"It's me. Don't resist—come with me!"
Ye Zhen suddenly burst out of the ground, giving Big Ear Nie Ting, who had been cultivating, a tremendous fright. Just as he was about to resist, Ye Zhen's voice rang in his ears, and darkness abruptly swallowed his vision.
Ye Zhen's killing of four Tongtian Trading House guards in Sea Bell Alley had already been a major incident. Yet for some reason, a raging fire had broken out among the merchants in the eastern part of Chaotic Void Island, instantly changing the nature of the situation.
Not long after Ye Zhen tunneled underground, all ten thousand guards of Chaotic Void Island sprang into action. As they sealed off the island, they began a full-scale search.
When Big Ear Nie Ting opened his eyes again, he was already inside a cave beneath the island, amid the undercurrents below Chaotic Void Island.
Along the way, Big Ear had listened carefully, and the changes across Chaotic Void Island had become clear to him. He also understood why Ye Zhen had done this.
Even at such a critical moment of escape, Ye Zhen had still brought him along. Big Ear Nie Ting felt that his master, Ye Zhen, was actually quite decent.
He could tell that his master Ye Zhen's ability to flee for his life just now had been incredibly miraculous!
However, none of that was what interested Nie Ting most. What interested him most was the spirit fruit Ye Zhen had given him before leaving.
From Ye Zhen's departure to his return, only a little over half a quarter-hour had passed. Nie Ting had refined less than half a percent of the spirit fruit's medicinal power.
Yet merely that half-percent had already let Nie Ting feel distinct changes.
He felt that using his innate divine