Chapter 841: Chapter 532: Silver Middle Rank, Maxed Skills, Vampire’s Demise (Part 2)

If nothing unexpected occurs, when one has evolved to the advanced state of their race, they generally do not evolve any further.

No matter how many Soul Fires one consumes, it will only strengthen the body to a certain extent, without further evolution.

But some undead creatures with extraordinary talents will break this norm.

Even when they evolve to the highest state of their race, they do not stop their journey of evolution.

Although evolving is much more difficult compared to other undead creatures of the same tier, as long as they can absorb a large amount of Soul Fire, there is still a chance for evolution.

This phenomenon is known as rank advancement.

For instance, a Bronze-tier skeleton has a chance to advance to a Black Iron-tier Skeleton Warrior, thus escaping the dismal fate of being mere cannon fodder.

Black Iron-level zombies have a chance to advance to Bronze-level Advanced Zombies, becoming more powerful in combat.

Bronze-level ghosts have a chance to advance to Silver-level Resentful Spirits.

Silver-level vampires naturally have a chance to advance to Gold-level Vampire Nobles.

Creatures that advance in rank are often the undisputed geniuses of their race, typically rising at least one major tier above the common level of their race.

Fang Zhou is a living example of this.

Didn’t he evolve from the lowest Apprentice-tier weakling skeleton, and through relentless effort and extraordinary talent, advance to his current Silver-level Spiritual Remains Lord?

According to the current reconnaissance information from Tidamia, the strength of this Vampire Lord is far above Silver Lower Rank but definitely has not reached the Gold level.

This brings a huge relief to Fang Zhou.

With Fang Zhou’s current skills and accumulation, as long as it is a Silver-level undead creature, he is at least capable of countering it.

The only concern for Fang Zhou is whether this Vampire Lord, likely to be Silver Upper Rank, will be like the Skeleton Lord in the Corpse Hills, who has stayed too long at the Silver tier, having achieved an extraordinary combat power coefficient for its race.

To ensure nothing goes wrong and prevent a possible overturn, Fang Zhou decided to initially show weakness to the enemy and lure them in deeper, thus buying himself some time.

Once he breaks through to Silver Middle Rank, he should have absolute assurance of victory.

Additionally, Tidamia’s reconnaissance squad has also observed that near the territory of the Vampire Lord, a Silver-level Resentful Spirit Lord is eager to make a move.

It seems to want to launch an attack on the Vampire Lord.

Now, the battle between the Vampire Lord and Resentful Spirit Lord is on the verge of breaking out.

While Fang Zhou’s tomb territory is concealed by the Undead Sky Screen, he can lay low and remain dormant, seizing a precious period for development.

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Fang Zhou is browsing the bounty board at the Beast Fighting City Adventurer Association.

It’s true that there is significant pressure on the Spiritual Remains Lord clone, but everything is proceeding according to plan.

His main body’s money-making scheme cannot be disrupted or halted.

After all, the Magic Stones he’s earned can be used to purchase Silver-level combat professionals’ universal skills for the clone, boosting its combat ability.

After a lavish spending spree, squandering all the Magic Stones in his possession, Fang Zhou naturally took Shen Zhongyun’s previous advice into consideration, focusing on the business of repairing Energy Gathering Ring Arrays.

With experience from patching Shen Zhongyun’s forest and a successful reputation, finding work became quite straightforward.

Now, the market is in need of array masters who can fix rune arrays, making them highly sought after.

After accepting a task from the Adventurer Association, Fang Zhou immediately began working tirelessly.

In the current market, crafting and setting up a Chain Rune Array Stone can earn about three Magic Stones, which is a lucrative business.

Compared to hunting fierce beasts in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range or accepting military reconnaissance tasks of Beastman situations, it’s much more profitable.

The daily influx of wealth makes Fang Zhou marvel that having a casting skill makes one unafraid to venture worldwide.

