Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 781 - 502: Unlocking Ghost Talent, New Race Evolution!

However, the 100,000 undead offered substantial gains in Corpse Essence and Soul Power. What Fang Zhou was far more determined to obtain was the analysis progress for the Ghost race’s talent, represented by the Ghost Lord and its 3,000 Ghost Royal Guards.

Therefore, he ordered Sain to command the Corpse Knight Guards to continuously slaughter the Ghost Royal Guards who had fallen into chaos, ensuring that not a single one escaped.

As for himself, he greedily devoured and absorbed the bounty of the Ghost Lord.

Under Fang Zhou’s Poisonous Skeleton Long Spear, the Ghost Lord’s originally ethereal and transparent body gradually solidified into a gray mass. Large streams of Ghost Essence and Soul Power surged into Fang Zhou’s body through the spear, giving him unparalleled pleasure. This is an opportunity for evolution!

At this time, a prompt appeared on the attribute panel.

"Killing the Ghost Lord enables the consumption of Soul Power to analyze the Ghost race’s talent and acquire Unknown Skills. Would you like to start the analysis?"

Fang Zhou had been waiting for this moment for a long time and started the analysis without hesitation. The more than 100,000 hostile Undead Creatures on the battlefield would naturally provide the necessary Soul Power. With a command from Fang Zhou, the analysis progress of the Ghost race’s talent skill soared on the attribute panel.

Meanwhile, Sain also commanded the Corpse Knight Guards to continuously deliver the slain or captured ghosts to Fang Zhou for him to devour and absorb.

When the Ghost Lord’s final core spiritual substance was absorbed into the vortex, Fang Zhou’s Corpse Body suddenly trembled, and a spectral blue mist oozed from the gaps in his Bone Armor.

"Analysis begins."

The attribute panel unfolded in Fang Zhou’s vision as countless data streams poured down like a waterfall. The racial talents of the Ghosts were deconstructed into their most basic rune structures.

[Body Spiritualization] [Phase Shifting] [Soul Scream]...

Each talent was converted into an absorbable energy module.

The initial mutation occurred in his chest cavity. The ribs, originally encased in the Poisonous Skeleton Armor, began to turn semi-transparent, and the void patterns unique to ghosts surfaced on the bone. Fang Zhou could feel that every breath was accompanied by a flow of spiritual matter, as if his entire body was transitioning from a solid to a gaseous state.

"Four-dimensional Attributes increasing..."

The attribute panel continuously refreshed as Fang Zhou’s Bone Armor automatically restructured itself. The originally thick and heavy Poisonous Skeleton Armor gradually became thinner and lighter. While the surface now showed the void patterns unique to ghosts, it still retained the characteristic hardness of bone.

When Fang Zhou had devoured dozens of Ghost Royal Guards, the mutation reached its climax. His left arm suddenly became ethereal, able to pass through solid matter at will. His right arm, however, maintained its skeletal form, but its bone density had tripled. This was a perfect transformation between his solid and ethereal forms, retaining the physical advantages of a Corpse while gaining the special abilities of a Spirit Body.

As the number of devoured ghosts exceeded one hundred, Fang Zhou began to feel a tearing sensation in his very soul.

The attribute panel displayed a warning: [Degree of Body Spiritualization has exceeded the critical value. Corporeal Origin is being lost.]

Fine cracks appeared on the surface of his Bone Armor, and fragments flaked off with every transformation between his solid and ethereal states.

Balance is needed.

Fang Zhou had Tidamia quickly gather the large quantities of Corpse Essence scattered across the battlefield. The energy from the Corpse Essence achieved a delicate balance with the spiritualization energy, stabilizing the evolution process.

An unknown amount of time passed. The muffled roars and combat sounds from the undead on the battlefield gradually fell silent. When the last ghost was devoured, Fang Zhou finally awoke from the euphoria of evolution.

His body was now a semi-transparent, pale blue, with Void patterns flowing across the surface of his Bone Armor, yet it still retained the silhouette and texture of a corpse. The original Ghost Lord and his 3,000 Ghost Royal Guards had all been reduced to dust, becoming the fuel for Fang Zhou’s analysis of the Ghost race’s talent.

