Before that, Bai Xiaowen first bestowed the newly reborn Death Knight Lord with the first Aperture Fruit.
After confirming that he could select four clan leaders, Bai Xiaowen had already decided how to use the three Aperture Fruits: they would be given to the four great "Heavenly Kings," granting them sufficient intelligence to stand on their own.
Among them, Delifa, the designated "Heavenly King" of the Soulkin, did not need an Aperture Fruit, which conveniently saved one.
The Death Knight Lord swallowed the Aperture Fruit.
"Swallowed" did not seem quite appropriate. Normally, as a member of the Bonefolk, anything a Death Knight ate or drank would leak straight out through the bones of his throat. The concept of eating did not exist for him, unlike the Corpse Demonfolk.
However, when the Death Knight Lord opened his mouth, stuffed the Aperture Fruit inside, and chewed it, the fruit transformed into a pale stream of light and directly merged into his soul fire.
The next second, the crimson soul fire in the Death Knight Lord's eye sockets trembled violently. His tall, sturdy skeletal body buckled at the knees, and he sat down heavily.
About ten minutes later, the Death Knight Lord stood again.
The soul fire in his eye sockets now flickered with greater subtlety. This was the manifestation of his consciousness thinking.
"Great... Overlord."
The Death Knight Lord spoke through Spirit Force. He knelt on one knee before Bai Xiaowen and performed a knight's salute.
After careful consideration, he had changed his form of address for Bai Xiaowen to "Overlord."
Bai Xiaowen did not care much about the specific title. Whether it was "Overlord," "Master," or "My Lord," as long as the Death Knight Lord's loyalty was assured, that was enough.
Having only just gained intelligence, the Death Knight Lord's loyalty