[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone":3,"chapter-undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1296468,1720,"Chapter 31: Crushing All Opposition, Sweeping Through the Challenge","undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>\"Mission accomplished, time taken: 1 minute 40 seconds, clearance rating: [Perfect]. You have received 3 contribution points as a clearance reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First clearance of [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on normal difficulty, you have received 4 contribution points as a first-clearance reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you are the first student in this grade to clear [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on normal difficulty. You have received 10 contribution points as a grade-first-clearance ranking reward, and have achieved the blessing: +1% drop rate of simulation battlefield loot (cumulative 3%).\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, Junior Sergeant Fang Zhou, you completed [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on normal difficulty in 1 minute 40 seconds, ranking 1st on the historical speed leaderboard. You are expected to receive 6 contribution points as a monthly ranking reward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Loot drop triggered, you have received 3 contribution points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After waiting for 5 minutes, you can continue to challenge the hard difficulty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar string of prompts echoed in Fang Zhou’s ear, making him somewhat aesthetically fatigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou counted his rewards; with almost no effort, his net gain was 24 contribution points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lay in the simulation pod and, during the cooldown time of the instance, opened the simulation battlefield interface on his personal terminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the first-clearance leaderboard for [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on easy difficulty had been updated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou browsed through it one by one; those freshmen who managed to rank on the first-clearance leaderboard amidst tens of thousands of competitors all had extraordinary qualities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1st place: Fang Zhou, Undead Mage, Middle Rank Apprentice (projected strength suppressed to Lower Apprentice), 1 minute 30 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2nd place: Ye Fan, Demon Hunter, Lower Apprentice, 3 minutes 40 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3rd place: Meng Hongzhuang, Natural Summoner, Lower Apprentice, 4 minutes 20 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4th place: Gu Zhiqiu, Storm Mage, Lower Apprentice, 4 minutes 50 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>100th place: Zhao Yuan, Earth Knight, Lower Apprentice, 8 minutes 10 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou raised an eyebrow, Ye Fan ranking 2nd was within his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his [Demon Hunter] profession naturally countered the Little Inferior Demon, and under Fang Zhou’s training, his combat ability had also become quite strong, having mastered the big killing skill [Fallen Heaven Strike].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mere heavily injured Little Inferior Demon was naturally not an obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the 3rd place being a Natural Summoner he was not familiar with surprised him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this female student named Meng Hongzhuang cleared faster than Gu Zhiqiu, the artillery mage, showing that her strength was not to be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaderboard did not only consist of rare professions, quite a number of ordinary warriors, archers, mages, etc. were also among the forefront.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Yuan, as an Earth Knight focusing heavily on defense, managing to be 100th was already quite commendable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Bai Xiaochan, a purely support profession, she was still struggling in the simulation battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet [Little Inferior Demon Camp], a solo-mode simulation battlefield, was indeed not very friendly towards support professions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also Sea City Military Academy’s consideration for enhancing the personal self-preservation abilities of support professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the subsequent simulation battlefields, the majority would be team-based modes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, these support professionals would become valued, never fearing for a lack of team invitations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, many combat professionals, if their combat prowess wasn’t strong, would find it difficult to attract powerful teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou then looked at the historical speed leaderboard for [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on easy difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1st place: Fang Zhou, Undead Mage, 1 minute 30 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2nd place: Wen Jiu, Flame Dragon Knight, 2 minutes 40 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3rd place: Qin Lie, Shadow Dancer, 2 minutes 45 seconds\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the somewhat familiar name in 2nd place, Fang Zhou was slightly surprised in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flame Dragon Knight? The clearance time was only 1 minute 10 seconds slower than his?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Jiu, she was actually that formidable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of curiosity, Fang Zhou then looked at the historical speed leaderboard for [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on normal difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Jiu still ranked closely behind him, in 2nd place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few years ago, when Wen Jiu was studying at Sea City Military Academy, she was always busy and only occasionally returned to Cloud Welfare Institute to visit her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever she came back, she would only be focused on playing with Fang Zhou, never displaying her prowess to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Fang Zhou thought she was doing quite well during her days in the military academy but didn’t expect her strength to be as imposing as her figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, by the time he enrolled, Wen Jiu had already graduated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he couldn’t cling to her coattails, he could only become his own support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the conference room, watching Fang Zhou’s clean and efficient display of slaughter, Su Xinyan appreciatively said, \"This is the flair that an Undead Mage should have!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Fang Zhou’s performance, there’s absolutely no problem in directly designating him as the number 1 seed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hu immediately concurred, \"Major Xinyan is absolutely right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think Fang Zhou might even clear all difficulties of [Little Inferior Demon Camp] in one go today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Tiankuo lightly snorted, \"Fang Zhou’s combat ability is indeed decent, but the combat difficulty in Abyss Difficulty simulation battlefield is a qualitative leap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou’s projection is still suppressed to Lower Apprentice, so it’s too soon to make that claim.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Hongyu played mediator, \"Besides Fang Zhou, the other new students in this batch have performed quite admirably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Fan, Meng Hongzhuang, and Gu Zhiqiu have all stormed into the top ranks of the historical speed leaderboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still have significant room for improvement. It looks like the ensuing sequence battles will surely be very thrilling.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Tiankuo nodded slightly, saying, \"Keep an eye on those students who have shown stellar performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next month, screen 200 seed list candidates at a 1:2 ratio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, through the sequence battles, determine the final 100 seed candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sea City Military Academy relies on these seeds to compete for resources against the other nine major military academies, so we must pick the best of the best!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the instructors nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They no longer focused on the extraordinarily gifted Fang Zhou, instead spreading their attention to the other students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, 5 minutes had already passed, and Fang Zhou was about to directly challenge the [Little Inferior Demon Camp] on hard difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After paying 3 contribution points for the entry ticket, Fang Zhou controlled the projection and stepped into the Teleportation Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mission: Kill the cunning Little Inferior Demons and destroy the Little Inferior Demon Camp.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou looked at the Little Inferior Demon Camp 30 meters away, feeling slightly shocked internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to before, the Little Inferior Demon Camp was no longer just a dilapidated setup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three hideously featured Little Inferior Demons were cowering behind wooden fences, hollering loudly at Fang Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, two Little Inferior Demons wielded steel forks, being melee type. Another held a stone throwing rope, being long-range type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Zhou slightly shook his head, no wonder they were called \"cunning Little Inferior Demons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three monsters had a well-coordinated mix of melee and long-range types. Despite having a numerical advantage, they remained in hiding, forcing challengers into a frontal assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was not an issue for Fang Zhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his Magic Staff, \"Come forth, my warriors!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several black vortices materialized, and 40 skeletons quickly charged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his high level of skill and the bonus from the [Domination Skeleton] skill, these skeletons’ combat ability might not match the Little Inferior Demons, but the difference wasn’t significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was Fang Zhou’s forte—the Sea of Skulls tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-05T17:55:40.746Z",1,"novelbin.me","4158392475f8ec1382d5df8c6fc44aab7391e88c2f1f421f48b5372a0b079077","undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-chapter-32","undead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-chapter-30",781,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fundead-mage-i-have-a-skeleton-clone-cover.jpg"]