Designing a Trap? Turning the Tables

After turning past the corridor, the scene here was somewhat different from when she had first entered.

Within the spacious area, there were visibly obvious mechanisms and traps: freezing pools that radiated icy energy, and flame nozzles shaped like beastly mouths. Given this terrain, one had to avoid them to keep from triggering the mechanisms.

Once the mechanisms were triggered, the consequences would certainly be disastrous.

Not to mention Death Mantis—no ordinary fool would ever fall for it.

Probably only an idiot blinded by his titanium-plated dog eyes would fall for such an obvious trap.

The most obvious flaw was that shallow footprints appeared on the ground at regular intervals.

They had been left by the One-Eyed Giant.

Those footprints had clearly been deliberately concealed. Most likely, the One-Eyed Giant had walked on tiptoe; despite its enormous size, the prints were only tiny marks. If one did not observe carefully enough, one would certainly fail to notice them.

Death Mantis slowly flew along the footprints.

She discovered that a faint flight trail had also been left behind her.

Although she was hovering with barely any movement of her wings, her flight path remained clear. Death Mantis fell into thought. Could it be that every living creature left traces behind when passing through? Leaving traces of one's passage seemed useless and would only expose one's position—why did this happen? The trial of the Spirit Beast Hall could not possibly be meaningless. There had to be some secret waiting to be uncovered...

After cautiously advancing several dozen meters and turning through another winding passage, Death Mantis had triggered no mechanisms and seen no sign of the One-Eyed Giant. Yet before her, there were unexpectedly two choices.

Two corridor entrances.

Both entrances bore traces left by the One-Eyed Giant, and both bore traces