Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 498 - 360: Attribute Explosion, Sequence Challenge!

Su Xinyan fell silent for a moment before continuing, "Fang Zhou, to summon Mutated Undead Creatures, you first need the ability to perceive their soul fluctuations. Then, during Meditation, you must resonate with these fluctuations, understand their essence, and integrate that understanding into your Summoning Magic."

"More importantly, Mutated Undead Creatures are powerful because they have, to some extent, broken through the limits of their original forms and strength. This requires that when you summon them, you not only need sufficient Mana, but also a corresponding level of Spiritual Will. Otherwise, even if you successfully summon them, you might not be able to control them and could even suffer their backlash."

Su Xinyan’s words carried a cautionary tone. "Every Summoning is an adventure, especially when summoning Mutated Undead Creatures. You need to be fully prepared, not just technically but mentally as well. If the Summoning fails, the consequences could be catastrophic."

Fang Zhou nodded thoughtfully. Thanks to Su Xinyan’s clear and profound explanation, he finally understood the difficulties ordinary Undead Mages faced when learning Summoning Series Skills. They had to accumulate experience through countless sessions of Meditation to accurately grasp the soul fluctuations of each Undead Creature, thereby improving their summoning success rate.

However, a glint of light flashed in Fang Zhou’s eyes. The obstacles that were insurmountable for others seemed nonexistent for him. After all, his Corpse Clone was currently carving a path through the Undead Realm, experiencing countless battles.

The so-called soul fluctuations of Undead Creatures, and what it meant to truly understand them, were no longer abstract concepts to him.

In the process of hunting with his Corpse Clone, he had encountered and devoured many Mutated Undead Creatures. Some became his Skeleton Servants, while others became nourishment for his growth.

He had even conducted long-term dissection and research on rare Mutated Undead Creatures like the Zombie Wolf and the Stiffened Spider.

Is this level of in-depth understanding enough for my main body to deduce the skill needed to successfully summon them?

The reason he hadn’t realized this before was twofold. First, his understanding of Undead Attribute Summoning Series Skills wasn’t deep enough. Second, he had previously been in the Apprentice Stage, where Skeletons of the Apprentice Tier had almost no chance of mutating. This had prevented him from considering the issue more deeply.

But now that he was aware of this, Fang Zhou naturally had a clear path forward.

Just as Fang Zhou was pondering, Su Xinyan seemed to think of something. She opened her personal terminal, tapped a few commands into it, and transmitted an encrypted file to him.

"This is one of the fruits of my recent collaboration with Master Sandro. You can think of it as an atlas of all the Undead Creatures currently known to human Undead Mages. Of course, the majority of entries are still the ordinary Undead Creatures I just mentioned. Additionally, it includes information cataloged by hundreds of human Undead Mages, as well as data on various Mutated Undead Creatures unearthed from the ruins of the Naraku Civilization. We’ve done our best to make it as complete as possible, but given the immense barrier between life and death, it’s certainly far from perfect."

Su Xinyan looked at Fang Zhou, her eyes full of expectation. She hoped this information would be helpful to him, and also that he might one day fill in the gaps in their research.

After a moment’s thought, she added, "For the past few months, I’ve been collaborating with Master Sandro, dedicating our efforts to this project. We only managed to achieve some preliminary results in the last few days. Now that you’ve broken through to the Black Iron Tier, you can use this Undead Creatures Atlas as a reference. Try to capture the soul fluctuations of these Mutated Undead Creatures and see if you can summon them. With your intelligence and your terrifying Talent for the Undead Mage Profession, you might just give us a surprise."

Fang Zhou’s eyebrow twitched slightly. He opened his personal terminal and quickly began to browse the Undead Creatures Atlas that Su Xinyan had sent him.

Flipping through it page by page, he carefully examined each entry. Among the undead creatures of the Black Iron Stage, besides the familiar Skeleton Warriors and Zombies, there were Mutated Undead Creatures like Zombie Wolves, Skeletal Hounds, and Giant Zombies. His Corpse Clone had already encountered some of these, but others were entirely new to him.

This Undead Creatures Atlas is an invaluable resource!

Despite this thought, Fang Zhou’s expression remained neutral. He just gently patted Su Xinyan’s shoulder, sighed, and played along. "Thank you, Instructor Xinyan. We Undead Mages really have it tough. Our only choice is to unite and work together to perfect our Profession’s Skill Tree."

The two continued to discuss the Undead Creatures Atlas for a while longer. Fang Zhou, in particular, focused on asking Su Xinyan about methods for summoning Mutated Undead Creatures at the Black Iron Tier. Su Xinyan, of course, held nothing back, sharing all of her own insights and experiences. Unfortunately, when she was at the Black Iron Tier, her most commonly used summoning spells had still been Summoned Skeleton Warrior and Summoning Zombie.