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Cloud Raising Little Zombies: Chapter 42
NECROMANCER GOD’S CULTIVATION
42. Why does she also have a magic wand? 【Spicy chicken game, do you dare to open a recharge channel? How much does this kind of wand cost? I want to buy an entire set for Zai Zai!】
The entire venue fell silent.
That Bone Arrow—they hadn’t heard Ye You chant a spell at all.
Silent casting… Only those with extremely high mental strength and exceptional proficiency in a spell could cast without vocalizing.
And that Bone Arrow was aimed straight at Lance’s face. If not for the Necromancy Instructor Xia Zuo’s Bone Shield, Lance might already be dead.
Earlier, when they saw Lance use “Netherfire” against Ye You, some students from the Necromancy class were already on edge.
Now, witnessing Ye You retaliate with “Bone Arrow” without hesitation, their hearts nearly leaped out of their chests, and cold sweat broke out on their backs.
After recovering from the shock, they looked at Ye You with fear in their eyes.
Xia Zuo, however, gazed deeply at Ye You.
When the Bone Arrow struck the Bone Shield, Xia Zuo had barely felt any impact—Ye You was controlling the Bone Arrow.
Even if he hadn’t intervened, that Bone Arrow would likely have stopped just in front of Lance’s forehead.
Such precise control… Ye You’s mental strength was higher than he had expected.
Xia Zuo looked at Lance and said, “Put away your undead creatures and step down.”
Lance’s face was deathly pale. He pressed his lips together without a word, his hand trembling slightly as he waved his wand, recalling his remaining three skeleton soldiers.
Skeletons that lost their soul fire would gradually disappear.
In just this short time, only Ye You’s five skeleton soldiers remained on the field.
“Instructor Xia Zuo,” a student asked timidly, “During the assessment, can we use attack magic directly on our opponent?”
Xia Zuo shot the student a cold glance and said, “Of course. The academy provides you with such excellent resources—not to train you into people who only use Netherfire for lighting.”
【Zai Zai: ???】
【Zai Zai catching strays for no reason. What’s wrong with using Netherfire for lighting? It’s eco-friendly.】
“What… what if we accidentally kill our opponent?” The student glanced at Ye You and asked under pressure.
“Heh,” Xia Zuo sneered. “If any of you can kill one of my students right in front of me, I’d actually be impressed.”
No one dared to make another sound.
This was the Empire’s First Magic Academy. Every Instructor here was at least at the Magister level.
A Magister ah… Only a Level 13 mage could be called that.
For these Level 1 and 2 apprentice mages, they weren’t even worth mentioning in front of the Instructors.
Seeing that there were no more objections, Xia Zuo turned to the remaining students and asked, “Who will be the next challenger?”
One by one, the students avoided Instructor Xia Zuo’s gaze.
Are you kidding? Ye You was a Level 2 apprentice mage, and there were still five skeleton soldiers on the field.
The Necromancy class assessment was a gauntlet-style battle.
This kind of assessment was extremely unfair to the previous round’s winner.
But after each battle, the winner didn’t have to recall their summoned undead creatures.
Having undead creatures on the field was a natural advantage when the next match began.
If used well, they could defeat their opponent before they even managed to cast “Undead Summon.”
And they didn’t have wands that could accelerate spellcasting.
Facing five skeleton warriors and a ruthless Level 2 apprentice mage—there was no chance of winning.
“If no one challenges, Ye You will be the first-year chief 1 of the Necromancy Department,” Xia Zuo reminded.
The Necromancy class’s weekly assessment was also a battle for the chief position.
Being the chief wasn’t just an impressive title—it granted authority within the academy on par with an instructor.
Lucy stood up, looked at Ye You, and said, “Let me give it a try.”
Xia Zuo nodded in satisfaction.
Once Lucy walked up beside him, Xia Zuo announced, “Second match of the assessment—Lucy challenges Ye You.”
As always, Xia Zuo stepped back to the side of the desks and said, “Begin.”
Lucy pulled out a magic wand, quickly retreated to create distance, and began chanting an incantation.
“Hm?” Ye You’s gaze was drawn to the magic wand in Lucy’s hand.
She has a wand too?
Back in the Undead Realm, she had never used a wand—was she deliberately hiding her strength?
Lucy’s wand was silver-white, about the length of a forearm, but only as thick as a flower branch.
At its tip was an ice-blue pentagram embedded with dense magical energy.
【Wuwuwu, it’s because we mamas are useless and couldn’t get Zai Zai a wand.】
【No way! If others have one, our Zai Zai must have one too!】
“Undead Summoning!”
Lucy swung her magic wand.
Thick gray mist rose in front of her and around Ye You’s five skeleton soldiers.
Two skeleton soldiers emerged from the gray mist in front of Lucy.
Meanwhile, beside Ye You’s skeleton soldiers, a total of eighteen skeleton soldiers appeared.
Unlike Lance, Lucy had a clearer understanding of Ye You’s strength. So when facing Ye You, she didn’t hold back at all and went all out from the start.
Because of Ye You shooting the bone arrow at Lance earlier, Lucy even kept two skeleton soldiers in front of her specifically for protection.
Hiding behind the skeleton soldiers, Lucy said to Ye You, “Ye You, you’ve already gained a high score by defeating Lance.
“And now, you only have five skeleton soldiers. There’s no way you can defeat me. You should just admit defeat.”
Lucy knew that the only reason she had successfully summoned all her undead creatures was that Ye You hadn’t interrupted her chanting, giving her time to complete the summoning.
