Once the rain of arrows stopped, everyone rose to their feet, still shaken. The stone walls on both sides of the passage were riddled with dense arrow holes, like a honeycomb.
"Good thing we reacted quickly." Dina patted her chest, trying hard to suppress its relentless heaving.
She had nearly been scared out of her wits just now. She had brought these people in herself; if anything happened to any of them, it would damage her reputation.
"These arrows were soaked in poison. Once they hit someone, even immortals couldn't save them."
She took several steps forward and carefully inspected the stone slabs on the ground. In a grave tone, she said, "There are more traps ahead. Follow my footprints, and whatever you do, don't step wrong."
Following Dina's guidance, everyone carefully stepped on the slabs she had crossed, each step sending their hearts racing.
Suddenly, Hua Qiang, who was walking in the middle, felt his foot sink. The stone slab had not caved in, but he could feel a faint tremor coming from beneath his feet.
"This is bad!" Dina's face changed drastically. "It's a gravity trap!"
Before her words had faded, rubble suddenly began falling from the ceiling. The stone walls shook violently as well, as if the entire pyramid were trembling. "Run! The passage is collapsing!"
Everyone charged forward with all their strength. More and more rubble crashed down behind them, striking the ground with thunderous booms. Dust filled the air, choking them until they could barely open their eyes.
Just as they were about to rush out of the passage, a massive boulder fell from above and landed squarely across the exit.
"We're finished!" someone cried in despair.
Dina suddenly pulled out a stick of dynamite from her backpack. "My grandfather left this to me. It