madnovel Chapter 343 Bloodbath on the Path of Dao, Absorbing the Dark Amber
Chapter 343 Bloodbath on the Path of Dao, Absorbing the Dark Amber
Chapter 343 Bloodbath on the Path of Dao, Absorbing the Dark Amber
As before, the blue energy exploded the moment it entered the stomach, merging with the necromantic energy throughout the body, causing its power to surge.
But this time the effect was much weaker.
Even so, it made the necromantic energy emanating from the Ark even colder and more chilling.
Blue energy flames leaped between the gaps in his full-body armor, making him appear both majestic and ferocious.
With a snap, the Ark's size continued to grow and strengthen under the stimulation of this energy.
Its body is a grotesque mass of bones and flesh, and it is over 2.6 meters tall.
Fang Zhou clenched his bone fists with satisfaction, feeling the surging power within him, and looked at the attribute panel in front of him.
The four-dimensional attributes have increased by nearly 3 points compared to before.
Although the improvement wasn't as significant as the last one, it's still quite good.
Fangzhou pressed on, turning its burning gaze to the last blue pearl.
He picked it up and swallowed it in one gulp.
The familiar surge of energy filled his entire body once again.
This time, Ark's size increased to 2.7 meters, and its four-dimensional attributes increased by an average of two points.
In summary, these three blue pearls directly increased the skeleton clone's four main attributes by an average of 10.
point.
This undoubtedly greatly accelerated the evolution speed of the skeleton clone.
Now, its average four-dimensional attributes have exceeded 60 points.
Its strength attribute has reached a high of 65 points, and it is not far from breaking through the next bottleneck to the upper level of Black Iron.
Thinking of this, both the skeleton clone of the Ark and the necromancer in the meditation room revealed a mysterious smile.
That's not all for tonight.
Fangzhou focused his mind on his main body, observing its attribute panel.
The skeleton clone's four-dimensional attributes surged, naturally benefiting the original body as well.
Currently, the spirit attribute of the main body has exceeded 9 points, and is very close to the 10 points required for the perfect apprentice realm.
Judging from this progress, even if the Ark gains nothing further, relying solely on the daily hunting and leveling up of its clones and attribute feedback, the main body can attempt to break through the bottleneck and reach the Black Iron level in less than a month.
The Iron rank signifies the condensation of an invisible energy core, the fixation of innate spells, the learning of professional specializations, and the updating of professional skills.
By then, the Ark's combat power will have made a huge leap compared to its current level.
Breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to the Black Iron rank in less than half a year is an unprecedented record in the history of Haicheng Military Academy.
Fangzhou secretly looked forward to it.
Over the next few days, Fangzhou proceeded with his ascetic-like training in an orderly manner.
Over this period of time, he finally managed to cultivate his Soul Vision skill to an instinctive level of proficiency.
He is now improving his proficiency in each of his skeletal skill trees.
The most crucial skill, Bone Spear, is almost at the level of instinctive proficiency.
Peaceful days always pass quickly.
Until one day, the logistics department sent him an email to his personal terminal: "Sergeant Fangzhou, the rewards for your participation in the recruit competition, the Amber and the Mana Conductor professional skill learning chip, have been delivered to the logistics department of Haicheng Military Academy."
Please collect it as soon as possible.
In the underground training grounds of the Hall of Glory, Fang Zhou looked at the information on his personal terminal, and his brows twitched involuntarily.
Bai Xiaochun, who was standing to the side, was paying close attention to Fang Zhou's actions. Seeing his familiar expression, she knew that something good was about to happen.
She puffed out her cheeks, gently blew on her bangs, and asked curiously, "Fangzhou, what's the good news?"
Fang Zhou turned around, smiled at his right-hand men, and said casually, "It's nothing, my recruit competition reward has arrived."
After the course, I need to go to the logistics department to collect the Amber and my professional skill learning chip.
Bai Xiaochun, standing to the side, blinked with a hint of envy and said with self-pity, "Congratulations, Fang Zhou."
The rare and precious materials I desire are still nowhere to be found. I wonder if I'll have a chance to acquire them before I break through my bottleneck and advance to the Black Iron realm.
