Purgatory Artist

Chapter 292 - Hell

The spire.

The top floor.

There was no one here.

The group of five who were originally a bit nervous exchanged glances.

"This type of high-leveled spire is used to manage a world, normally there would be an Archfiend guarding this place day and night, but the Archfiend doesn't seem to be here" Yana commented.

"There weren't any decent defensive or warning spells on the way here either, we came up too smoothly" Norton commented.

Hearing that, everyone felt a bit uneasy.

Could it be a trap?

Hua Qingkong stared at Yana's wrist without blinking and spoke:

"Don't worry about that, it's better that the Archfiend isn't here, my Thread of Fate seems to have found the location of that Card."

Everyone turned to look.

The Thread of Fate on Yana's wrist was stretched taut, pointing towards the wall on the left.

"Inside the wall?" Yana asked.

"... No, I can feel the Thread of Fate passing through the wall, pointing towards a certain place outside the wall" Hua Qingkong replied.

Norton pressed his hand against the wall and sensed it, then said: "The wall is solid, the outer layer is reinforced with various warning spells, if it's broken, it will immediately attract the enemy."

Libertas coughed lightly and said, "Let me try."

He stood in front of the wall, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

All of a sudden.

He disappeared from everyone's sight.

At the very next moment, he retreated from the wall, holding a Card in his hand.

"Is it this one? It was stuck in a crack in the roof just now."

Libertas asked.

Yana received the Card and was surprised: "This is one of the Divine Cards, how did you get it?"

"My level 20 ability allows me to steal Cards or other items without any obstruction, so I went through the wall just now and found this Card."

Libertas crossed his arms with a triumphant expression, as if saying 'praise me'.

Yana was in a good mood as she received the Card and couldn't help but praise him:

"That's right, as the only real 14-year-old here, you're very good!"

Libertas complained: "Oi, don't treat me like a kid!"

Yana smiled and said, "Actually, that ability of yours just now might not be just to steal cards."

Libertas was surprised: "Then what is it?"

"Stealing the enemy's heart and head, Hua Qingkong, what do you think?" Yana asked.

"Perhaps the enemy's weapons?" Hua Qingkong smiled.

Libertas was stunned again. He felt as if he was suddenly enlightened.

"That's right ... What are you stealing ... It's such a brutal battle skill ..."

He muttered.

Yana didn't say anything else and casually raised her hand.

A black snake appeared on her snow-white arm.

This black snake had two heads, one of them opened its mouth and bit down on the card, while the other reached out and disappeared into the void of space.

On the other side.

Liu Ping picked up the head and prepared to leave.

All of a sudden, a snake head appeared out of nowhere and bit his wrist.

"Hissana, be gentle!"

Liu Ping could not help but plead.

Yana's voice came from the void: "Bear with it, you'll get used to it in the future."

The black snake bit deeper.

A few seconds later.

The black snake disappeared, followed by a soft sound.

Bang

A card landed in front of Liu Ping.

The card depicted a knight in armor holding the Holy Grail, while a few ashamed warriors knelt on both sides of him. They raised their weapons and slashed at their own bodies.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind.

[Card: Divine Atonement]

[Divine Card, spell Card]

[This card can only be used once per day, and cannot be detected when it's released]

[Note: When you use this card on a target, the target's next attack will hit itself]

[We will never forgive, unless you use it on yourself]

Liu Ping sighed in relief.

Even though the card was as shameless as the holy water, it was still extremely useful.

Finally, another Holy Card was in his hands.

If I use [Fetters of Fate] again, I'll probably be able to find a clue to the next card.

But now isn't the time.

He opened the Card Tome, put the [Divine Atonement] on a page and muttered: "Thank you, everyone, come back and rest."

A few moments later.

The people who stole the card all returned to the Card Tome.

Liu Ping put the Tome away, carried the head and continued on his way.

About halfway through the journey, a weak voice suddenly entered his ears.

"Come ... give me a hand ..."

Liu Ping stopped.

The voice seemed to have come from the forest on his left.

Who is it?

He quickly walked into the forest, searched around, and soon saw faint traces of blood on the ground.

Hua Qingkong suddenly spoke up: "This blood belongs to an evil creature, be careful."

Liu Ping nodded, followed the blood trail deeper into the forest, and quickly found a place covered by thick foliage.

"... Doesn't seem like one of our missions" Liu Ping crossed his arms.

Zhao Chanyi suddenly appeared, casually swung her Blade, then disappeared behind Liu Ping.

The saber aura flew out and chopped all the branches and leaves away, revealing a shallow hole behind.

An evil creature was lying in the hole, covered in ghastly wounds.

As soon as it saw Liu Ping, its eyes lit up and said: "Come, come give me a hand, I'll definitely reward you."

