The unexpected turn of events had been within Jiang Qian's expectations.
It happened in the time it took to turn around—Xiao Yang, who had been following behind him, suddenly vanished.
Jiang Qian raised his bow and looked around. The paintings and graffiti covering the room seemed to come alive. Grotesque abstract creatures crawled out from the canvases and walls, staggering toward him from all sides.
"Fine. A pile of paint isn't going to scare me."
He simply closed his eyes to avoid the distortions of a two-dimensional perspective. Relying on Spirit Vision's higher-dimensional view, he launched an offensive and defensive battle against the paint filling the confined space.
Arrows flew in rapid succession, tearing through painting after painting. The bizarre forces formed from blobs of paint vanished in an instant.
The entire space returned to silence.
[Side Quest Updated!] [Explore Duke Highland's Collection Room as a Team. Quest Progress: 10%]
A dungeon notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
Only 10%... Jiang Qian opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yang kneeling on the floor, her gaze vacant. He walked over and slapped her forehead!
"Wake up."
Xiao Yang jolted awake!
Her terrified eyes fixed on Jiang Qian for a moment before gradually regaining their focus. Then she immediately bent over, bracing herself against the floor with both hands as she gasped for breath. "Just now, just now I..."
She had accidentally caught sight of a bizarre human face beneath her foot. Its expression was twisted, as though her step had hurt it!
Then, then that face had opened its mouth wide and swallowed her leg whole...
"Slow down."
Jiang Qian stepped away from Xiao Yang, avoiding the awkwardness of her asking him for New Year's money.
As he listened to the girl stammer through what had happened to her,