Seeing that today's combat training was about to end, Fang Zhou comforted Bai Xiaochun for a few words, then went up to say goodbye to Instructor Lu Hu before turning around and leaving the underground training ground.
Logistics Department of Haicheng Military Academy, Warehouse 2103.
After receiving Ark's application, the familiar one-eyed instructor had already prepared the Amber and the chip.
After Fangzhou completed the handover procedures, a series of routine checks and signatures were performed. The one-eyed instructor then handed Fangzhou a resource package filled with necessary supplies.
Just as Fangzhou was about to turn and leave, the one-eyed instructor's voice suddenly came from behind.
"Wait, the Ark!"
Fang Zhou stopped and looked back at the instructor, who looked at him with a mixture of doubt and surprise.
"Am I mistaken?" the one-eyed instructor said. "I remember it wasn't long ago that you came to collect supplies last time."
But why do I feel that your mental energy fluctuations are much stronger than last time?
This power was almost overflowing, like a prelude to its transformation into magical power.
"Could it be that you're nearing the bottleneck of the Black Iron rank?"
Fang Zhou's heart skipped a beat when faced with the instructor's question.
He knew that his changes in strength could not be hidden from an experienced Silver-rank professional like the One-Eyed Instructor.
So he nodded readily and replied, "Yes, instructor."
During this period, I found that meditation was very effective.
He even occasionally entered a state of sudden enlightenment, resulting in a significant increase in his mental strength limit.
After hearing Fang Zhou's words, the one-eyed instructor was stunned for a moment, then circled Fang Zhou a few times with an incredulous expression, as if trying to confirm something.
Finally, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed in sudden realization, "I know!"
It must be because you performed exceptionally well in the recruit skills competition.
That kind of high-intensity combat not only tests your will, but also greatly promotes your mental cultivation.
That's why you've made such great progress in just one week!
Fangzhou was somewhat taken aback when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, the one-eyed instructor was able to offer an explanation from this perspective.
In fact, the reason why Fangzhou's mental power was able to increase so much in a short period of time was because his skeleton clone's four-dimensional attributes were greatly enhanced after absorbing three blue crystal energy crystals.
This enhanced power was also fed back to the main body.
However, such a secret is obviously not something that can be told to outsiders.
At this moment, the one-eyed instructor's explanation provided Fang Zhou with a reasonable cover-up, so that he would not have to worry about others questioning his rapid progress.
During these decades of the Mythical Era, many exceptionally talented professionals did indeed emerge.
They are skilled in combat and advocate a training method of "using combat to sustain combat".
These professionals often make only average progress in their daily training, and may even appear to have mediocre talent.
However, in tense and fierce battles, especially in life-or-death struggles with demons, if they manage to survive, the struggle on the edge of life and death will unleash the enormous potential hidden within them.
This potential will accelerate their training speed at crucial moments.
Although this method is extremely dangerous and has a very high mortality rate, it is not adopted by people like Fang Zhou who pursue steady cultivation.
However, for the very few combat geniuses who revere battle and possess sufficient strength and luck, the method of using battle to sustain themselves in battle can allow them to rapidly improve their realm and rise like a comet.
Fang Zhou has two such companions: one is the battle-crazed loli Meng Hongzhuang, and the other is the cool and collected Ye Fan.
Although Fangzhou himself did not fully agree with this high-risk training method, it was the perfect excuse to use it to rapidly improve his strength.
Fang Zhou smiled slightly, offering no further explanation for the one-eyed instructor's speculation, and tacitly accepting the other's assumption.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with the one-eyed instructor, he picked up the resource box containing supplies, quickened his pace, and headed towards the necromancer research group's laboratory located at the other end of the campus.
Along the way, a new idea popped into Fangzhou's mind.
Perhaps we should look for or deduce some skills that can conceal one's own energy aura.
Although he was relatively safe inside the Haicheng Military Academy, and the instructors around him posed no threat to him.
However, in order to avoid unnecessary suspicion and trouble, it is best to keep one's cultivation speed within a shocking yet still acceptable range.
While the Sky Bottle that Ark had previously acquired through a trade was good at concealing his whereabouts and those of his undead army, it was not suitable for his self-concealment in daily life.
With this in mind, Fangzhou noted the idea down in his memo so that he could explore it further in the future.
