Heavenly Pool Holy Land. "That boy was secretly cursing you just now."
"Among the dozens of juniors we've seen recently, not one of them has had more guts than that boy."
"And you seem to appreciate him quite a bit."
"Of course."
Chris folded his arms and admitted it outright, without the slightest hesitation. "Don't you think that boy is very amusing?"
"Only someone like him can let both you and me take another step forward—let my strength grow stronger, and let you recast your physical body, obtain at least three portions of Supreme Origin, and then return to the peak of that Supreme Realm."
"If it were those juniors from before, the sort who advanced step by step and set up camp at every stage, perhaps they did indeed have some potential to break through to the Supreme Realm, but every single one of them would only act after plotting everything out."
"People like that—over these years, whether it's you or me, we've seen more than enough of them."
"On the contrary, someone like the one before us, who came up and immediately said he wanted me to become the ruler of this Evil God World, and who at least on the surface can make that claim sound plausible—such a youth is truly rare."
As Chris spoke slowly, the black shadow before her fell silent for a while. Then it likewise gave a soft laugh, indicating that Chris's words did indeed make sense.
Then it looked once more in Qin Jiuge's direction. Whether intentionally or not, whether serious or still joking, it continued, "Perhaps one day in the future, you and I really will have to rely on that boy."
"Perhaps?"
Chris rarely echoed him, yet it was hard to tell just how good her own state of mind