Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 455 A New Fragment of the Underworld? Power Surges!

With the blessing of the authority of the corpse and the investment of a large amount of soul power, the results were naturally gratifying.

Using itself as a template, Ark successfully deduced a brand-new unit that had never appeared in the Undead Creature Atlas before.

Those are the Iron-tier undead [Skeleton Warrior] and the Bronze-tier undead [Skeleton Knight].

The Corpse Warriors, needless to say, are an elite creation that combines the strengths and advantages of both the Skeleton Warriors and Zombies.

As for the Corpse Knights, as the name suggests, they are a fusion of undead creatures and skeletal warhorses.

With the combined effects of the attribute panel and the Corpse Authority, they have become the most perfect work in Arknights to date.

It can be said that the Corpse Knight, a bronze-tier undead creature, perfectly meets the requirements of Ark for assault units and makes up for the lack of elite front-line forces among low-level undead.

Compared to the Plague Zombies, which are also of the Bronze rank, the Corpse Knights possess far superior mobility.

Not to mention the dead bodies formed from bones and flesh, which are also filled with the putrid venom of the undead that plague zombies pride themselves on.

Aside from potentially being slightly inferior in frontal defense, in terms of devastating power in attack, movement, and even swarm charges, the Corpse Knight can be considered the pinnacle of Bronze-level undead creatures.

After several rounds of deduction and finally determining the template for the first generation of Corpse Knights, Ark commanded the Corpse Guards to search for all kinds of resources across the vast Corpse Hills.

In particular, Ark enslaves every skeletal warhorse it encounters in its quest to synthesize a Corpse Knight.

Fortunately, he possessed the Undead Remodeling Altar and the Burial Ground.

After much research and verification, it is now possible to mass-produce Corpse Knights.

Over this period of time, Ark has successfully transformed 100 Corpse Guards into mid-level Bronze Corpse Knights.

Due to resource constraints, the remaining corpse guards are still at the upper-tier Black Iron level.

This has almost exhausted all the resources he has collected from the Bone Castle and the heart of the Corpse Hills.

If we want to expand further, we either need to wait for a long time to accumulate experience, or we need to explore new fragments of the underworld.

In addition to the Corpse Guards, Ark has also created 4 Captains of Ten Thousand, 47 Captains of a Thousand, and 477 Captains of a Hundred in terms of Corpse Military Talismans.

The four tally tokens were naturally bestowed upon his longest-serving Corpse Knight guards, including Tryndamere, Yone, Sion, and Varus.

The Ark then casually distributed the centurion and chiliarch tallies to the other skeletal guards.

They are called the Corpse Guardians, but given the Ark's current terrifying combat power, they don't actually need to protect them.

At this stage, it is even more necessary for these powerful skeletal guards to act as commanders of the undead army under the Ark after they have mastered the skeletal military token.

The undead commanders have now taken shape, and all that remains is to continue expanding their forces.

With 477 centurion tokens, Ark can command at least 47700 undead creatures through its self-built network of tokens.

Although their strength cannot exceed that of the Black Iron rank due to the limitations of the Corpse Authority, it is still a tremendous improvement for the forces possessed by the Ark.

With his current strength and powerful army, he truly deserves the title of lord.

Everything is ready now, except for the final push.

As if favored by the will of the Netherworld, just as Ark was rubbing his hands together, preparing for a massive conquest, he finally found a fragment of the Netherworld with a significantly higher energy level in the Lord's Hall of the Corpse Cemetery.

His own strength has reached its peak, and he has almost plundered all the resources in the Corpse Hills.

It's time to embark on a new journey!

Of course, given Fang Zhou's meticulous and deliberate nature, he wouldn't act rashly.

Before constructing the undead portal and heading to this new fragment of the underworld, let your servants scout ahead first.

With a wave of his hand, Fangzhou controlled the energy concentration of the undead portal, sending the four most intelligent skeletal commanders inside.

With their mid-level Bronze rank strength and racial combat power coefficient as Corpse Knights, even if they perish, they should still be able to bring back some reliable information for him.

