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The Substitute Puppet spoke calmly: "Uncle He, Uncle Yuan, no need, I've already returned successfully."
The words fell.
"Crash——"
A loud explosion sounded, as if explosives had gone off underwater, sending white spray everywhere. Everyone looked over and saw a column of water several meters high suddenly erupt from the river's surface.
At the top of the column.
The young man stood tall, and as gravity drew the water column down.
The youth stood in the void, stepping forward as if stairs were forming under his feet, walking step by step towards the riverbank.
He was completely dry, without a trace of moisture on him.
The mist fell around him within half a meter, instantly crushed into a spray and drifting outward.
The mist parted.
Faintly visible in his right hand, the youth casually held a piece of a corpse.
