Purgatory Artist

Chapter 298 - Fighting

"Arghhh!"

Yana uttered a soft shout.

The intense holy light was boiling on her body, almost manifesting the illusion of heaven itself.

Obviously, she had already done everything she could.

The Whip of Agony and Torment kept twisting, using its two snake heads to bite the spear and Liu Ping, as if it was injecting something.

At this crucial moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Liu Ping's ears:

[We are the emergency combat team, please respond if you copy]

"Copy!" Liu Ping immediately replied.

The village had been under attack for so long, and the TV had already reported that an unknown entity would be coming to attack, humanity's response should have already arrived.

The voice then said: [Please hold on for 7 minutes, we are currently breaking through, we will arrive at your location in 7 minutes]

7 minutes?

"Very well, please hurry!" Liu Ping replied.

[Copy!]

The other side replied, then went silent.

Liu Ping suddenly felt something and looked up at the sky.

The pair of mountain-like hands had already ripped the void of space apart, revealing its true appearance.

It was a giant exuding a gloomy aura.

It breathed heavily, then stuck its head out to look at the world below.

「Soul!」

The giant let out a buzzing sound.

Its gigantic body silently slid down and stood on the ground.

「What a cute toy ...」

The corners of the giant's mouth split open, revealing the sharp teeth inside.

It looked like it wanted to laugh, but then suddenly began to chew.

Kacha kacha kacha

Countless metal parts fell down from its mouth.

In the village, the Mobile Mechs that were protecting each household were disappearing one by one.

They couldn't fight back at all.

Just like that, they were turned into wreckage and parts in the giant's mouth.

When all the Mechs disappeared, the giant spat out the metal parts in its mouth:

「It's time to absorb your soul.」

It opened its mouth again.

Liu Ping suddenly felt a chill in his heart. In that split second, he shouted: "Don't even think about it!"

In the sky.

An illusory vertical pupil suddenly appeared.

It silently stared at the giant.

[Modified – Demonic Mask Thought Blade – Divine Execution]!

The giant paused, its mountain-like body trembled a few times before it slowly closed its mouth.

It stared at the vertical pupil and suddenly laughed:

「Good! Good! Good! And there's also a card user hiding in the dark, this soul feast is unexpectedly rich!」

At the same time.

A line of burning words appeared before Liu Ping's eyes:

[You've subdued the card:????, Spear of Life. ]

[This spear came from????? Its body is an extremely vicious prisoner's weapon that can cause true damage to unknown entities. ]

[Cannot be controlled by humans ]

Bang

The spear suddenly disappeared and turned into a card in Liu Ping's hand.

Liu Ping threw it out without hesitation and bellowed, "Change!"

Deep underground.

The Purgatory Sacrificial Art summoned creature seemed to have sensed something and released the bone blade in its hand into the void. The bone blade instantly disappeared.

Then, the spear appeared in its hand.

Across from it, the strange monster watched this scene and suddenly screamed:

「Master! Come and save me! 」

Before he could finish his words, the Purgatory Sacrificial Art's summon leaped forward with a spear in hand.

On the ground.

The giant immediately sensed it.

It let out a wild roar, raised its fist, and smashed the hole in the ground.

Boom

The earth quaked, the mountains shook, and the sun and moon lost their light.

The clouds were blown away, revealing the gloomy sky.

The earth cracked open for hundreds of meters.

The scene deep underground appeared in front of the giant's eyes.

The Purgatory Sacrificial Art summon was holding a spear.

This giant spear pierced through 19 heads, black blood dripping down from the spear.

The monster laid on the ground, motionless.

It was dead.

The world was silent.

Suddenly.

In the village, a melodious sound of music resounded:

[Unstoppable!]

[Warning, this attack is unstoppable, all villagers are to enter the underground bunker and await rescue immediately]

The giant stayed silent for a short moment, then suddenly burst into a high-pitched laughter.

「Not bad, you've killed the follower I hate the most.」

「In the previous civilization that entered the mystical realm, there were 20 of the strongest existences. I killed them all and refined their heads and bodies into this follower.」

「Card user, you've killed it, then」

「You shall become my follower!」

After saying so, the giant looked around at the void of space with a serious expression, as if waiting for something.

Liu Ping didn't say anything.

He put the Shadow Blade in his hand away and grabbed the bone blade of the Purgatory Sacrificial Art summon.

Lines of burning text quickly appeared in the void of space:

[Bone of Purgatory Hex]

[Rune Blade]

[Contains all kinds of Purgatory Hex, requires the sacrifice of Purgatory to be used]

Tch.

Both the spear and the bone blade can't be used.

Liu Ping had no choice but to switch back to the Shadow Blade and slowly adjust his breathing.

Yana's group stood behind him, anxiously waiting.

After waiting for a few moments, seeing no response, the giant spoke up:

「You've killed my follower, the price is to be turned into an eternal statue.」

A few moments later.

The Purgatory Sacrificial Art summon stood still without moving.

Its surface was covered with a layer of grayish-white stone shell, and its entire body stood in place, unable to move at all.

