FVN Chapter 363 A brand new specialization: Summoning!
Chapter 363 A brand new specialization: Summoning!
Chapter 363 A brand new specialization: Summoning!
To be honest, Fang Zhou was very popular at Haicheng Military Academy.
His two best instructors were none other than Instructor Su Xinyan and Instructor Lu Hu.
Although Instructor Lu Hu was not as proficient in necromancy as Instructor Su Xinyan, he provided Ark with many valuable suggestions from the perspective of a Gold-rank combatant.
After exchanging a few words, Fang Zhou asked, "Instructor Lu Hu, it's almost the end of the semester. Can I skip a grade in the assessment?"
Instructor Lu Hu grinned and said, "Of course, no problem."
The supplementary training I've given you over the past two months has been just right, covering the entire curriculum for the first grade.
As I mentioned before, the assessment for skipping grades consists of a theoretical test and a practical test.
However, you are now the only student in the history of Haicheng Military Academy to break through the bottleneck and advance to the Black Iron rank within one semester, that is, within six months.
Those practical tests are designed for apprentices and are of no use to you whatsoever.
Don't worry, I'll apply to the military academy later to allow you to pass the combat test without taking the exam.
Instructor Lu Hu continued, "However, the theoretical test is also very important. It tests your knowledge reserves, and this part cannot be omitted."
If you have no objections, I can now apply for your skip-grade theory test for tomorrow.
Fang Zhou thought about it and realized that he benefited from his extraordinary mental attributes, the inspiration brought by his soul power, and his extraordinary memory in his burst state.
He had already thoroughly grasped and understood the essential theoretical knowledge required for first-year students at Haicheng Military Academy, as well as some of the theoretical knowledge required for second-year students.
It should have no problem handling a theoretical test.
Fang Zhou calmly said to Instructor Lu Hu, "Instructor Lu Hu, I have no problems and am ready to take the advanced theory test at any time."
Instructor Lu Hu nodded, patted Fang Zhou on the shoulder, and said, "Well done. I'll go prepare it for you now."
Although you have broken through the bottleneck and advanced to Iron rank, far ahead of the first-year students, you must not be arrogant or complacent.
After all, among the second-year seed students, more than a dozen have already broken through their bottlenecks and advanced to the Black Iron rank. Although you have perfected and perfected the necromancer class skills of the apprentice stage, you are still a complete newbie at the Black Iron rank.
Instructor Lu Hu continued earnestly, "Compared to other established professions, you lack mature and reliable professional skills data for learning and practice."
To make progress, as you told me before, you also need to rely on your own deduction and improvement.
This also means you'll need to put in more effort and creativity than other Iron-level trainees to continue your legendary achievements from your apprenticeship stage.
Fang Zhou nodded solemnly, keeping Instructor Lu Hu's instructions in mind.
He also consulted Instructor Lu Hu about some cultivation precautions for the Black Iron rank.
Instructor Lu Hu patiently answered every question Fang Zhou had, teaching him everything from basic skills practice to the application of combat techniques, leaving no detail untouched.
Fangzhou listened very attentively and kept every piece of advice in mind.
Finally, Fang Zhou saluted Instructor Lu Hu and said, "Thank you, Instructor Lu Hu. Your guidance is very important to me."
I will prepare well and strive for good results in tomorrow's theory test.
After saying that, he turned and hurriedly left the Hall of Glory where he was giving lectures.
Inside warehouse number 2103 of the Logistics Department of Haicheng Military Academy.
The one-eyed instructor stared blankly at the ark.
Fangzhou took the massive amount of resources worth thousands of contribution points that he had previously exchanged from him.
The most expensive item is naturally the "Powerful Undead Summoning" class feat training manual.
Secondly, there are four bottles of attribute-enhancing potions of the Black Iron rank.
Further on, there were three pieces of white, common-quality Nova Mage set, as well as a dozen or so Iron-grade mage skill books and skill notes.
As for the remaining cultivation resources such as mental energy recovery potions and soul nourishment potions, they seem less conspicuous in comparison.
