Guixu was even darker than expected.
Aoling’s dragon scales were the only source of light, tracing an erratic path through the absolute darkness like a pale blue lamp. My lungs burned fiercely—although she had cast a water-repelling spell on me, the deep-sea pressure was still too much for a mortal body to bear.
"We’re almost there," she said, her dragon whiskers wrapping around my wrist. "Don't sleep."
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