Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 503 - 362: New Expertise, Summoning Specialization!_2

They would follow the guidance in the training manual, starting with the most basic theoretical knowledge and gradually transitioning to practical application. Every step had to be performed in strict accordance with the manual’s requirements. This was not only to ensure the proper acquisition of skills but also to temper a Professional’s will and patience. Countless repetitions, failures, and retries were all indispensable parts of the process. Only through long, arduous training could Professionals deeply engrain their learned skills into their Energy Core, allowing them to use them freely in actual combat.

However, how could Fang Zhou’s talent be compared to that of a normal person?

Facing the attribute panel before him, a confident smile graced his lips. A line of small text was clearly displayed on the panel, providing the exact prompt he was hoping for.

"Detected analyzable Professional Specialty. Soul Power can be consumed for rapid learning. Estimated consumption: 1,000 Soul Power."

"Begin learning?"

When Fang Zhou saw the amount of Soul Power required, he couldn’t help but wince.

Who would have thought that learning a specialty so quickly would require this much Soul Power?

The *Strong Undead Summoning* professional specialty training manual was priced at 1,000 contribution points in the resource library of the Sea City Military Academy. However, thanks to his special 70% discount, Fang Zhou only needed to pay 300 contribution points to obtain this precious material. But now, if he wanted to consume Soul Power for rapid learning, there were no discounts he could use. To master it quickly, he had no choice but to spend the 1,000 Soul Power he had painstakingly accumulated.

Gritting his teeth, Fang Zhou steeled himself and confirmed the choice in his mind. After all, according to instructors like Su Xinyan and Huang Qiuyue, it took a Black Iron-rank Professional a considerable amount of time and energy to learn a new professional specialty, and even then, there was no guarantee of successfully inscribing it into their Mana Core.

Time is money.

Fang Zhou currently didn’t have that much time and energy to waste on learning this specialty. Moreover, the *Strong Undead Summoning* specialty was of extraordinary significance to him. In terms of direct combat power enhancement, it could even be considered more important than all his other skills combined.

This Soul Power can’t be spared.

After figuring this out, Fang Zhou quickly calmed his mind, preparing to experience the unique sensation of consuming such a vast amount of Soul Power. This was his largest single expenditure of Soul Power to date. The duration and intensity of the resulting Burst of Inspiration far exceeded his previous imagination.

Inspiration surged like a tide, washing over Fang Zhou’s mind wave after wave. Every detail about *Strong Undead Summoning* unfolded before him. Vivid images flickered through his mind, one after another, before being forcefully branded into his memory.

An unknown amount of time passed before the Burst of Inspiration finally subsided. A prompt appeared on Fang Zhou’s attribute panel: "Successfully learned the professional specialty [Strong Undead Summoning]."

Fang Zhou’s gaze fell on the message, the surprise in his eyes impossible to hide. He eagerly opened his attribute panel and carefully read the description of the newly acquired ability in the specialty section.

[Strong Undead Summoning]: Through daily practice, your mastery of summoning Undead Creatures has grown ever stronger. This quantitative improvement has led to a qualitative leap. After comprehending this specialty, the number of undead creatures responding to your summons will greatly increase.

Fang Zhou immersed his consciousness in his Mana Core and quickly located the *Strong Undead Summoning* professional specialty he had just comprehended. The feedback from his mind allowed him to quickly grasp its specific effects. This Undead Mage-exclusive specialty could increase the number of undead creatures summoned by his summoning skills by a full 50%.

Such an increase was a dream come true for any Undead Mage. Best of all, this bonus was not limited to a certain type of undead creature. Whether it was Skeleton Warriors, Zombie Servants, or even higher-level Ghosts, they would all be affected by this specialty.

A smile of uncontainable joy spread across Fang Zhou’s face. At this moment, even he couldn’t fully imagine the astonishing power that *Strong Undead Summoning* would possess when combined with his already solidified talent skill, "Summon Undead Creatures."

Normally, according to Instructor Su Xinyan’s years of accumulated experience, as an Undead Mage’s rank increased, the rank of the Undead Creatures they could summon naturally increased as well. This rank increase also meant an increase in the creatures’ quality. However, this improvement usually came at the cost of quantity, as enhancing quality often meant sacrificing numbers. Therefore, for a typical Undead Mage, the number of same-tier Undead Creatures they could summon was extremely limited. It was impossible for them to summon hundreds of Skeletons at will, as Fang Zhou had done at the Apprentice Tier. Even masters like Su Xinyan or Master Sandro could never summon an undead army on the scale of hundreds of Golden Tier Corpse Witches at once. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But for Fang Zhou, this no longer seemed like an unattainable dream.

While imagining the glorious scene of waving his hand to summon an army of Corpse Witches, Fang Zhou decided to strike while the iron was hot and took out several data transmission keys. These keys stored the highest-priority Black Iron-rank skills he had carefully selected. Fortunately, Fang Zhou had used his Corpse Clone to hunt extensively over the past two months, hoarding a huge amount of Soul Power. All of it was in preparation for today’s spending spree. He had already consumed a thousand points of Soul Power to acquire the *Strong Undead Summoning* specialty. He didn’t care about the rest.

Fang Zhou inserted the data transmission keys into his personal terminal. After a slight hum, several prompts quickly popped up on his attribute panel:

"Learnable Skill Material detected. 100 Soul Power can be consumed for accelerated learning."

"Start learning?"

"Skill Proficiency enhancement material detected. Estimated 100 Soul Power required for perfect absorption."

"Start absorption?"

Fang Zhou hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to set aside the Skill Insights for now. The most important task was to master these Black Iron-rank skills as quickly as possible. This would give him more options and stronger support in future battles.

He examined the skill list before him: Friend of Life, Summoned Mage Mount, Language Mastery, and Strong Calmness. Zombie Meditation Method, Summoned Skeleton Warrior, Summon Zombie, and Dead Officer.

He began to learn them one by one. With each skill learned, he could feel a subtle energy flowing through his body, as if countless tiny fragments of knowledge were reorganizing in his mind, eventually forming a complete skill map.

Fang Zhou spent the remaining 800 Soul Power to master these eight skills. However, he had to temporarily set aside the last four skills—Corrosive Net, Continuous Death Missiles, Eye of Weakness, and Plague Explosion—and wait until he had more Soul Power.

The saying "even a hero is helpless without a single coin" perfectly described Fang Zhou’s current situation. Back in the Apprentice Stage, he had relied on vast amounts of Soul Power and contribution points to improve himself at will, living like a tycoon. However, he had just broken through to become a Black Iron-rank Undead Mage. Before he had any time to accumulate more resources, the Soul Power and contribution points he had painstakingly saved were already depleted in this series of upgrades.

At this moment, Fang Zhou felt as if he had returned to his early days after Awakening, completely broke. This would undoubtedly slow down his progress. How to acquire more contribution points and Soul Power had become the biggest problem facing Fang Zhou.