Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

With resources, Lynn no longer lived a frugal life, and spent his days cultivating with magic stones in his hands.

It consumes one magic stone almost every night, which can increase meditation efficiency by about 100%.

Ordinary apprentices would never be so extravagant; one magic stone is enough for their living expenses for a month, and using it directly for cultivation would be too wasteful.

Lynn didn't care about any of that; he made money quickly by doing tasks every day and didn't feel bad about it at all.

Only by growing up quickly can we gather more resources and thus create a virtuous cycle.

Lynn's [Soul Whisper Meditation Technique] was also optimized during this period, increasing meditation efficiency by another 53%.

With his natural talent, his daily meditation efficiency is many times higher than that of others.

After a week of continuous meditation aided by magic stones, Lynn's body trembled slightly as he meditated, and it was as if some kind of barrier in his mind had suddenly shattered!

At this moment, his mind was in a state of great turmoil, and Lynn's spirit was extremely active, causing him to immediately exit the meditative state.

Is this... a breakthrough to the second-tier apprentice level?

Lynn had a sudden thought and used the analysis function on himself.

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Name: Lynn

[Mental Strength]: 20 points

[Bloodline]: Human (100%)

[Status]: Advancement state, negative energy is being cleansed, magic power increases, physical adaptability increases, and physical strength increases.

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Mental Strength: 20 points!

The boundary of a second-class wizard apprentice!

The day has finally come!

Lynn could feel his skin gradually becoming tougher under the wash of negative energy, his body's "conductivity" becoming stronger, and his brain's thinking speed becoming faster.

The total amount and quality of magical power have also been greatly improved, and the consumption will be much less if a level zero spell is cast again.

At the same time, all his senses became clearer, and he was able to see more vibrant colors and feel a more realistic world.

I wonder what the world would be like through the eyes of a formal wizard.

According to the academy's regulations, a certified second-class apprentice must master at least one apprentice-level sorcery.

This was no challenge for Lynn.

Once the negative energy was washed away, Lynn seemed to have been reborn.

Without hesitation, he guided the model of the apprentice-level sorcery [Soul Impact], which had already been analyzed and optimized to 100%, to the side of his spiritual core and meticulously constructed it with pure spiritual power.

Apprentice-level sorcery is far more complex than magic tricks, containing tens of thousands of runes. If inscribed on the core of one's mind, it would be impossible to inscribe even two.

With the help of the analytical model, Lynn replicated it one-to-one.

When this sorcery model was fully formed and began to revolve around the spiritual core like a satellite, he officially entered the realm of a second-class wizard apprentice!

The original level zero magic was directly inscribed on the mental core, filling up the "bandwidth" of the mental core.

As he was promoted to second-class apprentice, his spiritual core was expanded, allowing him to depict more level zero magic tricks.

Subsequent witchcraft directly surrounds the spiritual core, forming concentric "model satellites." The further outward one goes, the larger the space becomes, and the higher the level of the witchcraft.

When Lynn's mental strength grows again, he can propel the "model satellite" outward to increase space and build more sorcery models.

Now that Lynn has just entered the second-class apprenticeship, he can probably construct five apprentice-level spells.

This is already quite remarkable; most newly promoted second-class apprentices can only construct one or two apprentice-level spells at the beginning.

Only by constantly meditating or using potions to enhance one's mental strength can one construct more witchcraft.

After completing the first apprentice-level spell, Lynn subsequently completed the modeling of [Bone Barrier], [Undead Domination], [Shadow Traversal], and [Undead Enhancement].

These are the most suitable spells available at present.

【Soul Impact】is used for direct attacks and interrupting spellcasting.

The [Bone Barrier] is primarily defensive, offering higher defense than the [Bone Armor] and capable of protecting vital areas such as the head.

Needless to say, [Undead Domination] and [Undead Enhancement] are the academy's "traditional culture" and Lynn's main methods at present.