To Lucy, this was an incredibly foolish decision.
Yet, Ye You’s consistently calm expression made it difficult for Lucy to understand what he was thinking.
When Ye You fought against Lance, Lucy had already noticed that he always gave his opponents a chance to make a move.
It was as if they weren’t two people of the same level fighting, but rather a high-level magician teaching a low-level magician in a training battle.
Lance might seem arrogant, but Lucy felt that Ye You was actually the most arrogant one.
Just like now—Ye You only had five skeleton soldiers left, yet he still gave her plenty of time to chant. Where did his confidence come from?
“Five skeleton soldiers really aren’t enough,” Ye You said flatly.
Lucy was somewhat surprised, thinking that Ye You was about to give up.
That would be perfect—without Lance and Ye You, she really didn’t think anyone else in the necromancy class could be her opponent.
Just as Lucy was about to smile, she heard Ye You say, “I need more undead creatures.”
“Hm?” Lucy was puzzled.
She thought to herself: You’re just a second-level apprentice necromancer without a magic wand. The ten skeleton soldiers you summoned before were already your limit—how could you possibly summon more undead creatures?
Just as she was wondering, she noticed gray mist rising again in the arena.
It was Undead Summon!
She hadn’t even seen Ye You chant an incantation—was he actually able to cast Undead Summon silently?
Several skeletal beast claws reached out from the gray mist.
As the mist dispersed, ten skeletal demon wolves appeared in the arena.
【Ahhh! It’s my “Mo Mo”! Thank you, Zai Zai! Thank you, everyone! This is my cloud-raised skeleton wolf’s first appearance—please give it lots of support!】
Ye You originally hadn’t planned to summon so many skeletal demon wolves—two would have been enough to slaughter all of Lucy’s skeleton soldiers.
But the livestream viewers were going crazy sending lollipops just to reserve summon slots.
Ye You could only remember the most frequently appearing names, mark them via mental connection, and summon them.
Looking at Lucy, Ye You asked, “Are you going to admit defeat?”
【Where did Zai Zai learn this taunt skill?】
【What taunt? My Zai Zai is beautiful and kind—he’s just worried that Miss Lucy will lose the skeleton soldiers she worked so hard to contract.】
Lucy was already dumbfounded.
The students below the stage were also dumbfounded. “What the hell is this?”
“It’s… it’s a third-level undead creature! Skeletal Demon Wolves!”
A student who had memorized The Undead Creatures cried out in shock.
At that moment, every student in the necromancy class felt the terror of being dominated by an academic god.
They had all entered the academy at the same time, yet within a week, their skill levels had already been clearly divided.
The worst students hadn’t even reached the first level and didn’t qualify for assessments.
Ordinary students, like Ted, had reached the first level and could summon skeletal minions, giving them the most basic qualification for exams.
Top students were like Lance and Lucy, who were already second-level apprentice necromancers. With the help of equipment bonuses, they stood out as the elites among their peers.
And then there was Ye You—the legendary academic god.
When everyone thought he was a first-level apprentice necromancer, he summoned second-level skeletal warriors.
When they were shocked to learn he was actually a second-level apprentice necromancer, he summoned third-level Skeletal Demon Wolves.
It was like taking the same test: top students scored a perfect hundred because they had the ability to do so.
An academic god scored a hundred because the test itself only went up to a hundred.
Admit defeat?
Lucy asked herself.
No!
She couldn’t surrender. Even if this was a battle she was bound to lose, she had to fight until the very end.
She was different from Ye You—Ye You had already defeated Lance, but she had no victories to her name.
If she admitted defeat without doing anything, Lucy couldn’t even imagine how low her necromancy instructor would score her.
“Then let’s fight!” Lucy swung her wand.
“Ice Seal!”
A white froststorm erupted around the Skeletal Demon Wolves, ghostly blue ice crystals rapidly spreading up their leg bones.
This was a built-in spell of Lucy’s magic wand.
No incantation was needed—she only had to channel her mana into the magic array inside the wand to activate it.
【Damn RMB players 2! Bullying our Zai Zai just because he has no equipment.】
【Spicy chicken 3 game, do you dare to open a recharge channel? How much does this kind of wand cost? I want to buy an entire set for Zai Zai!】
The moment the froststorm appeared, Ye You immediately commanded the Skeletal Demon Wolves to retreat from the freezing zone.
But he was a step too late—three of them were frozen in place.
Ye You no longer waited for his opponent to act and commanded the remaining wolves to charge.
Five Skeletal Demon Wolves dove into the skeleton soldier ranks, launching a massacre, while the last two leaped over the battlefield, heading straight for Lucy.
Lucy’s face paled as she watched them charge.
She only had two skeleton soldiers in front of her. Forget fighting off the wolves—they couldn’t even buy her enough time to escape.
Spells she had learned flashed through her mind, but among them, only her wand’s built-in Ice Seal could be cast fast enough.
The magic array in her wand could only be activated twice per day.
She had only one chance left.
Lucy thought quickly.
The wolves were too fast. If she cast Ice Seal directly at their feet, they would dodge.
She needed to predict their movement path.
Where could she place Ice Seal to freeze both wolves at once?
At… her own feet!
Lucy swung her wand. “Ice Se—”
Before the magic array could fully activate, a bone arrow shot straight toward her.
The bone arrow’s target was the magic wand in Lucy’s hand.
Xia Zuo only glanced at it and made no move to interfere.
The bone arrow struck the pentagram on the wand.
The powerful impact made it impossible for Lucy to hold on—her wand was knocked from her grasp and sent flying.
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