Smack!
At the end of the passage, the framed portrait of Amon fell face-down onto the floor. The sense of danger that had been lingering in Cyril's heart abruptly vanished.
However, Steve's fantasized body, along with the Spirit Body viewing it, was completely sucked into the frame.
Then, prompted by his spiritual intuition, Cyril noticed an additional hanging portrait on the wall to the right of the passage.
Inside the frame was Steve's distorted figure. Unlike the surrounding frames, it could still move and speak, no different from when it had been inside its own Painting Scroll.
At that moment, it pounded desperately against the invisible barrier separating it from the outside while crying out as if howling in anguish:
"Master, save me! I'm trapped inside this painting."
"My power has been sealed. I can't go back!"
On the other side of the passage, the Zombie Cyril had previously fantasized silently disappeared after losing its spiritual support, scattering the Beyonder materials it had collected across the floor.
The zombified Stone Giant swayed unsteadily before collapsing where it stood, reverting to an actual corpse.
The stones forming its body cracked apart, exposing a Grey-white Heart the size of two of his fists, riddled with holes.
Cyril looked around. After confirming that there was no danger, he sat down on the spot, closed his eyes, and meditated to restore his spirituality.
The struggle between Steve and that frame had consumed his spirituality. Combined with his earlier expenditure, his spirituality was already close to running dry.
After some time, Cyril opened his eyes again. He tossed a gold coin and performed a simple divination before stepping into the passage ahead.
With the influence of Amon's portrait gone, there was nothing abnormal left in the passage.
He walked unhindered to the end of the