Saying it was thrown out is not quite accurate; it was an extremely powerful throw, like throwing a hidden weapon. It was a small movement, but it had tremendous explosive power.
Chang Lili barely saw where the silver needles went. She only heard a crisp sound coming from the direction of the dragon's head. Then she saw several silver needles shoot out from the mouth of the lit dragon's head, flashing by before hitting the wall and falling to the ground.
A silver needle fell from the dragon's neck.
Chang Lili stared in disbelief, then turned to Meng Yuxiu: "That move was truly amazing, I'm in awe."
She said sincerely, and Meng Yuxiu was amused by her appearance, and laughed, "It's just a trivial skill."
"It seems I wasn't wrong. That spring is the key. If we can destroy that spring, the formation will be broken!" Chang Lili said with delight.
After saying that, she looked at Meng Yuxiu with anticipation. Meng Yuxiu understood immediately, bent down to pick up the silver needles and threw them. This time, he threw three in a row, not just one.
Several crisp sounds rang out as the dragon spat out a few silver needles, each time slower and fewer than the last.
After the third silver needle was thrown, there was a cracking sound, and several silver needles fell out of the dragon's mouth, after which there was no more movement.
Chang Lili excitedly ran to the dragon head, and Meng Yuxiu hurriedly followed.
Chang Lili was dumbfounded when she saw the broken spring at her neck.
"This... a trivial skill... when will I ever learn such a trivial skill?" Chang Lili stared wide-eyed at Meng Yuxiu, somewhat bewildered, her eyes revealing admiration and longing.
Meng Yuxiu smiled gently: "Actually, it's nothing. You just need to practice more. If you want to learn, I'll teach you after we get out."
Chang Lili nodded repeatedly, then picked up many silver needles from the ground and eagerly handed them to Meng Yuxiu, saying solicitously, "Thank you for your hard work, General!"
After that, Meng Yuxiu destroyed several more springs. Although it was a bit bumpy, it was still a close call.
Chang Lili carefully lit the lamp so that Meng Yuxiu could see the mechanism clearly.
It took quite a bit of effort for the two of them to safely pass through this checkpoint.
Chang Lili helped Meng Yuxiu up and noticed faint bloodstains on his clothes. The silver needles had really caused him a lot of pain.
She looked around, determined to break through the traps quickly, and used all her skills.
The two of them reached a corner, but dared not make any rash moves. They simply stood there and looked ahead.
Chang Lili didn't dare to light the lamp rashly, because she noticed that the ground in this area was different from the others, and was significantly lighter in color.
She crouched down and looked at the ground. Apart from the color, she couldn't make out anything. The oil lamp on the wall was just an ordinary oil lamp.
I looked at it from left to right, but I couldn't see anything.
“There’s something wrong with the ground; we can’t just walk across like this.” Chang Lili turned back and helped Meng Yuxiu up again. “But I can’t see anything wrong; there isn’t even a single rock in this place.”
She looked around anxiously, but there wasn't much stone, not even much dust.
"You rest for a while, I'll go take a look." Chang Lili said, and was about to help Meng Yuxiu to the side.
The latter grabbed her hand and said, "Since you can't tell and know there's a problem on the ground, then we won't walk on the ground. I'll take you there."
As she spoke, Chang Lili's hand was grabbed and she was tightly hugged and held in someone's arms.
"No...no!" she struggled. "You were just injured, and now you're taking such a risk? Are you out of your mind?"
Meng Yuxiu, however, said innocently, "Didn't you say there was something strange about the ground? Going over the wall is the safest way."
Chang Lili was speechless. She continued to look around quickly, but she really couldn't see anything amiss.
The clean floor and clean walls reminded her of her first concern: the countless sharp spikes beneath the floorboards.
After careful consideration, they realized that apart from the method Meng Yuxiu suggested, they truly had no other way to get through it.
If Chang Lili were to break this formation, she wouldn't know where to begin.
“Alright then,” she conceded.
Although it is a mechanical art, fraught with danger, there are always doors to life and doors to death. Chang Lili couldn't imagine what kind of dead doors might be on the wall.
Meng Yuxiu hugged her tightly, and she hugged Meng Yuxiu back tightly.
A moment later, he felt a lightness in his body and leaped into the air. Meng Yuxiu flew diagonally towards the left wall, used the wall for leverage, and then flew diagonally towards the right wall.
Suddenly, the walls on both sides made a sound like the earth shaking, which startled Chang Lili so much that she stared wide-eyed at the walls on both sides.
She thought she was seeing things and subconsciously rubbed her eyes. Then she looked up and found that the two walls were close together.
The two walls, which were originally three zhang apart, now moved closer together, approaching Meng Yuxiu and Chang Lili who were flying between them.
Chang Lili said absentmindedly, "Wall..."
Meng Yuxiu's movements did not stop at all; in fact, they became even faster.
The two walls were getting closer and closer, but the two of them were still in the passageway. The road was long, and the two walls were also very long.
If they don't get out of here soon, and these two walls remain so close, they'll probably be crushed to death.
Thinking of this, Meng Yuxiu moved several times faster, while Chang Lili's palms quickly became sweaty. However, she dared not breathe. At this moment, she could not help at all and could only pray that the wall would move more slowly.
Just now she naively thought that no silver needles would shoot out from the wall and that there would be no problems.
But now, the entire wall has become a weapon of mass destruction; if they don't get out, both of them will be crushed into mincemeat.
Meng Yuxiu moved quickly, and the wall closed in just as fast. Chang Lili nervously watched the distance between the walls, wanting to turn her head to see how far it was before they could get out, but she was afraid that making too much of a movement would affect Meng Yuxiu, so she could only hold him even tighter.
Chang Lili's breathing became rapid. She stared intently at the distance between the walls, feeling her heart pounding faster and faster.
At this moment, only a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) remained between the two walls. Meng Yuxiu's flying distance was getting shorter and shorter, but his movements were getting faster and faster. The walls continued to close, but Meng Yuxiu could no longer fly forward.
The two walls had already closed up to a point where he could support himself with his hands and feet, but they were still closing in.
"Lili, hurry over there!" he said quickly. "It's not far, get out of there quickly!"
Chang Lili's pupils contracted slightly, and she turned her head sharply to take a look. Indeed, she could run out in just a few more meters.
“But you…” But how could she leave Meng Yuxiu alone? How could she watch Meng Yuxiu die so miserably?
"You go first, I can get away on my own! Hurry up!" Meng Yuxiu said urgently, his cheeks flushed.
Whether what he said is true or false, if this delay continues, even the truth will become false.
Without delay, Chang Lili quickly jumped off Meng Yuxiu.
But with that jump, he was swallowed up by darkness.
The ground beneath his feet suddenly shattered into pieces, and Chang Lili fell helplessly downwards.
At this moment, Chang Lili realized that unless she broke the mechanism, the ground and walls were all traps.
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