Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

When he was at Silver Upper Rank, his undead magic could barely break through the defense of the Golden Crocodile Monarch.

But now he has become a Golden Great Mage, and the power of undead magic propelled by Golden Mana has skyrocketed to an unprecedented level, naturally causing greater damage to the Golden Crocodile Monarch.

In previous battles, Fang Zhou held back on casting the Harvest Festival because he was worried that the Rune Resonance would not last long.

Moreover, the Golden Crocodile Monarch was particularly sinister and cunning, with exceptional battle wisdom.

If this crocodile were to detect Fang Zhou’s tricks, and after Fang Zhou activates the Harvest Festival, it chooses to avoid combat rather than engage, Fang Zhou would be in a dire situation.

Now, Captain Leng Feng has taken a desperate gamble, actively diving into the Golden Crocodile Monarch’s mouth, thereby creating an opportunity for Fang Zhou to unleash full firepower.

Under the dual enhancements of Harvest Festival and Spirit Body Transformation, Fang Zhou’s magic is now highly potent.

First, he waved the Soul Shattering Bone Staff to consecutively cast the Death Protection skill three times, allowing Leng Feng to last longer inside the Golden Crocodile Monarch’s mouth.

Then, Soul Shock, Soul Stripping, Flesh and Blood Domination—three major control skills were released by Fang Zhou onto the Golden Crocodile Monarch.

Driven by Fang Zhou’s Golden Mana, the three skills combined to create a terrifying effect similar to the Monster Stasis Technique.

The Golden Crocodile Monarch didn’t even have time to roar, it was frozen in place, mouth agape.

Fang Zhou tore open the Death Energy Scroll, and three consecutive Calamity Flying Spears shot into the Golden Crocodile Monarch’s mouth through the gap Captain Leng Feng held open.

It wasn’t over yet, Fang Zhou shouted, "Captain Leng Feng, do not resist."

Then he linked his surging Golden Mana to Leng Feng and Olaf.

Skeleton Flash.

Amidst the intense surge of death energy, in an instant, Captain Leng Feng and Berserker Heroic Spirit Olaf swapped places.

With repeated simulations and improvements, the Skeleton Flash, a displacement skill of the Undead Mage, could now be used not only on oneself.

As long as he’s willing to expend a large amount of mana, Fang Zhou can arbitrarily swap positions of undead creatures within his line of sight.

For a living creature of Silver level like Captain Leng Feng, the difficulty drastically increases.

Only someone like Leng Feng, who trusts Fang Zhou completely and does not resist, can succeed.

Fortunately, Captain Leng Feng already has a death wish, willingly charging into the grotesque jaws of the Golden Crocodile Monarch to serve as casting material for Fang Zhou’s Corpse Explosion Skill.

He naturally wouldn’t resist Fang Zhou’s casting.

"Boom!"

At this moment, under the severe pain and damage caused by the Calamity Flying Spears, the Golden Crocodile Monarch’s potential burst forth, breaking free from the Monster Stasis Technique combo released by Fang Zhou.

It fiercely bit down, but its ’taste’ was not the juicy, tender human flesh it imagined, but a bunch of undead bodies as tasteless as wax.

Olaf’s life ended when the crocodile’s four teeth closed in.

But Fang Zhou’s lips curled into a cold smile, and he pointed the Soul Shattering Bone Staff at the Golden Crocodile Monarch.

Corpse Explosion Skill!

Seven or eight golden-red lights burst from the crocodile’s mouth, and sensing something ominous from the familiar energy fluctuations, the crocodile’s intuition realized too late!

The level of Berserker Heroic Spirit Olaf had risen with Fang Zhou’s explosive strength, reaching Golden Lower Rank.

The energy contained within it far exceeded that of the Blood Spirit Hatred before, capable of harboring even more frenzied death energy.

The unhealed inner wall of the crocodile’s cavity endured yet another explosion of greater magnitude, directly blowing off half of its head.

Sustained such fatal damage, the life-force-rich crocodile still didn’t die.

It frantically writhed, crashing the earth and rocks from the cave ceiling onto the ground.

After struggling for nearly ten minutes, the earth-shaking sensation gradually subsided.

