She rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, pressed them against the ground, and summoned an earthen wall, sealing the crack that was leaking acid water shut.
Once she was certain no more acid water would leak out, she let out a long sigh of relief.
She released the Earth Release covering her feet and lowered her head to inspect her injuries. Her once-smooth, fair heels now looked like chunks of pork blown apart, a bloody mess of exposed flesh. Yui sucked in a sharp breath.
"What kind of acid water is this? How can it be so corrosive?" she exclaimed, hurriedly using medical ninjutsu to heal her injuries.
"That's way too terrifying!" Only after her corroded heels returned to normal did she breathe a sigh of relief. "Good thing I ran fast. Otherwise, who knows what would've happened?"
"Yui, that acid water really is terrifying!" Xiao You remarked, still shaken. It was thankful it had stayed on Yui's shoulder instead of stepping on the floor. With its tiny body, a single touch of that acid water would probably have reduced it to a puddle of blood.
Yui speculated about the cause, seemingly arriving at an answer. "I'm guessing the acid water spilled out to punish us because we damaged the Stone Chamber!"
"Mm-hmm, that's very possible," Xiao You agreed.
"This corridor..." Yui rested her chin in her hand. They had left the Stone Chamber, and now they needed to pass through this corridor. She had no idea whether other dangers awaited them.
As though sensing what Yui was thinking, Xiao You tugged on her ear and suggested, "Yui, why don't you let me go through first and test it for danger?"
"No." Yui rejected the suggestion immediately. "You're too small. If that acid water appears again, won't you be