Why is my anime art style so weird?

The ethereal girl's voice echoed in the hall once more, as if urging him on.

Xu Ming's expression instantly turned serious.

"Xu Mingjun, what was that sound just now?"

The little piglet hid behind Xu Ming's legs with a look of terror on its face, constantly looking around the hall.

Xu Ming patted its head and comforted it, saying:

"fine."

He added a sentence in his mind at the same time.

'Temporary...'

After resting and charging his phone, Xu Ming put away the shivering piglet and headed up to the second floor.

As Xu Ming ascended the grand staircase in the atrium, he drew ever closer to the eerie portrait of the young girl.

The chilly feeling grew stronger, and the temperature around us seemed to drop several degrees suddenly.

A faint smell of blood wafted to my nose, I didn't know where it was coming from.

The grand staircase extends below the girl's image and then begins to spread out to both sides.

Xu Ming chose the stairs on the left.

The moment Xu Ming stepped onto the first step, he subconsciously looked up at the portrait of the girl above him.

This sight immediately made Xu Ming tense up, and his eyes twitched.

The girl in the portrait had a bloodstain on her neck that had somehow turned into a long, narrow, and huge wound, from which blood was gushing out.

Even more horrifying, the blood flowed directly to the edge of the picture frame and then continued to flow down the wall, quickly accumulating into a pool of blood in the corner.

It looked as if someone had actually cut the girl's neck in the painting.

Xu Ming immediately picked up his phone, pointed it at the portrait of the girl, and pressed the shutter.

Click!

A burst of purple-gold light, accompanied by mysterious runes, erupted and instantly enveloped the entire portrait.

The next second, the blood evaporated, turning into a crimson mist that dissipated into the air, and the girl in the portrait had her wounds restored to their original state.

Xu Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief. After his phone had fully charged, he went up the stairs to the second floor.

However, after his figure disappeared into the second-floor corridor.

Whoosh!

Blood gushed out again from the wound on the girl's neck...

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Bear Doll and the Ballet Shoes

Xu Ming entered the left-hand corridor on the second floor. On both sides of the corridor were old wooden doors, and at the end of the corridor were several forks in the road, leading to unknown destinations.

Xu Ming walked deeper into the corridor, using his phone's flashlight.

He doesn't turn on 'night vision' because 'spiritual vision' consumes eyesight faster than 'night vision'.

Xu Ming could use his night vision for several tens of minutes without any problem, but with his spiritual vision, once he used it for more than 5 minutes, his eyes would feel sore and watery, and he would feel dizzy and unable to stand steadily. He would need to rest for one or two hours to recover.

However, 'spiritual vision' is far more important than 'night vision'. In order to conserve his eyesight, Xu Ming will not activate any of his 'eye' abilities unless absolutely necessary.

The phone's light created a spot of light that shone in front of us, while the surroundings were pitch black.

On both sides were old, tightly closed wooden doors. In addition to green mold, there were marks of sharp weapons chopping and claws scratching on the doors, and even some blackish bloodstains. It was unknown what had happened here.

The wind whistled through the crack in the door, making a strange whooshing sound, as if a monster was hiding behind it.

After turning a corner, a door that looked quite different appeared in front of Xu Ming.

This massive double door is quite different from other wooden doors, with intricate carvings on it, and even covered in dust, its exquisite appearance is still undeniable.

Xu Ming instinctively felt that there might be some important clues behind this wooden door, so he subconsciously walked to the door and grasped the doorknob.

Click!

A series of noises came from behind the door, which was now locked.

Xu Ming began looking around, trying to find a suitable tool to open the door.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Just then, heavy footsteps came from another corridor.

With each step taken by the person who posed the tremor, Xu Ming felt the ground shake as if an earthquake had struck.

Soon, a huge figure appeared in Xu Ming's sight as he turned the corner.

It was enormous, with a hairy body covered in torn stitches. Patches of blackened cotton, large and small, were exposed on its body, making it look like exposed internal organs.

It was a teddy bear that popped out from around the corner!