The giant spoke in a low voice: 「Card user, now that only you and I are left, let us resolve this matter.」

「To be honest, when I was secretly observing you just now, I noticed that you seem to value this village a lot.」

The giant raised its hand and pointed at the void of space.

From the darkness outside the void of space, an even larger spear appeared.

Wielding the spear, the giant's presence continued to increase.

It revealed its mouth full of sharp teeth and muttered:

「This spear of mine is the real weapon, what you stole was only a toy, do you want to try and steal the one in my hand?」

Looking at the spear, Libertas' face turned pale and muttered: "No, I can't even get close, I'll die if I do."

The giant raised his spear high and exhaled loudly.

「With this attack of mine, you and your village will be completely destroyed, and your souls will be absorbed by my spear, becoming its nutrients.」

「You have two choices.」

「Either you die with the village.」

「Or you kill everyone, I can spare your life and let you become my new follower.」

「Choose」

There was silence all around.

Liu Ping still didn't say anything.

"How about we run first?" Norton suggested.

"We won't be able to, the giant's power fluctuations have already enveloped the entire village, if Liu Ping makes any move, the giant will immediately attack, how impressive!" Yana said.

Hua Qingkong didn't say anything and only nodded.

"What do we do now?" Zhao Chanyi asked.

"If we can't run, then we'll fight." Liu Ping naturally held the Blade in his hand tightly.

In the sky, the giant's voice continued to resound:

「Three」

「Two」

「One」

「You've given up your only chance of survival.」

「Die, trash Card User!」

The giant raised the spear and stabbed it into the ground with all its might.

Liu Ping quickly scanned his surroundings.

Many houses had already collapsed.

The Mechs that were guarding the village had also been completely devoured.

The giant's spear pierced downwards.

Even if there was an underground bunker, how could it defend against this level of attack?

No one in the village would survive.

Not only that, even the area within a few thousand miles would be turned into a forbidden zone.

Liu Ping clenched his teeth and suddenly disappeared.

The next moment.

The world suddenly became silent.

Just as the giant spear was about to stab into the ground, it was stopped by a sword.

Boom!

Boundless shockwaves spread out in all directions.

The giant laughed: 「Pitiful creatures, you always subconsciously care about the life and death of your own kind, but you don't know that this is actually your path to death!」

Liu Ping's hands were bleeding profusely.

Around him, the spear's phantoms kept striking his body.

Lines of burning text appeared from the void of space:

[You're dead]

[You're dead]

[You're dead]

[You're dead]

[You're dead]

[...]

The giant laughed mockingly: 「Oh? You have the power to resist death? But so what? In the long river of time, even stronger and stranger existences than you were not be able to escape my wrath.」

It thrust the spear downwards with all its might, forcing Liu Ping to hold his Blade with both hands to barely resist.

At this point.

The giant suddenly lowered its voice and whispered:

「I forgot to tell you.」

「I only used 10% of my strength.」

Liu Ping was stunned.

The world fell silent again.

The giant abruptly pulled the spear back, held it with both hands and exhaled:

「This attack will contain 30% of my strength.」

「You can dodge, but if you dodge, the souls you're protecting will all be killed by my spear and their souls will be absorbed!」

The spear instantly turned into an afterimage and once again came crashing down on Liu Ping.

There's no way to stop it like this.

But what can I do?

Just as Liu Ping was about to activate his [Cameo Armor], a line of text appeared from the void of space:

[You must not use Mystic Skills during this period of time. Otherwise, it will cause great chaos, and everything here will be destroyed]

What to do!

What else can I do to fight against this giant?

Thoughts flashed through Liu Ping's mind one after another, but he quickly dismissed them.

In a flash.

He closed his eyes, then abruptly opened them again.

An invisible wave of power emanated from his body, causing the void of space behind him to gradually change.

Hundreds of thousands of invisible Blade phantoms gathered and manifested on Liu Ping's Blade.

[Void Slash] – Void Slash First Style]

This style began to transform.

The invisible Blade phantoms became tangible and attached themselves to the Shadow Blade, causing it to erupt into a blinding light.

The Shadow Blade received the spear with all its might.

Clang!

The Blade and the spear clashed again!

The two seemingly tangible waves of power intertwined and resisted each other, blowing in all directions like a hurricane.

The giant was surprised:

「You can block 30% of my strength? You seem to have used multiple Laws, but it's still too immature.」

「Unfortunately, you're too stupid, Card user.」

「Take a look, our battle is about to destroy the entire village that you want to protect.」

Liu Ping was surprised, then slowly turned to look around.

Only to see that the shockwaves from their battle had already destroyed a nearby house.

Further away, the buildings in the village were being destroyed one after another.

The giant laughed.

It shook its head: 「I'll let you destroy everything around you, when you're truly in despair, your souls will become a supreme delicacy.」

「Next」

「I'm going to use all of my power.」

It suddenly screamed:

「I can't wait, delicious Card user souls!」

On the ground.

Liu Ping silently swung his Blade.

A blurry, towering figure appeared from the void of space.

Lawless Heavens and Earth, 3rd Secret Slash!

The Blade gave off an ancient and vicissitude presence, causing the void of space it came into contact with to let out a shrill screech.