CHAPTER 169: CHAPTER 169: UNDEAD SPECIALTY [WHITE BONE STONE] AND UPGRADES

Lu Hu gave an awkward laugh, realizing he had misspoken, and hurriedly tried to make amends in front of Su Tiankuo, the doting father.

For a moment, the somber atmosphere in the principal’s office, which had grown heavy due to the worsening of Su Tiankuo’s injuries, gradually lightened.

「...」

The blood moon hung low, and a dense fog permeated the air.

Within the Corpse Hills, a series of brutal hunts between Skeleton Warriors and zombies were unfolding.

CRACK!

Fang Zhou gripped the skeletal Long Spear in his hand and, with a powerful [Brutal Strike], shattered the Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior before him into a heap of bones.

Corpse Armor activated!

A familiar warm current was absorbed into Fang Zhou’s Corpse Body, bringing him a small attribute enhancement.

Strength +0.3

Soul Power +2

Number of Servants +1

The Soul Fire in Fang Zhou’s skull flickered.

With the increase in his Four-dimensional Attributes, the [Skeleton Monarch] skill had finally granted him another servant slot.

CRUNCH.

CRUNCH.

Through the dozens of Soul Links provided by his [Skeleton Monarch] skill, Fang Zhou nodded slightly, a pleasant sense of having vast forces under his command rising within him.

Fang Zhou himself was not a very serious person.

His main body was absorbed in cultivation at Sea City Military Academy, maintaining a low profile in all his dealings. When interacting with classmates like Meng Hongzhuang, Bai Xiaochan, and Ye Fan, he was relaxed and cheerful. Occasionally, he would even crack harmless jokes.

However, perhaps due to the inherent nature of his skeleton clone as an Undead Creature, every time he focused his mind on the clone, his emotions remained extremely calm, almost devoid of joy or sorrow. Only on the rare occasions of an attribute boost or a power enhancement would a sense of joy instinctively arise from his Soul Fire.

Silently observing this emotion that arose spontaneously from his Soul Fire, Fang Zhou gained a more comprehensive understanding of the essential nature of skeletons as Undead Creatures.

Shaking his skull, Fang Zhou came to his senses and gazed into the distance, the greed and desire for slaughter within his Soul Fire surging ever higher.

The hunt had only been going on for a little over an hour. His skeletal underlings had all been upgraded, their Four-dimensional Attributes now averaging around 35 points.

It’s time to unleash a storm of slaughter!

Skeleton Team, to war!

Skeleton Warriors or zombies, it matters not. You will all become fuel for my growth!

In the skeleton clone’s Soul Fire vision, under the dim sky, the vast expanse of the Corpse Hills appeared particularly eerie and terrifying.

Withered bones and shredded flesh intertwined into a landscape of death as the skeleton servants surged in all directions. They held rusted skeletal weapons, their bone joints emitting a constant CRUNCH, CRUNCH that echoed through the desolate land like the battle hymn of Death itself.

With a silent command from Fang Zhou, the Skeleton Squad advanced like a black torrent, launching an assault on the Skeleton Warriors and zombies wandering the hills. These normally disorganized and aimless Undead Creatures stood no chance against Fang Zhou’s skeleton army and were wiped out with devastating ease.

Defeat. Capture. Accumulate. Transport.

With the relentless thrusts of the skeletal Long Spear in Fang Zhou’s hand, the defeated Skeleton Warriors and zombies turned one by one into decaying ash. Nourished by waves of Corpse Essence, Fang Zhou’s Corpse Body, covered in gleaming white bones, became visibly more robust and burly.

The reserves of Soul Power naturally surged along with it.

Before he knew it, Fang Zhou had already accumulated over a hundred points of Soul Power. If his skeletal underlings worked just a little longer, he would have enough Soul Power to refine his [Skeleton Armor] to +2.

However, Fang Zhou decided to save all his Soul Power for now.

After tomorrow’s arena challenge, he would unlock E-level permissions. Then, he could exchange for a large number of Black Iron-grade Combat Professional skills for his skeleton clone to learn, greatly enhancing its combat power. To cover the anticipated high cost of learning so many new skills, Fang Zhou had no choice but to skimp and save like a miser for the time being.

It was getting late, and he had an arena challenge the next day. Though he didn’t feel much pressure, Fang Zhou still wanted to conserve his energy and be prepared.

Looking up at the tranquil blood moon, he recalled the members of his Skeleton Team one by one from their scattered hunting grounds. After absorbing the final wave of loot brought back by his diligent skeletal underlings, Fang Zhou was about to log off when his gaze suddenly fell to the ground at his feet.

There lay a bone-white gemstone, emitting a faint glow. It rested quietly amid a pile of shattered skeleton fragments, making it remarkably conspicuous.

Is this another Undead-type Gemstone?

A surge of joy rose from his Soul Fire. Ever since discovering a [Level 1 Nether Stone] inside a Long Spear Skeleton Warrior, he had been diligently searching for loot every day during his hunts. Sadly, he hadn’t made any such discoveries in a long time. It just went to show that a watched pot never boils; he’d found this when he least expected it.

Today, he had finally discovered a brand-new type of resource from the Undead Realm. This further confirmed Fang Zhou’s hypothesis. Besides the innumerable, diverse Undead Creatures, there were surely a considerable number of scattered Undead-Attribute resources in the Undead Realm.

This is an unexplored virgin land of treasure!

Reining in his wandering thoughts, Fang Zhou raised his skeletal Long Spear and gently tapped the gemstone on the ground. A prompt immediately appeared on his attribute panel.

"Enhanceable resource detected. Consume 10 Soul Power points to enhance."

"Commence enhancement?"

[Level 1 White Bone Stone]: Can be inlaid into equipment. Slightly enhances defense and increases defense against Undead Attribute damage.

A defensive gemstone?

Fang Zhou extended his bony palm, picking up the [Level 1 White Bone Stone]. He observed it with keen interest as it emitted pure yet profound energy fluctuations.

Its inlay effects were rather ordinary, but what truly intrigued Fang Zhou was that he could not find this type of gemstone in the illustrated resource guide at Sea City Military Academy. After confirming that neither its shape nor its effects matched anything in the academy’s guide, Fang Zhou made a bold guess.

Since this kind of Undead-Attribute gemstone had never appeared in the Blue Star World or the Mythical World...

Perhaps this [White Bone Stone] is a resource unique to the Undead Realm!

Fang Zhou’s Soul Fire trembled violently.

If he could transfer this gemstone to his main body, he could use humanity’s increasingly sophisticated research methods to analyze its specific properties and functions. It could then certainly be put to greater use