Xu Ming felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the enormous bear plush toy.

The bear's left ear looked as if it had been torn off by something, and it drooped there. Only one button remained, which served as its eye, and a lot of threads were sticking out of the empty eye socket, as if a bunch of colorful tiny insects were growing out of its eye socket.

The bear plush toy's paws had a dull metallic sheen, covered in rust and undried blood, and its teeth were sharp, triangular fangs that looked as if they could easily bite through human bones.

"Roar!"

The moment the terrifying bear plush toy saw Xu Ming, it immediately accelerated and charged towards him, causing the ground to shake.

Xu Ming calmly raised his phone and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

A purple-gold lightning bolt pierced through the darkness.

However, the usually effective spirit-capturing phone had absolutely no effect this time!

The bear plush toy was completely unaffected and continued its charge towards Xu Ming at the same speed!

Xu Ming was startled and immediately turned to run, activating his 'Spiritual Vision' at the same time.

Within the 'spiritual vision', not a trace of black mist could be seen on the surface of this bear plush toy; instead, there seemed to be a faint black mist churning within its body.

Perhaps Xu Ming's 'spiritual vision' level is a bit low, so he can't see very clearly.

Xu Ming never imagined that he would encounter such a situation.

There's only one explanation: the 'weirdness' was firmly wrapped inside the bear plush coat, thus maximizing its protection against the spirit-summoning phone!

This is troublesome!

call!

A gust of wind swept by, and Xu Ming instinctively ducked down.

Whoosh!

A sharp bear claw swept across his head, and a large chunk of the stone wall beside him was scraped away by the bear claw, just like a soft pudding!

Xu Ming was startled and immediately ran forward with all his might, with the teddy bear chasing closely behind him.

As they chased and fled, Xu Ming gradually discovered that the bear doll, due to its enormous size and long strides, was not slow in running, but it was far less agile and slow to turn.

Having discovered this weakness, Xu Ming immediately used the side roads, turning left and right to leave the bear doll behind.

After turning another corner, Xu Ming opened a door in the corridor and hid inside.

Then he gently closed the door.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

After a while, heavy footsteps came from outside the door.

Xu Ming immediately held his breath.

Soon, footsteps passed by the door and then gradually faded away.

Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief; he had temporarily escaped a disaster.

Once it was completely quiet outside, Xu Ming stopped using his 'spiritual vision' ability and then turned on his phone's flashlight.

Only then did he have a chance to properly examine the room he had mistakenly entered.

This room is like a dressing room behind a stage, with rows of dressing tables and mirrors behind them. The tables are piled with lipsticks, face powder and other cosmetics.

In the corner of the room, there was a long clothes rack with a large number of performance costumes, tailcoats, court dresses, and rider outfits in various styles and colors.

Everything in the room was covered in dust, especially the costumes on the hangers. What was once bright and shiny was now just a dull gray, with many cobwebs hanging on them.

Xu Ming wandered around the room twice, trying to find the escaped little black figure, but found nothing.

With all movement completely stopped outside, Xu Ming decided to search the other rooms.

Tap! Tap tap!

Ok?

There was only one footstep in the room before, how did another one suddenly appear?

Xu Ming remained calm and took two more steps forward.

Ta-da!

Sure enough, there was another set of footsteps, right behind him!

Xu Ming immediately pulled out the Poison Dragon Dagger and turned around quickly.

There was nothing behind him.

No, there is something.

Right behind him, a pair of red ballet shoes appeared!

Xu Ming was quite certain that he had never seen these dance shoes before.

A closer look reveals that the dance shoes were originally white, but have been stained with a large amount of blood, turning them into this eerie blackish-red color.

Even without activating his 'Spiritual Vision', Xu Ming could sense a chilling aura emanating from these dance shoes.

Xu Ming tried taking two steps forward, and when he turned around, the shoes had indeed followed.

Xu Ming unconsciously gripped his phone tighter. At this moment, the phone was still in the charging stage, and his only means of attack was the Poison Dragon Dagger.