The water is relentless; just when he thinks it's easing up, the next wave is pushing back. What kind of mad place is this, anyway? How ridiculous for him to return to life, only to drown pitiably in some unknown cave!

It was hard to tell if the splashing was the waves or his own pathetic struggle, but he managed to come up for air a couple times between the onslaught of water. It was several minutes before it receded enough to get his feet under him, but once he could shake his tangle of dark hair out of his face, he tried to spot Mo Xuanyu.

"Hey! You still alive?"