Lu Xueqi and Bi Yao (8)

Su Han took a deep breath as well and walked to Bi Yao's bedside. From his robes, he took out the mysterious tortoiseshell he had been nurturing all this time, obtained from the East Sea—the token Shi Yi had mentioned that might be connected to the "Return to the Void." He gently placed it in Bi Yao's hand.

"Yao'er, keep this with you. Senior Stone said it might be able to protect you. No matter what, I will never let anything hurt you."

Bi Yao clasped the tortoiseshell, still warm with Su Han's body heat. Feeling its faint coolness and ancient aura, her heart settled slightly. She nodded firmly. "You need to be careful too."

Su Han turned and stood shoulder to shoulder with Lu Xueqi, facing the entrance to the hall with steadfast eyes.

Elder Mu looked at the two young people standing ready, then at Bi Yao on the bed, weak yet fearless as she tightly gripped the tortoiseshell. A trace of emotion flashed through his eyes before it was replaced by sharp resolve.

"Good! It has been far too long since this old man last stretched his limbs!" Elder Mu flicked his sleeve, and vast life-force spiritual power spread through the air. Across the floor, walls, and vaulted ceiling of the hall, countless ancient, obscure runes lit up in succession, emanating an aura as heavy as mountains.

Town Yue Tower, an ancient ruin that had lain dormant for untold ages, quietly awakened at that moment and entered a state of combat readiness.

Outside the tower, in the void, that cold and evil presence receded like the tide and vanished without a trace.

Yet all four people in the hall knew that this was merely the brief calm before the storm.

Their enemy would definitely return.

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