Compared to the pristine condition of the painting, the surrounding environment was exceptionally old and filthy.
The red roof tiles had fallen, piled haphazardly across the room. The rotten wooden furniture had carbonized and blackened, collapsing into indistinct black masses.
The Gray-White Stone Wall on which the painting hung was covered in a thick layer of dust, and its surface had even begun to weather faintly.
After thinking for a moment, Anvis put on Mercury Eye, poured Mana into it, and activated its true vision effect.
A faint silvery-white radiance enveloped the round, crystal-clear lenses. The entire world before him suddenly brightened, and everything in sight was coated with a silver sheen.
Under true vision, all hidden things would reveal their original forms.
Beside him, Rime Wind Knight Chom appeared as a dense mass of deep cyan under true vision.
Although he had restrained his Mana aura, at such close range, true vision still revealed the highly condensed Rime Wind Mana gathered around him.
Just as Chom had said, the painting was not an Abnormal Element.
Under Mercury Eye's true vision, the Oil Painting itself became somewhat illusory, but it did not display the eerie glow unique to Abnormal Elements.
This illusion indicated that the painting was merely part of this area's abnormal phenomenon, rather than a genuine physical Oil Painting.
Moreover, it was not only the Oil Painting that had taken on this illusory quality. Several spots on the weathered stone walls, ruined tiles, stone pillars, and other objects around the half-destroyed house had also become somewhat unreal.
After a moment of silence, Anvis slowly raised his hand. A ball of icy blue cold flame appeared out of thin air, floating above his palm and emitting a bone-piercing chill.
This was a special Spell-like Ability Anvis had developed by