Death House, Who Will the Deer Die To?

"That little runt crossed the bridge. Looks like One-Eye failed and couldn't stop her."

Hidden within the passage was a dark figure lying in wait for a sneak attack.

After hearing his companion's warning from ahead, he gave a disdainful snort. "That fellow One-Eye was always trying to be clever. He deserved to die. With that pathetic little cleverness of his, once anyone saw through the plans he made, it was nothing but a road to death. The Mirror-House Corridor isn't some guaranteed killing ground either. In this Spirit Beast Hall, acting alone is the most fatal thing of all. Keep watch. When that little runt comes over, I'll lure her into the Death House. The moment I come out, activate the mechanism."

The one ahead immediately nodded. "Understood. We've worked together on this ambush tactic no fewer than a hundred times. There definitely won't be a problem."

The Death Mantis flew over.

A shadow lurking in the darkness flashed, and a savage, terrifying giant mouth spat out a stream of dark green venom.

Everywhere the venom touched sizzled with smoke as it corroded everything in its path.

But the sneak attack was useless. The cautiously advancing Death Mantis easily dodged it.

"Ball!"

Having evaded the sneak attack, the Death Mantis threw out an energy ball.

By the faint glow of the energy ball, she spotted a long, thin shadow slipping into a passage.

No one knew what kind of mechanism it had triggered, but one of the crates at this end of the bridge shifted aside, and the bridge behind the Death Mantis swiftly retracted. It seemed there was a controlling mechanism here as well. She had to seize control of it, or she would not even be able to return. After a brief moment of thought, the Death