Ning Xue looked at the disappearing figure and felt slightly speechless.
He said a few harsh words and ran away without them asking anything.
Then he looked at the fog around him and sighed softly. Now is not the time to think about this.
Although this first level may seem like a bit of a joke, it is their territory after all, and there are so many corpses lying on the ground, so you still have to show some respect.
Sasuke on the side also had the same idea.
This trial is too simple.
As a ninja, if you can't resist this illusion, you might as well go back to the Ninja Academy.
Although the two of them were thinking this in their hearts, neither of them said it out loud, they just walked towards the depths of the mist in a tacit understanding.
But as they walked, the two gradually realized something was wrong.
Ning Xue turned his head sideways and glanced at his side.
In the thick fog, a petite figure flashed past the stalactites like a ghost.
Ning Xue frowned when he saw this scene and was about to confirm it carefully when he suddenly heard a low shout from Sasuke.
"Get out of the way!"
The moment the words entered his ears, his body reacted faster than his brain, and he jumped sideways.
There was a "bang" sound, and a thick stalactite hit the spot where he was standing. The gravel flew everywhere and created a shallow pit on the ground.
Sasuke instantly turned on Mangekyō Sharingan, and Ning Xue turned on Byakugan simultaneously.
The two of them scanned the surroundings at the same time. Although they could not completely penetrate the fog, they still captured the subtle changes.
The surrounding stalactite pillars are squirming slightly at an extremely slow speed, as if they are alive.
The two of them instantly became alert, their eyes fixed on every corner of the cave.
But at this moment, a stone wall rose from the ground without any warning, abruptly separating the two people.
Ning Xue's response is extremely fast.
The moment the stone wall rose, he smacked it with his palm, trying to smash it into pieces.
But the moment his palm touched the stone wall, it was as soft as a ball of cotton, absorbing all the impact in an instant.
He quickly retracted his hand, jumped back to distance himself, cold air surged in his palm, and quickly condensed a blue Flower Seed.
However, before he could take action, the petite figure that flashed by just now passed by the edge of his vision on the other side again.
Seeing this petite figure again, Ning Xue instantly realized that this might also be part of the trial.
Thinking of this, he took back his hand, and Flower Seed turned into a puddle of water in his hand, followed by a gust of wind and an ice flower scattered.
He turned around and walked in the direction where the figure disappeared.
But at this moment, he heard a sharp bird call from next door - the sound of Chidori.
Then there was the sound of countless rubbles colliding.
It seems that Sasuke also encountered a similar situation and chose to take action.
He shook his head, thought no more, and walked forward slowly.
That petite figure flashed past him from time to time, guiding him in the direction even though it was far away.
Ning Xue did not speed up to catch up, but kept moving forward at a constant speed while secretly observing the surrounding terrain.
When he was about to reach the entrance of a cave, his steps paused slightly.
A ball of water quickly condensed into the palm under the cuff, and he held it in his hand.
Then, he stepped into the cave.
The moment he stepped into the cave, a stone door crashed down behind him at an alarming speed.
Ning Xue was well prepared and threw the ball of water backwards with his backhand. The water ball quickly shaped in the air and condensed into a thick icicle. It was accurately stuck between the stone door and the ground, and it firmly supported the falling trend.
He himself also took this opportunity and quickly got out of the gap.
The icicles made an overwhelmed creaking sound under the huge pressure of the stone door, but at least they bought time to escape.
Ning Xue stood outside the cave, looking at the cracked icicle with an expression that said, "Sure enough, that's true."
But just as he was about to move on, an ethereal and crisp voice suddenly sounded beside him.
"You are really vigilant, this guest."
Ning Xue turned his head and saw a girl in shorts floating in the air, with a delicate and cute face, looking at him with curiosity.
Her figure was suspended about half a meter above the ground, with her hands on her knees and her head tilted, with a narrow smile in her eyes.
"But for someone as vigilant as you, it's really not fun at all."
Before he finished speaking, the hole behind Ning Xue seemed to come alive in an instant.
The icicle was crushed by the stone door, scattering ice shards all over the ground, and the hole itself was like an open mouth, suddenly closing and swallowing Ning Xue whole.
Ning Xue stood in the cave again, looking at the closed stone walls around him. He was silent for a while, and then sighed silently.
Is this trial necessary?
He walked to the exit and carefully observed the stone door.
There are various patterns and holes carved on the facade, arranged irregularly, like some kind of mechanism.
He raised his hand and knocked on the wall again to confirm the thickness, and considered whether to use the power of Mōryō to break it out.
At this moment, the petite figure seemed to see through his thoughts, appeared behind him like a ghost, leaned against his ear, and whispered something softly.
"No way~"
Hearing the sound in his ears, he didn't feel the exhalation.
Ning Xue didn't look back and asked in a calm tone.
"Why?"
Ichikishimahime floated up and sat down in a hole in the wall behind him, his legs swaying slightly and his posture relaxed.
She tilted her head and looked at him, with a hint of innocent and mysterious smile in her tone.
"Because I am Ichikishimahime, the person responsible for screening those who enter Ryūchi Cave."
Hearing this sentence, Ning Xue understood what she meant.
He turned around and looked at her calmly, his tone still calm.
"Excuse me, how many others are behind you?"
Ichikishimahime shook his head slightly, stretched out three fingers, but seemed to think it was too much, took one back, thought about it, stretched out four more, and finally put his hands behind his back and answered with a smile.
"You can't say for sure~ Maybe there won't be one at the back, or maybe there will be a bunch of them behind."
Ning Xue was silent for a moment, looking at her playful smiling face, then looking around at the surrounding stone walls, and finally just sighed softly, with a hint of helplessness in her voice.
"So, how to open this door?"