickly.
He originally thought that with less than 100 undead mages, it would be a long time before anyone noticed these updated skills.
However, it’s just 20 contribution points, so Fang Zhou didn’t pay much attention.
He yawned and quickly drifted into dreamland.
...
Sea City Military Academy, Principal’s office.
A beautiful projection was floating in front of Su Tiankuo.
It was a young female officer with long silver hair and stunning features.
"Dad, I just redeemed those new undead mage skills you mentioned.
Besides the three Skeleton Series skills, there was even an additional new skill [Domination Skeleton]!
Such an innovative idea, such incredible talent!
Do you know who developed these skills?
I want to learn from him, or even take him as my master."
The female officer said excitedly.
Upon hearing this, Su Tiankuo’s face immediately darkened.
"Take him as your master? Xinyan, are you joking!
This person is a first-year student at the Sea City Military Academy named Fang Zhou.
Lu Hu has been asking me to bring you back to mentor him."
Su Xinyan exclaimed, "What?! A first-year student?!
His understanding of undead magic is far more profound than that of those Golden Tier undead mage seniors.
How could I qualify to be his mentor?"
Su Tiankuo’s eyebrows furrowed, and he angrily asked, "Is Fang Zhou really that talented?
Weren’t you always proud of being the most talented undead mage in history? Why do you suddenly lose confidence?"
Su Xinyan chuckled confidently and said, "Dad, you’re a Combat Professional, you don’t understand things about mages.
Facing a monster like Fang Zhou, who could create a whole new skill tree in less than a month after awakening, I can only claim to be the second most talented undead mage in history.
Just wait, I’m going to report to the headquarters and request to return to the academy.
I can’t wait to meet Fang Zhou."
Su Xinyan licked her pink lips, her pupils sparkling with a strange light.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it would be great if I could dissect his brain structure."
Su Tiankuo ignored his daughter’s nonsense, he stood up, paced a few steps, and said, "Then Xinyan, come back soon. The freshman simulation battlefield is also about to open.
By then, you can closely assess Fang Zhou’s abilities.
If he can maintain such talent, I’ll apply for an undead mage professional research project for you, with endless funding!"
Su Xinyan cheered, "Dad, you’re brilliant!"
...
Time flew by, and another rest day quickly passed.
Fang Zhou returned from the Cloud Welfare Institute to Sea City Military Academy, noticing that the atmosphere at the academy was noticeably tenser than before.
This was because the [Simulation Battlefield] would be open to them, the first-year students, tomorrow.
The learning results of this month, the development degree of professional skills, the differences in personal combat qualities...
All these can be distinguished on [Simulation Battlefield], an open platform.
Not to mention, everyone knew that their performance in [Simulation Battlefield] also determined whether they could make the top 1% on the [seed] list.
The students couldn’t help but be nervous and concerned.
Fang Zhou sat on the bed, also making his final preparations.
His skills and attributes have reached the ultimate limit he could achieve.
Combat techniques and practical experience were also accumulated from practical courses and sparring with Ye Fan.
The only area that could still be enhanced was buying equipment with contribution points!
He opened his personal terminal and accessed the equipment exchange interface.
[Apprentice Magic Staff], slightly enhances spell effects, buy!
[Apprentice Magic Robe], slightly increases defense power, buy!
[Apprentice Shoes], slightly increases movement speed, buy!
[Apprentice Gloves], slightly increases skill casting speed, buy!
With 40 contribution points consumed, Fang Zhou finally completed his purchase of an entire set of apprentice equipment, activating the set effect of the [Apprentice Set]: slightly enhances spell effects!
Through experimentation, Fang Zhou found this set of equipment can improve at least one-tenth of his combat ability.
Given Fang Zhou’s attributes and skills compared to his peers, this enhancement was already quite considerable.
Early the next morning, due to the [Simulation Battlefield] opening for the freshmen for the first time, Sea City Military Academy was very lively, with nearly ten thousand new students flocking to the training ground where the [Simulation Battlefield] was located.
This is a spacious venue specially built for the simulation battlefield, capable of accommodating tens of thousands of people.
As long as one enters the simulation pod in the training ground and has the appropriate permissions, they can log into the [Simulation Battlefield] anytime, anywhere via their personal terminal.