【Shadow Travel】is a life-saving technique; in times of crisis, you can "flash" to escape.

As for the [Negative Energy Ray], which is usually preferred by apprentices, Lynn did not learn it.

It might be somewhat useful in battles against wizards from other academies, but it is easily countered in the "Bone Spire Academy".

Attacking the opponent's undead has no effect; instead, it strengthens the opponent.

Fight the wizard apprentices; everyone has a [Bone Armor], a [Negative Energy Shield], or simply a bone shield.

This makes the status of the [negative energy ray] extremely awkward.

The other apprentices also knew this, but they were attracted by the simplicity and ease of imitation of this witchcraft, and most of them used it to strengthen their own undead.

After successfully crafting the five sorcerer's seals, Lynn immediately set about integrating all the undead resources at his disposal.

He used the permanent binding effect of [Undead Domination] to firmly link his core combatants Wu Liuqi and the Death Knight to his own spiritual core.

This binding will consume some of Lynn's mental energy, but it will eliminate the need to imprint a mental mark on him every so often.

If Lynn dies, these bound undead will go berserk and seek revenge for Lynn.

With Lynn's current mental strength and the optimized [Undead Domination] skill, he can bind four level 2 undead at the same time, forming an undead squad.

He then selected two of the most useful undead from his previous loot and bound them to his spawn.

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[Target]: Berserker Stitches

[Rank]: lv2 (Elite)

[Composition]: Mixed enhanced flesh and blood (strength: medium, regeneration ability: weak), chaotic soul aggregate (stability: medium), painful nerve cords

【ability】:

Putrid Slash: A powerful arm delivers an area-of-effect attack, accompanied by a foul stench and mild poison.

Tentacle Entanglement: Arms made of fleshy tentacles can extend rapidly, binding and pulling individual enemies, causing them to lose their balance and be briefly immobilized.

Flesh and Blood Devouring: This ability allows you to accelerate your recovery from injuries by devouring flesh and blood.

Damage absorption: Thick layers of flesh and fat can effectively absorb physical impacts.

[Potential]: Low (Structure is unstable; forced upgrades may lead to disintegration)

[Evaluation]: An excellent tank and crowd controller. Its whiskers can effectively disrupt formations, but you need to be careful to control its berserk tendencies.

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[Target]: Bone Guardian

[Rank]: lv2 (Elite)

[Composition]: Dense skeleton (Strength: Medium), Steady Soulfire (Obedience: Extremely High), Rune Bone Shield

【ability】:

Shield Bash: Slam the enemy with a heavy runic bone shield, dealing blunt damage and briefly stunning them.

Hold firm: Enter a defensive stance, greatly increasing your physical defense.

Bone Shield Parry: Automatically parries physical attacks from the front, with a high success rate.

Loyal Guardian: Possesses extremely high loyalty to the controller and will proactively take attacks for the controller.

[Potential]: Medium (can be improved to a limited extent by replacing the skeleton and shield with higher-level ones)

[Review]: The most reliable personal guard, focused on defense, giving its owner peace of mind.

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After advancing to the next level, the analysis function seems to have been further enhanced, now including an "evaluation" of the target.

I currently have other undead on hand, but none of them are very useful.

While skeleton archers are rare ranged attackers, their endurance is too poor, and their negative energy arrows are somewhat ineffective against other wizards.

The Wraith's main attack methods are mental and soul attacks, which overlap somewhat with Lynn's methods, and its level 1 is a bit low.

Ghouls are too weak. They usually hunt in groups, and a single ghoul is very poor and can be easily defeated.

The Skeleton Guardian can stay by your side at all times to protect you, while the Stitches is the best meat shield, able to withstand damage and use the tentacles on its arms to pull and control enemies.

This undead squad, consisting of Shadow Assassin (Scissor Seven), Heavy Knight (Death Knight), Meat Shield Vanguard (Frankenstein), and Loyal Guardian (Bone Guardian), is beginning to take shape.