The two hurried onward, fleeing toward the sand-and-stone staircase they had come down. But when they got close, they discovered—
The staircase was gone!
In its place stood another group of green puppets.
They were faster. Though slightly weaker than the previous red puppets, their speed was far greater. They were clearly agility-type puppets.
"This is bad. We may have walked into an ambush!" Ye Liang threw several Shuriken, but the green puppets dodged them. Only then did he realize what was happening.
Thinking about it, since Fake Ye Liang had lost both the map and the key, he would definitely have prepared countermeasures. Ye Liang had been too rash in coming here.
"Lord Ye Liang, what do we do now? There's no way out ahead or behind us!" Uchiha Itachi sounded somewhat panicked.
He was still only sixteen. Even if he was mature for his age, he had not matured to the level of an adult.
"Hold them off for a while. I'll see if there's another exit." After giving the order, Ye Liang immediately took out the battered map and examined it.
He had previously seen an isolated room on the map, somewhere nearby. But the surroundings were all walls, with no visible path at all.
Could it be inside the wall?
Earth Release—Earth Dragon Bullet!
Ye Liang directly blasted the surrounding stone walls with ninjutsu. Sure enough, at the spot marked on the map, he opened up a narrow passage.
"Go!"
The two quickly rushed inside. The puppets pursuing them were too large and became stuck outside for the moment.
"That should take care of it, right?" Uchiha Itachi let out a heavy breath. Following closely behind Ye Liang, he arrived in a concealed room.
"This should be the central hub of the hidden chamber."
Ye Liang