readytorunbook Chapter 822 - 523: Developing New Skills, Advancing Again!
Chapter 822 - 523: Developing New Skills, Advancing Again!
Catherine also possesses a Spirit Body Shield skill similar to the Ghost Leader Leblanc, capable of absorbing a certain amount of energy damage, releasing a soul shockwave when the shield breaks.
In terms of attack skills, Catherine has mastered a skill called Soul Scream, which can cause massive soul damage to enemies within range and adds a [Fear] effect.
Releasing it at the right moment can effectively interrupt enemy skill casting.
Additionally, she has mastered a displacement skill called Soul Raid, granting her exceptional mobility.
By activating the Soul Raid skill, Catherine can perform short-range spatial jumps, delivering a lethal strike upon appearing.
Furthermore, due to most of her power coming from the ferocious evil spirit clone of the Undead Demon Champion, she has gained a skill called Assassin’s Instinct.
This is an exceptionally rare passive skill that increases Catherine’s critical hit rate and critical damage, dealing extra damage to injured targets.
Fang Zhong looked at Catherine with satisfaction as her body freely shifted between reality and illusion, with the Spirit Body Shield forming a faint red glow around her.
"Let’s go to the training ground and give it a try."
In the battle test at the training ground, Catherine’s combat prowess amazed all the Undead Mages.
When facing the Dragon Bone Hatred Warrior summoned by Fang Zhou, Catherine easily evaded the warrior’s heavy axe strikes using Spirit Body Transformation, then launched a Soul Raid to attack from behind.
The clumsy Dragon Bone Hatred Warrior futilely swung the massive and heavy Dragon Tempered Golden Battleaxe, unable to handle Catherine, relying solely on its defense to passively endure the attacks.
In the battle against the Six-armed Snake Demon Warrior, the six weapons of the Snake Demon were useless against Catherine’s Spirit Body Shield.
Her Soul Scream had a chance to cause the Six-armed Snake Demon to be temporarily immobilized, followed by a barrage of relentless attacks from the Soul Raid like a storm.
And there’s even less to say about the battle against the Skeleton Mage Ryze.
This was a spectacular match between an Assassin and a Mage.
Ryze attempted to freeze Catherine with Frost Nova, but she dodged it with Spirit Body Transformation.
Catherine burst out from the void, with Soul Scream directly interrupting Ryze’s casting, subsequently taking firm control of the battle’s momentum.
The only evenly matched battle was against the Berserker Heroic Spirit Olaf.
Olaf’s energy attacks could penetrate the Spirit Body Shield, and his Frenzy state made him fearless against the effects of Soul Scream.
The two elite undead fought fiercely for over ten minutes, ultimately ending in a draw.
When Catherine kneeled with one knee before Fang Zhou, the entire Undead Mage Research Group felt her immense power.
Her presence not only patched up Fang Zhou’s shortcomings in assassination and surprise attacks but also introduced a new tactical approach for the entire Undead Legion.
"You will become my sharpest blade."
Fang Zhou gently caressed Catherine’s head, the blood-red Soul Fire resonating between them.
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After successfully creating the Blood-colored Ghost Slayer Catherine, Fang Zhou’s high-level combat force was bolstered by another formidable fighter.
He originally planned to immediately create elite undead summons using the corpses of the three Demon Lords, Shadow, Blood, and Undead, killed in the High Tower Blood Battle. However, he unfortunately discovered that the auxiliary materials needed for creating elite undead were completely exhausted.
Forcing the process might greatly diminish the potential of these powerful Demon Lord corpses.
Since there were no immediate combat tasks, Fang Zhou was naturally not in a hurry.
He had also applied for a large amount of materials useful for creating Artificial Undead in the list of military contribution rewards, which should arrive at the Sea City Military Academy in some time.
Therefore, Fang Zhou focused his main efforts on the development of Corrosive Poison Series and Soul Series skills.
Over the past year and a half, with Fang Zhou’s continuous enhancement of his abilities, the reputation of the Undead Mage Research Group he founded became increasingly prominent.
Represented by Fang Zhou, the new generation of Undead Mages.
Represented by Su Xinyan, the middle-aged and young Undead Mages.
Represented by Master Sandro, the pioneering Undead Mages.
The three generations of Undead Mages—old, middle, and young—have made significant names for themselves in various fields.
Especially the series of powerful and practical new Undead Mage skills innovated by Fang Zhou, which became known even among non-Undead Mage professions, let alone those Undead Mages who had immersed themselves in it for decades.
With the vigorous recruitment by Instructor Su Xinyan and Master Sandro, the Undead Mage Research Group at the Sea City Military Academy has absorbed nearly all remaining Undead Mages from Blue Star’s homeland, totaling several dozen.
Although most of them were still at the Black Iron or Bronze Tier, with only a few Silver Tier Mages, they were experts who had spent decades in the profession of Undead Mage.
Despite the differences in personal talent and inspiration, they had not achieved much in research.
But now, under Fang Zhou’s leadership and unified command, the accumulated knowledge of these older generations of Undead Mages burst into sparks of inspiration, advancing tirelessly on the path of research.
This also greatly accelerated Fang Zhou’s research progress.
The development of the Artificial Undead skills, Tomb Summoning skills, various Corrosive Poison and Soul Series skills, and the creation of Dragon Bone Hatred Warriors and Skeleton Mage Ryze all owed much to the hard work of these Undead Mages.