Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 67 Black Iron Level Skill: Heroic Charge

Once a professional develops a new skill, they will inevitably update the version as their strength and knowledge increase.

The Federation strongly encourages this kind of update and will therefore reward contribution points again based on the specific details of the skill update.

The new [Bone Spear] and [Bone Shield] skills in Arknights are much more powerful than the previous versions, so each skill has received the highest level of 100 contribution points for the Apprentice tier.

With the added bonus of 50% from the necromancer research project fund, Ark gained another 300 contribution points, completely making up for the previous expenses.

Fangzhou opened his personal terminal, found Bai Xiaochun's account, and generously transferred 5 contribution points to her as a performance bonus. The other 5 contribution points were, of course, paid from the project fund.

Wow, the feeling of taking advantage of military academies is so pleasurable!

Meanwhile, Bai Xiaochun was working tirelessly in the research lab, searching for powerful control skills for the Ark.

Suddenly, she received a performance bonus of 10 contribution points.

"Ah, we're rich! We're rich!"

Bai Xiaochun jumped up excitedly.

She had never received so many contribution points at once before, and for a moment she didn't know how to spend them.

After thinking it over, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Good steel should be used on the blade!

I might as well use these 10 contribution points to exchange for the [Skill Insights] of [Song of Triumph].

In that case, she should be able to learn the [Song of Triumph] skill very soon.

With [Lullaby] and [Song of Triumph] in hand, she can better cling to the Ark's powerful backer.

As long as I stay with Ark, will I still lack contribution points in the future?

Lost in her wonderful fantasy, Bai Xiaochun cupped her face and giggled foolishly.

Meng Hongzhuang, watching Bai Xiaochuan's every move with a cold eye, thought to herself with disdain, "Foolish little lamb!"

However, without realizing it, she felt a sense of urgency and started looking up information much faster.

......

Several more days have passed.

Deep in the desolate wasteland, a white whirlwind swept through, taking down a large-shield skeleton warrior with a single spear thrust.

"Detected that the skill proficiency of [Charge] has reached [Instinct]. You can consume Soul Power to deduce its superior skill."

"It is estimated to consume 100 points of soul power. Shall we begin the simulation?"

Looking at the prompts on the attribute panel, the Ark Soul Flame pulsed violently, filled with anticipation.

After so many days of relentless practice, following [Brutal Strike], the Skeleton Clone's second instinct-level combat skill has finally appeared.

I wonder what kind of Iron-level skill he'll be able to deduce this time?

As 100 points of soul power were consumed, the Ark's soul fire grew brighter.

The images of using the [Charge] skill thousands of times over the past month kept flashing through my mind.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him.

"Skill [Heroic Charge] successfully activated."

【Heroic Charge】(Iron Tier, Proficient): Releases all control effects and bursts forth at incredible speed, charging in one direction, dealing collision damage to all enemies in its path and having a chance to knock them back. Distance, speed, and power are determined by agility and skill proficiency.

Fang Zhou gripped the skeletal spear in his hand, carefully reading the description of the [Heroic Charge] skill.

Compared to the previous [Charge], this Iron-tier skill not only has immunity to crowd control, but also has a chance to knock back enemies along the way, making it significantly more powerful.

Not to mention, the movement speed and distance of [Heroic Charge] are also significantly improved compared to [Charge].

Fangzhou randomly chose a direction, unleashed [Heroic Charge], and charged forward, crushing the white bones along the way into dust.

This exhilarating feeling fueled his destructive urges.

He soon found a suitable hunting target.

This is a very rare skeleton archer.

Compared to common skeleton warriors like giant axe skeletons, shield skeletons, and spear skeletons, skeleton archers who can use bows and arrows for ranged attacks are undoubtedly more difficult to deal with.

However, against the Ark's [Heroic Charge], the Skeleton Archers' much-vaunted attack range is nothing more than a decoration.

Upon seeing the ark, it was preparing to draw its bow and shoot an arrow when the ark rushed right up to it.

The skeleton archer stared blankly at the skeleton clone in front of it, which was much taller than it.

Throughout its long life, it had never seen any of its kind move so fast.

Sadly, this meeting turned out to be their last.

Fang Zhou's +1 refined skeletal spear pierced out with lightning speed, shattering the skull of the skeleton archer before it could react.

As the soul flame flickered, its skeletal remains scattered across the ground, becoming the resources for the ark's growth.

Feeling the long, warm current flowing into his body, Fang Zhou raised the skeletal spear, looked at the blood-red moon above his head, and laughed silently.

This feeling of the strong bullying the weak and violently crushing others is truly irresistible!

Once he calmed down, Fangzhou looked at the large amount of soul power that had accumulated on his attribute panel, and then at the skeletal spear in his hand.

"Refinable resources have been detected. You may use 200 points of soul power to refine them."

"Shall we begin refining?"

I've accumulated enough Soul Power and Bone Essence. Attribute Panel, enhance me!

The 200 points of soul power were consumed rapidly, and the bone essence accumulated within the skeleton's body seeped into the bone texture of the skeleton spear little by little, like a stream flowing into the ocean.

A deep, eerie light began to emanate from the surface of the spear, and the originally dull bone fragments came to life under the nourishment of the soul power.

The originally rough bone became harder, shining like black iron.

Soon, the skeletal spear that had accompanied the skeleton clone for nearly two months was successfully upgraded to +2 level.

Fangzhou looked at the attribute panel of the skeleton clone.

[Clone] Skeleton Warrior

[Tier] Black Iron - Lower Rank

[Attributes] Strength 38, Constitution 36, Agility 36, Spirit 32

[Equipment] Skeleton Spear +2 (Level 1 Nether Stone *1), Skeleton Armor

[Skills] Skeleton Chosen (Black Iron, Instinct), Skeleton Armament (Black Iron, Instinct), Brutal Strike (Black Iron, Proficient), Heroic Charge (Black Iron, Proficient), Weapon Specialization (Apprentice, Perfect), Parry (Apprentice, Perfect), War Cry (Apprentice, Perfect)

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Next, what Ark needs to do is accumulate more soul power and refine the Bone Armor to +2.

At the same time, the skills [Weapon Specialization], [Parry], and [Battle Cry] were upgraded to the [Instinct] level of proficiency, and then advanced to Black Iron.

With a few casual swings of the even heavier skeletal spear, Fang Zhou's killing intent surged even higher.

Slaughter, devour, evolve.

Another mournful song of the dead is played on the desolate burial ground.

......

In the early hours of the morning, after several hours of continuous killing, Fangzhou wearily turned his attention back to his main body.

After casually drinking a bottle of [Soul Soothing Potion], Ark looked at his attribute panel with some anticipation.

What kind of growth will the clone's maxed-out [Charge] skill bring to his main body?

"The clone skill has been detected to have reached the [Instinct] proficiency level. It can be used as skill material to refine the skill for the main body. It is estimated that it will consume 10 points of soul power."

"Shall we begin the simulation?"

Fangzhou naturally chose to confirm.

The remaining soul power was consumed by another 10 points, and images of the skeleton clone using the [Charge] skill countless times kept flashing through Ark's mind.

[Charge] is a common movement skill for warriors. Can we absorb its advantages to improve [Bone Wings]?

A flash of inspiration struck Fangzhou, and a notification immediately appeared on the attribute panel.

"Skill [Skeleton Wings] successfully upgraded!"