Carrying a wealth of cultivation resources, Fang Zhou returned to the necromancer research group.
He immediately swallowed all four bottles of attribute-enhancing potions.
With his own talent, Fangzhou fully absorbed the medicinal power of these four attribute-specific elixirs.
Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit all increased by 10 points.
Ark's current four attributes are Strength 25, Agility 25, Constitution 25, and Spirit 40.
Feeling the surging magical power within his body, Fang Zhou was extremely satisfied.
That familiar feeling is back!
Pay-to-win cheats, that's the cultivation path that Ark is best at!
Now that I've spent all my money, all that's left is to cheat.
Attribute panel, add some points to me!
He glanced at the remaining amount of Soul Power in the attribute panel, took a deep breath, and took out the data key to the "Powerful Necromancer" class feat training manual that he had been longing for.
Just as he had done before to teach his clone the common skills of Black Iron-level combatants, Ark inserted this data key into his personal terminal.
With the key inserted, a massive amount of professional skill training data instantly flashed before Ark's eyes.
This information flooded into his mind like a tidal wave. He could clearly feel the details of each piece of information, as if he had personally experienced countless summoning training sessions.
Typically, an ordinary professional will face a series of complex and rigorous learning processes when honing their professional skills.
They will follow the instructions in the training manual, starting with the most basic theoretical knowledge and gradually transitioning to practical operation.
Every step must be strictly followed according to the manual's requirements. This is not only to ensure the correctness of the skills, but also to hone the professional's will and patience.
Countless repetitions of practice, countless failures and attempts—these are all indispensable parts.
Only through long-term, rigorous training can professionals deeply imprint the professional skills they have learned into their core energy, enabling them to apply them freely in real-world situations.
However, Fangzhou's talent is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Looking at the attribute panel in front of him, a confident smile appeared on his lips.
A line of small text was clearly displayed on the properties panel, providing the hint he wanted.
"A resolvable profession skill has been detected. You can quickly learn it by consuming Soul Power. The estimated consumption is 1000 Soul Power."
"Shall we begin learning?"
When Fang Zhou saw the amount of soul power required, he couldn't help but gasp in pain.
I never imagined that learning a specialty quickly would require so much soul power.
The "Powerful Undead Summoning" class specialty training manual is priced at 1000 contribution points in the Haicheng Military Academy Logistics Department resource library.
However, due to the special 30% discount offered by Ark, he only needs to pay 300 contribution points to obtain this valuable information.
However, there are no discounts or special offers available in the Ark if you want to quickly learn by consuming soul power.
To get started quickly, he had no choice but to honestly use up the 1000 contribution points he had painstakingly accumulated.
Gritting his teeth, Fang Zhou hardened his heart and made up his mind about this choice.
After all, according to what Instructors Su Xinyan and Huang Qiuyue said before, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort for a Black Iron level professional to learn a new professional specialty, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to successfully inscribe the specialty into their mana core.
Every moment is precious.
Fangzhou doesn't have that much time and energy to waste on learning this professional skill right now.
Moreover, the "Powerful Undead Summoning" feat is of great significance to the Ark.
It could even be said that in terms of directly enhancing combat power, it is more important than all of his other skills.
This spiritual power cannot be spared.
After figuring this out, Fang Zhou quickly calmed down and began to experience the unique feeling that came with consuming such a huge amount of soul power.
This was his largest single expenditure of soul power.
The duration and intensity of the burst of inspiration he experienced exceeded his previous expectations.
Inspiration surged forth like a tide, one wave after another impacting Ark's soul.
Every detail about "Powerful Undead Summoning" was presented before his eyes, like vivid images appearing one after another in his mind, and then forcibly imprinted into his memory.
After an unknown amount of time, this burst of inspiration finally subsided.
Ark's attribute panel also displayed a notification: "Successfully learned the profession feat [Powerful Undead Summoning]".
Fangzhou's gaze fell on the message, and the surprise in his eyes was hard to hide.
He eagerly opened his attribute panel and carefully read the descriptions of his newly acquired abilities in the specialty section.