Pushing open the laboratory door, Instructor Su Xinyan was already waiting for a long time.
She did this to help the Ark better absorb the Amber and master the profession of Mana Conductor.
In a quiet meditation room, Fang Zhou had already set up the portable concentration meditation array he received from the military academy's logistics department, and it was ready to go.
This portable magic circle is just as effective as his usual beginner concentration meditation room.
The only difference is that it requires a specific energy battery to activate.
These energy batteries are not difficult to obtain; they can be exchanged in large quantities at the military academy's logistics department, and the price is relatively cheap for the Ark.
In summary, the cost of using the portable Concentration Meditation Array in Ark is slightly more expensive than the time spent directly exchanging for a Concentration Meditation Room, but the difference is not significant.
Therefore, during this period, Fangzhou continued to practice in the meditation room.
On the one hand, he had gotten used to this method over the past few months, and on the other hand, he wanted to save some contribution points.
More importantly, the true value of portable concentration meditation arrays lies in their ability to provide a stable training environment in complex and ever-changing battlefield conditions.
This allows users to focus on meditation with peace of mind in any situation, quickly regaining their fighting power without worrying about external interference.
It not only helps users quickly restore their combat power through focused meditation, but also avoids adding unnecessary training time in the battlefield environment and slows down the user's training progress.
This is the second official use of the portable meditation array by the Ark, following its initial trial.
Following Instructor Su Xinyan's guidance, Fang Zhou first calmed his mind and meditated briefly to get himself into the best possible state.
This will help him to better absorb the amber in the future.
Previously, Meng Hongzhuang, Liu Diewu, Yue Lingyun, and even Zhang Wu, all natural-type professionals, had used similar methods when absorbing natural treasures.
Fangzhou had accumulated a wealth of valuable experience from them, so when operating this process, his movements were smooth and fluid, without any sense of stagnation.
After adjusting his condition, Fangzhou opened his eyes and opened the resource box in his hand.
The hard-won amber lay quietly inside the box.
This is a rare and precious material with undead attributes that was painstakingly collected from the military inventory of the Dragonxia Federation.
From its appearance, this amber is exactly the same as the picture that Fangzhou saw in Su Xinyan's necromancer training notes.
The appearance of the amber is like a clump of gelatinous substance formed by the coagulation of black liquid, about the size of an adult's fist, with a smooth and glossy surface.
This black substance seemed to contain an aura of decay and death.
As Fang Zhou gazed at You Po, he suddenly seemed to sense a profound meaning of life and death, and the endless cycle of reincarnation.
But this feeling was fleeting, like a flash of inspiration that disappeared in an instant.
Su Xinyan, who was standing to the side, carefully examined the piece of amber, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes.
She said, "This piece of amber looks much larger than the one my father found for me back then, and the energy inside is exceptionally concentrated."
This piece of amber is more than enough for you, so hurry up and eat it.
When exposed directly to the atmosphere of Earth, amber is easily diluted and deteriorates, which is one of the reasons why amber is extremely rare on Earth.
For apprentice-level professionals, the amount of rare and precious materials they can absorb is limited.
Within this limit, naturally the greater the quantity and the more concentrated the energy of the natural treasures, the better, so as to maximize their effectiveness.
Fang Zhou composed himself and, following the experience Su Xinyan had previously taught him, swallowed the piece of amber in one gulp.
For professionals with other attributes, this piece of amber is an extremely potent poison.
Let alone swallowing it whole, even the slightest touch will cause it to be corroded by the death energy and lead to serious illness.
However, for undead-attribute professionals like Fang Zhou and Su Xinyan, this Ghost Amber is a highly effective tonic.
Under Ark's keen perception, the amber melted in his mouth, its texture somewhat similar to chocolate pudding.
But instead of sweetness, it brought a cold rush that slid down his throat and into his body.
At the same time, Ark's attribute panel responded in a timely manner.
"Absorption of alien resources detected. Perfect absorption can be achieved by consuming soul power. Begin absorption?"
Fang Zhou was overjoyed, not expecting that the attribute panel would actually help him absorb the Amber.
Instructor Su Xinyan had previously told him that each individual professional has a different level of absorption capacity for natural treasures of their own attribute.