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Chapter 371 Apostle Development: Is it an Avatar or a God?
Chapter 371 Apostle Development: Is it an Avatar or a God?
At this moment, Sylvanas, who had been hesitant to speak in front of Sandru and Su Xinyan, two Gold-rank elders, only dared to speak after Ark spoke.
"Actually, I also solidified my summoning-type talent skills at the Iron rank."
Sylvanas said softly, "However, the only summoning skill I've fixed is Summon Skeletons."
The bonus effect after solidification can only be used to summon skeletons or skeleton warriors and other skeletal undead creatures.
If you summon undead creatures such as zombies, you won't be able to enjoy the benefits of your talent skills.
At the Iron rank, this talent skill can still significantly enhance my direct combat power.
However, as my level increases, and as low-level undead creatures like skeletons and skeleton warriors are removed from my combat sequence, the effectiveness of my talent skill will decrease.
The rest might look exactly like a whiteboard.
Sylvanas spoke neither the language of the Dragonxia Federation, nor the language of the Purple Iris Alliance, nor even the language of the humans of Blue Star.
She was speaking the language of her Moon Elf race.
However, all three necromancers present, including Ark, possessed the [Language Proficiency] skill, a common skill for magic users.
Therefore, they could all perfectly understand the meaning of Sylvanas's language and communicate without any difficulty.
In Fangzhou's view, the problem that Sylvanas just mentioned is actually a dilemma that ordinary professionals often face when solidifying their talent skills.
Not all talents and skills can be continuously upgraded.
Those innate skills that cannot be advanced only provide benefits to professionals for a period of time.
As a professional's level increases, the effectiveness of these skills will naturally decrease.
Of course, the Ark's ability to summon undead creatures is extraordinary.
Judging from its spell structure, it leaves almost unlimited room for expansion for the Ark.
Forget about Iron and Bronze; even expanding to Silver, Gold, or even Glory Champion would be more than enough.
As for those beyond the legendary level, that's another realm altogether.
He was too far from the Ark to bother thinking about these things.
The four necromancers discussed the topic of summoning undead creatures for a long time.
The atmosphere in the meeting room grew increasingly lively, with everyone actively sharing their insights and experiences.
Until Su Xinyan said, "A few days ago, Fangzhou coincidentally developed a skill to summon mutated skeletal bats."
How's it going? Has the summoning success rate stabilized?
Fangzhou nodded and said, "After these few days of deduction and improvement, I now have a relatively high success rate in capturing the soul fluctuations of summoning mutated skeletal bats."
The success rate of summoning is also greatly increased.
However, compared to ordinary skeleton warriors and zombies, summoning mutated skeletal bats consumes twice as much mana.
For other necromancers unfamiliar with the soul fluctuations of skeletal bats, this mana consumption would be even more staggering.
Of course, he hasn't been idle these past few days.
With his extraordinary talent, along with the minor assistance provided by his corpse clones and attribute panel, he successfully developed this new summoning skill to a practical level by spending only 100 points of soul power.
At this moment, listening to Instructor Su Xinyan's introduction, Master Sandru couldn't help but become somewhat interested.
He said, "Skeleton bats, are these mutated undead creatures of the Black Iron rank?"
"If it's convenient, could you summon it and let us see it?"
Fangzhou naturally had no objection to this.
He softly chanted the incantation.
Soon, from a vortex shimmering with a black iron metallic luster, a lower-level mutated skeletal bat with a wingspan of no more than half a meter flew out.
After hovering above everyone's heads once, it landed in Fangzhou's hand.
A gray glint flashed in Master Sandru's eyes, and he seemed to have quickly scanned through all the data and skills of the mutated skeletal bat.
A look of surprise appeared on his face as he said, "It's actually a rare flying undead creature!"
Whether as part of aerial reconnaissance or air combat, it represents a powerful supplement to our necromancer summoning system.
A hint of pride flashed across Su Xinyan's face as she nodded and said, "You're right, Master Sandru."
