The three of them were speechless.
The painted woman, still holding the doorknob, hurriedly shook her head to show that it wasn't because she was strong, but because the door was poorly made. It had broken off with barely a touch.
"The doorknob's broken, so the door probably won't open. We should find another—" The gemstone earring man hadn't finished speaking when the painted woman reached out and pushed the door open. His words cut off. After a pause, he changed tack. "Could it be a trap?"
Whether it was a trap or not, they had no time to consider it. The floor beneath their feet began moving again, sweeping all three of them inside!
"The door!" The gemstone earring man tried to grab the doorframe, but before his hand could reach it, the door was compressed just like the walls and corridors before it. In the blink of an eye, it had shrunk to the size of a square and soon sealed up completely.
"We can't get out!" The painted woman managed to express her surprise before she began feeling around in the space behind the door.
The light behind the door was poor, and the space was small. Yet standing in the middle made it difficult to see what was around them. Xu Huo cautiously reached out and touched the wall. The uneven ridges had barely brushed past his palm when they rippled outward like waves, bringing the entire wall to life.
As the wall rose and fell, faint white light appeared, spreading outward from the places he had touched. At first it moved slowly, then gradually picked up speed. As it did, the patterns on the wall began colliding with one another. The faint white light was like sparks, growing brighter and spreading with each collision.
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