On the other side, Silver Six exited the vortex, put away the command token, and returned to the golden-armored man's location. When Gold Three saw Silver Six return, he asked curiously, "Handled?"
"No," Silver Six shook his head.
"No? What happened?" Gold Three asked, intrigued.
So Silver Six described everything that had happened inside and what he had seen, but he deliberately concealed Evan Yang's ability to catalyze the fruits, not wanting the fruits to be devoured by the gold-armored trio without leaving any for them.
As a result, Gold Three assumed it was a soul-related issue and said to Silver Six, "Go bring Silver Eight over."
Silver Six nodded and went to contact Silver Eight. Silver Nine and Silver Ten watched the comings and goings with curiosity, eager to know what was inside the vortex that required so many people to be involved—except for the two of them.
Following Gold Three's instructions, Silver Eight entered the vortex with Silver Six. On the way, Silver Eight asked, "You two brothers can't handle those two?"
"Silver Four is already dead, only his soul remains. And when the two of us went in, we were both attacked by some mysterious soul force. That's why we want to use your soul artifact, so we won't be attacked again," Silver Six explained.
"I see. Now I'm curious to see what those two are capable of—able to kill Silver Four and give you two such a headache," Silver Eight said with a laugh.
Soon, the two arrived where Silver Five was. When Silver Five saw Silver Eight, he smiled and said, "You're here?"
"Yes, Gold Three ordered me to help you," Silver Eight said.
After the two nodded, the three of them moved closer to the tree—where Evan Yang was. Silver Five and Silver Six pointed at the area and said, "It's that zone."
"My artifact's range is limited. You must stay close to me—don't leave my side," Silver Eight said.
The two nodded, so the three walked over. Evan Yang noticed the newcomer and frowned, also spotting the artifact in his hand, which emitted a light that enveloped all three of them.
No matter how Evan Yang attacked, he couldn't break through the light. He muttered inwardly, "Is this a soul artifact?"
But Evan Yang didn't have time to think further—he forced his soul back into his body and tried to move, but found it even harder to control his own body.
Seeing Evan Yang get up again, Silver Five and Silver Six snorted, "Which one of you is causing trouble?"
"No idea," Evan Yang replied.
"No idea? Kid, are you pretending or do you really not know? You want to die?" Silver Five and Silver Six pressed.
Evan Yang thought for a moment, then smiled, "I won't die. You still need me to catalyze these fruits."
Silver Five and Silver Six frowned, while Silver Eight curiously asked, "What's going on here?"
At this point, Silver Five and Silver Six had no choice but to tell the truth. When Silver Eight heard Evan Yang could catalyze fruits, he became interested and laughed, "So that's it. Silver Five, Silver Six, why not let him ripen a few more fruits?"
"Don't even mention it. I was attacked while refining the fruit," Silver Five said.
Hearing this, Silver Eight said, "Here's what we'll do: I'll guard you, and you two can refine the fruits first. How about it?"
"Fine," Silver Five and Silver Six agreed.
Then Silver Eight said to Evan Yang, "Kid, you know what I mean."
"Alright, alright, I'll do it now." Evan Yang moved, leaped up, picked two fruits, ripened them, and handed them to Silver Five and Silver Six.
Seeing the fruits really ripen, Silver Eight was secretly delighted. As Silver Five and Silver Six refined the fruits, they dared not leave Silver Eight's side, while Silver Eight stood firm, not moving.
Meanwhile, Evan Yang wondered how to get Silver Eight to move the barrier away from the other two.
"Kid, why are you staring at me like that? What, want to attack me? Or resist? I advise you to forget it—you can't beat me," Silver Eight said.