(Yesterday's pulls were a great success. I got Ash in four single pulls.)
Bai Ye and Texas stepped out of the painting Dusk had laid out.
The instant they left the world within the painting, Bai Ye suddenly raised a shield, protecting Texas behind him.
Boom—
Even Bai Ye was startled.
The moment he and Texas emerged, a tremendous explosion erupted right in front of them.
Fortunately, Bai Ye had raised his shield at the same time as the explosion, keeping the resulting shockwave at bay.
"What happened?"
Texas immediately drew her Originium Sword and scanned their surroundings warily.
"They were probably up to something..."
Bai Ye pointed at Dusk and Nian, who stood not far away.
Nian and Dusk faced each other as if locked in a standoff.
Lava stood beside Nian.
"Cough, cough, cough—what the hell did you suddenly make!?" Lava asked irritably from the side.
"Ah, an oversized double-bang firecracker. Eight chi long and three chi wide, detonated using technology never before seen on Terra!" Nian pointed at the charred, ruined painting on the ground and smiled. "Without that thing, we wouldn't have gotten out..."
Lava was about to lose it.
"Ahhh! You could've warned me when it exploded that close!"
It turned out that Lava and Nian had also been trapped in Dusk's painted world.
Nian had created an immensely powerful double-bang firecracker and blown apart the painting, allowing them to escape from that world.
"Good grief. This woman really does whatever she wants..." Bai Ye said, rubbing his forehead.
If it had been him, he would not have resorted to such an extreme measure.
After all, the painting that had trapped him and Texas was Bai Ye's "hometown." He truly could not bring himself to blow up his hometown.
Even knowing it was only a