Why is my anime art style so weird?

I encountered a small problem earlier, but it's resolved now.

"That's good. I'll be back at the shrine soon."

After saying that, Haruyuki Arita cut off his telepathic communication.

Xu Ming thought for a moment and then contacted Asagami Fujino again.

'Fujino, how are things on your end?'

'We've already received the offerings and are on our way back.'

Asagami Fujino doesn't seem to be of high quality.

Xu Ming didn't pay much attention, after all, Asagami Fujino had always been so indifferent.

'Great, I've already collected the offerings. Let's meet at the shrine.'

After ending the call, Xu Ming looked at the headless goddess statue made of clay in his hand, still feeling a lingering fear.

Let's rewind to half an hour earlier...

Xu Ming took Erina back to the shrine.

Xu Ming had a premonition that the so-called Yellow Springs Cave might be located within the shrine.

To be precise, it should be underground at the shrine.

The Yellow Springs Cave is both the Yellow Springs and an underground cave.

Isn't this implying that it's underground?

"what?"

As soon as he entered the shrine, Xu Ming stopped in surprise.

The rows of lanterns on the walls on both sides of the shrine had been lit by someone, and the bright flames illuminated the interior of the shrine.

Erina stopped and looked at Xu Ming with a questioning look in her eyes.

Xu Ming used his spiritual vision to survey the interior of the shrine, then said to Erina:

"There are no signs of strange activity here. There must be some kind of mechanism or timed-triggered spell."

"We just need to be careful."

Erina nodded slightly.

By the bright firelight, the interior of the shrine was immediately visible.

Xu Ming's gaze swept around the shrine, finally settling on the very center of the shrine.

To the naked eye, it looks normal, but from the perspective of spiritual vision, this place immediately reveals something different.

It was a complete floor, but the middle section seemed to have something underneath it, with black, negative energy constantly seeping out and dissipating into the air.

Xu Ming took his phone out of his pocket and pointed it at that spot.

The Demon-Slaying Phone's purification ability can not only drive away evil spirits, but also dispel magic arrays.

Click!

With a soft click of the shutter, a flash of purple-gold light instantly overwhelmed the firelight, illuminating the entire interior of the shrine brighter than daytime.

When the light faded, a downward staircase appeared before the two of them.

Xu Ming immediately showed a knowing look.

Sure enough.

"Let's go, Erina."

Xu Ming greeted him.

"Hmph! I can see it without you reminding me."

Erina gave a soft hum.

Soon the two of them went down the steps to the underground.

Inside the underground passage, bamboo walls were used to support the structure on both sides.

Every so often, there is a small window in the wall, through which you can see outside.

The ground outside the bamboo wall glowed faintly red, and even without any light source, one could still vaguely see the surrounding scenery.

呲!

Every now and then, white water vapor would gush out from the cracks in the ground.

The underground of the Crimson Flame Shrine is actually a large cavern!?

This was completely unexpected by Xu Ming.

Chapter 389 Lava Pool

After walking a short distance, the bamboo walls on both sides of the path ended there.

Without the protection of the underground passage, a wave of heat hit me, almost scalding my skin.

laugh!

Every now and then, large plumes of water vapor would burst out from the cracks in the ground, as if some monster was hiding underground breathing.

The air had a faint smell of sulfur.

Xu Ming and Erina exited the underground passage and continued walking forward.

The number of cone-shaped stalactites gradually increased, and in the darkness, these stalactites faintly emitted colorful fluorescence, as if a rainbow had been frozen in the underground cave.

Erina seemed to be seeing such a strange sight for the first time. She stood with her hands behind her back, looking around like a primary school student on a picnic.

Xu Ming had never seen such a beautiful view before, so he let her be.

As they ventured deeper into the underground cavern and rounded a corner, a small lava lake appeared before them.

Calling it a lava lake is not quite accurate.

This lava field is only about half the size of a basketball court; it would be more accurate to call it a lava pool.

The surface of the magma pool is dark red, with bubbles constantly bulging outwards, creating orange-red 'balloons' on the magma surface. When the 'balloons' reach their limit, they suddenly burst, and scorching magma splashes everywhere, like drops of bright, fiery rain.

A path leads from the edge of the lava pool to a small platform in the middle.

At the entrance to the path, there was a stone tablet on each side, covered with talismans. A thick spiel rope was tied to the stone tablet, blocking the path.

When Xu Ming's gaze followed the path to the platform in the lava pool, his expression changed slightly.

On the platform is a stalactite with its top flattened. Its outer shell is translucent, while its inside is fiery red, as if flames are solidified inside, burning quietly.

A grayish-white human skeleton sits at the base of the stalactite.

A small hole was chiseled open at the top, and an iron chain passed through the middle, firmly locking the skeleton's hands.

This peculiar underground cavern is actually the place where the Yukinoshita clan uses vigilante justice to execute criminals!

A headless terracotta goddess statue sits atop the flattened top.

The moment Xu Ming saw the statue, he felt that it was the offering he was looking for.

Xu Minggang was about to walk over and get it.

Suddenly, a large number of bubbles rose from the lava pool, and fiery red lava splashed in all directions.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, humanoid monsters covered in lava emerged from the lava.

They slowly emerged from the lava pool.

While letting out strange roars, it stretched out its hands and surrounded Xu Ming and Erina.

Xu Ming roughly counted them, and there were more than a dozen of these monsters made of magma.

Xu Ming quickly picked up a crowbar and his cell phone and launched an attack.

Erina closed her eyes immediately, and when she opened them again, her hair had turned silver-white.

She raised her hands, and wisps of icy mist immediately gathered above her palms, eventually condensing into an ice ball the size of a basketball.

Erina flicked her wrist and threw the ice ball at the lava monster at the front.

Bah!

The ice puck exploded the moment it touched the magma monster, releasing a large amount of icy mist.

呲呲!

This was like hot oil meeting ice water; the two reacted violently.

Large amounts of water vapor rose from the magma monster's body, and its red glow instantly darkened, like a light bulb that had been turned off.

Xu Ming immediately picked up a crowbar and struck the blackened part of the magma monster with force, and the magma monster crumbled like fragile glass.

With a crash, the earth crumbled and disintegrated in an instant, turning into a pile of rubble that emitted a dark red luster.

However, Xu Ming soon discovered that they had encountered considerable trouble.

Erina's use of frost was not very effective.

Although frost is very effective against these magma monsters, even dealing two or three times the damage.

However, the temperature in this underground cave is too high, with the ambient temperature being around 50 degrees Celsius or higher, and the temperature near the lava pool probably exceeding 100 degrees Celsius.

Erina's ability to condense frost not only requires more energy, but the high temperature also significantly reduces the power of her frost attacks.

Restraint is always relative.

It is true that frost can extinguish flames, but flames with higher temperatures can melt or even vaporize frost.

During this time, Erina also tried transforming into her purple-haired form and unleashing her lightning spear at the magma monster.

However, these magma monsters seem to be different from ordinary eerie creatures.

The lightning spear easily pierced their bodies, but only left holes. After a while, the lava on the monsters' bodies slowly filled the holes.

The magma monster doesn't seem to have suffered much damage.

Xu Ming's Holy Sword of Physics was also greatly weakened.

With a single crowbar strike, he could easily knock off a large chunk from these magma monsters, but that was all.