Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 484 - 351: Altar of Death, Epic-Grade Resource!

Regardless of how many zombies were in the canyon, or whether there were any high-tier ones among them, their disadvantage in speed alone ensured that they could not pose a threat to him.

If I can’t win, I can always run.

Bit by bit, I will eventually clear out all the zombies in this canyon!

However, Fang Zhou noticed something strange. Among the many zombies in the canyon, only a small portion were fighting each other to the death. The vast majority were oblivious to their own kind right beside them, wandering back and forth aimlessly. It was as if some unknown force was suppressing the innate devouring desire of these mindless, low-level Undead Creatures.

With a thought, Fang Zhou’s other skeleton minions remained still. Only a single skeleton archer drew its bow and nocked an arrow. A pale bone arrow flew across dozens of meters, precisely striking a zombie’s shoulder.

ROAR...

The zombie lifted its head, its cry low and raspy as it gazed around blankly. Then, at a slow pace, it instinctively began to walk in the direction the bone arrow had come from. The other zombies nearby only stirred slightly before quickly returning to their aimless wandering.

The zombie got closer and closer. When the lured zombie was only a little over ten meters away from Fang Zhou, but more than fifty meters from the small group of other zombies, Fang Zhou gave another command. The two Skeleton Warriors, Tidamia and Sain, emerged from the group, approaching at several times the zombie’s speed. Then, with a few quick slashes from their Bone Swords, the zombie was effortlessly dismembered, falling to the ground without any resistance.

Only then did Fang Zhou step forward. He finished the zombie off with his spear before placing his bone palm on the now-still zombie’s forehead.

[Corpse Armor] skill activated!

With a muffled sound, black ichor splattered everywhere, emitting a foul stench. The zombie, which had been roaring faintly just seconds before, was instantly reduced to its lower half!

After a brief moment of thought, he detected no difference between this zombie and the ones outside, so he no longer hesitated.

Perhaps the anomaly of this canyon lies in that dilapidated structure.

With a wave of his hand, four skeleton archers drew their bows simultaneously, firing on the distant group of still-wandering zombies. The remaining skeleton minions also sprang into action, charging forward with various bone weapons in hand.

Faced with an existence like Fang Zhou, comparable to a Skeleton King, and his well-balanced troop of over sixty skeleton minions, the canyon’s zombies seemed extremely feeble. Within just an hour, Fang Zhou had led his skeleton minions from the entrance of the Valley of the Dead into its depths. During this time, they had slaughtered nearly a hundred zombies.

By activating the [Corpse Armor] skill, Fang Zhou was still able to absorb essence from the zombies’ bodies to enhance his Four-dimensional Attributes. Concurrently, the analysis progress for the Zombie Race’s Unknown Talent Skills on his attribute panel also increased significantly.

As he pushed the battle line deeper into the canyon, more than half of the zombies had been killed. At the same time, the true nature of the structure he had seen from the canyon entrance was revealed to him. It was an altar.

The altar was over ten meters high, a quadrilateral constructed entirely from black stone that occupied a full half of the canyon floor! An altar like this could only be described as grand and magnificent.

However, what caught Fang Zhou’s eye was not the altar itself, but the many zombies standing on its steps! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Fang Zhou and his skeleton minions had cleared out more than half the canyon, killing just under a hundred zombies. Yet the number of zombies standing on this altar exceeded two hundred!

If these zombies were standing on the altar to receive some kind of benefit, it would have been understandable. But according to Fang Zhou’s Perception, the altar was clearly extracting the death aura from within these zombies and converging it at the very top! Every zombie that stepped onto the altar was having its death aura drained. For the Undead, this was equivalent to their life force.

As more and more zombies had their death aura extracted by the altar, their bodies gradually withered. Some had even begun to collapse, turning into piles of dry bones. When a zombie’s death aura had been drained to a certain point, it would fall from the altar. Then, the zombies milling about the base of the altar would begin to scramble for that empty spot! The position where death aura was being extracted seemed to hold an inexplicable attraction, compelling the zombies to fight for it heedlessly. It was as if some entity had seized control of these zombies, forcing them to carry out this action according to its will.

The death aura within the canyon was gentler and purer, something Fang Zhou had already confirmed. By staying in this canyon for an extended period, both he and his skeleton minions could evolve at a faster pace. The same was true for the zombies here. The death aura in the canyon nourished them, and when a zombie’s level and internal death aura reached a certain point, it would appear around the altar. Then, when a spot on the altar opened up, these zombies gathered at the base would fight to take its place, vying for the chance to have their own death aura extracted.

This constant cycle... it’s like some kind of malevolent ritual.