After class, Fang Zhou returned to the dormitory, sat on the bed, and carefully strategized on how to use the remaining 10 contribution points and 20 soul power points.
The combat ability of the Skeleton Clone is sufficient for now, perhaps it's worth considering exchanging a key skill for the main body as a Magic Professional.
Fang Zhou opened the Human Alliance skill library and browsed through the universal mage skills.
It's decided, it's you, [Calm and Relaxed]!
This skill can passively increase the recovery speed of a Magic Professional's spiritual power and can actively restore a certain amount of spiritual power.
Whether it's for enhancing skill proficiency during regular practice or boosting continuous combat ability in real situations, [Calm and Relaxed] is an indispensable divine skill for Magic Professionals.
If Fang Zhou exchanges for [Calm and Relaxed], he will be able to release [Summon Skeleton] more times daily, and his skill proficiency growth will accelerate.
Having made the decision, Fang Zhou did not hesitate.
He spent the remaining 10 contribution points on his personal terminal and quickly received a [Calm and Relaxed] skill book.
Next, as he had done previously, a cultivation technique demonstration projection appeared before Fang Zhou.
The only drawback of [Calm and Relaxed] is its high learning difficulty.
Some Magic Professionals with average talent cannot master it within the one-month skill book validity period.
However, for the exceptionally talented Fang Zhou, this is hardly a problem.
Attribute panel, give me an upgrade!
Sure enough, there was a change in the skills bar on the attribute panel, showing learnable skills (+).
Fang Zhou focused his attention on the "+" after learnable skills.
"Detecting learnable skill materials, expend 10 points of soul power for quick entry."
"Start learning?"
Fang Zhou confirmed directly, "Start learning!"
With the consumption of soul power, Fang Zhou entered the familiar burst of inspiration state once again.
The casting principles and magic model of the [Calm and Relaxed] skill book flashed continuously in his mind, as if practiced thousands of times.
"Successfully learned the skill [Calm and Relaxed]!"
[Calm and Relaxed] (Apprentice, Beginner): Slightly increases the recovery speed of spiritual power, and actively using it can immediately restore a small amount of spiritual power. Cooldown time, active effect, and passive effect are determined by spirit attribute and skill proficiency.
Fang Zhou was somewhat curious about the combat effect of this new skill and wanted to experiment.
Therefore, he directly used [Summon Skeleton].
As the skill proficiency of [Summon Skeleton] improved from [Beginner] to [Master], both the power and quantity of the summoned skeletons increased.
He could now choose to summon 30 of the weakest newborn skeletons, or a smaller number of slightly stronger skeletons.
The decision between the individual strength and the quantity of skeletons requires careful consideration by Fang Zhou.
For a quantitative analysis, he summoned the weakest newborn skeletons this time.
Black vortices appeared, and soul fires ignited.
Thirty skeletons stood neatly in front of Fang Zhou, frail in body yet despairingly numerous.
At this moment, Fang Zhou's spiritual power was already depleted, and he immediately activated the [Calm and Relaxed] skill.
As the skill was released, a weak stream of spiritual power surged within him.
Fang Zhou continued to release [Summon Skeleton], and another four skeletons crawled out from the black vortices.
Looking at the 34 skeletons before him, Fang Zhou felt a bit elated.
From the experiment just now, actively using the [Calm and Relaxed] skill could restore one-tenth of his spiritual power.
Adding the passive recovery of spiritual power, [Calm and Relaxed] restored one-fifth more spiritual power for him daily.
That means he can increase the daily release count of [Summon Skeleton] by one-fifth, accelerating the pace of his skill proficiency improvement by one-fifth.
Fang Zhou now eagerly anticipates what kind of skill will be deduced for the skeleton clone when [Summon Skeleton] skill proficiency reaches the [Instinct] level.
He trained the command ability of the Skeleton Army a bit more until his spiritual power was completely depleted, and then sent the 34 skeletons back to the Undead Realm.
With 10 soul power points left, Fang Zhou decided against keeping them.
According to Instructor Lu Hu's field training instruction, any combat is centered around the five elements of attack, defense, control, movement, and enhancement.
Currently, his main body's attack capabilities include [Summon Skeleton] and [Skeleton Flying Spear], which are quite adequate.
However, defense, control, movement, and enhancement remain unaddressed.
Of course, other apprentices are in the same situation, having just awakened as new recruits, not even prodigies can instantly build a complete combat system.
Yet, given Fang Zhou's cautious nature, he prioritized defense skills.
In the Human Alliance skill library, the only defense skill available to apprentice-tier Undead Mages is the universal [Mana Shield] skill.
However, the compatibility of undead mana with the magic structure of [Mana Shield] is inadequate, meaning the skill effect was only barely satisfactory.
If Fang Zhou was an ordinary Undead Mage, he could only choose [Mana Shield] as a temporary measure.
But Fang Zhou has a better option.
He focused on the "+" after deducible skills on the attribute panel.
"Detecting that clone skill has reached [Instinct] proficiency, can be used as skill materials for deducing unknown skills in the main body, requiring 10 points of soul power."
"Start deducing?"
Fang Zhou smiled faintly, "Start deducing!"
As soul power hit zero, countless bursts of inspiration erupted within Fang Zhou's mind.
Since undead mana can condense into a spear shape, naturally it can also form a shield shape.
"Skill Deduced [Skeleton Shield] Successfully!"
[Skeleton Shield] (Apprentice, Skilled): Condenses a skeleton shield to surround the body, effectively defending against physical and magical damage. Shield strength is based on spirit attribute and skill proficiency.
Looking at the skill description, Fang Zhou nodded in satisfaction.
The new skill is complete, and it even comes with [Skilled] proficiency, significantly covering a shortfall in his combat system.
Fang Zhou glanced at his main body's attribute panel, feeling a surge of accomplishment.
[Name] Fang Zhou
[Profession] Undead Mage
[Tier] Apprentice·Lower
[Attributes] Strength 1.5, Agility 1.3, Constitution 1.3, Spirit 2.5
[State] Soul Split
[Equipment] None
[Skills] Skeleton Meditation Method (Master, Modifiable), Summon Skeleton (Master), Skeleton Flying Spear (Skilled), Skeleton Shield (Skilled), Calm and Relaxed (Beginner)
More pleasing than the change in four-dimensional attributes is the presence of 5 skills on his attribute panel.
Just with these 5 skills, Fang Zhou's combat ability is sufficient to crush Ye Fan and Gu Zhiqiu.
Having reviewed his skill system, Fang Zhou decided the next focus of improvement would be refining the [Skeleton Meditation Method].