Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 561 - 394: Full Divine Gear, Corrosive Poison Series Divine Skill [Poison Nova]!

Chapter 561: Chapter 394: Full Divine Gear, Corrosive Poison Series Divine Skill [Poison Nova]!

After Fang Zhou called out the price of 3,100 contribution points, the other students participating in the auction gave up and stopped bidding.

Only the Bronze Tier Elemental Envoy had not given up.

He glanced at Fang Zhou’s private box, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "3,200 contribution points."

The Bronze Tier Elemental Envoy’s mindset was far more conflicted than Fang Zhou’s, and his determination to buy the Dusk Robe was not nearly as strong.

The reason was simple.

He had already purchased a Green Excellent Quality Summoner Magic Robe for himself.

From a purely functional standpoint, aside from the special Dusk State effect, the Summoner Magic Robe was not much inferior to the Dusk Robe.

Therefore, spending over 3,000 contribution points to acquire this somewhat redundant Dusk Robe was a painful price to pay, even for him—one of the top graduates from Sea City Military Academy.

Fang Zhou keenly perceived his competitor’s hesitation and wavering resolve.

He clearly realized that this was the perfect opportunity to win the auction.

Thus, Fang Zhou pressed his advantage, decisively offering a higher price. "3,500 contribution points."

In Fang Zhou’s estimation, as long as he could acquire the Dusk Robe for under 4,000 contribution points, it would be a massive bargain.

Sure enough, after he announced his price, the Elemental Envoy hesitated for a moment before ultimately withdrawing from the auction.

Fang Zhou finally won the Green Excellent Quality Dusk Robe for 3,500 contribution points.

The bidding price was astronomical for most Black Iron Tier students. It left the other participants gasping in amazement and greatly broadened their horizons.

With his lavish spending tonight, Fang Zhou had thoroughly made a name for himself among the upperclassmen of Sea City Military Academy.

Ignoring the outside world’s reaction, Fang Zhou immediately used his attribute panel upon obtaining the Dusk Robe to absorb the massive amount of Soul Crystals hidden within.

This influx of Soul Power amounted to a staggering 1,000 points, far exceeding his expectations.

Leaving aside the value of the Dusk Robe itself, the absorbed Soul Power alone made up for a significant portion of the price.

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In the following days, Fang Zhou’s life was incredibly fulfilling and enjoyable. He frequently visited the trading market, haggling with various sellers to find the most cost-effective materials and resources. He was also unusually active at auctions, bidding heavily on any items that were useful to him.

During this period, he used his accumulated wealth to frantically snap up all the resources he needed from the trading market and auctions. At the same time, he leveraged the wisdom of Sandro, Instructor Su Xinyan, and others to help him quickly process everything he had gathered.

It is worth mentioning that after careful consideration, Fang Zhou decided to ask Instructor Huang Qiuyue about the requirements for taking up the Blacksmith sub-profession.

Instructor Huang Qiuyue patiently explained the requirements and advancement methods for the Blacksmith sub-profession to Fang Zhou.

Ultimately, Fang Zhou spent several hundred points of Soul Power to formally take on the Blacksmith sub-profession, successfully raising it to the Basic Level.

Under Instructor Huang Qiuyue’s hands-on guidance, Fang Zhou used the Negative Energy Ore Essence he had acquired from auctions and trades to successfully reforge his New Star Mage Hat and New Star Mage Boots into versions with stronger Negative Energy conductivity.

Their original base Attributes also improved significantly.

**[Ember Mage Hat] (White Normal):** Reforged from a New Star Mage Hat using Negative Energy Ore Essence, it possesses extraordinary conductivity for Negative Energy. Slightly increases the wearer’s maximum mana and provides a minor boost to the wearer’s constitution. When the wearer is a Negative Energy Professional, these effects are enhanced.

**[Ember Mage Boots] (White Normal):** Reforged from New Star Mage Boots using Negative Energy Ore Essence, it possesses extraordinary conductivity for Negative Energy. Slightly increases the wearer’s movement speed and provides a minor boost to the wearer’s Agility Attribute. When the wearer is a Negative Energy Professional, these effects are enhanced.

The successful modification of these two pieces of Equipment significantly boosted Fang Zhou’s combat effectiveness.

