If a better option exists, it makes sense to abandon this one. The power of a Dark Shaper, relying on the Dark Element Stone and a suitable corpse to create, requires strength from the bodies used in life. The first condition is that the materials must be beings that he has personally killed. One cannot entrust others with this task, and one cannot use weapons that are far more powerful than one’s own ability, as this would contaminate the essence and lower the quality of the pet created. Second, the high-quality origin of a lifeform is a predictor of a higher quality future for the summoned creature. The quality mentioned here does not just refer to the level, but to the inherent quality of the creature. For instance, a regular crow and a crow king are entirely different, even if the king has a lower level. Given a superior option, Du You naturally would not settle for less. The first skill is tied to his future growth potential. Even though the quality of the skill could be upgraded later, if it could be done perfectly to begin with, why wait for the future? That was Du You’s thought process. Hence, he gave up on the earlier choice, and he and Xiaozi continued to move forward. As for the zombie, it was abandoned. It was, truthfully, the most pitiful creature he had summoned so far. Although it had decent combat power, it moved too slowly, hindering his own pace. He reasoned that even without the zombie, his killing speed wouldn’t decrease significantly, whereas his progress speed would increase considerably. This cemetery was filled with undead and skeletal creatures. The zombie’s plague poison had no effect on the undead, and it had no long-range attacks, so it posed no threat to the Cursed Crows. In earlier battles, the zombie had only run around at his side, not providing help in any meaningful way. Taking all this into consideration, Du You abandoned the zombie. As it couldn’t keep up with him anyway, it could fend for itself. Correct, Du You did not recall the zombie, but merely left it there. With its strength, as long as it wasn’t surrounded by large amounts of skeletal creatures, it wouldn’t face any danger in these parts. Furthermore, there was no need for him to worry about the fate of a disposable pet. After abandoning the zombie, Du You’s movements indeed became faster. In this place, he repeatedly encountered Cursed Crows, the number increasing and their speeds also becoming faster. But most were common, only seldomly there were some leading figures. Xiaozi told him that there were even stronger ones, so Du You did not engage any of them. The Cursed Crows were rather interesting. If Du You didn’t attack first, they didn’t attempt to attack him either. He wasn’t sure if this was because they didn’t recognize humans or because of some other reason. Later, Du You came to an understanding. The goblins that came here weren’t attacked by the crows. Perhaps the crows regarded him as one of the goblins. Animals were such simple creatures in their observations. Official source ıs 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁 They perceived all bipedal beings as the same, perhaps because they haven’t encountered humans before. When the older goblins died, a large number of Cursed Crows would fly over, landing on the goblin bodies and slowly nibbling away. At the same time, their aura of darkness would infect the goblin corpses. The infected goblin corpses would absorb ample amounts of death energy from their surroundings. It seemed that the goblin skeletons here were formed from this process. After all, not all graveyards had the likes of skeletal zombies. So as long as he didn’t fall, the Cursed Crows wouldn’t automatically attack him - perhaps this was a way of conserving energy. Du You squinted his eyes and bravely continued searching. When night fell, Du You suddenly heard a very unpleasant noise from afar. However, when this noise resounded, the surrounding Cursed Crows all bowed their heads. "That must be it, I understand now." Du You pinpointed the source of the sound. But since it was already night, fighting was out of the question. Black crows against the black sky were hard to spot and deal with. Moreover, after nightfall, Du You noticed an increase in the number of skeletons around. It seemed that during the day, some skeletons would hide in the shadows or bury themselves in the soil. They would crawl out only at night. Although these skeletons didn’t count for much, they could become a nuisance if their numbers grew too large. Helplessly, Du You memorized the location and left with Xiaozi for the time being. After returning to the outskirts and cleaning up a small area, Du You finally began to rest. On the fifth day in this world, dawn broke. "Let’s complete this step today and officially become a Professional," Du You cheered himself on before starting on today’s summoning. When the light of the Magic Array dissipated, Du You’s expression showed that he understood. "I knew it, the summon is indeed related to the environment." Before his eyes, there was a Zombie Dog, its body battered and torn. Zombie Dog: A dog-type undead, infected with the aura of death, quick, and carries Plague Poison. The description was quite simple, but this speed was much better than that of the zombie. At least it could keep up with his pace and not slow him down. Along the way, Du You also trained it with actual combat exercises. Even though the Zombie Dog’s attack power was weaker than that of the zombie, it was much smarter. It learned attack strategies in one lesson. When it fought against the not-so-tall goblin skeletons, it would leap up and attack directly at the head. The Zombie Dog’s attacks were not as powerful as the zombie’s, but against the not-so-impressive skeletons, it could still kill instantly. It would bear heavier injuries, but by absorbing Soul Fire, it could recover instantly. Since the Soul Fire could neither increase the Zombie Dog’s level nor enhance its strength, it would be perfect to use it as a healing potion. Du You decided to take the Zombie Dog along which considerably increased his travel speed. By the time it wasn’t even noon, Du You had returned to the location he marked the day before. With Xiaozi’s help, he quickly found his target. "That’s the one, and there’s even a guard. This could be tricky. Wait, why is the guard flying away?" Du You discovered that his target left its guards uncharacteristically. The target before his eyes was the Cursed Crow King. The description was the same as the regular Cursed Crow, nothing out of the ordinary. However, it was level 3 and obviously difficult to deal with. He carefully searched the surroundings. Upon finding no other crows, Du You let out a sigh of relief. "This is a good opportunity. Time to fight. We cannot let it regroup with other crows." Upon Du You’s command, Xiaozi turned into a flash of light and charged towards the target.