He patted Tryndamere on the shoulder and watched his four underlings enter the portal.

Fangzhou suppressed his somewhat expectant feelings and focused his attention on his own territory.

Now, thanks to the undead network built by the Skeleton Spell, the Ark has a command of 47700 high-ranking Black Iron undead creatures.

The task of enhancing the combat effectiveness of the troops within a limited number of undead creatures became a priority for the Ark.

The Skeleton Legion under the Skeleton Lord, which was previously killed by the Ark, is a negative example.

If the skeleton army he created only had this much strength, then Ark was somewhat disappointed.

Fortunately, he had the Haicheng Military Academy, where his main body was located, as a support, from which he could draw on a wealth of experience and insights regarding troop organization.

Soon, under Ark's meticulous design, a powerful skeletal warband was built.

Just like the Ark was designed before, a standard 10-person skeletal squad is the most basic combat unit.

It includes a skeletal bat as a reconnaissance force and a small number of skeletal archers as a ranged attack force.

The rest are all melee-type skeletal warriors serving as front-line meat shields.

Ten squads make up a company.

Ten squadrons form a battalion.

The 10 battalions form a standard combat unit.

From the squadron level upwards, there are elite skeletons who hold the skeleton talismans meticulously crafted by the Ark and serve as commanders.

This made things much easier for Ark.

It can be said that while launching a new round of territorial expansion, Ark also began training its troops.

Previously, the most elite group of skeleton warriors were concentrated in the Skeleton Lord's Bone Legion.

They were all wiped out by Ark single-handedly.

While the current Corpse Legion under Ark has a very reasonable mix of unit types, in terms of quality alone, it is definitely not as strong as the old skeletons from before.

It was for this reason that, after gathering a force of 40,000, these 40,000 skeletal warriors began to fight one-on-one under Ark's orders.

Fang Zhou's strategy was simple: he did want to reduce the number of his troops, but he couldn't afford to reduce his overall strength in the process.

He had his troops engage in constant battles between the two sides, with the victors absorbing the soul fire of the vanquished to become even stronger.

The principle that quality is more important than quantity in warfare is something Fangzhou also understands.

Thus, a situation that would never have occurred in the Hill of Corpses actually happened.

The troops under the same lord have actually started fighting amongst themselves, with each pair constantly clashing with the others.

Low-level undead such as skeletons and zombies basically have no consciousness.

For them, the lord's orders are the meaning of their existence.

The Ark's orders were carried out and implemented to the best of their ability.

Not long after it began, Ark's forces were reduced from a full 40,000 to less than 20,000.

This was the result of Ark slightly controlling the situation so that the skeletal warriors who had absorbed the Soul Flame could grow better.

Otherwise, the Ark's forces would likely be reduced to less than 10,000 men.

Of course, this was not the ending Fangzhou wanted.

Once the Ark had ensured that the 20,000 skeletal warriors had fully absorbed the soul fire they had acquired, it once again ordered them to engage in one-on-one combat.

Of course, Ark will not stop expanding its forces.

While all the undead were fighting each other, Ark led the Corpse Commanders out on a hunt.

All the skeletons and zombies wandering in this area fell into the Ark's sight.

Regardless of your strength or power, as long as you are an undead, the Ark will immediately send its skeletal guards to apply soul pressure.

Then, using the Corpse Soldier Talisman, they forcibly seized their soul fire and made them their subordinates.

When the day's hunt ends, the Ark will return with the newly acquired skeletons and zombies to begin a new round of one-on-one battles.

The victor will be able to undergo transformation in the Corpse Conversion Pool and become a powerful Corpse Warrior.

The loser sacrifices their flesh and soul to become the material and resources for the winner to become stronger.

In this way, the number of Ark troops kept increasing and decreasing, increasing and decreasing again.

The undead under his command were arguably the fastest-growing and fastest-dying undead in the entire Hill of Corpses.

Because there has never been a necromancer lord in the Hill of Corpses who gave such a command to his subordinates!

The presence of the Corpse Commander also greatly reduced the workload of the Ark.

