The painted woman didn't think her plan was unreliable. She pushed past the others and strode up to Yan Jiayu, raising her hand high.
"What are you doing?" Qi Cong said, agitated. "Little Fish is already hurt. You're still going to hit her?"
The painted woman didn't bother arguing. She slapped him so hard he went flying, then picked Yan Jiayu up and gave her kangaroo head a good series of smacks.
The others wanted to see if this really could wake someone up, so they didn't stop her.
Yan Jiayu woke up, but not because she'd been hit. When the Seal Gate injured her, her consciousness had briefly gone blank. She had lost her sense of self and nearly been assimilated by the item. She couldn't move when she was pulled out of the wall, but her mind had already recovered.
"Stop hitting me." Her mouth recovered before her hands and feet did, and she called out to stop the painted woman, sounding rather helpless. "I'm inside the item. I can't feel it when you hit me."
So external attacks couldn't wake her up. They might even leave her more severely injured and further assimilated by the item.
"But you can talk!" The painted woman thought her method had worked very well. "I helped!"
"Thank you." Yan Jiayu thanked her solemnly. "I'll treat you to something delicious when we get back."
The painted woman nodded, took off her donkey head and tossed it aside, then decided to eat before looking for the Tumbler.
Xu Huo told the others about the Tumbler, but unfortunately, Zhu Bu and the other man hadn't seen it either.
"Looks like we'll have to search carefully," Zhu Bu said. "The castle may be different from the Carnival City. Once it gets light, the puppets and