"Ghost race talent analysis successful."

Fang Zhou looked at his attribute panel. Sure enough, there was a brand-new skill in the skills bar.

[Death Spirit Body] (Bronze, Innate): A racial talent of the Ghost Race that grants an instinctual understanding and control over the soul. The user can enter a spiritualized state to dodge most physical attacks. Attacks can be imbued with Soul Attribute damage, striking the enemy’s soul directly and ignoring physical defense.

Like the Skeleton Race’s racial talent [Bone Armament] and the Zombie Race’s racial talent [Foul Incarnation], the brief description contained infinite potential. Ultimately, the effect of the Death Spirit Body talent could be summarized in one phrase: understanding and applying the power of the soul.

Successfully analyzing this skill not only meant that Fang Zhou’s Corpse Clone could enter a spiritual state and significantly increase its combat power. It also meant that the advancement and perfection of the Soul Series skill tree, long stalled for the Undead Mage’s main body, would now be unimpeded and progress by leaps and bounds. The Skeleton Series and Corrosive Poison Series skill trees were proof of this.

But the evolution has only just begun!

After successfully analyzing the Ghost Race’s [Death Spirit Body] skill, Fang Zhou’s Corpse Clone began an unprecedented transformation. A large amount of Soul Energy gradually developed from his flesh and bones. The generation of this energy was as natural as breathing, requiring no additional effort or energy from the clone to control. Every movement, even every bone and muscle, was infused with a tremendous amount of Soul Fire.

With the enhancements from this newly acquired talent skill, the Corpse Clone’s physique also underwent significant changes. Its originally towering four-meter-plus frame swelled to nearly five meters in height, bolstered by Soul Energy. The previously exaggerated muscles and bones became more proportionate, infused with Soul Energy. The overall form grew more harmonious, as if every part was a perfect blend of power and beauty.

The Poisonous Skeleton Armor that originally covered his entire body had now completely transformed into the Spiritual Remains Armor. The armor’s surface presented a spectral blue hue, as if permeated by layers of Soul Energy, appearing exceptionally dense and menacing. The edges of the armor were inlaid with serrated patterns like naturally grown Bone Spines, each one incredibly sharp.

The face of the Spiritual Remains clone became more ferocious. Eerie blue flames burned deep within its eye sockets, like ghostfire in the Abyss, exuding a soul-stirring aura of death. Underneath the armor, the hands of the Spiritual Remains clone grew even larger. Claw-like structures grew between its fingers, their tips gleaming coldly like the talons of a beast, ready to tear apart any enemy that dared approach. Green poisonous fumes and blue Soul Fire occasionally seeped from the surface of its body, dripping onto the ground with a sizzle.

At the same time, a scorching stream surged from the Void, pouring into Fang Zhou’s body. With the injection of this force, his Spiritual Remains body began to undergo dramatic changes. His bones grew thicker and took on a deeper color, resembling ironstone tempered by countless battles. The ribs continuously extended, reducing the gaps between them as if fusing into a solid plate of bone armor, offering him stronger Defense.

This process continued for a full ten minutes until, finally, Fang Zhou completed his evolution. In addition to the changes in size and appearance, he also sensed a faintly radiating aura of might and death, giving him the imposing presence befitting a High-tier Undead. At this moment, Fang Zhou seemed like a true Undead King, and every movement carried an undeniable sense of dread.

As the evolution completed, a series of prompts appeared on the attribute panel.

"Detected that the clone possesses the Skeleton Race’s talent skill [Bone Armament], the Zombie Race’s talent skill [Corrosive Poison Incarnation], and the Ghost Race’s talent skill [Death Spirit Body]. The clone’s race has changed. Please name the new race."

Fang Zhou felt the powerful force surging within him, a clear and significant boost in his strength. This manifested not only in enhanced physical power but also in his control over Soul Energy and the tactical diversity it afforded him.