As it spoke, a red glow appeared on its sharp claws, and it disappeared in a flash.

"This is an evil creature's technique that strips away flesh and soul, used to heal its wounds."

Yana whispered into Liu Ping's ear.

Liu Ping understood and stood still: "Lord Evil Creature, I'm afraid you'll kill me."

"I won't, come here and look, as long as you give me a hand, I'll give you this ID card, you won't need to participate in the rest of the competition."

The evil creature took out a card with strange symbols on it and showed it to Liu Ping.

In the void of space, lines of text quickly appeared next to the card:

[Slave Card]

[Identity-type card]

[With this card, you'll automatically become the slave of a certain Archfiend]

Liu Ping's expression was normal: "Lord Evil Creature, your wounds are too severe, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you, how about you use the healing potions I carry with me?"

He reached behind him, took out the Holy Water Card and released it.

A bottle of Holy Water appeared. Following that, a nimble hand appeared from the void of space, quickly uncorked the bottle, poured it into the canteen, then returned it to Liu Ping's hand.

"That's my canteen" Libertas lowered his voice.

"I've cast a healing spell on the water" Yana whispered.

Liu Ping took the canteen out from behind him.

"This is a healing potion specifically used to heal wounds, drinking it will completely heal your wounds."

The canteen was thrown over.

The evil creature appeared doubtful and hesitantly asked: "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I only have this one bottle, I spent everything I had to buy it, if lord Evil Creature doesn't want to drink it, please return it to me" Liu Ping said.

The evil creature uncorked the bottle and took a sniff.

"What a thick scent of healing spells!"

It was overjoyed, raised its head and gulped down the entire bottle of Holy Water.

Very quickly, the wounds on the evil creature's body started to scab.

It's much better now!

The evil creature leapt up, laughed and spoke with a ferocious gaze: "Very well! I've recovered a bit, but if I want to fully recover, I still have to kill "

Growl!

A long sound came from its stomach.

The evil creature stopped.

Beads of sweat started to form on its forehead.

"There seems to be a problem with your healing potion."

It gritted its teeth and spoke.

Liu Ping suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, it's past its expiry date."

"Why would you carry a healing potion that's past its expiry date with you?"

"Lord, we came from the slums, we can't afford to buy high quality goods."

"Damn it!"

"Great lord! Can you give me the card? "

The evil creature had nothing to say, it clamped its legs together and limped towards the back of the forest.

Liu Ping stood still and silently waited.

"This guy is full of bad ideas, why don't we just kill it?" Zhao Chanyi suggested.

"No hurry, it's very strange, it's an evil creature, why would it appear here with wounds all over its body, I don't understand," Liu Ping said.

After a while.

The evil creature moved its body out from behind the bush with numb legs.

Liu Ping pulled his hand behind his back and lightly shook the Divine Atonement Voucher.

The card then disappeared.

Divine Secret Card: Atonement Voucher.

Activate!

The evil creature didn't notice anything and loudly chanted an incantation.

Very quickly, a glowing door appeared from the void of space and slowly opened.

The evil creature sighed in relief and spoke in a small voice: "I'm finally saved ... but I still need to recover a bit more stamina ..."

It quickly walked towards Liu Ping.

"Here, this is your ID card that will allow you to pass through the entire selection, thank you for saving my life."

The evil creature gave the card to Liu Ping, its gaze fell onto his neck.

"Thank you, lord!"

Liu Ping received the card and carefully looked at the symbols and patterns on the card.

"Lord, can I use this card to directly go to the roof?" he asked.

No answer.

Liu Ping looked up in surprise.

Only to see the evil creature's claws piercing into its own neck, the ferocious expression on its face was already frozen, only a bit of confusion remained in its eyes.

It killed itself.

The panda plushie on Liu Ping's waist couldn't help but sigh in relief.

Even for an existence like it that doesn't fear death, if it had to die over and over again every day, it would still be traumatized.

At this time, the gate of light finally opened.

Liu Ping looked at the gate of light, then at the already dead evil creature, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"A magic gate opened, where is it heading to?"

He thought to himself.

Suddenly, a rumbling voice came from the gate of light:

"Pitiful, my servant, in order to resist the monster's corruption, you died just like that?"

"May you rest in peace within the Eternal Night."

The voice then turned to Liu Ping and spoke:

"Well done, human young man, seems like you helped it kill our enemy at the very last moment."

Liu Ping was stunned, then slowly looked down at the head in his hand.

Enemy?

Is this Sacrificial emissary the evil creature's enemy?

What's going on?

The rumbling voice came again:

"No need to say more, you've already received a slave card, which proves that my servant recognized you at the very last moment."

"The situation is very urgent."

"Young man, I allow you to become my slave"