Crown Prince Lou Che climbed upward along the chains, looking back to see Chen Shi and Wen Wuyu hurrying toward this side. The Tianchi Kingdom Lord truly has some skill, he thought. A skeleton ghost can actually be this powerful. Yet he is a skeleton, lacking a true physical body. Without a physical body, there is no bloodline; without a bloodline, one cannot gather the divine blood of various clans to fully awaken it! At most, he is merely a skeleton.
The Feather Kingdom and the Tianchi Kingdom were neighboring countries, populated mostly by the winged ghost clan, with the majority growing wings.
The Feather Kingdom possessed the same rule as the Tianchi Kingdom: when a new kingdom lord ascended the throne, they had to gather the divine blood of all clans to wash the marrow and cleanse the tendons of the new lord, elevating their bloodline power and boosting the new lord's strength in one fell swoop to the ninth level, becoming a peerless powerhouse in martial might!
Offering divine blood served three purposes: first, for the various clans to express their loyalty to the kingdom lord; second, for the kingdom lord to gain enhanced strength capable of suppressing all clans; and third, when external enemies stood at the gates, the kingdom lord had to lead the charge to guard the nation—without formidable strength, one would soon be beaten to death upon entering the battlefield.
Most ghost kingdoms around the Yin Mountain area held such rules.
Though I am not his match, fortunately, the ones exploring the Immortal Palace from the Feather Kingdom this time are not just us.
Crown Prince Lou Che's gaze flickered. This place belonged to the border region between Tianchi and the Feather Kingdom. After news of the immortals spread, many experts from both places