touchnovel Chapter 367 Butterfly Dance Assistant, a Brand New Flying Unit!
Chapter 367 Butterfly Dance Assistant, a Brand New Flying Unit!
Chapter 367 Butterfly Dance Assistant, a Brand New Flying Unit!
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhou's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a hearty smile appeared on his face.
Since entering the Iron rank, the Lullaby and Triumph Song released by Bai Xiaochan in the Apprentice rank have had negligible buff effects on the Ark.
Recently, due to having too many things on hand, Fangzhou hasn't had time to deal with this issue yet.
He originally planned to find a support class among the second-year students to replace Bai Xiaochun after properly receiving Master Sandru and Sylvanas.
Unexpectedly, this person, though seemingly far away, is right before my eyes.
Liu Diewu's natural druid class also possessed some buff skills.
Limited by the single, pure energy system of each professional, each professional can only retain one type of the same type of buff state at any given time.
Therefore, with Senior Sister Liu Diewu providing him with skill buffs, Ark no longer needs to worry about this matter in the Iron stage.
Fangzhou asked, "Senior Sister Butterfly Dance, could you please explain the effects of these skills to me?"
Liu Diewu nodded, then opened her personal terminal, and detailed information about the two skills quickly appeared on the screen.
With a gentle tap, two skill projections slowly unfolded and floated in front of the two of them.
Liu Diewu smiled and explained, "No problem, Fangzhou, you see."
This is the Nature Druid class skill I've mastered—[Sinking Water Nourishes the Mind].
Its effect is to slightly increase the efficiency of soul nourishment within a certain period of time, making it easier for people to enter a meditative state, and the efficiency of meditation can also be slightly improved.
Another skill is called [Power of the Fountain].
Its effect is relatively simple: it can slightly increase the recipient's mana recovery speed for a certain period of time.
I've only just mastered these two support/buff skills myself.
If you need it, I can start casting the spell for you today.
Fangzhou listened carefully, his gaze lingering on the skill projection for a moment, silently assessing the practicality of the two skills.
He nodded and said, "In that case, I'll trouble Senior Sister Butterfly Dance."
Liu Diewu smiled and took out an exquisite vine staff from her bosom.
The staff is entirely emerald green, entwined with delicate vines, and topped with a green gem that emits a soft glow.
She gently raised her staff and softly chanted a spell.
As the incantation was recited, a fresh and warm aura filled the air, and two soft beams of light shot out from the tip of the staff, slowly enveloping the ark.
"The water nourishes the heart, the spring flows with power."
Liu Diewu chanted softly, the echo of the incantation reverberating in the air.
Fangzhou felt a warm power flow into his body, as if a clear spring was nourishing his soul, making him feel an unprecedented sense of peace and tranquility.
Under Ark's perception, after receiving the buffs from these two skills, just like the [Lullaby] and [Song of Triumph] skills that Bai Xiaochun had previously helped him cast, his mana recovery speed and soul nourishment speed were significantly improved.
After experiencing the skill's effects, Fangzhou nodded in satisfaction and said to Liu Diewu, "Very good, Senior Sister Diewu."
In that case, we will add a supplementary service clause to the research agreement.
You provide me with the daily buffs to the skills "Nourishing Heart with Water" and "Power of the Spring," and I will reward you with 00 contribution points per month.
If your proficiency in these two skills increases, and the buffs you provide to me also increase, then the contribution point reward may fluctuate accordingly.
Upon hearing this, Liu Diewu nodded with great delight and solemnly signed her name on the agreement.
Then, she handed three copies of the agreement to Fangzhou.
Seeing that things were progressing so smoothly, Fangzhou felt relieved.
He put away the research agreement, shook hands with Liu Diewu, and said happily, "Thank you, Senior Sister Diewu. I wish us a pleasant collaboration in the future."
Liu Diewu was also very self-aware as a research assistant, accepting money to do things, and feeling obligated to do so.
She looked up at Fangzhou and asked with some anticipation, "Fangzhou, do you have any research projects that I can help you with?"
I've been diligently cultivating myself lately, and I have plenty of free time. I'm always at your service.
