CHAPTER 52: CHAPTER 52: BLACK IRON SKILLS [BRUTAL STRIKE]

Late at night, in the dormitory.

Fang Zhou lay on the bed, focusing his mind on the Skeleton Clone.

Brutal Strike!

As the spear thrust forward once more, an upper-ranked Apprentice Skeleton fell resentfully to the ground.

Fang Zhou joyfully saw that the Skill Proficiency of [Brutal Strike] on the attribute panel had successfully increased to [Instinct].

And then there was a prompt in the Skills Bar.

"Detected [Brutal Strike] Skill Proficiency reached [Instinct], Soul Power can be consumed to infer its higher-tier skill."

"Estimated to consume 100 points of Soul Power, begin inference?"

Fang Zhou forcefully suppressed the urge to control the Skeleton Clone to venture deeper into the Burial Wilderness for monster fighting and leveling, patiently waiting for this moment for days.

Of course, he wouldn’t hesitate, "Begin inference!"

As a large amount of Soul Power was consumed, the Soul Fire of the Skeleton Clone flickered violently.

The hundreds of practices of the Brutal Strike skill memory churned endlessly in his mental world.

The trajectory of the bone spear finally condensed into an extremely sharp flash.

"Inference skill [Brutal Strike] successful."

[Brutal Strike] (Black Iron, Skilled): Unleashes massive power instantaneously to attack the enemy, can cause armor-piercing effect, power depends on strength attribute and Skill Proficiency.

Compared to the Apprentice-level [Brutal Strike], the Black Iron-level [Brutal Strike] not only adds an armor-piercing effect, but the skill power has also undergone a qualitative leap.

Fang Zhou looked at the attribute panel of the Skeleton Clone.

[Clone] Skeleton Warrior

[Tier] Black Iron · Lower

[Attributes] Strength 34, Constitution 32, Agility 32, Spirit 30

[Equipment] Bone Long Spear +1 (White Common), Skeleton Armor (White Common)

[Skills] Skeleton Chosen One (Black Iron, Instinct), Skeleton Armament (Black Iron, Instinct), Brutal Strike (Black Iron, Skilled), Charge (Apprentice, Mastery), Weapon Specialization (Apprentice, Perfection), Block (Apprentice, Skilled), Battle Cry (Apprentice, Skilled)

[Apostle] 1

Compared to when it just broke through to lower Black Iron, after days of frenzied slaughter, the four-dimensional attributes of the Skeleton Clone have significantly increased, establishing an initial attribute overwhelming advantage against typical lower Black Iron Skeleton Warriors.

In addition, it possesses a refined +1 bone spear and successfully inferred the [Brutal Strike] skill to Black Iron level.

According to the leveling principle set by Fang Zhou for the Skeleton Clone of overpowering the weak with strength and brutal crushing, the combat power of the Skeleton Clone has far surpassed the Skeleton Warrior he had encountered before, and now he can finally explore deeper into the Burial Wilderness.

Where the blood moonlight is thicker, it is possible to nurture even more powerful undead.

At the edge of the Burial Wilderness, lower-ranked Skeletons are common, middle-ranked Apprentice Skeletons are relatively rare, and upper-ranked Apprentice Skeletons are extremely rare.

But as the Skeleton Clone delves constantly into the inner layers of the Burial Wilderness, Black Iron-level Skeleton Warriors are the norm!

Fang Zhou quickly stopped his steps.

A special Skeleton appeared in his view.

"Great Shield Skeleton Warrior..."

Looking at the skeleton warrior in the distance, far stronger than apprentice-level Skeletons and wielding a bone shield, Fang Zhou’s eye sockets flickered with Soul Fire.

"Can’t be careless."

Mumbling a reminder, Fang Zhou’s heart surged with fighting intent.

He reversed his bone spear and walked straight towards the Great Shield Skeleton Warrior.

This Skeleton Warrior’s sensing range is evidently much stronger than that of apprentice-level Skeletons.

When Fang Zhou was still twenty meters away, it suddenly turned around, its Dark Blue Soul Fire flickering and looking in the direction where Fang Zhou was.

Soon after, even before Fang Zhou made any move, the Skeleton Warrior charged towards him with its bone shield.

However, its agility attribute was evidently not high, and its charging speed was pitifully slow in Fang Zhou’s eyes.

1V1 man-to-man battle!

Fang Zhou raised his bone spear in his right hand, directly launching the [Charge] skill, charging towards the incoming Great Shield Skeleton.

Ten meters!

Five meters!

Three meters!

When the distance between them was only three meters, the bone spear in Fang Zhou’s left hand vibrated violently, suddenly thrusting towards the Great Shield Skeleton’s head.

Brutal Strike!

Clang!

The battle instinct of the Great Shield Skeleton made it raise its bone shield at the last minute, blocking in front of its head.

The collision of spear and shield issued a metallic clash.

A soft sound echoed.

Under the armor-piercing effect of [Brutal Strike], the bone shield achieved nothing, not only failing to block Fang Zhou’s spear thrust but instead shattered easily, scattering into a sky full of fragments.

Take him down when he’s vulnerable!

The Soul Fire of Fang Zhou surged as, with his powerful four-dimensional attributes and the aid of the [Weapon Specialization] skill, the bone spear delivered another precise strike.

Crack!

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the skull of the Great Shield Skeleton was directly shattered to dust by Fang Zhou’s spear.

Soul Fire shattered.

The skeletal remains of the struggling Great Shield Skeleton also collapsed to the ground at the same time.

Under the powerful combat capabilities of the Skeleton Clone, this Great Shield Skeleton, known for its defensive prowess, failed to withstand even a single blow, returning to dust.

Now comes the moment of harvest!

Familiar and swift, Fang Zhou bent down, covering his bone palm over skeletons much sturdier than previous prey.

[Skeleton Armament] activated!

In the next moment, a robust heat flow surged from the bones, enhancing Fang Zhou’s skeletal body.

As the bone of the Great Shield Skeleton turned into flying ash, Fang Zhou opened the attribute panel of the Clone, checking the rewards from this battle.

Strength attribute +0.2, Constitution attribute +0.3, Soul Power +0.6.

Gazing at the rewards several times richer than before, Fang Zhou’s Soul Fire burned fiercely, as he lifted his gaze to the seemingly eternal Blood Moon above.

Although the battle with the Great Shield Skeleton was brief, it enabled him to ascertain his position among lower Black Iron Skeleton Warriors.

At least in this vicinity, the Skeleton Clone was practically invincible, walking free.

His eye sockets aflame with Soul Fire, having found a suitable hunting ground, the slaughter begins!

With four-dimensional attributes far exceeding those of ordinary Skeleton Warriors, a set of luxurious skills, and coupled with the refined +1 bone spear as a mighty weapon, Fang Zhou was unstoppable while hunting.

The bone spear relentlessly thrust forward.

Alone, the massive force contained within was sufficient to shred apart a just-advanced, Strength attribute merely over ten, Skeleton Warrior, reducing it to a pile of bones.

Crack.

Crack.

Two hours later.

With light footsteps, Fang Zhou stepped over a hill composed entirely of shattered bones.

Another Giant Axe Skeleton Warrior appeared in his view.

When Fang Zhou saw the Skeleton Warrior, the Skeleton Warrior also saw Fang Zhou.

No unnecessary exchanges.

Upon spotting each other, Fang Zhou and the Skeleton Warrior simultaneously charged at each other.