[Powerful Undead Summoning]: Through daily practice, your skill in summoning undead creatures grows stronger. This quantitative increase leads to a qualitative leap; after mastering this feat, the number of undead creatures summoned when you cast summoning undead creature-type skills increases dramatically.
Fangzhou focused his mind on his mana core and quickly grasped the powerful undead summoning class feat that he had just mastered.
The feedback from his mind allowed him to quickly grasp the specific effects of this professional expertise.
This necromancer class-specific feat increases the number of undead creatures summoned by 5% when he uses summoning necromancer skills.
Such a boost is something any necromancer would dream of. What's most exciting is that this bonus isn't limited to any particular type of undead creature. Whether it's skeleton warriors, zombie servants, or even higher-level ghosts or wraiths, all will be affected by this feat.
Fang Zhou's face beamed with undisguised joy.
At this moment, even he himself could not fully imagine how astonishing the combined power of the "Powerful Undead Summoning" class feat and the already solidified talent skill "Summon Undead Creatures" would be.
Normally, based on Instructor Su Xinyan's years of experience, as the necromancer's level increases, the level of the undead creatures that can be summoned will naturally increase as well.
And the upgrade in level naturally means an increase in quality.
This increase usually means a decrease in quantity.
Because improving quality often comes at the cost of sacrificing quantity.
Therefore, for a typical necromancer, the number of undead creatures of the same rank that can be summoned is extremely limited.
It's impossible to summon hundreds of skeletons at will like Ark did when it was at the apprentice level.
Even experts like Su Xinyan or Master Sandru could not possibly summon an army of undead of hundreds of gold-tier lich lords at once.
But for Ark, all of this does not seem like an unattainable dream.
Imagining the wonderful scene of summoning an army of lich lords with a wave of his hand, Ark struck while the iron was hot and took out several data transmission keys.
These keys contain his carefully selected, highest-priority Iron-level skills.
Fortunately, Ark had used its skeletal clones to hunt extensively over the previous two months, accumulating a large amount of soul power.
All of this is in preparation for today's consumption.
He had just spent over a thousand points of soul power to acquire the "Powerful Undead Summoning" feat.
Ark doesn't care about what's left now.
Fangzhou inserted the data transmission key into his personal terminal. With a slight buzzing sound, several prompts quickly popped up on his attribute panel: "Learnable skill material detected. You can consume 100 points of soul power to quickly learn the skill."
"Shall we begin learning?"
"Skill proficiency enhancement material detected. It is estimated that it will consume 100 points of soul power to be perfectly absorbed."
"Shall we begin absorption?"
Fangzhou hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to put the learning of those skills and insights aside for the time being.
The most important task at present is to master these Iron-level skills as soon as possible, so that we can have more means and stronger support in future battles.
He examined the list of skills in his hand.
A friend in life, a summoner mage mount, fluent in languages, and a powerful calming effect.
Zombie Meditation, Summon Skeleton Warrior, Summon Zombie, Undead Lieutenant.
He began to learn these skills one by one.
With each new skill learned, I could feel a subtle energy flowing through my body, as if countless tiny fragments of knowledge were being reassembled in my mind, eventually forming a complete skill map.
Ark spent the remaining 800 Soul Power to master each of the eight skills.
However, he had to temporarily set aside the remaining four skills—Corrosive Web, Chain Death Missiles, Eye of Weakness, and Plague Explosion—and wait until he had more soul power to make a decision about them later.
The saying "Even a hero can be brought down by a penny" perfectly describes the current state of Ark.
During his apprenticeship, he relied on a large amount of soul power and contribution points, which allowed him to improve himself almost at will, making him a veritable tycoon.
However, just as he broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Black Iron level necromancer, before he could accumulate any power, the soul power and contribution points he had painstakingly saved up were completely exhausted in the process of this series of upgrades.
At this moment, the Ark seemed to have returned to the time when it was first awakened and was penniless.
This undoubtedly greatly slowed down his progress.
How to acquire more contribution points and soul power has become a major problem facing Ark.