Unlimited Investment: Evolving A Skeleton Warrior Into A Giant Abyss Dragon - Chapter 33

Chapter 33 Fallen Duke, Ancestor of the Kallen Family

Out of curiosity, Fang Ping entered this underground palace.

He had already worked here for a long time, but he had never heard of there being such a huge underground palace hidden under the palace.

What was this place used for?

In order to avoid being discovered, Fang Ping deliberately walked very slowly. At the same time, he tried his best to keep his footsteps light.

The light here was very dim. Only the candlelight burning on the wall could provide some light.

Although Fang Ping was already very careful, when he reached the depths of the underground palace, his footsteps still stopped.

Fang Ping suddenly sensed that a pair of in the depths of the underground palace seemed to have discovered his intrusion.

eyes

Although he had yet to determine where Fang Ping was, there was no doubt that these eyes should belong to the guardian of this

underground palace.

Soon, heavy footsteps sounded from afar.

At this moment, there was only one path for Fang Ping to take. If he walked slowly, he would be caught.

If he walked quickly, his footsteps would also attract the other party’s attention.

At this moment, Fang Ping’s gaze landed behind an iron door at the side.

This iron door was completely sealed, and he could not see what was hidden behind it.

Fang Ping gritted his teeth and finally made a decision.

This was the first time he had used his spatial ability. In the next moment, Fang Ping’s figure disappeared from his spot.

A few seconds later, an old figure appeared where Fang Ping had been standing.

His turbid eyes looked around but did not

discover anyone.

“Did I see wrongly?”

The old man muttered to himself before turning to leave.

At the same time, Fang Ping finally heaved a sigh of relief.

It seemed that this underground palace should be a very important place and people were not allowed to casually enter.

Moreover, it was very likely that the secret of the vampires was hidden here, so it was impossible for ordinary people to know the existence of this underground palace.

Just as Fang Ping relaxed a little and was about to go out, he suddenly noticed a huge black body beside him.

The existence of this body shocked Fang Ping. Moreover, there were six huge wings on this body!

Fang Ping tried to touch this body, but he did

not receive any feedback.

“A corpse?”

Fang Ping said in confusion.

He snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames

appeared on Fang Ping’s fingertips.

After a while, Fang Ping released many flames to various places in this secret room,

illuminating the room.

Only then did Fang Ping see the full appearance of the corpse he had just touched.

He immediately gasped.

A huge body that Fang Ping had never seen

before was lying in the middle of the secret room, although this corpse had been dead for an unknown period of time.

However, Fang Ping could still sense the strength of the deceased from this corpse!

“Duke expert?”

Now that Fang Ping’s level was at the peak of the Skeleton Lord, his strength was probably equivalent to a marquis expert.

Only after Fang Ping advanced to the Skeleton King level could he be considered to have the strength of a duke.

However, the strength of different dukes still varied a lot.

Many powerful senior dukes could even defeat

ten ordinary dukes alone.

The dead vampire duke in this secret room clearly belonged to the former!

Moreover, Fang Ping guessed that the other

party’s strength had probably already reached the peak of the duke level when he was alive! As long as he took another step forward, he would be able to obtain the peak strength of this world, the prince level!

“But why did he die? Although the lifespan of a

duke is also limited, it’s not a problem for him to live for more than ten thousand years. Did he die of old age or did he die for some other reason?”

Fang Ping was very curious about this. No wonder this underground palace was so mysterious. It actually hid such a huge secret. It seemed that this was the place where some

vampire experts stayed when they went into seclusion.

Fang Ping walked around the secret room

twice, wanting to find some clues about the duke’s corpse on the ground.

After a while, he finally gained something.

He saw a few dense lines of words on a wall

that seemed to have been scraped out with his

nails.

There were about a hundred words that recorded the last thoughts of this duke expert before he died.

“I’m Castellan, the duke of the vampire royal family!

“I originally thought that with my talent, it

would be easy for me to reach the prince level. Who would have thought that the gap between a duke and a prince is something that ordinary people can cross?

“I’m unwilling to die here in the end. I’m unwilling!”

As he wrote, the duke’s words became more and more messy, as if they contained the madness before his death and the resistance to

fate.

According to the information Fang Ping had learned, vampires often faced the risk of failure when breaking through.

Moreover, once they failed, the stronger the

vampire, the more likely it was for them to suffer a threat to their lives!

In particular, if a marquis wanted to advance to

the duke level, the death rate would be as high as 80%!

As for the death rate after a duke advanced to a

prince, it was very likely to be infinitely close to 100%!

Therefore, this line of words should have been

engraved by this Duke Castellan before he failed to advance. Unfortunately, Castellan seemed to have been dead for a long time, and no one in the vampire

race had ever discovered that he was dead!

After all, it was not surprising for many vampire experts to enter seclusion for

hundreds or even thousands of years.

After reading the few lines on the wall, Fang Ping also learned about something else. That was, this Duke Castellan was actually the ancestor of Kallen!

The royal family had a total of seven branches, and each branch had an ancestor… “In that case, Kallen and her family probably

don’t know that their ancestor has already died, right?”

Fang Ping immediately realized how important

this matter was!

The ancestors of every royal branch were the stabilizing force of the entire family and were also the strongest combat strength. It was precisely because the seven royal

branches had an ancestor that their strength was similar and kept each other in check. Therefore, for thousands of years, there had always been intense competition among the seven branches. There would even be occasional bloodshed. However, these conflicts had never escalated

into civil war, nor had any branch of the royal family been destroyed by other families. However, if the ancestor of a certain family died, it would be hard to say!

“This news must be kept a secret. No one can

know!” “Otherwise, Kallen’s current status might be completely stripped!” Fang Ping made a decision in his heart.

Since he had accidentally entered this underground palace today, he would pretend that this had never happened. Just as Fang Ping was about to leave the

underground palace and find a way to return to the ground…

A purple light actually enveloped Duke Castellan’s corpse. Ding… This is a reminder that Master has encountered a purple investment potential target. Master, please decide if you want to

invest

in it!’