Chapter 809: Chapter 516: Title Advancement, Special-Grade Skills?! (2)
Fang Zhou shook his head and said, "It’s okay, just exhausted my mana, quite tired."
Yang Boyue immediately took Fang Zhou to the medical rescue personnel upon hearing this.
Upon arrival, Fang Zhou could see that there were not many severely injured warriors from Beast Fighting City in this disaster.
Fang Zhou’s Undead Sky Screen gray mist protected most of the scouts, and he himself attracted the majority of the firepower.
After he stepped forward, the scouts who had sneaked in earlier hardly suffered any harm.
But there were still some unfortunate fatalities, Fang Zhou saw a few bloodied shrouds.
The disaster erupted from underground.
These scouts were mostly the brave ones who were lying underground at the time.
They didn’t have the time to dodge and escape and were mercilessly slaughtered by the demons, not even having time to be saved.
But overall, in this major crisis involving the Demon Descent of three Glory Demon Champions, the casualties were just this, which was already a blessing in disguise.
The post-disaster medical treatment was orderly.
The medical staff brought Fang Zhou items to restore physical and mana power.
He chewed on the Physical Strength Ointment, drank the Mana Potion, with a refreshing and pleasant fragrance wafting in his mouth.
While resting, someone also approached Fang Zhou.
"Fang Zhou, how are you feeling?"
It was Lieutenant Colonel Shen Zhongyun speaking, his tone full of concern and kindness.
"I’m okay, okay, the rescue arrived very timely."
Shen Zhongyun clucked his tongue in amazement and marveled:
"Well, well, a hero among the young."
Two hours had passed since the end of the battle, and with the descriptions from the survivors, Shen Zhongyun and other officials from Beast Fighting City were certainly aware of Fang Zhou’s contributions in this battle.
At the very least, his deeds of protecting his scout comrades, blocking hundreds of Bronze Demons, killing three Demon Lords, and delaying the Power Projection of the three Glory Demon Champions were indisputable.
And the specific battle process was also witnessed by scouts like Wang Gang, who were protected by Fang Zhou.
How the Undead Summoning Legion fought fiercely against the demons underground.
At the last moment of the battle, Fang Zhou directly let the Undead Summoning Legion carry out a large-scale self-destruction and also let the Undead Sky Screen absorb energy from the remains of both allies and enemies, even squeezing the bodies into ashes.
Although there were few remnants of the Undead Summoning Legion left on the battlefield, with the descriptions from scouts like Wang Gang as a basis, professional military personnel could quickly analyze how many undead troops Fang Zhou had dispatched at the time to intercept the Demon Army and delay the Demon Descent of the three Glory Demon Champions.
If not for this interception, the three Demon Champions would have completed the Demon Descent in time.
In that scenario, let alone whether the Prism Space could be maintained, even Major General Yang Boyue would have found himself in a grueling battle.
This kind of pinnacle-level fight would have had violent aftershocks, and if these demons were to have ambushed near Beast Fighting City, causalities would undoubtedly have increased significantly, and the impact on the city would be extremely adverse.
And such a crucial interception was accomplished by Fang Zhou!
Even Shen Zhongyun, as a Silver Upper Rank Fort Commander, who had been interacting with Fang Zhou for half a year, already had a thorough understanding of this genius Undead Mage, and even he was astonished by this kind of battle report.
How did Fang Zhou accomplish this?
Not to mention Lieutenant Colonel Shen Zhongyun and Major General Yang Boyue, as the news was transferred up the chain, the higher military authorities were also greatly shocked.
Quite a few mid-level officers of Silver Tier asked themselves if it were them in the high tower at the time, they might have had to fight to the death to have a certain chance of achieving results equal to Fang Zhou’s.
This was too exaggerated!
According to information from Sea City Military Academy, Fang Zhou had just awakened for less than two years, and his strength was at the Bronze Upper rank!
As the officer most familiar with Fang Zhou, Shen Zhongyun felt it was necessary to understand the specific battle conditions from the person involved.
Fang Zhou also understood the purpose of the conversation, so he casually recounted his battle plans and situation to Shen Zhongyun.
