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Chapter 88 Attribute Growth, Skeleton Leveling Team
Chapter 88 Attribute Growth, Skeleton Leveling Team
As for the bloody and putrid smells in the cave, Ark had already prepared air-purifying spices, which spared his nose from the torment.
Now, the magic moss has gone dormant, and the cavern is completely shrouded in darkness.
On the wasteland, all sorts of nocturnal monsters came out to hunt.
After killing all the goblins and cave monsters, the goblin cave is temporarily a safe haven.
But with the night long, it remains to be seen whether other monsters will come to invade at any moment.
Fortunately, as a necromancer, Ark has a huge advantage over other professions that can only fight alone.
The skeletons he summons only require mental energy to maintain; they do not need to eat or rest, making them the perfect sentinels and guards.
Lying in the warm tent, listening to the eerie howling of the wind outside the cave, Fang Zhou felt a rare sense of peace.
After wandering in his mind for a while, he brought his attention back, drank a bottle of [Soul Soothing Potion], closed his eyes, and focused his attention on his skeleton clone.
The blood moon shone brightly, and a chilling wind howled.
Deep in the desolate wasteland, dozens of skeletons gathered together against their instincts, living peacefully together.
Whoosh!
The soul fire within the Ark's skull blazed fiercely. He gripped the skeletal spear in his hand, quickly scanned the skeletal army under the demon's command, and nodded in satisfaction.
With 35 skeleton minions whose four-dimensional attributes are close to 30 points, he is more than capable of ruling this area.
As soon as the Ark's soul fire flickered, several skeletal warriors guarding him dragged three skeletons from the surrounding area whose soul fires were dim and about to go out.
This is the spoils of war that passed by today and were hunted by the skeleton minions.
Ark easily dealt with the three skeletons, then activated [Skeleton Armament] to absorb the essence of the three piles of bones.
Feeling the abundant heat flowing through his body, Fangzhou nodded slightly.
With these skeleton minions around, his safety after "logging off" is undoubtedly more guaranteed.
The most troubling thing for Fangzhou right now is that he is temporarily unable to multitask and control both his main body and his clones at the same time.
However, Ark had a clear premonition.
As his soul strength continues to increase, it may not be long before he is able to activate the dual-line operation mode.
At that time, the rate at which his strength grows will definitely increase dramatically.
Regaining his composure, Ark divided the skeleton warriors under the demon's command into seven squads and began hunting in the area.
After directing his minions to scatter in all directions, Ark didn't rush to hunt alone, but instead activated [Skeleton King].
The skill shifted the focus to Squad One, observing their hunting patterns.
Squad One, consisting of five skeleton warriors—Shield Warrior No. 1, Axe Warrior No. 1, Greatsword Warrior No. 1, Spear Warrior No. 1, and Bow Warrior No. 1—is responsible for exploring the northeast direction.
With careful pairing by the Ark, each skeleton warrior has the ability to complement each other.
Big Shield One protects its teammates with a sturdy bone shield.
Giant Axe No. 1 swings its heavy bone axe to defeat the enemy.
Greatsword One uses its agility to close in and slash.
Long Spear No. 1 excels at long-range piercing.
Meanwhile, Bow and Arrow 1 provided precise fire support for the team from a distance.
On a hill of bones, they encountered their first prey of the night, and their soulfire immediately flared. Following the Ark's hunting orders, Squad One launched an attack on the strong greatsword warrior.
Bow and Arrow 1 was the first to react.
It swiftly drew its bow, aimed, and fired, striking the greatsword warrior precisely in the leg joint, causing it to pause and lose some of its fighting ability. Then, the fastest greatsword, Number One, charged forward to fight its kind to the death.
Then, shields, giant axes, and spears all rushed forward.
In just one minute, the poor greatsword warrior was torn to pieces by the siege of Squad One, leaving only a skull with dim soul fire.
This was also Ark's order: after the hunt, the prey must be left for him to absorb.
The enslavement effect of the [Skeleton King] skill clearly outweighs the skeleton minions' instinct to devour.
Squad One restrained their urge to kill and devour, perfectly executing Ark's orders.
They took the skull with them and continued their search for their next prey.
Seeing this, Fangzhou nodded with some satisfaction and then set off to explore in a different direction.
Over the next hour, a strange liveliness emerged in the once lifeless depths of the burial wasteland.
Small groups of five skeleton warriors were sweeping through the area.
Whenever they encounter a lone wandering member of their kind, they swarm it without any regard for morality and easily tear it to pieces.
Because these skeleton squads have very high stats, an overwhelming numerical advantage, and a well-balanced mix of melee and ranged weapons such as giant axes, spears, bows, and shields, they can often take down a prey without taking any damage.
Once a certain number of likes are accumulated, they will be packaged together and sent to the Ark to become nutrients for upgrading the skeleton clones.
In this hunting mode, new system notifications would refresh on Ark's attribute panel almost every few minutes, making him more than five times more efficient than when hunting alone!
An hour later, Ark stopped its relentless hunting and looked at the attribute panel of its clone.
His four-dimensional attributes have increased significantly, bringing him one step closer to advancing to the mid-level Black Iron rank.
What pleased him even more was that, with the increase in attributes, the [Skeleton King] skill had one more slot available for enslavement.
Fangzhou looked up at the blood moon in the sky, which seemed to have never changed since time immemorial; it was almost time.
The main body is still in the perilous Cave 1, and the clone can no longer fight monsters and level up as recklessly as it did in the absolutely safe environment of Haicheng Military Academy.
Furthermore, without the buffs of the [Focus Array] or Bai Xiaochun's [Lullaby] to increase soul recovery speed, being able to steal a moment to control the clone to hunt for more than an hour is already quite good.
Ark wasn't greedy and summoned the scattered skeleton squad back.
He sifted through the spoils brought back by his skeleton minions and chose the skeleton archer whose soulfire was the strongest.
He used the [Skeleton King] skill to turn it into his new servant.
Skeleton minion +1.
Apart from this lucky one, all the other spoils were devoured by the Ark Slaughter, becoming resources for its own growth.
Gathering his skeletal minions to surround himself, Ark turned his attention back to his main body, closed his eyes to rest, and tried to recover from the exhaustion in his soul.
Taking advantage of this calm window of opportunity, we should rest and recuperate to prepare for the next day's underground hunt. This is what Ark should be doing most.
At Haicheng Military Academy.
As night fell in the underground cave, the live broadcasts of the battles by the trainees participating in the hunt were all in complete darkness, making it difficult to see anything.
The other spectators, still wanting more, turned off the live stream and went to the cafeteria for lunch in twos and threes under the starlight.
At the dinner table, they were all excitedly discussing the outstanding performances of these seed candidates.