Chapter 43

"Boom—!" A muffled, deafening explosion erupted right under his feet, accompanied by the harsh, snapping sound of a spring-loaded mechanism! The seemingly flat "ground" beneath the assassin's feet—covered in a thick layer of moss and rotting leaves—collapsed without warning! A brilliantly camouflaged deep pit trap was instantly exposed! At the bottom of the pit, more than a dozen thick wooden spikes stood inverted, their tips sharpened, hardened by fire, and smeared with a dark green filth (clearly some kind of poison), gleaming with a chilling, murderous light!