During this time, I also helped Ark test various data and combat performance of this mutated skeletal bat.
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She opened her personal terminal and sent Sandru and Sylvanas an updated compendium of undead creatures, then continued to explain the various data about the skeletal bats.
Sylvanas looked at the encyclopedia chart, nodding repeatedly, her eyes revealing an irrepressible excitement.
After a long while, she looked at Fangzhou and said in disbelief, "Fangzhou, I have broken through the bottleneck and advanced to the lower level of Black Iron for almost a year."
Even my mentor, Lord Sandru, praised my talent in the necromancer profession.
However, during this period of meditation, I never sensed the soul fluctuations of the mutated undead creatures, let alone deduced any new skills to summon them.
And you've only just broken through to the lower Black Iron rank, yet you've already managed to capture the soul fluctuations of a powerful undead creature like the Skeleton Bat during meditation.
It can also successfully deduce related skills and summon it to Earth.
This alone shows that your talent far surpasses mine!
Sandru nodded slightly, though he didn't say anything, but he clearly agreed with his apprentice's opinion.
Fangzhou simply refilled everyone's tea cups without offering any self-deprecating remarks.
His talent is undeniable, everyone knows it, and there's nothing to hide about it.
Sandru took the skeletal bat from Ark's hand, examined it thoroughly, and then signaled to Ark to dismiss it.
Then he asked with some anticipation, "Ark, what Sylvanas said earlier was correct."
There's an old saying in Longxia: "To see a leopard through a tube is to see only a part of it."
Your talent as a necromancer is truly extraordinary, as evidenced by your ability to summon skeletal bats.
I heard from Instructor Su Xinyan before that after you broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Black Iron level, you also successfully deduced and perfected our Necromancer Black Iron stage Zombie Meditation Method.
After learning this news, I also redeemed the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique that you had perfected from the Human Alliance Skill Library.
However, due to time constraints, I haven't had a chance to study the cultivation method in detail yet.
Now that you, the developer, are right in front of us, could you please explain it to us?
Sandro, a high-ranking necromancer, actually adopted such a humble posture, which was something Ark had not expected.
Therefore, Ark would naturally not refuse Master Sandru's reasonable request.
He opened his personal terminal and released the skill projection and deductive mind map of the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique.
The latest version of the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method is based on visualizing the skeletal avatars of the Ark to gain a closer connection with the Netherworld.
As someone who experienced all of this firsthand, Fangzhou was naturally extremely familiar with the relevant deduction process and skill principles.
Therefore, although he was only a Black Iron rank necromancer, he remained calm and composed, chatting and laughing, under the watchful eyes of two Gold rank masters.
In no time, he explained the new version of meditation method, which was originally obscure and difficult to understand, in a simple and easy-to-understand way.
With Master Sandru and Instructor Su Xinyan's necromancy skills, they were naturally able to keep up with the pace of Ark's explanations.
What's particularly commendable is that Sylvanas, who is on par with Ark, although slightly less comprehension, can still understand Ark's reasoning.
In addition, she had previously exchanged for the skill book of the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method with her mentor and had studied it privately for a period of time. Although she had not yet mastered it, she had a certain foundation.
With all these factors combined, Sylvanas, looking excited, actually managed to grasp the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique during Ark's brief explanation of just over ten minutes, and directly entered a meditative state.
At this moment, a notification also appeared on the attribute panel of the Ark's skeletal clone.
"Apostle +1: Sylvanas, Moon Elf, Dark Iron Lower-Rank Undead Mage."
By this time, Fang Zhou had finished explaining his understanding of the Corpse Overseer Meditation Method.
All eyes fell on Sylvanas, who was converting to meditation.
As a traditional low-ranking Dark Iron necromancer, Sylvanas's meditation practice was naturally the most traditional zombie meditation method.
Now, in front of everyone, she is gradually replacing the zombie meditation method she originally practiced with the corpse warlord meditation method.