Cautious, Fang Zhou maintained the Harvest Festival state, directing a few Blood Spirit Warriors to test the waters, confirming the crocodile was truly dead this time!

Victory!

After enduring countless hardships, they finally vanquished this Abyssal Demon Beast of at least Golden Middle Rank, but the eight survivors felt no joy.

Even Zhuo Yue, the most talkative of the bunch, wore a heavy expression.

> What was assumed to be an ordinary scouting mission turned deadly, resulting in two members of the ten Silver Powerhouse elite vanguard team losing their lives unnecessarily.

> The cost was far too great.

If it weren’t for Fang Zhou, the Undead Mage whose strength defied his rank!

If it weren’t for Fang Zhou and his trump-card explosive power tactics!

If it weren’t for Captain Leng Feng’s final act of ultimate sacrifice!

The survival of the remaining members would still hang in the balance.

After the battle ended, two questions constantly sprang to Fang Zhou’s mind.

If the crocodile’s tail that struck at Feng Yu had been aimed at him, could he ensure timely defense or escape at that life-or-death moment?

And there’s Major General Fan Tianzong, who orchestrated the conspiracy—could this really be unintentional or was Fan Tianzong subtly involving him for unknown reasons?

..........

After tidying up the spoils, Fang Zhou and the members of the vanguard team deliberated and decided to return to the camp of the Dawn Legion.

This was merely the outer perimeter of the swamp; having encountered the Golden Crocodile Monarch and hundreds of Hydra crocodiles without venturing too deep.

Proceeding further might lead to greater dangers.

This had already exceeded the capacity of the vanguard team and might necessitate a team of Golden Level powerhouses from the Dawn Legion for further exploration.

With the decision made, Fang Zhou and Leng Feng led the vanguard team back hurriedly.

......

"Fang Zhou, are you really going to confront Major General Fan Tianzong alone?"

As the camp drew near, Qu Shuang, worriedly, queried among those exiting the swamp.

"Yes, I have a persistent feeling that he approached us with an agenda.

I must ascertain his intentions before the military tribunal learns about this incident."

Fang Zhou frowned, growing increasingly reliant on his instincts after the swamp crocodile encounter.

Yet, he couldn’t recall ever offending Major General Fan Tianzong.

Or perhaps Fan Tianzong had succumbed to madness.

For petty grievances, revenge by ensnaring Captain Leng Feng and others wasn’t enough; he dragged innocent Fang Zhou into this web.

"Let’s proceed as I said! You go to the military tribunal; I’ll return to the camp!

Remember, Captain Leng Feng, not to hand over the diary before seeing the highest official of the tribunal," Fang Zhou reminded again.

"Understood, Brother Fang Zhou!" Leng Feng replied, unaffected by Fang Zhou’s directive tone.

Since witnessing the might of the Undead Mage, Fang Zhou, yesterday, Leng Feng realized Fang Zhou’s overarching prowess likely exceeds his Silver Limit status.

Moreover, Fang Zhou’s trump card explosive force could rival Golden level powerhouses.

Although Leng Feng sensed an opportunity of breaking through his bottleneck to advance to Golden Rank under life-threatening peril and extreme ire during this adventure,

given Fang Zhou’s mere age of early twenties, Leng Feng couldn’t dare underestimate him even post-breakthrough.

"Brother Fang Zhou, I wish to confront Major General Chu Tianzong with you,"

Beside him, Zhuo Yue’s eyes were red, containing the corpses of Wang Fei and Feng Yu in his space storage capsule.

As fellow combat brothers, Zhuo Yue could endure Wang Fei and Feng Yu perishing in battle.

It was the soldier’s honored fate.

But he couldn’t fathom his brothers dying amidst comrade treachery.

This sacrifice could have been avoided.

Fang Zhou raised his hand, and said "Zhuo Yue, hasten to the military tribunal to exact justice on Major General Fan Tianzong."

That’s the strongest form of retribution.

I have my own plans for confronting him.

Also, given our encounter with the Hydra crocodile swarm, numerous spoils were seized.

I expect you’ll assess them, distribute compensation to Brothers Wang Fei and Feng Yu,

as this is a foremost priority."