Why is my anime art style so weird?

Xu Ming tidied himself up and, with Arita Haruyuki who had reverted to her piglet form, headed into the forest.

A dozen minutes later, the scenery in front of Xu Ming suddenly opened up.

A low mountain appeared before Xu Ming.

The mountain is about thirty or forty meters high, with gray rock walls and plants growing in the crevices.

In front of the mountain is a lake, not much larger than a pond, and a small river extends from the southwest into the lake.

The lake water was crystal clear, reflecting the bright moon.

The lakeside is covered with lush green grass, making it an excellent campsite.

Xu Ming arrived at the lakeside, activated his night vision, and looked towards the center of the lake, only to see a steep rocky mountain wall.

As expected, the cave would only be revealed after the blood moon rose and the lake receded.

Even though he knew that the Expo Park would be even more dangerous after the blood moon rose, Xu Ming could only wait patiently.

Time passed by, second by second.

Just as Xu Ming and the others were dozing off, the little piglet sitting on his shoulder playing on its phone suddenly twitched its ears and looked behind it in confusion.

Two eerie green 'ghost fires' silently approached Xu Ming from behind.

"Xu Mingjun! What's behind you!?"

The piglet immediately screamed in fright.

Xu Ming's mind cleared instantly, and he quickly turned around to look behind him.

Behind him, a wolf lay prone on the grass, slowly approaching him. Its eerie green eyes looked like two floating will-o'-the-wisps in the darkness.

The wolf realized its prey had noticed it, and immediately lunged at Xu Ming with all its might.

In the blink of an eye, the wolf pounced on Xu Ming, and he could even smell the strong, fishy odor emanating from it.

Almost instinctively, Xu Ming rolled to the side, barely dodging the wolf's attack.

Waaaaah!

The wolf, having missed its first attack, stared at Xu Ming with fierce eyes, letting out a low growl, and pounced on Xu Ming again.

This time, Xu Ming was on guard, ducking to the side and dodging the wolf's attack once again.

Then he took out a folding knife from his backpack and gripped it tightly in his hand.

The wolf seemed unwilling to give up and pounced on Xu Ming again.

This time it wasn't so lucky.

Xu Ming gripped the folding knife tightly, and the moment the wolf pounced, he dodged to the side, simultaneously plunging the folding knife into the wolf's abdomen.

Awoo!

The wolf let out a painful howl, then tucked its tail between its legs and fled into the distance.

Xu Ming could only watch helplessly as it took away his folding knife.

'Damn it, this cost me tens of thousands of yen!'

To Xu Ming's surprise, the wolf ran several dozen meters before stopping at a distance, its eerie green eyes staring straight at him.

Xu Ming actually saw an extremely obvious hatred in its eyes.

Suddenly, the wolf, ignoring the blood still flowing from its wounds, howled to the sky.

Awooo! Awooo!

The howls immediately transformed into a wave of sound, spreading through the silent night.

"not good!"

Xu Ming's expression changed drastically in an instant. This guy was actually summoning his own kind!

Awooooo~~

Similar roars echoed from the distant mountains and forests, one after another, rising and falling.

"Xu Mingjun, what should we do now!?"

Haruyuki Arita screamed in fright.

"Let's go back to the forest!"

Xu Ming immediately and decisively fled towards the forest.

Once he's up in the tree, wolves, those canines, can't do anything to him for the time being.

However, Xu Ming had only run about ten meters when his expression changed instantly.

Swish!

Suddenly, clusters of green will-o'-the-wisps appeared from all over the forest, faintly enveloping him.

Xu Ming's expression turned extremely serious.

The wolf pack came too fast!

Xu Ming looked around the lake and finally found only a large rock that was 3 or 4 meters high.

So Xu Ming immediately ran over, stood with his back against the big rock, and quickly took out all three of his Molotov cocktails from his backpack, holding them tightly in his hand.

Soon, the wolf pack slowly surrounded them, led by the very wolf that Xu Ming had stabbed.

Xu Ming actually read a hint of mockery in its eyes.

Just as the wolf pack was about to make their move.

Oh!

Xu Ming lit the incendiary stick in his hand, and the tip of the stick instantly burst into a burst of intense red sparks.

Just as the wolves were about to pounce, they were startled by the sudden burst of sparks, howled in unison, and retreated.

One of the wolves lunged too far forward, so Xu Ming stabbed it directly with a burning stick.

Ow!Ow!

The intense heat instantly ignited the wolf's thick fur, and it let out a piercing howl as it fled.

In its escape, it bumped into two of its own kind who couldn't dodge in time.

The two unfortunate wolves had their fur set on fire, and the three wolves frantically fled towards the lake, then collectively delivered a spectacular 'dog-paddle diving highlight reel'.

The remaining wolves, seeing this, were instantly terrified and howled, quickly retreating several meters.

Xu Ming looked at the burning stick in his hand and immediately breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He knew very well that the real test would come in the coming period.

He must rely on these three burning rods to survive until the blood moon rises and the lake recedes.

Chapter 84 Full of Thrills

Time passed by, second by second.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and the flame of the first burning stick began to weaken noticeably.

The wolves that had been lingering in the distance, unwilling to leave, suddenly became restless, scratching and clawing at the ground with their front paws.

Small pits were immediately dug out of the soft, wet mud.

Many wolves emitted low growls, their voices full of threat, and then they approached Xu Ming step by step.

The little piglet gripped Xu Ming's shoulder nervously, its eyes filled with panic.

Xu Ming calmly tossed the nearly burnt-out torch toward the wolf pack, then lit a second torch.

The wolves were startled by his actions and howled as they fled again.

Xu Ming picked up his phone to check the time, then looked up at the sky.

Above the sky, the full moon still radiates its bright light.

Xu Ming felt a sudden irritation for no reason. He had never longed for the eerie blood moon to rise as much as he had this time.

Another 15 minutes passed quickly, and the sparks from the second burning rod began to weaken again.

This time, the wolf pack was very cautious, only surrounding Xu Ming again after the burning stick in his hand had completely gone out.

Xu Ming hesitated for a moment, then picked up his phone, aimed it at the wolf pack, and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

With a soft sound, a dazzling purple-gold light shone on the lakeside.

The wolves were startled by the flash of light and immediately fled far away.

But after a while, the wolf pack realized there was no danger and slowly surrounded them again.

A bitter smile appeared on Xu Ming's face.

The spirit-capturing phone, capable of inflicting massive damage on 'weird' creatures, could only frighten these ordinary wild beasts.

With no other option, Xu Ming lit the third and last incendiary rod!

I don't know if it's just my imagination.

After he lit the last stick, he clearly felt that time had sped up considerably.

The burning rod went from brilliant to flat, and then to dim almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The wolf pack became restless again.

And this time, they became more cautious and cunning...

Just as Xu Ming was watching ahead warily, he suddenly heard the little piglet's cry of surprise.

"Xu Mingjun! Watch out for what's above you!"

Xu Ming was startled and quickly looked up.

But then he discovered that a wolf had somehow jumped onto the top of the large rock behind Xu Ming and was pouncing on him from above!

Fortunately, the piglet gave him a warning in advance, allowing him to prepare.

Xu Ming reacted quickly, grabbing the wolf by one of its front paws and throwing it away.