"... That’s how it is, most of my stockpiled Artificial Undead Legion has been depleted.
This newly developed Undead Mage skill, Artificial Undead, have you heard about it from Instructor Shen Hongyu?"
Shen Zhongyun nodded slightly; he had, of course, learned about some powerful skills recently developed by the Undead Mage from his sister.
According to Shen Hongyu, the skill Fang Zhou mentioned, Artificial Undead, was a very recent development by the Undead Mage R&D group.
The exact capabilities were yet to be thoroughly studied, but according to Shen Hongyu’s appraisal, the Artificial Undead skill was of a special level.
Normally, skills of a special level aren’t declared as such just through a few tests or endorsements by a few high-powered individuals.
A truly special skill needs to prove itself through illustrious battle achievements and outstanding contributions.
Skills are rated special because they have shone in numerous key human battles or events in the past, contributing tangibly to humanity’s efforts to resist the Abyssal Demons and expand the Mythical World, thus earning the rating of special.
This is an honor.
If it hasn’t made noteworthy contributions in history, even if it’s hyped up to the heavens, it still can’t be rated as a special skill in official protocol, at most, it might be termed "under observation."
This would mean corresponding resources for cultivation but not the corresponding honor.
Shen Zhongyun initially had this attitude, but when Fang Zhou, at the Bronze Upper rank, relied on the Artificial Undead Legion, held off thousands of demons, hindered Demon Descent, and even remotely fought with Demon Champions.
He even used the Soul-Binding Gem to seal away the savage Evil Spirit of the Undead Demon Champion!?
If that’s not a special skill, Shen Zhongyun would eat his Magic Staff!
But even a special skill doesn’t explain everything!
As far as Shen Zhongyun understood, historically, other holders of special skills in the same level never achieved such exaggerated results as Fang Zhou.
Shen Zhongyun knew that the three Demon Champions were casting spells through the World Barrier, not having completed Demon Descent.
And a huge amount of energy was spent maintaining the Barrier and Abyssal Teleportation Gate, plus Major General Yang Boyue’s all-out sabotage from the outside.
But even so, the three Demon Champions, making moves under various suppressions and constraints, shouldn’t have been something a lowly Bronze Rank Undead Mage could contend with?
A mountain collapsing even with just a fist-sized stone could crush a tiny ant.
Even if the skill Fang Zhou mastered, Artificial Undead, is top-notch among the specials, he should have other means to rely on, right?
And Fang Zhou addressed these doubts by explaining: "Recently, under the guidance of Master Sandro and Instructor Su Xinyan, we Undead Mages have formed a research group.
We have gradually perfected the skill trees of different series like Skeleton, Corrosive Poison, Summoning, Enhancement, among others, achieving a combat power that is relatively comprehensive and balanced.
Recently, I also had some insights and perfected several potent Soul Series skill trees.
Among them is one called Soul Stripping, which can effectively separate the soul from the body.
In this real battle, the Soul Stripping skill exhibited unusual lethality against the power projections transmitted across realms by the three Demon Champions.
When facing the three Demon Champions in the end, I first resolved the most troublesome Undead Demon Champion with Soul Stripping, gaining a lot of time..."
Based on Fang Zhou’s description, Shen Zhongyun could indeed reconstruct the specific battle situation and believed Fang Zhou’s tactics were sound.
The only thing surprising Shen Zhongyun was that these Soul Series skills were recently deduced and developed by Fang Zhou, and today they were used to contend with the three Demon Champions!?
Shen Zhongyun suddenly realized one thing.
It wasn’t because Fang Zhou mastered the powerful skill of Artificial Undead that made him a genius.
This young mage was inherently a top-tier genius, and those special skills merely added to his glory!
Fang Zhou continued, "I’ve also been hunting Beastman Raider Teams in the Northern Wilderness recently, amassing a lot of Artificial Undead.
At first, the enemy attack wasn’t strong, allowing me to roll my limited resources step by step, finally giving me the confidence to face the enemy directly."
At this point, Fang Zhou sighed with emotion:
"Looking back now, the situation was indeed thrilling at the time. One miscalculation, and it could have been eternal damnation, right?"
