Forty Bone Demon Fruit cards had been traded for quite a few other materials.
After consolidating these materials, Han Wu submitted two more missions and earned 60 Assessment Points.
He now had a total of 80 Assessment Points.
Among the more than 400 students in the grade, he ranked 18th, temporarily taking the lead.
But Han Wu knew his advantage would not last long.
The main reason was that his retinue was too pathetic. Today's three Demonic Locusts could not stir up any real waves.
Trying to use the Skeleton Lord incarnation to clear out the nearby Flesh and Blood Puppet nests was no different from a fool dreaming in broad daylight.
With eight to ten thousand Flesh and Blood Puppets, even if they stood still and let Han Wu kill them, they could exhaust him to the ground.
"If only I could release all the retinue in my God Domain," Han Wu sighed.
The three Demonic Locusts gnawed on the rotting corpses. Once they had eaten their fill, they began laying eggs.
A single Demonic Locust could produce over a hundred eggs, but under the erosion of demonic energy, the eggs had a very low survival rate—only around 1%.
Relying on such a breeding rate to build a Demonic Locust army would also be a problem.
Just as Han Wu was worrying, a squad of Skeleton Soldiers appeared nearby.
Bone Demon Fruits were important materials Skeleton Soldiers used to strengthen themselves. They had come here specifically to pick Bone Demon Fruits.
But when they arrived, they discovered that every Bone Demon Fruit on the trees had already been picked clean.
The Soul Fire within the Skeleton Soldiers' skulls trembled, as though they were furious.
If they returned empty-handed, Lord Skeleton Knight would surely smash open their skulls, dig out their Soul Fire, and light sky lanterns with it.
Just as the Skeleton Soldiers were pacing in frantic circles, Han Wu slowly emerged from the woods.
When the Skeleton Soldiers saw Han Wu's Skeleton Lord incarnation, their bones immediately began to shake.
The reverence revealed by their Soul Fire was plain to the naked eye.
All the Skeleton Soldiers trembled as they threw their Five Bodies to the ground, performing a grand kneeling salute to show their submission to Han Wu.
This was suppression by racial rank, reverence born from the depths of their souls.
As Han Wu sensed the Skeleton Soldiers' reverence, information about them suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Retinue Name: Skeleton Soldier Retinue Race: Skeleton Race Retinue Rank: Ordinary Undead Kin Talent: Hard Bone Faith Rank: True Believer Faith Power: 500/day
Han Wu was stunned, inwardly crying out, Holy shit.
This works too?!
For no reason at all, he had gained more than a dozen Skeleton Soldier True Believers.
Clearly, these Skeleton Soldiers had mistaken Han Wu for a real Skeleton Lord and revered him accordingly.
And Han Wu happened to be worrying about lacking retinue, so he simply went along with the mistake and accepted these Skeleton Soldiers.
Seeing that Han Wu had accepted their submission, the Skeleton Soldiers' Soul Fire flickered, as though they were extremely excited.
Han Wu stated that he wanted to visit the Skeleton Soldiers' camp.
The Skeleton Soldiers led the way.
After traveling for about an hour, they arrived at a valley.
Within the valley, thousands of Skeleton Soldiers had established a stronghold and stood guard there.
Han Wu's presence had a soul-shaking deterrent effect on these Skeleton Soldiers.
Han Wu did not even need to make a declaration before easily gaining the faith of these Skeleton Soldiers.
When the Skeleton Knight saw Han Wu's Skeleton Lord incarnation, although he was puzzled as to why Han Wu was so small, he still chose to submit.
After all, the intimidation of the soul could not be faked.
Han Wu was overjoyed.
The Skeleton Knight was an Extraordinary Lifeform. His combat strength was far beyond anything Skeleton Soldiers could compare to.
Without spending a single soldier, Han Wu had gained the faith of an entire Skeleton Soldier force.
Han Wu once again felt that choosing to descend with the Skeleton Lord incarnation had been the most correct decision he had made in this assessment.
After the Skeleton Knight submitted, Han Wu could clearly see his information as well.
Retinue Name: Skeleton Knight Retinue Race: Skeleton Race Retinue Rank: Extraordinary Undead Kin Talent: Iron Bone, Skeleton Summon Faith Rank: True Believer Faith Power: 50,000/day
The Skeleton Knight acknowledged Han Wu as his master and began explaining the force's current situation.
It was only silent communication between souls.
Yet Han Wu could hear every word clearly.
This Skeleton Knight had not had it easy either. He had once been a member of a Skeleton Legion, and his superior had been a Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller.
But during one battle against Flesh Puppets, the force he led had become separated from the main army. Left with no alternative, he had stationed them here.
But staying here was not safe either. Every day, they had to fend off invasions from rotting corpses, zombies, and Flesh Puppets. The Skeleton Soldiers under his command dwindled by the day, which was why the Skeleton Knight had sent them out to seek Bone Demon Fruits to strengthen the Skeleton Soldiers.
Otherwise, they would not last more than a few days.
After hearing this, Han Wu sank into thought.
Now that this Skeleton force had submitted to him, he had an obligation to make them stronger.
Han Wu quickly came up with a plan.
A day passed. Han Wu's Assessment Points remained at 80, but his ranking had fallen from 18th to 179th. Quite a few students in the class group chat were already sighing that Han Wu's era had passed.
Han Wu could not care less about that. He ignored them completely.
He had not even begun to exert himself yet.
When the clock struck midnight, Han Wu gained today's opportunity to summon retinue to descend.
Han Wu connected with his God Domain and summoned another hundred Locusts. At the same time, he brought out a large quantity of equipment and Bone Crystals from his God Domain.
Sensing the pure Bone Energy radiating from the Bone Crystals, the Skeleton Knight became utterly obsessed. He stood rooted to the spot, the Soul Fire inside his skull leaping wildly.
Han Wu distributed the Bone Crystals. The Skeleton Knight received one, while all the remaining Skeleton Soldiers had to share one.
After absorbing the energy within the Bone Crystal, the Skeleton Knight's bones became increasingly solid and textured, and his aura rose sharply. However, he was still far from advancing into a higher-level Heroic Lifeform.
As for the Skeleton Soldiers, after absorbing the Bone Crystal, dozens of them evolved into Iron Bone Skeletons, Elite Lifeforms.
Han Wu then distributed the equipment. With weapons equipped, the Skeleton Legion's combat strength rose dramatically.
Han Wu had finally reached the time to reap his harvest.
He gave the order, directing the Skeleton force toward a Flesh Puppet nest!
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