Twin-Tails was a little bewildered. She clenched her fists nervously, her eyes fixed on the secret chamber's slowly opening door.
Earring Woman's figure appeared in the widening gap.
Twin-Tails immediately hurled several fireballs straight at Earring Woman's face.
Earring Woman instantly transformed into a black cat, nimbly dodged the fireballs, and darted through the gap.
The moment she slipped into the chamber, the previously jammed mechanism on the inside suddenly clicked again, and the door closed once more.
The next second, Earring Woman returned to human form, pulled out a watermelon knife, and slashed at Twin-Tails without hesitation.
Twin-Tails flung balls of fire at Earring Woman as she stumbled backward. With so little combat experience, her aim deteriorated in her panic.
Earring Woman dodged nimbly again and again, turning every one of Twin-Tails' attacks into a near miss.
Twin-Tails could only retreat while taking deep breaths, trying to regain her composure.
Meanwhile, the others had wanted to help as soon as they saw Earring Woman appear, but the various torture implements in the room blocked their way.
The torture implements that had been neatly arranged in the corners all rose into the air, striking haphazardly at every player.
The players each used their own methods to fend them off. The implements' attacks were weak and easy enough to withstand, but so many bulky iron objects floated in front of them that their paths were completely blocked. For the moment, none of them could reach Twin-Tails to help her.
Through the oddly shaped torture implements, Zhao Xun looked toward Cowboy with a dark gaze.
He had noticed something off about Cowboy when the iron whip had suddenly injured Crew-Cut Man.
The iron whip could not possibly have flown up on its own for no reason. Before it flew toward Crew-Cut Man,