Timaria had originally wanted to wait until the two rolling boulders had passed before moving forward, but Li suddenly grabbed her and ran out. At the time, Timaria had dearly wanted to curse him out—charging ahead like this made it all too easy to get hurt by the boulders.
Li was growing quite impatient as well. He reached out and tapped the top of Timaria's head. "Release!"
Although magic could not be used freely here, Li could still use his own chakra to perform Ninjutsu. The instant Timaria was struck by Li's hand seal that dispelled Genjutsu, her expression changed dramatically.
The lava cave she had seen just now had been enormous, with plenty of room to dodge left and right. But now, she saw that both sides were covered in spikes. Those spikes were either black or blood-red, and they certainly did not look harmless. If she had carelessly dodged into one just now, she would have crashed right into it. Even with her strength, in a place with no means of treatment whatsoever, Timaria did not think she could last long.
Timaria then looked ahead. Since dodging to either side was impossible, they could only keep moving forward. What she saw ahead made her let out a breath of relief.
The gorge before them was at least two hundred meters wide. Fortunately, a bridge spanned it—a metal bridge connecting the two sides of the gorge.
Timaria was still somewhat frightened. When she had entered this chamber earlier, Genjutsu had confused her so thoroughly that she had completely failed to notice the conditions on either side. Could the bridge ahead be fake too? But seeing Li run toward it without hesitation, Timaria relaxed, thinking that it seemed to be fine.
What she had not noticed was that, for some