Whether it was Sandru, Su Xinyan, or Fangzhou, they could all clearly sense that Sylvanas's mana fluctuations had become darker and deeper, as if she were getting closer to the true meaning of death.
A thin layer of black mist seemed to surround her body, gradually condensing into a thin veil that isolated her from the outside world.
As time went on, both Master Sandru and Instructor Su Xinyan could sense that Sylvanas's magical fluctuations had deepened from their original shallowness, becoming as unfathomable as an abyss.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Sylvanas quickly completed the most crucial transformation.
She opened her eyes, stood up, felt the refreshing magical energy surging through her body, and sensed the increasingly close and mysterious connection between herself and the Netherworld. A look of joy appeared on her face.
Meanwhile, Ark, who was multitasking by controlling both its main body and its clone, made a new discovery.
Previously, Instructor Su Xinyan and Master Sandru had practiced the Skeleton King Meditation Method that he deduced during his apprenticeship, and became his two apostles.
However, aside from the Ark being able to silently intercept some of their meditation gains and obtain some increase in soul power, it cannot perform any other operations.
The title of apostle seems to be merely nominal.
However, after he acquired the third Apostle, Sylvanas, who was only of lower-tier Dark Iron strength and much weaker than the skeletal clone that had just broken through to upper-tier Dark Iron.
Fangzhou was pleasantly surprised to find that he could clearly feel a mysterious passage between his soul and Sylvanas's.
Through this mysterious passage, Ark could clearly sense Sylvanas's mental fluctuations as she practiced the Corpse Overlord Meditation Technique and visualized her Corpse Overlord clones.
Even when Ark is focused, it can sense some of Sylvanas's deepest, most secret thoughts.
This perception is not merely superficial, but rather profound.
Ark could sense every subtle change in Sylvanas during her meditation.
From her breathing rhythm to her heartbeat, from the flow of her magic to the fluctuations of her mind, everything unfolded before his eyes like a clear painting.
This connection is like an invisible bond, tightly linking the two souls together.
In just 10 minutes of experimentation, Fangzhou even discovered that he could influence Sylvanas's meditation efficiency in practicing the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique to some extent.
If Sylvanas's mana increase through the Corpse Warlord Meditation is 100% without any external influence, Ark can adjust this effect by about 30%.
This is an extremely exaggerated difference.
One person's meditation efficiency is 30% higher than another professional's. Over time, this becomes the difference between a seed student and an ordinary student.
This gap will be amplified over a long period of training, and may eventually lead to a huge difference in strength.
Fangzhou realized that this was not just an impact on Sylvanas personally, but a potential and powerful means of control.
Since Ark and Sylvanas have no enmity, Ark naturally won't lower her meditation efficiency for the time being.
However, Ark was quite cautious about actively increasing her meditation efficiency.
After all, even in the mythological era, the most universal law of conservation of mass-energy still applies.
He has just developed this feature of the Apostle Bars, and it is not yet clear what resources it will require as a price, so it is not convenient to test it at the moment.
At this time, Master Sandru and Instructor Su Xinyan also began to care about Sylvanas's personal feelings after practicing the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method.
While listening attentively to Sylvanas's explanation, Fangzhou continued to explore the usage of the Apostle slot.
As the Ark explored these channels to the souls of the Apostles, it soon discovered a new function.
He seems to be able to convey his thoughts to the apostles by consuming his soul power.
This is a one-sided, unfair contract term.
As long as one cultivates the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method and is weaker than the Corpse Clone, Ark can use this method to transmit his thoughts to his Apostles without any conditions or restrictions.
Of course, this is just the transmission of ideas, not the indoctrination or distortion of will.
Therefore, there should be no coercive power over the apostles.
However, even so, after discovering this use of the Apostle's soul communication ability, Fangzhou felt a chill run down his spine.
He is not an ignorant person who knows nothing about faith and gods.
Based on what he learned at the Haicheng Military Academy, the relationship between his skeletal doppelganger and his apostles was somewhat like that between gods and believers in mythology.