"Huang Mao Kid! Come out and fight!"
Tedd leaped onto the platform and pointed at Xia Zhiqiu, not even bothering to ask his name.
He wanted to finish Huang Mao Kid quickly, then teach Long Aotian a brutal lesson.
"Brother Long..."
Xia Zhiqiu looked troubled.
"Go on, Lao Xia. You'll be fine!"
Su Ye patted Xia Zhiqiu's shoulder and spoke to him through a private transmission.
Don't forget, you just ate a Ninth Tier Crystal Fruit. Don't back down. Face him head-on. I believe in you!
The Ninth Tier Crystal Fruit!
Xia Zhiqiu's eyes lit up.
In the end, Su Ye had decided to share the treasures they had found deep within the 011 Secret Realm among everyone who had been there.
Xia Zhiqiu had received the Ninth Tier Crystal Fruit.
A Crystal Fruit had to be eaten as soon as it was picked, but its immense energy had nearly burst Xia Zhiqiu apart.
In the end, Su Ye—or rather, Lan Jiuyou inside Su Ye—had stepped in and stored that energy within Xia Zhiqiu's body.
Not only had she kept it from overwhelming him, she had also hidden it inside him, where it would be released gradually as he cultivated.
In other words...
For a long time to come, Xia Zhiqiu would cultivate as though he had divine help, advancing at astonishing speed.
But...
Before Lan Jiuyou had intervened, a vast amount of that energy had already turned into pure Mental Power and accumulated in Xia Zhiqiu's Sea of Consciousness.
That was why Su Ye wanted Xia Zhiqiu to fight.
This was his chance to release that immense Mental Power.
And if he could win a Burial God Graveyard Entry while he was at it...
That would be a huge gain!
"Th-then I'm going up?"
Xia Zhiqiu trudged onto the