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I led Zhao Qian and the others out of the pit entrance. At a glance, most of everyone had already escaped. Those few who thought we were clearing the area while waiting for the treasures had all been driven away. But the sight atop the sinkhole left me utterly stunned!
The enormous hole blasted open above was filled with red and black light. At that very moment, a woman in red robes was slowly descending from the radiance. She was too far away for me to make out her features. All I could see was that her clothes were the same blood-red shade as the Blood-Clothed Bride's, while her ornaments glittered with golden light. She looked incredibly like the Blood-Clothed Bride, and I even felt a powerful urge to go over there.
"You lead everyone away first and leave this place. I'm going back to take a look!" I thought it over and said. Zhao Qian and Quan Chanyu froze for a moment. Everyone had followed me only because of what I had said, so when I now declared that I wasn't leaving, it was no different from going back on my word to them. Zhao Qian immediately grabbed me. "Brother Tian isn't leaving. How could we leave on our own?"
"I have the ancestral dragon's destiny on me. If things become truly dangerous, I can just summon the ancestral dragon. Whatever supreme deity of the Dao lineage they are, it can swallow them all! With you here, I'll only hesitate!" I said at once.
"But we all know the ancestral dragon doesn't appear every time. What if something goes wrong?" Xiao Mengtong said with a frown.
"It'll come. You only need to trust that I'll return. Go back and wait for me! I'll come back as soon as