Ning Wanren fled at full speed, covering thousands of li in the blink of an eye. He had no idea that the moment he left, Xu Yi, his face still cold and stern, dropped straight toward the ground.
Ning Wanren's Scarlet Nail had already left Xu Yi severely weakened. Then he'd launched the Ding Yuan Technique in a surprise attack, and the tremendous backlash had nearly drained the last of his strength.
The moment Ning Wanren left, Xu Yi could no longer hold on. He promptly passed out.
"Hey, hey! You're really putting me in a bind! You—"
Seeing Xu Yi about to plummet from ten thousand zhang in the sky, Huang Mei hurriedly shot out of the Starry Sky Ring. He spewed corpse mist to control his own body while catching Xu Yi.
Unfortunately, corpse mist could barely support any weight, and Huang Mei had to struggle mightily to keep spewing it.
Once Xu Yi had dropped to a lower altitude, Huang Mei let him crash into the sea. He put away the corpse mist, burrowed back into the Starry Sky Ring, and lay there panting heavily.
Xu Yi sank into the sea and lay buried in the silt. Time passed. Every now and then, a few sea beasts spotted him and swam over to take a bite, but they couldn't get through his skin and had to leave.
After two days and three nights, Xu Yi woke up. He choked on a couple of mouthfuls of water, then adjusted, though his chest felt heavy.
He hurried to the surface, downed two gourds of Spirit Wine, and recovered at once.
Suddenly remembering his Immortal Slaying Sword, he hurriedly prepared to dive down and look for it. Just then, Huang Mei emerged from the Starry Sky Ring, his dragon jaws