Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 8 The Quick-Draw Ark

As soon as Shen Hongyu left, the female student next to Bai Xiaochun couldn't wait to ask, "Xiaochun, I just finished one-fifth of the visualization. What's your progress?"

Bai Xiaochun replied softly, "I have completed half of the visualization."

Of the more than 30 trainees present, more than 20 had not even reached one-fifth of the progress.

Bai Xiaochun's progress of halfway through the project was like a bolt from the blue to them.

Especially for students who have only completed one-seventh of the progress, they even doubted whether they were dreaming.

How can there be such a huge difference between people?

Then someone asked, "Zhi Qiu, what about you?"

"I'm two-thirds complete."

Gu Zhi Qiu spoke calmly, seemingly without any intention of showing off.

Two-thirds of the way through—this progress left all the trainees present speechless.

Seeing this, Gu Zhi Qiu's lips curled up almost imperceptibly, and he was quite pleased.

Then, Bai Xiaochun jumped in front of Fangzhou, her big eyes blinking.

"Ark, what's your progress?"

The other trainees also perked up their ears, filled with curiosity.

Gu Zhi Qiu and Bai Xiao Chan are both in rare professions. Their progress in meditation is far beyond that of ordinary people, which is enviable but still barely acceptable.

But Ark is the weakest necromancer.

As is well known, necromancers cultivate very slowly due to the separation between life and death.

What merit or ability does Fang Zhou possess to be singled out and praised by Instructor Shen along with Gu Zhi Qiu and Bai Xiao Chan?

Fang Zhou thought for a moment, and since Instructor Shen already knew about his progress, there was no need to hide it anymore.

He replied directly, "I've already successfully mastered the basics."

Successfully got started?!

These words, when they reached the ears of the surrounding trainees, immediately stirred up a storm in their hearts.

Gu Zhi Qiu, in particular, thought that he had completed two-thirds of the visualization, which was enough to make him stand out from the crowd.

Unexpectedly, an Ark suddenly appeared, and its progress was even more monstrous than his.

With Instructor Shen's words preceding him, he didn't doubt that Fang Zhou was exaggerating.

Thinking of her smug attitude just now, Gu Zhi Qiu's face flushed slightly.

However, he quickly regained his composure and, after accepting reality, actively inquired with Fangzhou about methods to accelerate his meditation efficiency.

Fangzhou is not holding back either. While getting started with meditation mainly depends on talent, there are indeed some tips on using mental energy.

He generously shared these techniques, and for a moment, all the students listened attentively as Fang Zhou shared his experience.

The more I listened to them, the more I admired them, but along with that admiration came a sense of regret.

Why did such an outstanding talent awaken as a [Necromancer]?

Such talent and ability would surely shine brightly if applied to other rare or even ordinary professions.

......

In the principal's office, Su Tiankuo was browsing through the grade records sent by the instructors.

"Two-thirds complete? Not bad. The awakened class is powerful, and the character's talent is also good. It's worth developing."

"Half? Hmm, it's a rare support class with decent talent; it's worth developing."

"Um?"

Su Tiankuo suddenly sat up straight and looked at the report in his hand.

"Completed the basics of meditation in less than a day? What kind of genius is this?"

Immediately, his face darkened.

"A necromancer? Ark? Even more talented than Xinyan?"

"Hmph, what's the use of just meditating? Being able to fight is the real deal!"

......

In the dormitory, Fangzhou sneezed.

He touched his nose. "Who's talking about me? Never mind, I'll practice my skills first."

Just like yesterday, I first exhausted my mental energy to summon 22 newly born, weak skeletons.

"Summon Skeletons skill proficiency increased!"

After waving them away and banishing them back to the Netherworld, Ark was delighted to see its proficiency in summoning skeletons improve from [Beginner] to [Master].

In this way, the number and strength of the skeletons he summoned each time increased significantly, and the duration of their summons was also greatly extended.

Composing himself, Fangzhou opened his personal terminal again, browsing through the general skill library, a hint of hesitation in his mind.

During the afternoon's post-class discussion, he learned a lot of information from Gu Zhiqi, Bai Xiaochun, and other trainees.

Among them are recommendations regarding the selection of general skills.

For Ark, the most pressing issue is to choose a powerful combat skill for its skeleton clones.

The Skeleton Clone follows the combat class path, and among the general combat skills, the most useful are [Brutal Strike] and [Charge].

The former emphasizes explosive power, while the latter focuses on rapid movement.

The skeleton clone needs both of these things.

After some thought, Ark decided to prioritize [Brutal Strike].

After confirming on his personal terminal, he used up his last free access to redeem a skill book called "Brutal Strike".

The personal terminal lit up, and then a demonstration of the martial arts technique appeared in front of Ark.

Immediately afterwards, the skill bar on the attribute panel changed, displaying learnable skills (+).

Fangzhou looked at the clone's attribute panel and focused his attention on the "+".

"Learnable skill materials detected. You can consume 10 Soul Power to quickly learn the skill."

"Shall we begin learning?"

Fangzhou immediately declared, "Begin learning!"

With 10 points of Soul Power consumed, the Soul Flame of the Ark Skeleton clone leaped wildly.

It was as if he had wielded the skeletal spear thousands of times, finally mastering the correct way to exert force.

"Successfully learned the skill [Brutal Strike]!"

【Brutal Strike】(Apprentice Level, Beginner): Instantly unleashes tremendous power to attack the enemy; the power depends on the strength attribute and skill proficiency.

Following [Skeleton Armament], the Skeleton Clone has finally mastered its second useful skill.

In his excitement, Fangzhou continued to sweep away the surrounding skeletons with his skeletal spear.

He quickly locked onto a target and decisively unleashed [Brutal Strike] to see just how powerful this skill was.

Chi Chi Chi!

The soul fire within the Ark skull dimmed slightly, and then a layer of eerie blue flame seemed to appear on the tip of the skeletal spear.

Under the immense force of the Ark, the bewildered newborn skeleton was instantly reduced to dust.

Strength +0.01, Soul Power +0.1.

Feeling a faint warm current formed from the essence of bones flowing into his body, Fang Zhou nodded in satisfaction.

Compared to his normal attacks, this move, [Brutal Strike], is at least twice as powerful.

It was worth the 10 points of soul power he spent to quickly get started.

However, casting spells with the skeleton clones also requires consuming undead power.

Based on his current strength, he can only unleash [Brutal Strike] a maximum of 3 times in a row before exhausting the undead power within him.

Fangzhou looked up and saw a few skeletons scattered around him.

According to his estimate, if he sweeps around for a few more hours tonight, the Skeleton Clone will be able to advance to the mid-level Apprentice rank.

By then, the newly formed, weak skeletons will not provide much bone essence.