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"": "The sense of dread grew stronger!
Shangguan Xingyue stumbled, but she seemed prepared for it. Without even pausing, she used the momentum to surge several steps forward, then steadied herself as gracefully as a swallow.
A sharp pain struck her side, like a stitch. The slightest movement sent agony piercing through her, forcing her to stop.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that all four storehouses on her palm had turned grayish white!
Her head felt heavy and her feet light. Another step forward, and she would collapse!
Dark, muddy four storehouses meant death!
A heavy head and light feet also meant death!
Ahead lay certain death!
Goosebumps rose over her skin in waves. Shangguan Xingyue drew a deep breath, her gaze becoming even more resolute!
"I want to see."
"Even a death omen cannot stop me!"
Her voice was utterly firm!
Pressing a hand against her ribs, she slowly inched forward when she could no longer run. At last, the raised clearing drew closer.
The unease within her grew stronger and more intense.
Yet the Brahmic Voice in her mind still urged her forward.
That was Shangguan Xingyue's greatest source of confidence!
What did a death omen matter?
What did those mysterious warnings from fate matter?
How dangerous could Sawu Mountain really be?
A deity could even devour a projected yin spirit!
The thing that had eaten Dai Xiaohua frightened the deity too, but the deity was not urging her to leave now. That meant the thing was not here.
Therefore, the danger she sensed was only danger to her.
To the deity, this place held no danger whatsoever!
On the contrary, something here was drawing him in!
This was still the mountaintop, after all.
And the mountaintop was shrouded in