He only needs to give them a general idea of ​​what to do, and they can carry it out.

With the Ark's ruthless exploitation of resources, the central area of ​​the Corpse Hills has become a veritable death zone.

It's really hard to find one or two wandering skeletons, and even if you do find them, they're usually weak undead that have just been promoted to the upper rank of Black Iron.

However, the results are obvious.

Now, every skeleton warrior under Ark's command has begun to show signs of metallization.

Furthermore, with the boost from the Ark's Corpse Soldier Talisman, these Corpse Warriors, whose rank remained at the upper Black Iron level, all forged their own second Corpse Armaments.

Melee skeletons such as giant axe skeletons, spear skeletons, and greatsword skeletons are mostly equipped with bone armor or shields to increase their frontal combat capabilities.

Skeleton archers or skeletal bats, on the other hand, embody more offensive weapons or functional equipment.

For example, some elite skeletal archers had faint phosphorescent powder on their bodies.

The bone arrows they shoot are no longer ordinary bone arrows, but phosphorescent bone arrows that adhere to their targets and burn continuously.

Its destructive power is incomparable to that of ordinary bone arrows.

These are all optimal solutions chosen by the undead based on their combat experience and the instincts of their soul fire.

Regardless of their specific form, these enhancements significantly boosted their combat capabilities.

Fangzhou roughly calculated that in the past month, nearly 100,000 skeletons and zombies had died in his territory.

The skeleton's bones, left behind after its death, formed a thick layer, giving off a bloodthirsty feeling!

But he was still not satisfied with just that.

Because when these clusters of metallized corpses faced the Corpse Knight's personal guards, their combat strength was only at a level where they could put up a fight.

How could such an ending satisfy Ark, which wanted to build an army that could dominate the underworld?

If a mere few bronze-ranked skeletal guards could cause these skeletal warbands to suffer heavy losses, then what about the even more powerful undead creatures they might encounter in other fragments of the undead realm?

Ghosts? Vampires? Or even liches?

With this in mind, Fangzhou had made up his mind.

Next, he maintained his Corpse Legion at around 80% strength and continued the endless training.

It wasn't until Tryndamere and his skeletal guards sent some useful information through the undead teleportation array that this continued.

I wonder what the distribution of power is like in the other fragment of the Netherworld on the other side of the teleportation array.

Given Ark's current situation, it would be best to target a weaker opponent.

Although his current army only has 40,000 men, as long as the energy concentration of the undead fragments on the other side is not too high and the undead level is not too powerful, his mountain of corpses and sea of ​​bones can basically be considered the elite of the elite in a place where low-level undead are everywhere.

After all, low-level undead creatures that are disorganized and undisciplined are like a mob, completely uncontrollable.

Even a small army can easily defeat a mob that outnumbers them many times over.

Moreover, Ark's subordinates are all elites among skeletons!

At the Beast City Inn, Fang Zhou, who had been sitting cross-legged in the meditation circle with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

The strength and influence of the corpse clones are steadily increasing day by day.

The previous minor incident, the sudden discovery of the fragment of the Netherworld, has led to the dispatch of guards to explore it.

All Ark needs to do now is wait patiently.

After stretching slightly, Fang Zhou washed up and went to bed to rest.

The next day, Fangzhou purchased some supplies at the market in the Beast City and prepared to set off for another hunt.

Once again, we took the train to the outpost and arrived at the Adventurers' Guild, where adventurers were everywhere, either accepting or submitting quests.

"Hello, here's the quest: clear out low-level ferocious beasts and gather spiritual materials."

Arriving at the counter, Fangzhou pointed to the two simple tasks that were always displayed at the top.

"Which team?" the staff member behind the counter asked without looking up.

Most of these service personnel are also apprentices.

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However, they basically lack the potential to break through to a higher level.

"Single person accepts".

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Upon hearing this, the staff member inside looked up at Fang Zhou, then said nothing more.

Anyone who dares to hunt ferocious beasts alone is either incredibly bold or a truly powerful individual.

In either case, it has nothing to do with them.