Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 176 Life and Death, an Endless Cycle

Chapter 176 Life and Death, an Endless Cycle

Meng Hongzhuang and Ye Fan's battle set a good precedent for the other seeded students.

They were all first-year recruits, all apprentice-level professionals, and all promising students at the military academy.

Even if the challenge fails, you will only remain in your original position.

Since there are no worries about the future, who's afraid of whom!

Therefore, many people ranked lower choose to challenge those ranked higher.

However, Fang Zhou, Meng Hongzhuang, and Ye Fan remained silent.

Under the watchful eyes of nearly 10,000 instructors and trainees, one exciting battle after another unfolded.

Two hours passed quickly.

Most of the seed students who wanted to challenge others have already done so.

Most of them naturally failed, since the ranking determined by the three-day underground hunting points system is quite valuable.

Only a few exceptionally talented students found suitable opponents, thus successfully improving their rankings by several places.

After waiting for a while, and seeing that no one else was issuing a challenge, Lu Hu stood up and asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to take on a challenge?"

If you miss this one, you'll have to wait until the next biannual sequence battle.

Just when Fangzhou thought today's arena challenge was finally over, Meng Hongzhuang unexpectedly jumped onto the arena again.

Through various means provided by the military academy, Meng Hongzhuang and her animal companions have been restored to a healthy state.

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, she looked at the ark, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"Ark, I challenge you!"

Fangzhou was also a bit confused, not understanding why Meng Hongzhuang was getting involved.

The gap between them is simply too large.

Even if Meng Hongzhuang used the Natural Crown skill on the giant bear Winnie, the giant bear probably wouldn't be able to withstand a casual bone spear from Ark.

The other trainees were also discussing it amongst themselves, wondering what gave Meng Hongzhuang the ark the confidence to challenge it.

Could it be that he became so arrogant and overconfident after defeating Ye Fan?

Meng Hongzhuang naturally heard the whispers below, and she quickly added, "Fang Zhou, I know I definitely can't beat you."

So I just wanted to take this opportunity to exchange tips with you on commanding summoned creatures.

Is it okay?

Meng Hongzhuang knew that her request was somewhat impolite, and her voice involuntarily carried a hint of pleading.

Ye Fan stood in the crowd, watching Meng Hongzhuang's humble posture in front of Fang Zhou, and recalling the humiliation she had just caused him, and couldn't help but clench his fists.

He muttered to himself, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."

Don't bully young poor!

"I will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold in the future!"

The seed students around Ye Fan had long been used to this eccentric teenager's ramblings.

They exchanged a glance, smiled helplessly, and slightly shifted a few feet away from Ye Fan.

Feeling everyone's attention focused on him, Fangzhou, who had originally only intended to be a bystander and collect the first seed reward before running away, shook his head helplessly.

The tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease!

He knew that Meng Hongzhuang, his little assistant, had always wanted to spar with him on summoning techniques, but he had always refused with various excuses.

This time, she finally got her chance.

However, upon glancing at Lu Hu standing on the platform, Fang Zhou had a sudden inspiration.

If I remember correctly, Lu Hu's instructor is a genuine gold-level lower-tier berserker.

Perhaps he could take advantage of Meng Hongzhuang's challenge to openly display the [Berserker Mark] he obtained from General Ning Feihu's spirit to everyone.

Later, he could use this as an excuse to ask Instructor Lu Hu about the choice of skills for the Skeleton Clone Black Iron-level combatant. This would also provide him with a perfect reason to exchange for Black Iron-level combatant skills in the future.

Don't ask him why an apprentice-level necromancer would exchange for a Black Iron-level combat skill; the answer is simply to unlock the potential of heroic spirits.

Having figured this out, Fangzhou looked at Meng Hongzhuang, who was beaming with excitement, on the arena with a touch of pity.

His little assistant probably still thought he was like before, only able to summon ordinary apprentice-level skeletons.

Therefore, she thought that with the newly learned Natural Crown skill, she could still compete with Ark in terms of summoning creatures.

However, now that Meng Hongzhuang has come to him of her own accord, Fang Zhou naturally cannot refuse.

Let Meng Hongzhuang and her animal companions become the first stepping stone for Olaf, the Berserker Hero, to make a name for himself in the world.

Fang Zhou leaped onto the arena and gestured for Meng Hongzhuang to enter.

Meng Hongzhuang was pleasantly surprised to see that Fangzhou had actually accepted her challenge.

Then, she gripped the apprentice's staff tightly, her expression turning serious.

Although she knew she had no chance of winning, if she could hold out against Ark's sea of ​​skeletons for a while and compete with Ark in the art of commanding summoned creatures, she would have achieved her goal.

It's worth noting that ever since the military academy opened its simulated battlefield in the first month of the semester, Meng Hongzhuang has been closely following every battle in the Ark.

She could clearly sense that the speed at which Ark's strength was improving was exceptionally astonishing.

This strength refers not only to the strength and number of the summoned creatures under Ark's command, but also to the tactics and skills Ark uses to command the skeletons.

The latter is the key that Meng Hongzhuang wanted to consult with Fang Zhou about.

A dazzling emerald green light rose up.

Meng Hongzhuang clasped her hands together, closed her eyes and remained silent. The breath of nature flowed around her, and the sound of plants growing seemed to whisper in her ear.

With her gesture, Winnie the Bear, Nidalee the Lynx, Queen the Eagle, and two Thorn Humpbacks that hadn't previously shown much effectiveness all perished.

Unlike their battered and bruised state after their bloody battle with Ye Fan two hours earlier, these animal companions now had healthy-looking fur and eyes filled with a thirst for battle.

Especially the Divine Eagle Quinn, who had previously received the amplification of the [Natural Crown] and defeated Ye Fan with a single strike from high altitude, making a great contribution, was even more arrogant and proud.

After Meng Hongzhuang had set up her formation, Fang Zhou smiled slightly and snapped his fingers with a flourish.

The peaceful atmosphere was shattered by an indescribable force.

Using an ancient incantation as a guide, the Ark cleaved a rift in the void, unleashing a surge of undead power that transformed into a chilling army of skeletons.

Ghostly green flames flickered in the eye sockets of these skulls, gathering silently to the rhythm of death, like the coldest nightmare in the night.

The [Summon Skeleton] skill, having reached an instinctive level of proficiency, revealed the undead creatures' long-overlooked fangs under the watchful eyes of nearly ten thousand instructors and trainees.

The full set of refined Apprentice set bonuses, plus the effect of 8 level 1 gems.

Most importantly, there's the boost that comes from binding the [Night Watcher] world rune.

All these factors combined resulted in the Ark summoning far more skeletons than the necromancer apprentices had originally thought.