At the young woman's shout, Yu Xing and the others swam to shore.
The River Haunt had vanished, but the waters of the Ye River had yet to calm down. Though no longer whipped into towering waves by the ghostly energy, the river's abnormal rise and fall had left it churning and surging like a rising tide.
The line of defense formed by the treasures was still in place. Just to be safe, Luo Yan kept the protective formation up even after receiving the system notification that the Main Quest was complete.
Seeing that the people in the water looked battered but had climbed ashore without any trouble, those waiting on the bank finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ghost Wine lifted the cognitive veil, and the octopus legs had served their purpose. Quinn immediately hurried over to Song Xue and Nie Lang to check on his teammates—
As expected, their minds had taken a beating. It looked like they would need some time to recover once they got back.
He sighed and quietly asked Song Xue, "Did you get it?"
Competing with the Broken Mirror Squad for a ticket had been pretty stressful.
Song Xue only nodded. The white gleam in her eyes had yet to fade, and several unsettling feathers had sprouted from her body.
Quinn used fire to burn the feathers away.
Nearby, Ren Yi had just finished reassembling himself. He had turned into blood so completely this time that, even after changing back, he still showed many signs of mutation. His hair had turned blood-red, blood seeped from his fingertips, and broad streaks of blood oozed across his skin.
With a blank expression, he draped an item cloak over himself to cover his body, then sat cross-legged to rest. While he was at it, he checked