The flames looked fierce, but they produced no smoke at all.
And flames without smoke were nothing to fear.
He stood where the flames could not reach, taking in every movement of the fire—this was a very rare opportunity.
He silently observed the flames as they continued to burn, wanting to see what they could possibly burn out.
"It can't keep going forever. That wouldn't make sense."
The moment that thought arose, the flames suddenly surged in intensity. Tongues of fire rising from the ground even licked through the ceiling.
Then, a matching flame formation actually lit up on the ceiling, connecting from top to bottom in one continuous span.
"Boom!"
A sudden explosive roar came from above. The flame formation on the ceiling burned through it, shooting down a crimson radiance.
Then a line suddenly appeared down the middle, splitting the entire ceiling in two.
By the time Dark came to his senses, the ceiling of the secret chamber had been completely opened up.
Dark abruptly looked up, and an upside-down world came into view.
Countless inverted candleholders filled his vision, their unsteady flames swaying in perfect unison.
"A hidden space!"
Though it was not the kind of hidden space they had encountered before, one that led directly to the deeper levels of the Dungeon, it was undoubtedly something beyond the secret chamber itself.
"Leomon... no, wait, where's DemiDevimon?"
Dark's first instinct was to call Leomon, but he immediately realized DemiDevimon was better suited for this. However, it was nowhere nearby.
"Dealing with the monsters outside," Leomon said steadily.
"Is that so?" Dark turned around and discovered that Gatomon was not beside him either, so he simply pushed open the door and took a look outside.
There, amid the monster corpses, Gatomon stood proudly, her snow-white fur especially conspicuous