Once the Crystal Fruit was in their stomachs,
Su Ye and Xia Zhiqiu felt nothing in particular, but Lang Li Ge Lang felt something rush straight to the top of his head.
It felt incredible.
"Come on. Let's keep going."
Su Ye led the way.
As they went, Su Ye killed another thirty-odd Star Beasts and found another Crystal Fruit Tree bearing ripe fruit.
"Five-Colored Light! It's a Fifth Order Crystal Fruit! We've struck it rich, Brother Long!"
Xia Zhiqiu was beside himself with excitement. As soon as Su Ye killed the Star Beast guarding the tree, he rushed over and picked its three ripe Crystal Fruits.
He handed the largest one to Su Ye first.
Then he split the other two with Lang Li Ge Lang.
"Th-there's one for me too?"
Lang Li Ge Lang was overwhelmed.
"Of course. We're already here, so eat up!"
Xia Zhiqiu took huge bites of his grapefruit-sized Crystal Fruit.
Lang Li Ge Lang: ... My ancestors must be smiling down on me!
As the livestream filled with comments of envy, jealousy, and resentment, the three of them ate their Crystal Fruits.
Bzzz—
Beside them, Xia Zhiqiu's aura began to ripple.
Was he... about to break through?
Su Ye's eyes lit up.
But Xia Zhiqiu's aura rippled for only a moment before settling again.
He had grown stronger, but he had failed to break through.
"Damn."
Xia Zhiqiu sighed, then quickly pulled himself together.
"Brother Long, we've already killed enough Seventh Order Monsters, and I've eaten a Crystal Fruit. Let's head back."
Su Ye had already spent so much time here helping him get Crystal Fruits. It was time to leave.
But...
To Xia Zhiqiu's surprise, Su Ye said nothing and kept striding deeper into the cavern.
"Wait, Brother Long! Wrong way! That leads