Why is my anime art style so weird?

At this moment, she was staring at Xu Ming with a sinister look through the observation hole.

Then a grayish-white arm suddenly reached out from the observation hole and grabbed at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming quickly took a step back and dodged it.

The grayish-white arm seemed unwilling to give up, waving wildly in mid-air.

Xu Ming's expression turned cold, and he immediately drew the Poison Dragon Dagger, grabbing her wrist with his other hand.

A cold sensation traveled along his fingertips, but Xu Ming ignored it and raised his dagger to stab her arm.

"Ah~~!!"

A piercing scream came from behind the door, as the arms thrashed wildly, seemingly trying to break free from Xu Ming's grasp.

Xu Ming's hand gripped her wrist like an iron clamp, and he raised the dagger to stab her again...

On the third strike, blackness spread visibly from the spot where Xu Ming had stabbed her, startling Xu Ming so much that he immediately shook off her wrist.

Soon his entire arm was stained black.

A piercing scream came from behind the door, then silence.

After a while, Xu Ming slowly pushed open the wooden door and saw a pile of black ash scattering in the wind.

Xu Ming couldn't help but pick up the Poison Dragon Dagger and examine it closely.

Once the 'Soul Poison' is triggered, the effect is truly terrifying!

Behind the door were two rows of open rooms, with white curtains hanging everywhere like those in a hospital. The curtains moved automatically without wind, swaying as if countless ghosts were floating back and forth in the rooms.

White cotton quilts were piled up haphazardly on the floor.

The quilts looked very dirty, and the way they were piled up made it look like someone was hiding underneath them. From a distance, they looked like graves dug up at random.

In addition, the room is filled with all sorts of strangely shaped statues.

A strange man whose tongue extends all the way to the floor.

A strange man whose face is covered by hair, leaving only a huge eye.

A grotesque creature with wings and a muscular body, resembling a gargoyle.

……

The room was like a bizarre sculpture exhibition, filled with all sorts of strange and grotesque figures.

Xu Ming carefully observed everything in the room, trying to find the two little black figures.

At that moment, Xu Ming suddenly felt a faint gaze fall on him in the room.

But when he tried to perceive it more closely, he couldn't pinpoint the source of the gaze. Or rather, the source wasn't just one place...

Looking at the various statues in the room, Xu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

These statues seem quite remarkable as well.

Chapter Ninety-Seven: Statues and Portraits

Xu Ming stood at the door of the room and immediately activated 'Spiritual Vision'.

Under the power of spiritual vision, a different world immediately appeared.

Just as he had expected, there was something strange about these statues.

Thin black threads hung down from the ceiling and connected to the statues, which looked like marionettes.

At this moment, Xu Ming also saw the two small black figures, which were hiding in the deepest corner of the room.

If Xu Ming wants to catch them, he must pass through the gaps between these strange statues.

Xu Ming hesitated for a moment, then closed the door and stepped into the room.

The statue was startled awake the moment he stepped into the room.

They all turned their heads to look at Xu Ming.

Pairs of inorganic, pupilless eyes, made of stone, stared intently at him.

Xu Ming immediately felt waves of silent pressure bearing down on him. He took a deep breath and started running.

When he arrived at the center of the room.

Click! Click!

A strange sound, like the turning of rusty gears, came out.

The statues, with stiff, unsteady steps, began to slowly surround him.

Ta-da!

Xu Ming immediately started running, heading straight for the location of the little man.

"Eek!"

Upon seeing Xu Ming rushing over, the two cunning men immediately scattered to the sides.

'Damn it! Don't let me catch you!'

Without hesitation, Xu Ming chose to chase after the slower one.

It was quickly caught by Xu Ming and then stabbed into a chess piece with a dagger.

call!

Xu Ming suddenly felt a gust of wind rushing towards the back of his head. He quickly picked up the chess piece and rolled it to the side.

Bah!

A stone tentacle slammed into the floor, cracking the marble tiles.

While Xu Ming was dealing with the black figures, the statues had unknowingly surrounded him completely.

Xu Ming raised his phone, aimed it at the statue in front of him, and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

A purple-gold lightning bolt ripped through the darkness.

In the 'spiritual vision', the 'black line' connecting to the statue instantly broke and disappeared.

These eerie statues immediately stopped as if their power cords had been cut, collapsing to the ground with a clatter, some even breaking into several pieces.

Most of the statues in the room were immediately removed, leaving only two or three.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Ming chased after the remaining black figures.

This little black man was very cunning. Seeing that he had lost his backer, he actually ran straight towards the gate.

It came to the door and, without saying a word, immediately began to pull it open.

If it manages to escape, it will cause another lot of trouble.

Xu Ming summoned Pig Kidney (yes, I didn't misspell it), oh no, Haruyuki Arita, and without thinking, threw it at the little black figure in front of the door as a pork bomb.

"Go! Arita-kun! Catch it for me!"

"Wow!"

With a scream, a pinkish blob, like a laser-guided missile, struck the little black man squarely, knocking him to the ground.

"Well done, Arita-kun!"

Xu Ming couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"A beautiful throw... yeah right!"

The little piglet immediately jumped up, and several cross-shaped veins appeared on its forehead.

But Xu Ming is its owner, and it's not someone you can afford to offend.

It then vented all its anger on the little black man, smashing him to pieces with its pig's trotters.

Seeing its helpless rage, Xu Ming was about to laugh when his expression suddenly changed.

Numerous black lines then extended down from the ceiling, connecting to the fallen statue.

Click!

The statue seemed to be powered on again, and began to move its stiff body, slowly getting up from the ground, and then slowly surrounding Xu Ming once more.

Even more extreme, those statues that had been smashed into pieces crawled on the ground, trying to crawl towards Xu Ming.

They seem to have taken the phrase 'fight to the death' to the extreme!

"Tsk! This is never going to end!"

Xu Ming muttered something under his breath, his face grim.

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

The piglet cried out in panic.

"What do we do? Let's just wait and see! What are you standing there for?! Run! And remember to pick up the chess pieces!"

Xu Ming shouted and rushed towards the gate.

Fortunately, although these statues are like cockroaches that can't be killed, they are ultimately not as agile as cockroaches.

Xu Ming dodged left and right, almost getting surrounded by the statues several times, but he managed to find a gap between the statues' legs and escape their encirclement.

At that moment, the little piglet was already outside the door, holding the key chess piece and waving at him.

Clang!

The door was slammed shut.

Xu Ming leaned against the door, breathing heavily.

That was incredibly close. Xu Ming managed to escape only by using parkour-like movements.

In any case, we've found five 'Royal Guard' pieces, and there are three left.

When the piece was placed back on the board, the brightness of the 'King' position increased again.

Xu Ming leaned against the chessboard, preparing to rest for a while and wait for his phone to finish charging.

"Come play with me!"