A Bronze-tier combat professional, whether joining the military or the Adventurer Association, has a monthly salary of five hundred to one thousand Magic Stones, depending on their combat strength.

Now their monthly salary can’t even compare to Fang Zhou’s daily income, highlighting the vast disparity.

Maintaining this rate of earning for several more months would allow Fang Zhou to directly get wealthy and establish his own industry in Beast Fighting City.

But this work lasted only for three months.

As more array masters flocked to Beast Fighting City, the various array materials began to exceed demand, and many arrays at forests had already been repaired.

As time went on, more idle array masters emerged.

During this period, many mages also learned to create runes for the Energy Gathering Ring Array, taking a slice of the market.

Hence, in the last month, Fang Zhou earned less than a single Magic Stone per rune.

Lately, even getting tasks became competitive, requiring one to fight for them.

With plenty of money in his pocket, Fang Zhou naturally disdained joining this price war.

Having already made his profit earlier, he refrained from squabbling over leftovers with these later arrivals.

In these three months, excluding the time spent finding work and setting up runes, Fang Zhou earned another 150,000 Magic Stones.

Having acquired enough wealth, he naturally exchanged all the Silver-level cultivation resources he could.

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Unbeknownst to him, it is now the last stretch of his second year since entering Sea City Military Academy.

He sits in a room in a hotel in Beast Fighting City, gazing at the moonlit sky outside.

Ever since advancing to Bronze, the courses at Sea City Military Academy have become less significant for him.

Most of the school’s instructors are Bronze-tier themselves.

For each course, Fang Zhou only needs to take the textbooks home and spend a few days learning to master them.

In these months of focused cultivation, Fang Zhou’s mana fluctuations have grown increasingly serene and stable.

Also, the attribute panel shows his Spirit Main Attribute has already reached over 990 points, nearing the critical threshold of 1000 points.

Breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to Silver is within reach.

A realization dawns upon Fang Zhou.

Perhaps the day he advances to Silver shall be the very day he graduates from Sea City Military Academy.

The serene and peaceful times at military school will thus come to an end.

What follows must surely be a period rife with blood and strife.

With a soft sigh, Fang Zhou sits within the Concentration Meditation Array, focusing his mind on the Spiritual Remains Lord clone.

While calm and peace pervades the main body, the clone is amidst increasing tumult and imminent battle!

Within this month of relentless consumption, Fang Zhou’s Power Attribute finally surpassed the 5000-point milestone, advancing to Silver Middle Rank Undead.

Besides that, he made tremendous progress in other areas.

All four pieces of his Spiritual Remains Armor have been refined to level 4 and embedded with level 4 gemstones, simulating four powerful enchantment effects through Soul Power.

Especially the critical hit enchantment added to the Blood Moon Mask, it significantly increases the critical hit probability for the Spiritual Remains Lord clone’s attacks, obviously enhancing its combat abilities.

In terms of skills, Fang Zhou used the Magic Stones accumulated from array repair business in Beast Fighting City to exchange for numerous Silver-level combat professionals’ universal skills.

He further invested tens of thousands of Soul Power, finally perfecting most of the skills for the clone to the Silver tier.

The growth in combat strength brought by this is undoubtedly significant.

At least Fang Zhou sparred with his personal Spiritual Remains Knight guards.

No undead in the tomb could withstand even a casual strike from Fang Zhou.

Even against the cavalry battalion’s charge, Fang Zhou, when fully powered, can take on a hundred by himself, not losing any ground.

This is without activating the Blood Moon Incarnation or Desperate Strike.

At this stage, Fang Zhou finally has complete self-defense in terms of personal strength, which gives him great relief.

The growth in strength naturally leads to a shift in strategic direction.

Originally, Fang Zhou had a strategic contraction, showing weakness toward both the Vampire Lord and Resentful Spirit Lord.

But now, with his personal level reaching Silver Middle Rank and various abilities reaching their current peak, Fang Zhou’s mindset has shifted.