Chapter 454: Enemies Meet, All Cards Revealed [Large Chapter, Subscription Request]_4

And while waiting, he quickly removed the spent Spirit Crystal from within the Giant Tiger Puppet and replaced it with a new one.

Master Qingwei, ever frugal, had indeed lent Zhou Chun this lower fourth-order Puppet for protection, but was unwilling to provide an extra Spirit Crystal or two for backup energy.

It never occurred to him that the Zhou Family, even after being split up, would still possess treasures like Spirit Crystals.

Originally, Zhou Mingde had acquired three Spirit Crystals from the Storage Pouch of the Golden Core Stage Insect Cultivator Han Yuan, giving one to Lin Hongyu upon her Core Formation, leaving the remaining two in Zhou Chun's possession to activate the energy-intensive fourth-order Puppet.

However, even with three Spirit Crystals to cycle through, given the vast energy consumption of a fourth-order Puppet, they were nowhere near enough to sustain it for an extended period.