CHAPTER 297: CHAPTER 144: BREAKTHROUGH, TIER EIGHT BLOODLINE!

His spiritual power had already reached the late stage of Tier Six, and he was approaching the peak of Tier Six.

The enhancement of various spells was also proceeding in an orderly manner.

With his wives learning spells, he could directly replicate them.

In comparison, he was more interested in various rituals and arrays, which he could use in conjunction with his sacrificial talent.

Due to the presence of the Demon Tree that controlled life and death in the Mist Forest, exploration there had to be temporarily abandoned.

In the blink of an eye, time moved to late summer.

After accumulating throughout the entire summer, the Northern Lands and Eastern Territory planted large quantities of grain, and all the common people were immersed in the joy of the forthcoming harvest.

This caused David’s reputation in the Northern Lands and Eastern Territory to reach its peak, reaching a point where they recognized only Duke Frost Wolf and not the Silver Moon Royal Family.

The thoughts of these common people were simple—so long as they could survive and had enough food, they would be loyal unto death.

Meanwhile, the Silver Moon Kingdom had remained still for several months, as if brewing something in secret, or perhaps making some preparations.

However, in the Eastern Territory of the Silver Moon Kingdom, there was news from the Vampires about the emergence of werewolves, and these werewolves seemed to have entered the Northern Lands.

Werewolves.

This was a subspecies, similar to Vampires.

At the same time, werewolves and Vampires were natural enemies, contending for the power of the Silver Moon.

In ordinary times, they were just regular humans, able to masquerade as Knights that had the Wolf Blood. Only when they entered combat form would they transform into werewolves.

Therefore, despite keeping watch, he still had not discovered anything.

Yet he had a feeling that the werewolves entering the Northern Lands from the Eastern Territory must have a purpose.

He even suspected these werewolves might be targeting the Frost Wolf Clan?

After all, they both had the Bloodline of Wolves, and there was some connection between them.

But since the whereabouts of these werewolves were still unknown, he could only remain cautiously on guard and have the Lords continue searching for possible werewolf sightings.

For now, his most important task was to complete the ancestral worship, to try and help Liya break through, so he could swiftly elevate the Frost Giant Wolf Bloodline to Tier Eight!

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Time passed little by little.

With the arrival of autumn, preparations for the ancestral worship began at Frost Wolf Ridge.

A large number of Lords and nobles from the Northern Lands and Eastern Territory took this opportunity to send gifts to Frost Wolf Ridge, attempting to strengthen their connections with Duke Frost Wolf.

Lune also returned to Frost Wolf Ridge shortly thereafter.

Finally, the day of the ancestral worship arrived.

Still, only a very few participated in the ancestral worship ceremony.

David brought his eleven wives to attend the ancestral worship ceremony.

Compared to the last time, the number of his wives had increased significantly.

The Gray Wolf Knight was quite pleased, but there was also a look of doubt in his eyes.

So much time had passed, yet why had none of his wives shown any sign?

Gradually, night fell.

In the night sky, a round moon hung high, illuminating the earth once more.

Under the moonlit sky, David held the solemn ancestral worship ceremony.

As the ceremony began, he wore a silver-white cloak, held a Frost Staff, and muttered ancient prayers.

The sound continuously echoed through the air, as if awakening the sleeping earth, and all the moonlight converged towards the tomb.

In the sky, the brilliant moonlight gathered, illuminating the path to the tomb.

As the sacrifice proceeded.

The mysterious runes on the Ice Crystal Tomb’s gate suddenly shone brightly.

The next moment, the gate slowly opened, and a chilling cold seeped out.

Howl—

With a series of wolf howls.

The silhouettes of werewolves suddenly appeared.

The family members participating in the sacrifice entered the tomb one by one, offering carefully prepared tributes to the ancestors.

Afterward, they bowed in front of the ancestors’ statues, expressing gratitude for the bloodline continuity and their commitment to the future.

Once the worship was completed.

Only David and Liya remained in the tomb.

"Let’s go," David said.

"Alright."

Liya nodded.

Hand in hand, the two of them walked deeper into the tomb.

The deeper they went, the more they could feel an overwhelming pressure.

However, David’s strength had significantly increased, and he was no longer afraid of this pressure.

The scene suddenly opened up before them, and they arrived at a cavern.

The enormous skeleton, seemingly carved out of ice crystals, still stood there.

A terrifying pressure emanated from this skeleton, which David easily resisted.

"This Frost Giant Wolf was indeed Tier Seven in life."

David could now accurately gauge the power of the Frost Giant Wolf.

Moreover, from the Frost Giant Wolf, he could sense a trace of a soul.

Though the Frost Giant Wolf had died, its soul was preserved by a certain power.

This effectively made the Frost Giant Wolf into an alchemy item that could continuously gather the bloodline power of the Frost Giant Wolf!

However, this originally powerful alchemy item, after so many years of consumption by the Frost Wolf Clan, contained very little energy.

After having its energy absorbed last time, it couldn’t gather much energy in a short period, and to be useful again would likely take a long time.

Upon realizing this, David decided without hesitation to completely extract all the energy from this Frost Giant Wolf to help Liya successfully elevate her strength to Tier Five.

"Liya, are you ready?"

"Yes."

Liya nodded seriously.

David took a deep breath and activated his Tier Six Spiritual Power.

With his action, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, and an invisible power began to gather in the cave.