Necromancer: Becoming a God Starting with Skeleton Clone

Chapter 31: Unstoppable Force, Crushing Through the Level

"Mission completed, time taken: 1 minutes and 40 seconds, completion rating: [Perfect], reward: 3 contribution points."

"First-time clear of [Little Demon Camp] on Normal difficulty, earning 4 contribution points as a first-clear reward."

"Congratulations, Corporal Ark! You are the first student in your grade to clear the [Little Demon Camp] on Normal difficulty. You have earned 10 Contribution Points as the first student to clear the class and received the achievement blessing: Simulated Battlefield loot drop rate +1% (cumulative 3%)."

"Congratulations, Corporal Ark! You have completed the [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on Normal difficulty in 1 minute and 40 seconds, ranking 1st on the all-time speedrun leaderboard. You are expected to receive 6 contribution points as a ranking reward this month."

"Triggered loot drop, gain 3 contribution points."

"After 5 minutes, you can continue to challenge the Hard difficulty."

A series of familiar notification sounds rang in Fangzhou's ears again, making him a little tired of them.

Fangzhou tallied his gains and, without lifting a finger, had netted 24 contribution points.

He lay in the simulation pod and, taking advantage of the instance's cooldown time, opened the simulated battlefield interface on his personal terminal.

At this point, the leaderboard for the first clear of the [Little Demon Camp] on easy difficulty has been updated.

Fangzhou browsed through them one by one. These new students who were able to successfully rank on the leaderboard amidst competition from thousands of others all had extraordinary abilities.

1st Place: Ark, Necromancer, Mid-Apprentice (projected strength suppressed to Lower-Apprentice level), 1 minute 30 seconds

2nd Place: Ye Fan, Demon Hunter, Lower Apprentice Rank, 3 minutes 40 seconds

3rd Place: Meng Hongzhuang, Natural Summoner, Apprentice Lower Rank, 4 minutes 20 seconds

4th Place: Gu Zhi Qiu, Storm Mage, Apprentice (Lower Rank), 4 minutes 50 seconds

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100th place: Zhao Yuan, Earth Knight, Apprentice (Lower Rank), 8 minutes 10 seconds

Fang Zhou raised an eyebrow. Ye Fan was ranked second, which was within his expectations.

After all, his Demon Hunter class is naturally effective against lesser demons, and his combat abilities have become quite strong thanks to his training in the Ark. He has also mastered the powerful skill, Fallen Angel Strike.

A mere, severely injured lesser demon posed no real obstacle.

However, the third-ranked player was a nature summoner he wasn't very familiar with.

Furthermore, this female student named Meng Hongzhuang cleared the level faster than Gu Zhi Qiu, the turret mage, and her strength should not be underestimated.

The rankings are not all rare professions; many ordinary warriors, archers, mages, and other professions are also among the top.

As an Earth Knight who focuses on defense, Zhao Yuan's ranking of 100th is already quite good.

Pure support classes like Bai Xiaochan are still struggling in the simulated battlefield.

However, the [Little Demon Camp] is a simulation battlefield in single-player mode, which is indeed not very friendly to support classes.

This was also part of Haicheng Military Academy's consideration of improving the personal self-defense capabilities of its staff.

In the subsequent simulated battlefields, the vast majority of the time it was team mode.

At that time, these support professions will become highly sought after, and they will never have to worry about finding a team.

On the contrary, many combatants, if they are not strong in combat, find it difficult to attract powerful teammates.

Ark then looked at the historical speedrun leaderboard for the Easy difficulty [Little Demon Camp].

1st Place: Ark, Necromancer, 1 minute 30 seconds

2nd Place: Wenjiu, Flame Dragon Knight, 2 minutes 40 seconds

3rd Place: Qin Lie, Shadow Dancer, 2 minutes 45 seconds

......

Fangzhou was slightly surprised when he saw the somewhat familiar name in second place.

The Flame Dragon Knight? His completion time was only 1 minute and 10 seconds slower than his?

Wenjiu is actually that amazing?

Out of curiosity, Ark then looked at the historical speedrun leaderboard for the Normal difficulty [Little Demon Camp].

Wenjiu remains second only to him, ranking second.

Several years ago, when Wen Jiu was studying at the Haicheng Military Academy, she was always very busy and only occasionally returned to the Yunduo Welfare Home to visit her family.

Every time she came back, she only cared about playing with Fang Zhou and didn't show him her strength.

Therefore, Fang Zhou guessed that Wen Jiu must be doing well in the military academy, but he did not expect that her strength was as formidable as her physique.

Unfortunately, by the time he enrolled, Wenjiu had already graduated.

Since I can't cling to her coattails, I'll just have to be the one to rely on her.

......

In the conference room, watching Fang Zhou's clean and efficient killing performance, Su Xinyan said with admiration, "This is the style a necromancer should have!"

Based on Fangzhou's performance, I think it wouldn't be a problem to directly seed him as the number one.

Lu Hu immediately chimed in, "Major Xin Yan is right!"

I think Ark might be able to clear all difficulties of the [Lesser Demon Camp] in one go today.

Su Tiankuo snorted: "The Ark's combat power is not bad, but the difficulty of the simulated battlefield in the Abyss is a qualitative leap."

"The Ark's projection has been suppressed to the lower level of apprentice; it's too early for you to say that."

Shen Hongyu smoothed things over, saying, "Apart from Fang Zhou, the other new students in this cohort have all performed quite well."

Ye Fan, Meng Hongzhuang, and Gu Zhiqi have all climbed to the top of the all-time speed racing leaderboard.

They still have a lot of room for improvement, so the upcoming battle for the sequence is sure to be very exciting.

Su Tiankuo nodded slightly and said, "You should all pay attention to the students who have performed exceptionally well."

This month, we need to select 200 seed candidates at a ratio of 1:2.

Then, through a sequence competition, the final 100 seed candidates will be determined.

Haicheng Military Academy needs these promising students to compete for resources with the other nine military academies; they must select the best of the best!

The instructors nodded in agreement.

They no longer paid attention to Fang Zhou, this extraordinary prodigy, but instead focused their attention on the other students.

......

Five minutes had passed, and Ark was preparing to directly challenge the [Little Demon Camp] on the hard difficulty.

After paying the 3 contribution points entrance fee, Ark controlled the projection to step into the portal.

"Mission: Kill the cunning Lesser Demon and destroy the Lesser Demon camp."

Fangzhou looked at the small demon camp 30 meters away and was somewhat surprised.

Compared to before, this small demon camp is no longer just a dilapidated decoration.

Three hideous little demons were cowering behind the wooden fence, roaring loudly at the ark.

Two of the lesser demons wielded steel forks and were melee fighters. The other lesser demon carried a slingshot and was a ranged fighter.

Fang Zhou shook his head slightly. No wonder it was called "the cunning little devil".

These three monsters not only have a well-balanced combination of ranged and melee combat, but they also remain holed up despite having a numerical advantage, forcing the challengers to launch a direct attack.

However, this is not a problem for the Ark.

He held a staff in hand, "Come forth, my warrior!"

Several black vortexes appeared, and 40 skeletons quickly rushed out.

With extremely high proficiency and the [Dominate Skeletons] skill bonus, these skeletons may not be as powerful as lesser demons, but the difference is not significant.

Next up is Ark's signature Skeleton Army tactic.