Purgatory Artist-Chapter 401: Trap

In the real world.

Libertas appeared behind a Dark Elf and pierced through the Dark Elf's armor and heart with his short sword.

More Dark Elves slashed at him.

A layer of brilliant light shot out from Libertas' body and enveloped him.

In an instant.

He disappeared and appeared on a building a few hundred meters away. He said lazily, "Explode."

Boom.

The Dark Elves were blasted into corpses.

Norton appeared beside him and asked with a strange expression, "When did you learn spatial abilities?"

"Not really." Libertas took off his cloak and revealed his left arm.

His left arm glowed with a cold metallic light and adjusted its posture occasionally. It even projected a small screen that showed Norton's profile picture and information.

"What's this?" Norton asked curiously.

"Prosthesis. I modified my left arm with the ability to warp. It also has many combat abilities. As for more personalized weapon systems, I'm discussing it with the Book of the Sea." Libertas said.

Norton tapped his left arm and made a "dang dang" sound.

"Do you still feel it?"

"Yes. It's connected to a neural network. I can feel its status at any time."

"Interesting. I want to modify something."

"Hmm? Why aren't they attacking? "

The two of them looked at the Dark Elf army not far away. The elves seemed to have received some order and put down their weapons.

A white shadow flew from the sky.

A cat landed on a lamppost and said to Libertas and Norton, "No need to fight anymore. They've already surrendered."

"Can we go eat now?" Norton grinned.

"Can we go to the bar?" Libertas said impatiently.

The white cat said with disdain, "That's right. You two, stop indulging in sensual pleasures every day. Train well. If you can't take 30 moves from me in the next battle, I'll strip you naked and hang you in front of the bar."

"Sister Chan Yi, don't!" The two of them sighed.

"Hmph!"

The white cat raised her head and waved her tail. She flew into the sky and disappeared from their sight.

On the other side.

Yana stood on the top of a tall building and looked at the screen in front of her.

She thought for a while, then quickly tapped on the screen.

"Sister Yana, what are you busy with?" Andrea asked.

Yana said, "Politics, economics, and technology are not our current priorities. At this moment, when we have barely managed to settle down, the most important thing is knowledge. We have to spread the knowledge of various fields, select talents, increase the population, and let the human civilization shine again."

She issued an order on a screen, then swiped it away. She dragged another screen, continued to issue orders, and swiped it away.

In just a few minutes, she had already issued dozens of orders to the world's AI.

Night began to fall.

Screens of light continued to appear in front of Yana, and she continued to arrange the direction of the world.

Countless rays of light surrounded her, and she decided everything in the world.

Looking from afar

She was even more like a deity now than countless years later.

...

On the other side.

In the dark void.

Two streams of light flashed past and landed on a small, barren planet.

This planet was so small. There was only a desert, a lake, and a quaint building.

Liu Ping carried the baby girl and stood in front of the building with Samantha.

"This is the Occultism Tribunal, responsible for mediating disputes between Occultists. It hasn't been used for a very long time."

Samantha said.

"Why is that?" Liu Ping asked.

"Because if there's a dispute between Occultists, it usually ends very quickly, so there's no need for this place," Samantha replied.

"... That's true" Liu Ping said.

The two metal doors slowly opened.

No one could be seen inside, only a single pillar that reached the sky stood in the middle of the courtyard.

Countless worlds were marked on the long pillar.

"What is this?" Liu Ping asked with interest.

"The World Measurement Pillar, a ranking system based on the level and strength of a civilization. The higher the level, the higher the position, until the very top" Samantha explained.

"There's such a thing?"

Liu Ping crouched down in front of the pillar and quickly found what he was looking for.

It was the lowest level of the pillar, marked with a small line of text:

[The human world]

Samantha explained: "Your world has only just escaped the calamity, so it's still very weak, so it's natural for it to be at the lowest level."

Liu Ping nodded and asked, "What's the benefit of reaching the top of the World Measurement Pillar?"

Samantha replied: "The world at the top will give birth to the most souls, it's the source of all souls. Furthermore, it's also the most exploratory world"

"Exploratory?" Liu Ping asked.

"Because no one can surpass the Divine Pillar and explore the place above it, and the world at the top of the Divine Pillar has this ability," Samantha explained.

"That's true" Liu Ping sighed. "The bottom of the Divine Pillar is the Eternal Night, and the depths of the Eternal Night might be connected to nightmares. Venturing deeper is suicide, so the only way is to explore upwards."

While they were talking, a few lines of text appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

[Congratulations]

[Thanks to the efforts of your followers, the human world's civilization is showing signs of recovery. The powers of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind are steadily growing]

[When the civilization reaches a certain level of development, the power of the four Saint Pillars will manifest as the power of Occultism for your use]

Liu Ping looked at the World Measurement Pillar.

Only to see that the human world at the bottom had jumped up a bit, surpassing the Rockman world.