Faced with the newly recruited research assistant's proactive request to work, Fangzhou naturally granted Liu Diewu's small wish.
He thought for a moment, then sent a data file to Liu Diewu and said, "Senior Sister Diewu, you are mainly responsible for helping me upgrade my necromancer apprentice-level bone-based skills to the Iron level."
These are my deductions and experiences from the past few days in upgrading the Bone Spear from Apprentice level to Iron level.
You can take a look first, and then try to collect some materials that can enhance and improve skills such as Bone Shield, Bone Wings, and Bone Shackles.
Fang Zhou continued, "If you have a more mature idea, you can discuss it with me or Instructor Su Xinyan."
After finalizing the initial plan, I will pay the corresponding contribution points to exchange for these skill materials.
Then, we will try to upgrade the corresponding skeletal skills to the Black Iron rank.
To allay Liu Diewu's concerns, Fang Zhou added, "Don't worry, Senior Sister Diewu."
You will receive a certain percentage of contribution points as an incentive reward for each skill you help me improve.
As Liu Diewu browsed through the skill tips and experience Fangzhou had sent her, she nodded and said, "No problem, Fangzhou."
I'll try to collect some Black Iron-tier mage skill materials to enhance your Bone Shield.
If I have any questions, I will contact you promptly.
Fang Zhou nodded and then said to Liu Diewu, "Then I'll have to trouble Senior Sister Diewu."
By the way, if you know any second-year Dark Iron level students who would like to work part-time as research assistants in my Necromancer research group, feel free to recommend them to me anytime.
"The more research assistants I have, the better."
Liu Diewu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fangzhou."
"This is such a great part-time opportunity, I'll definitely help you promote it."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Liu Diewu, Fangzhou bid her farewell and turned to leave the greenhouse garden.
Several more days have passed.
Amidst the hills of corpses, Ark, wandering among the piles of bones, suddenly felt a jolt of soul fire, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Just now, Skull Team No. 1 was attacked by another mutated undead creature.
In the brief engagement, the well-coordinated Skull Team No. 1 suffered no significant damage.
Through the perspective of the skeleton minions, Ark also got a clear look at the appearance of the mutated undead creatures that were attacking.
This is a mutated skeletal bat with a wingspan of over one meter.
Its entire structure is made of white bones with blood-red patterns, making it appear extremely eerie.
These crimson lines resembled ancient runes, emitting a faint glow that gave off a mysterious and dangerous feeling.
The bat wings make up about 80% of its body, with sharp, cold light flashing at the edges, giving it a certain degree of aggression.
Its tiny head was only about the size of a fist, with ghostly blue soul fire burning in its eye sockets, flashing with a cold and fierce light that seemed to penetrate everything.
Despite its slender build, this skeletal bat was incredibly fast, almost like a black lightning bolt streaking through the air.
Its movements are agile and flexible, capable of performing various complex maneuvers in the air to evade attacks from the ground.
From Ark's perspective, the bat sometimes soared high into the air, and sometimes skimmed low across the ground, making its movements unpredictable.
Its direct combat power might not even be comparable to that of an ordinary giant shield skeleton warrior.
But its flight speed is incredibly fast, and even the precise shots of skeleton archers are useless against it, let alone other melee skeleton warriors.
Whenever the skeleton archer tries to aim at it, it always manages to cleverly dodge the arrow at the last moment.
Sometimes they would even suddenly swoop down, slicing through the air with their sharp bat wings, attempting to attack the skeleton warriors on the ground.
As Ark raced towards the battle scene, it observed the battle between the mutated skeletal bat and Squad 1 through the soul link with the Skeleton King.
As the battle progressed, the soul flames in Ark's eye sockets flickered slightly.
Just now, this mutated skeletal bat spat out a sharp skeletal tooth and shot it toward the head of the weakest archer, Archer Number One.
Although this ranged attack was easily blocked by the giant shield skeleton warriors who had been guarding the skeletal archers, it aroused Ark's curiosity and strong desire to explore.
Based on the current situation, this mutated skeletal bat seems to be more like a skeletal mutant creature, rather than a zombie mutant creature like the zombie wolf and the zombie spider encountered before.
