During the charge, the skeletal armed forces on both sides were already prepared to deliver a fatal blow to the other.
Fang Zhou’s weapon was the Skeleton Long Spear.
This Skeleton Warrior’s weapon was the Skeleton Giant Axe.
As the distance between the two closed in, the Skeleton Warrior’s hand raised the Skeleton Giant Axe, gaining momentum from the charge, and slashed fiercely toward Fang Zhou!
Clang!
A muffled clash sounded.
The [Block] skill activated!
Fang Zhou blocked the blow from the Skeleton Warrior with his Skeleton Long Spear.
The same skeletal armament, formed from one’s own bones—when the Skeleton Long Spear and the Skeleton Giant Axe clashed, the point of contact on the Skeleton Long Spear remained undamaged, while the Skeleton Giant Axe broke into two.
The Giant Axe Skeleton stared dumbly at the broken Skeleton Giant Axe in its hand, momentarily unsure of how to react.
With its extremely limited combat instincts, it couldn’t comprehend why the opposing Skeleton Warrior was so much stronger than itself.
Suddenly, the Giant Axe Skeleton felt a surge of doubt and resentment.
Shouldn’t such a powerful kind be staying deeper down?
Why would it come here just to cause trouble?!
Fang Zhou didn’t care what the prey before him was thinking; he slightly moved his jawbone, as if smiling, then fluidly thrust the Skeleton Long Spear in his hand.
Brutal Strike!
Clang!
In an instant, Fang Zhou channeled all his strength into the Skeleton Long Spear, thrusting at the Skeleton Warrior with a strike that echoed like thunder and lightning!
When the Skeleton Warrior instinctively lifted the broken Skeleton Giant Axe, trying to block Fang Zhou’s Thunder Strike, the Skeleton Long Spear in Fang Zhou’s hand deftly veered away from the Skeleton Giant Axe,
slicing through its skull like a venomous snake.
Crack!
A crisp sound echoed.
The head of the Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior flew off, crashing to the ground.
However, the Skeleton Warrior was not dead yet, its life energy was several times stronger than that of an apprentice-level skeleton.
As long as the Soul Fire hadn’t extinguished, even the heaviest of wounds could slowly recover.
The skull of the Giant Axe Skeleton struggled to move, trying to reunite with its body.
Fang Zhou put away his Skeleton Long Spear and walked to the head of the Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior.
Through the dark eye sockets, Fang Zhou could clearly see its blazing Soul Fire.
To evolve from a fragile newborn skeleton to its current state, this Giant Axe Skeleton must have fought countless battles.
But now, it’s all over!
Fang Zhou lifted his foot and gently stepped on it.
As the skull shattered, the Soul Fire of the Giant Axe Skeleton gradually extinguished, and its body scattered into a pile of bones nearby.
After absorbing its Skeleton Essence, Fang Zhou stretched his body, looking satisfied at his attribute panel.
After a night of slaughter and devouring, the four-dimensional attributes of his Skeleton Clone had increased by a few points, and the previously exhausted Soul Power had also accumulated significantly.
With his soul reaching its limit, Fang Zhou controlled the Skeleton Clone to find a safe corner, then refocused his attention back to his main body.
...
In the dormitory at Sea City Military Academy.
Fang Zhou rolled over and sat up from the bed, eagerly looking at the attribute panel of his main body.
The [Brutal Strike] skill of the Skeleton Clone had successfully been upgraded to an [Instinct] level of proficiency. By the usual pattern, it should be possible to infer a skill for the main body.
He focused his attention on the skills bar and indeed received a prompt.
"Detected that the Clone’s skill has reached [Instinct] proficiency and can serve as skill material to infer an unknown skill for the main body, estimated to consume 10 Soul Power points."
"Do you want to start the inference?"
As he expected, Fang Zhou immediately chose to confirm.
As 10 Soul Power points were consumed, countless memories of using Brutal Strike by the Skeleton Clone surged into Fang Zhou’s mind.
An idea suddenly occurred to him—what a wondrous sight it would be if his summoned Skeleton Army could all learn this Brutal Strike.
With a flash of insight, Fang Zhou immediately had a plan.
"Inference skill [Group Brutality Skill] succeeded!"
[Group Brutality Skill] (Apprentice level, Proficient): Temporarily adds Death Energy Attribute damage to subordinate Undead Creatures, increasing their attack power. The extent, duration, coverage area, etc., depend on Spirit Attribute and skill proficiency.
Looking at the skill description, Fang Zhou’s eyes lit up.
It seemed that this [Group Brutality Skill] was similar to the auxiliary skill [Resurrection of the Dead], capable of providing Death Energy Attribute enhancements to subordinate undead summoned creatures, boosting their combat power.
Having inferred a new skill, Fang Zhou naturally wanted to test its practical effect.
So he summoned two skeletons of similar strength and applied the Group Brutality Skill to one of them.
Then, Fang Zhou ordered the two skeletons to fight each other.
Amidst the teeth-gritting sound of skeletal friction, the skeleton shrouded in the Group Brutality Skill flickered with a dim black light.
In less than a minute, it easily severed the arm bone of the other plain skeleton with its bone claw, then swiftly snapped its skull.
Fang Zhou nodded slightly, estimating that this [Group Brutality Skill] could increase a skeleton’s attack power by at least 20%.
For his army of forty to fifty skeletons, this was a considerable enhancement in combat strength.
At least in the Abyss Difficulty [Horn Demon Outpost], dealing with those Little Inferior Demons would be easier.
With the satisfaction of having successfully inferred a practical new skill, Fang Zhou washed up briefly and soon sank into a dream.
...
The next day was still extremely fulfilling.
Early in the morning, Fang Zhou arrived at the training ground and started the Abyss Difficulty [Horn Demon Outpost].
As expected, with the enhancement of the [Group Brutality Skill], his clearance time was shortened by three minutes again, and his historical speed ranking increased by one.
Other trainees on the training ground quietly observing Fang Zhou could clearly see that he had inferred another unknown auxiliary skill.
Despite becoming numb to Fang Zhou’s exceptional talent, one female trainee couldn’t help but exclaim, "Comparing oneself to him is really frustrating!
I haven’t even fully mastered my third profession skill yet, and Fang Zhou has independently inferred five or six entirely new skills, hasn’t he?"
"Yes, Skeleton Flying Spear, Skeleton Shield, Skeleton Shackles, Domination Skeleton, and the group attack skills, displacement skills that Fang Zhou has displayed in the Simulation Battlefield, along with this new beneficial skill.
In just one month, he’s inferred so many skills, and his proficiency is so high. This gap is truly despairing."
Her friend beside her comforted, "Don’t be too discouraged. I’ve heard some instructors say that Fang Zhou might embody all the essence of the Undead Mage profession, born to be an Undead Mage. Only this can explain why he has such a powerful professional talent."
Some took it lightly, saying with a carefree tone, "No matter what, Fang Zhou is, like us, part of the Human Alliance Army. The greater his talent, the more hope there is for him to become a top-tier power in the future.
As his classmates, we should feel proud of this."