He felt that casting Undead Magic was now much more fluid, and his maximum mana and physical flexibility had both clearly improved.

Furthermore, with Instructor Huang Qiuyue’s adjustments, Fang Zhou was able to perfectly equip the [Dusk Robe] he had acquired for the high price of 3,500 contribution points.

Instructor Huang Qiuyue not only helped him resolve the equipment’s compatibility issues but also further optimized the robe’s performance, ensuring its various special effects could be maximized.

The moment Fang Zhou donned the Dusk Robe, he immediately felt a powerful energy surge into his body. He sensed a significant increase in his Spiritual Power, and his summoned Undead Army was even more formidable while in the Dusk State.

Whenever he cast a direct damage skill, he could clearly feel its power had been greatly enhanced, allowing him to be much more versatile in actual combat.

Now, every one of the eight pieces of Equipment Fang Zhou wore had been carefully selected and improved, greatly enhancing his combat power and survivability.

In addition to the Green Excellent Quality Dusk Robe, he had two pieces of Negative Energy Equipment reforged with Negative Energy Ore Essence, and the Undead Magic Ball gifted to him by Instructor Su Xinyan.

The remaining four pieces of Equipment were the four-piece Cultivation set from the New Star Mage Set, which was just enough to activate the New Star Set’s bonus effect.

As for the Mirror of the Heart, a Marvel that had helped him on many occasions, it had long since been partially repaired. With Su Xinyan’s help, he had successfully integrated it with precious materials he had painstakingly collected, such as the Mind Prism.

The Mirror of the Heart’s quality had now been upgraded to White Normal. For a Black Iron Tier Professional like Fang Zhou, it now provided a highly significant Soul Nourishment effect.

Besides Equipment and Marvels, Fang Zhou had also scoured the trading market in the past few days and acquired several ancient Alien Race Civilization Skill Books, greatly expanding his knowledge base and supply of Skill Materials.

Therefore, with the aid of his Soul Power, he successfully deduced two more skills for the Corrosive Poison Series: Poison Cloud Skill and Poison Nova.

**[Poison Cloud Skill] (Black Iron, Mastery):** Consumes Undead Mana to produce a colorless, odorless cloud of Corrosive Poison that envelops a large area of enemies. Enemies caught in the cloud will be continuously poisoned, their Four-dimensional Attributes and attack power will be moderately reduced, and their resistance to Corrosive Poison energy will be moderately lowered. Casting Range, Skill Effect, duration, etc., are determined by the user’s Spirit Attribute and Skill Proficiency.

**[Poison Nova] (Black Iron, Mastery):** Detonates the accumulated Undead Corrosive Poison within enemies in a large area. This ignores enemy Shields and deals massive Corrosive Poison and Death Energy damage. The more Undead Corrosive Poison an enemy has accumulated, the greater the skill’s damage. Skill Effect, Casting Range, etc., are determined by the user’s Spirit Attribute and Skill Proficiency. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Corpse Explosion Skill, Rotting Aura, Poison Cloud Skill, and Poison Nova. These four skills of the Corrosive Poison Series were the intellectual fruits of the combined efforts between Fang Zhou and his research assistants during this time.

These four Corrosive Poison Series skills complemented each other. Even without considering Fang Zhou’s other abilities, they could form a complete and precise skill rotation.

Skills like Rotting Aura, Poison Cloud Skill, and Brutal Aura could stack Undead Corrosive Poison on a large number of enemies.

Meanwhile, Corpse Explosion Skill and Poison Nova could detonate the Undead Corrosive Poison within enemies or corpses, dealing massive area-of-effect damage.

Compared to the straightforward, direct damage of Skeleton Series skills like Skeleton Heart-Piercing Flying Spear and Skeleton Shock Wave, the Corrosive Poison Series had an unmistakably distinct characteristic: it was insidious, venomous, and impossible to defend against.

Moreover, due to the stealthy and imperceptible nature of Undead Corrosive Poison, enemies would often have difficulty realizing that a large amount of it had already accumulated inside their bodies.

The most common types of Energy Shields would struggle to provide any significant protection unless they were specifically designed to counter Undead Corrosive Poison.

This greatly enhanced Fang Zhou’s offensive capabilities against all types of enemies on the battlefield.