Although they differ greatly in appearance from mutated skeleton warriors such as Tryndamere, Varus, and Sion, their essence should be the same.
The Skeleton King skill of the Ark grants him supreme control over all skeletal undead creatures.
This means that if the Ark can successfully defeat this mutated skeletal bat, it may be able to enslave it, thereby obtaining the first flying unit in the Netherworld.
More importantly, if we can successfully enslave this mutated skeletal bat and thoroughly study its soul fluctuations, it will provide excellent assistance for the Ark to deduce summoning skills.
It's important to understand that the original summoned creatures of the Black Iron level necromancer only consisted of two types of units: skeleton warriors and zombies, which was far too limited.
If skeletal bats could be added as a supplement, whether for reconnaissance or as an aerial attack force, it would greatly enrich the Ark's undead army configuration.
Having made up his mind, Ark quickly issued orders, commanding Squad 1 to adopt a defensive posture, fighting and retreating, to lure the extremely rare mutated skeletal bat to their location.
As the instructions were given, the Skull Squad quickly adjusted their tactics and began to approach the Ark in an orderly manner, while the mutated skeletal bat was successfully attracted to them.
Although this mutated skeletal bat possesses a certain level of intelligence, it clearly does not understand any military strategy.
Its hunting and devouring instincts had been aroused by the flickering soul fire of Squad 1, completely drawing its attention.
Although its melee combat ability is extremely poor, its skeletal fangs, as a ranged attack, are almost as powerful as the arrows fired by the skeleton archer, and their attack frequency is also not far apart.
Under its relentless attacks, some gaps have appeared in the defenses of Giant Shield 1.
The skeletal fangs struck the giant shield repeatedly, producing a crisp clanging sound. Occasionally, a few fangs would pierce through the gaps in the shield, threatening the safety of the skeleton warrior.
If this drags on, this mutated skeletal bat might actually be able to kill the entire Skull Squad 1 single-handedly.
However, its "good days" came to an end.
In its frantic dash, the Ark had already arrived at the battlefield.
With his agility attribute already exceeding 60 points, Ark easily detected the mutated skeletal bat's flight speed.
Although the skeletal bat maintained what it considered a relatively safe distance, the Ark was no ordinary skeleton warrior who only knew melee attacks.
He quickly assessed the battlefield situation and identified the best time to attack.
Fang Zhou brandished the Corpse Spear in his hand, unleashing a thick, powerful battle aura slash that flew through the air.
This battle aura slash, like a sharp blade, sliced through the air with a strong airflow and dazzling light.
Before the skeletal bat could react, the battle aura slash severed its bone wings.
The skeletal bat let out a piercing wail, then spun and plummeted from the low sky.
The Ark had already determined its landing point, quickly adjusted its position, and stood there steadily waiting.
With his hands firmly pressed down on the still struggling mutated skeletal bat, Ark immediately activated the Skeleton King skill, attempting to enslave this extremely rare skeletal mutated creature into his servant through a soul link.
He closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and condensed the power of the soul fire into a powerful will, which penetrated into the depths of the mutated skeletal bat's soul through the soul connection.
As the soulfire burned, Ark felt a subtle connection gradually being established between his will and the skeletal bats.
The mutated skeletal bat's body began to tremble violently, as if resisting the intrusion of this foreign force.
However, as the Ark's will strengthened, the struggles of the mutated skeletal bats gradually weakened.
Eventually, it stopped resisting and became docile.
Looking at the docile skeletal bat resting in his hand, Fang Zhou was extremely satisfied.
His soul fire blazed brightly, and he directly used the soul link of the Skeleton King to retrieve detailed information about this newly acquired mutated servant.
Soon, an extremely obvious feeling of joy emanated from his soul fire.
The combat prowess of this mutated skeletal bat was fully demonstrated in its entanglement and fierce battle with Squad 1 just now.
Its high altitude flight and extremely fast speed make it virtually invincible when facing ordinary undead creatures.
Although it is somewhat fragile and has almost no melee combat ability, its ranged attack method of launching bone fangs makes up for its lack of damage.
In Fangzhou's view, this mutated skeletal bat could perfectly make up for the lack of aerial power among Black Iron-level undead creatures.