"You guys are really pathetic." Xiao Chen said with a shake of his head. The Third Prince was lying at some corner with a deep wound on his stomach, Lu Ru was crying over almost dead Shi Yang, and The Second Prince was looking at his left hand or where it should be. Sun Bao was bleeding and was on the verge of death. Two other disciples from his sect had already died. And Adrian's energy was flaring on and off strangely. Only two people in the domain could understand what was going on because only two of them could feel and see Mana. At that moment, all the Mana in the domain was forcefully entering Adrian's body.
"You all think I need the keys to open the inheritance site, but it is not true. Keys are just tools. What I have is something better." The Prince Consort said as he grabbed Shi Yang from Lu Ru's embrace and threw it at him to the altar in front of the castle. Next, he grabbed Sun Bao and threw him too. He walked to Adrian and defended against the crazy flames attacking, after he was close enough he cut a vein on his wrist and filled a gourd with his blood. He threw it to the altar as well. He would like to kill him but Mana in the domain was protecting him.
"Too bad the fifth is not here, but I have to make do." Xiao Chen smirked as he held the arm lying on the ground. "Did you know, Princes, even your father r*ped a princess from Purple King's bloodline to acquire the inheritance? The Crown Prince and Second Prince are her children."
Saying that he leisurely walked to the altar and cut open his wrist. When the five descendants' blood was mixed, the altar shone with strong light. It scanned Xiao Chen and after ten minutes, the door of the majestic castle opened.
If Ezio knew his scare tactic allowed Taro Mars and Xiao Chen to find this method to open the door, he would kill himself by banging his head against a wall. After leaving his side, Taro Mars researched the bloodline inheritance and found an alternative method to open it by chance. Ezio wanted to sow discord between sects and the palace, but in the end, allowed Xiao Chen to reach the inheritance site.
"Guard the door." Xiao Chen said and the red-haired girl and Alein kneeled. Others wanted to stop him, but they didn't have the strength in them. The only one who could stop Xiao Chen at the moment was Adrian, but he was in some sort of trance and was comatose. Ezio was there too, but after seeing the battle, he decided to watch a bit longer.
Xiao Chen wasn't a regular cultivator either. Although Ezio could jump a few steps to battle against those stronger than him, so could Xiao Chen. He wasn't like the Guard who didn't know how to use his powers or had no technique. The Prince Consort was getting the best training ever since he was five, and also had Mana Cultivation. With him being a few steps higher than Ezio, it was almost impossible to win.
But that wasn't all. Xiao Chen's uncle was from a Kingdom-Tier power. He brought talismans and weapons that could hardly be found in this Kingdom. He almost one-shot Sun Bao with an explosive talisman that destroyed the Second Prince's barrier talisman. He also pierced through the Third's with a strong weapon in hand. All of these combined made him much above his level. Ezio wasn't willing to risk his life for such an unbalanced fight.
After Xiao Chen disappeared, the castle door was closed and a purple beam fell down on the castle. It lingered for a full minute before it vanished into thin air. Ezio thought it was over, but it wasn't even close. The sky above the castle changed and lightning clouds gathered. The purple beam fell down once again, and this time it lasted for two minutes. Over and over again, the beam of light came. After the fifth time, it disappeared.
The doors were open, and frowning Xiao Chen walked out. He looked visibly upset as he descended the stairs. When he arrived next to his guards, Alein asked, "Did you get it?"
"Only half." Xiao Chen said as he looked at the people in the opening. The Second Prince ran away, Lu Ru was helping the Third Prince and Adrian was still in the middle of sucking Mana in the air. No one could hear them.
"What does that mean?" The red-haired girl asked.
"There is someone else who acquired the other half, and only one of us can live. But who might he be?" He didn't think anyone who entered the domain could acquire the inheritance. First of all, one of their keys was missing, secondly, he was guarding the site since the first day, and no one else entered. It must be from previous times, he thought.
"What are we going to do with them?" Alein asked as he pointed at Prince and others.
"Let them be." Xiao Chen said as he started to walk away. "We have a Kingdom to conquer."
Alein and the red-haired girl followed after him. Ezio didn't know if there was an exit somewhere in the domain, but if there was, only Xiao Chen and Adrian would know it. He ignored it for the time being and walked to the Prince.
"Ezio, where have you been?" Lu Ru asked in anger, as tears were falling from her beautiful face. "You could have helped us! Shi Yang, he— he was murdered."
"Don't say these things, Ru'er." It's not his fault. He is only at the Qi Solidification Realm and couldn't help us." The Third Prince said with a sigh, as he looked at Adrian. "We failed ourselves."
Ezio walked up to the boy once again to stop the flames. But this time, a voice reverberated in the opening. "Stay away."
Adrian, who was floating in the air like possessed by a ghost, landed softly on his feet. The flames disappeared as he opened his eyes. For a second, Ezio was intimidated, because the pressure he was emitting was too strong.
"My Mana Path opened and I had rapid breakthroughs," Adrian said. He was now in the Mana Crystallization Realm. It was unbelievable, but with the help of the domain, he indeed did it.