Yu Bi swung his withered claws, sending five pitch-black blades condensed from corpse qi flying toward the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
However, when the black blades came within thirty feet of the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar, they abruptly collapsed one after another, turning into inky corpse qi that swept past the avatar's body, making his robes flap wildly.
Yu Bi's sharp gaze shifted away from the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar and toward the dark, unfathomable lake below.
He sensed that a figure had truly appeared at the bottom of the lake, entirely shrouded in a black cloak and rising through the water.
"Someone... really was beneath the water?"
Yu Bi stared blankly at the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
The Heaven-and-Earth Avatar wore the lingering terror of someone who had survived a calamity. He swallowed hard twice before speaking.
"He is this junior's friend."
"Greetings, Senior."
At this moment, the black-robed figure had already broken through the surface. He saluted Yu Bi as he slowly drifted toward the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
The black-robed man was naturally Song Wen.
Seeing Yu Bi about to attack, he had no choice but to reveal himself.
Yu Bi's attention naturally fell upon Song Wen.
"I heard from Gou Jun that the Life-Restoring Fruit is on you?"
"It is," Song Wen answered without hesitation.
"Then hand it over at once," Yu Bi said.
With a thought from Song Wen, a jade box suddenly appeared in his hand, identical to the one held by the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
"Senior, please look..."
Before he had finished speaking, Song Wen had already landed beside the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar.
The storage ring on his middle finger flashed with green light.
The Heaven-and-Earth Avatar instantly transformed into a wooden carving and was drawn into the storage ring by the green light.
The storage ring that had been on the Heaven-and-Earth Avatar's hand