The Rockman world was now at the bottom.

Samantha was surprised. "You managed to surpass the Rockman world's civilization so quickly? Seems like humanity has a lot of potential."

Liu Ping didn't say anything.

With Yana, a former Divinity, in charge of everything, he felt assured.

The two of them walked through the courtyard and entered the main hall.

The main hall was empty.

"No one?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"This was my request. After all, every Occultist's ability is a secret, if anyone knows about it, it'll be dangerous," Samantha replied.

"Thank you for your kindness," Liu Ping gratefully said.

Indeed.

Occultism is the emergence of Laws, countless strange and unimaginable things.

If someone knows about the characteristics of my ability, they'll naturally think of a way to deal with me.

The two of them walked through the main hall and entered a secret room inside.

The open space in the secret room was engraved with dense sealing runes, releasing a dense sealing power.

At the center of these runes sat a person.

This person had a head made entirely of fire elements but a crimson humanoid body. His arms and legs were broken from the joints and disappeared, looking a bit delirious.

"He's an Occultism expert of the Flaming Ghoul race, the only one who returned alive. Give it a try, I'll wait for you outside."

Saying so, Samantha was about to leave.

Liu Ping said: "Wait, please give me a hand."

He wanted to give the baby girl in his arms to Samantha, but found that the baby girl suddenly reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

Liu Ping looked at the baby girl, only to see that she was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed.

"Oi, this guy might have the power of nightmares. If you still follow me, you might be in danger," Liu Ping patiently explained.

The baby girl was still sleeping, but her grip on Liu Ping's sleeve tightened.

Is she unwilling to leave me?

Liu Ping was helpless and smiled bitterly: "Madam, I'm fine here, you can leave first."

Samantha smiled and walked out of the secret room.

Bam.

As soon as the door closed, the baby girl's hand let go.

She turned around in her swaddling clothes, pouted, and continued sleeping.

Liu Ping could only continue hugging her.

"Alright, I'm going to do something serious now. Once I'm done, I'll leave immediately."

He muttered to himself and looked up at the Flaming Ghoul.

Following his gaze, a line of small words appeared above the Flaming Ghoul's head:

[Withered soul]

[Description: This existence's soul is only left with one last strand. The reason it hasn't died completely is because it's waiting for a specific person to come and activate the last death teleportation]

Liu Ping's heart skipped a beat.

A trap!

This is a trap targeted at a specific target.

Who's the so-called specific person?

Many Occultists have come into contact with this Flaming Ghoul, but they were all safe in the end.

Then.

Is this trap targeted at a newbie like me?

Suddenly, the Flaming Ghoul opened its eyes and stared at Liu Ping.

He said in a voice that was sometimes shrill and sometimes hoarse:

"Liu Ping, I've left the most tragic invitation to you. Feel true despair, just like what I'm experiencing now."

It's the umbrella bearer!

"Actually, if you want to find me, you don't have to go through so much trouble" Liu Ping said.

"But if I want to kill you, I have to set up a nightmare ritual. Now, I can finally send you to the nightmare of death," the umbrella bearer said.

"We don't seem to have such a big grudge," Liu Ping said.

The umbrella bearer gritted his teeth: "If I didn't fight with you, I wouldn't have ended up in this state ... Before the entire Divine Pillar is destroyed, I want to see you die first!"

Whoosh ...

The Flaming Ghoul burned fiercely. Its body turned into dense and strange runes that floated in the air and condensed into a black card.

A human face appeared on the black card and smiled at Liu Ping:

"You're the one who received the invitation? Welcome to the final destination of the Nightmare Crypt. This is a place of endless tragedy, I hope you enjoy it."

Liu Ping suddenly remembered what Samantha had said.

"In the Occultist world, a Nightmare Card appeared. It will randomly choose a few people to enter an unknown place."

The next moment.

The black card suddenly dispersed and turned into a layer of black light that enveloped Liu Ping, bringing him down to the ground.

Liu Ping tried to move his body but found that his surroundings were like quicksand. He stood in it and lost all his strength. He could only sink and there was no other way.

In the blink of an eye

The baby girl in Liu Ping's arms suddenly opened her eyes.

She stretched out her small hand and pointed to the left of Liu Ping.

"Ah! Ah! "

The baby girl made a hurried sound and looked at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping's heart skipped a beat.

Shui Shu, Hua Qingkong, and the spirit in her body had the power of fate. She must have something to tell him.

"Is it in that direction?" Liu Ping asked.

The baby girl nodded.

"Okay!"

Liu Ping gritted his teeth and tried his best to walk in that direction.

It was useless!

No matter where he walked, he was still sinking in quicksand!

Liu Ping looked at the baby girl.

The baby girl seemed to be relieved. She gave him a thumbs-up and then closed her eyes tiredly.

She fell into a deep sleep again.

At this moment, Liu Ping finally sank into the ground.