Beast Taming Star Journey

The stone tiles on the floor looked ordinary, but they were unusually smooth, and... I pressed a few of them gently and found that there seemed to be tiny gaps between them.

"What's wrong?" Su Yao noticed my unusual behavior and asked in a low voice.

"Be careful, there's a trap here." I stood up and scanned my surroundings. This passage seemed ordinary, but it concealed deadly dangers.

The shadowy creature sensed the danger and hovered uneasily in the air, emitting a low hiss.

"A trap?" Su Yao's expression also turned serious. She gripped her long sword tightly and warily surveyed her surroundings.

I cautiously took a step forward, carefully observing the changes in the ground. Suddenly, the stone paving beneath my feet sank slightly, and an ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

"Step back!" I grabbed Su Yao and pulled her behind me.

Almost at the same moment, a series of whooshing sounds rang out as several sharp, hidden arrows shot out from the gaps in the stone bricks, heading straight for us.

I quickly brandished my dagger, deflecting each of the hidden arrows aimed at us. Although Su Yao dodged in time, she was still grazed on the arm by one of the hidden arrows.

"Are you alright?" I asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just a scratch," Su Yao said through gritted teeth. She tore off a piece of her clothes and used it to bandage the wound.

This small trap made us even more vigilant. This seemingly ordinary passage actually concealed such a deadly mechanism.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down.

Now is not the time to panic. We must find a way to break the mechanism as soon as possible, otherwise we may be trapped here and die.

I crouched down again and carefully examined the stone bricks on the ground.

The arrangement of these stone bricks seems to follow a certain pattern. Could it be...? I closed my eyes and tried to recall where the stone bricks had sunk.

If I remember correctly, the positions of those stone bricks seemed to correspond to some kind of constellation... Thinking of this, a thought struck me.

My cheat ability allows me to share power with my tamed beasts, and among my tamed beasts is a Star Spirit Sable, which is extremely sensitive to changes in celestial phenomena.

I immediately summoned the Star Spirit Sable and said to it, "Little Sable, help me sense whether the arrangement of these stone bricks corresponds to some kind of constellation?"

The Star Spirit Sable nodded, darting back and forth in the passage, carefully sniffing the ground.

After a moment, it stopped, pointed to one of the stone bricks, and let out a clear cry.

Following the Star Spirit Sable's directions, I saw that the pattern on that stone brick was indeed slightly different from the other stone bricks.

I gently pressed the stone brick, and with a soft "click," several hidden doors suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the passage...

"It seems we've found a way out," I thought to myself, looking at the hidden doors.

But which door is the real way out? The discovery of the Star Spirit Sable gave me a jolt of excitement, but the several hidden doors in front of me plunged me into a new predicament.

Which door is the real exit? What dangers are hidden in the others? I dare not try rashly; if I trigger an even more deadly mechanism, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Little ferret, can you be more precise?" I gently stroked the Star Spirit Ferret's soft fur, hoping to get more hints from it.

The Star Spirit Sable seemed to understand what I meant. It closed its eyes, took a deep breath, and then suddenly opened them. A faint starlight shone from its eyes, illuminating one of the hidden doors.

"This is it!" I was overjoyed. It seemed that the Star Spirit Sable could indeed sense the correct path.

I took a deep breath and slowly pushed open the hidden door. Behind the door was a narrow passage, and the walls on both sides of the passage were also covered with various mechanisms.

"It seems we need to be more careful," I reminded Su Yao, while releasing another beast—the Treasure-Seeking Rat.

Treasure-hunting mice are small in size, agile, and possess an extremely keen sense of smell and detection ability, which can help us discover hidden traps in advance.

As soon as the treasure-hunting rat landed, it quickly darted out and darted back and forth in the passage.

It would stop every now and then, sniff the ground and walls, and then squeak to tell me the location of the trap and its trigger mechanism.

With the help of the treasure-hunting mouse, we moved much faster. Following the mouse's clues, I easily avoided one trap after another.

Sometimes it's a gentle push that changes the arrangement of the bricks; sometimes it's a clever way to avoid a certain area; and sometimes it's using the power of the Star Spirit Sable to interfere with the operation of the mechanism.

Su Yao looked at my calm and composed demeanor with eyes full of admiration.

She moved closer to me, her body pressed against mine, and whispered, "Yu, you're amazing. You make me feel so safe."

I caught a whiff of her faint fragrance, and my heart began to race. I squeezed her hand and gave her an encouraging look.

As you go deeper, the traps become more and more complex, and the ways to trigger the mechanisms become more and more subtle.

The treasure-hunting rat's detection has become more difficult, requiring it to spend more time finding the traps.

"It seems we're not far from the exit," I thought to myself, becoming even more vigilant.

The closer you get to your target, the easier it is to let your guard down, and that's often the most dangerous time.

Just as we rounded a trap zone and were preparing to continue... a powerful aura suddenly appeared at the end of the passage.

The aura was powerful and oppressive, like a mountain blocking our way. I abruptly stopped, gripped the dagger tightly, and whispered, "Someone's here..."