purgatory artist

Chapter 213 Dead Souls and Dolls
In the dark woods.

A khaki dog was running fast.

Not far from its right side is the dark blue frozen world.

——Liu Ping once said that one must not be too far away from the Frozen World, otherwise he might run into some monsters.

Huo Ya silently remembered that every once in a while, he had to look at the distance between himself and the frozen world.

It passed through the woods, and a line of small characters suddenly appeared in front of its eyes:
"You found a forest."

"Through this exploration, your experience value has increased by 1%."

Huo Fang showed a puzzled look.

Just exploring and discovering a forest will increase experience?
Although only 1%, mosquitoes are meat no matter how small they are.

——As long as I keep running, wouldn't I be able to get an upgrade sooner or later?

But this again conflicted with Liu Ping's exhortation.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

Huoya squatted on the spot, making a slight neighing sound.

Then Liu Ping's voice sounded: "It's okay, it's only 1%. You're only at level 2 at the moment, and you won't reach level 5 so soon."

"Wow!" Huo Ya called out.

It ran forward for a certain distance, then stopped slowly again, looking at a tree not far away.

A line of small characters appeared beside the tree:
"Identification: Ownerless Object."

"This tree contains the attribute of 'containment', and it is a relatively rare tree species that can be collected."

Huo Ya happily ran forward, and lightly rested his paws on the tree.

bang——

The tree suddenly disappeared, turning into a card and falling in front of Huo Ya.

Lines of small characters quickly appeared:

"Magic Tree: Lost Shore."

"This tree comes with a secondary space, about [-] square meters."

"Congratulations, you have obtained a card, and your experience value has reached; 105%."

"You've upgraded."

"You have become a level 3 pastoral dog!"

Huo Ya's body expanded again, becoming thicker and more powerful.

—It is already half the height of a person.

"Wang!"

Huoya howled excitedly.

Liu Ping's voice sounded again: "That... Huoya, we don't want to accept cards for now. If this continues, it will indeed become a problem."

"Woooo..." Huoya begged.

"I know, in fact, why don't I want your level to become higher? But we are in a worrying situation now, we must get rid of that monster first." Liu Ping said.

"Wang..."

Huo Fang nodded sadly.

It is a flesh and blood hunting dog from purgatory, and it knows good and bad, so it quickly cleared up its emotions and went on the road again.

Can't go a distance.

The woods come to an end.

A huge deep pit appeared ahead.

A sign stood beside the pit, with three characters written on it:
"Dead souls."

Huo Ya seemed to have sensed something, his eyes showed a look of vigilance, he sobbed on the spot and dared not go forward.

——It looks a bit weird here.

How important is the life of a dog. We are just a level 3 pastoral dog. Before the owner speaks, we don’t dare to ask. Let’s just growl twice and wait until the owner speaks.

"It's okay, here are the humans and demons who were killed in the battle, their souls have dissipated, and there is only an empty shell left here, there will be no danger."

Liu Ping said.

Huo Ya then cautiously stepped forward and walked around the edge of the huge pit.

On one side is the frozen world.

On the other side is the pit.

If you want to go around, you are destined to stay a distance away from the frozen world.

But this is impossible.

If you go deep into the huge pit, with the power of Huoya, you may not be able to climb up from the other side.

Along the edge of the giant crater, Huoya ran fast.

suddenly.

It stopped again, all the hair on its body stood on end, and a low neighing sound came from its throat.

in front of it.

A line of footprints appeared on the edge of the pit.

If you look carefully, you will find that this line of footprints came from a deep pit, and it climbed up the deep pit, leading to the misty cold fog in the distance, without knowing where to go.

——That direction is exactly the direction Huo Ya wants to go.

"It's okay, maybe some devils faked their deaths, and after everyone left, they fled back to their own country." Liu Ping said.

After thinking about it, Huo Ya felt it was reasonable, so he boldly moved forward.

When passing by that line of footprints, it jumped hard and jumped over the footprints.

A line of small characters appeared in front of its eyes:

"You have discovered the burial place of dead souls."

"Experience value +2%."

Huoya gradually picked up the speed——

Sudden.

It stopped again!
I saw it slowed down, sniffed around lightly, and looked at the few rocks in front with a hesitant expression.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping asked warily.

Fire Fang didn't answer.

It hesitated for a while, selected a rock, and slowly raised its hind legs.

Accompanied by a burst of "sizzling" sound, Huoya let out a hearty chirp.

——It turned out to be Xiaojie!

Liu Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

After shivering for a while, Huo Ya regained his energy and began to gallop forward.

Before leaving, it looked back at its masterpiece——

"Ow!"

Firefang let out a scream.

"What's the matter?" Liu Ping said helplessly.

Huoya opened his mouth, revealing the false tooth, allowing the false tooth to see the scene ahead.

I saw dense footprints on the rocky ground around me.

These footprints emerged from the huge pit, intertwined one after another, and stretched towards the end of the misty path.

Liu Ping was startled.

If there are one or two devils who feign death and come back to life, it is still reasonable.

But the footprints on the ground include devil's and human's, densely packed, as if all the dead people have been resurrected.

They climbed up the deep pit and all headed in the direction of the deep pit.

Liu Ping took a deep breath.

How could this be?
As soon as the devil left, such a strange thing happened.

Could it be that as soon as they left, the whole country was taken over by some unknown sleeper?
"We don't care about these things, as long as we bypass the giant pit."

Liu Ping comforted him.

Huoya let out a low cry, and ran again.

This time, its speed has obviously increased, and it is obviously trying its best to get out of here as soon as possible.

rustling... rustling...

In the dead darkness, only the sound of Huofang running could be heard.

It goes all the way along the edge of the giant crater——

However, the footprints on the ground became more and more dense, and there were still black blood stains in some footprints.

All footprints extend in one direction.

It seems that they are the forerunners, and Huoya is just a latecomer who has fallen behind.

There was no other way, Huo Ya could only bite the bullet and run forward.

The chasm was left behind, and the mist in front parted to either side, revealing a murky river.

This is a big river with almost no end in sight. Looking around, you can only see a blurry black land on the extremely distant opposite bank.

Countless demons and humans stood by the river, motionless.

I saw that these devils and humans were all wearing broken battle armor, holding broken weapons, and all kinds of old wounds on their bodies and faces.

—Dead souls!

These are the souls of those who died in the war!

Due to various reasons, although they exhausted the power of their souls, their bodies did not dissipate and were buried in the huge pit.

But now, they all came to their senses and stood together in front of this muddy river.

They stood silently, as if waiting for something.

This scene was quite indescribably weird.

When Firefang appeared, the demons and humans turned their heads and glanced at it.

When they found out that it was just a dog, these devils and humans slowly looked back.

Huo Ya had already stopped in fright, and even couldn't help but tucked his tail.

But then, not a single devil or human looked at it again.

—Maybe it's because the level is too low?

Huoya cautiously approached those dead souls.

Still no one cares about it.

It didn't know what to do, so it grinned, revealing the false teeth.

Taking advantage of this moment, Liu Ping glanced at those devils and humans.

In an instant, the same line of small characters appeared above the heads of those devils and humans:
"???'s doll."

doll?

Liu Ping sighed inwardly.

Needless to say, it must be a Sleeper who can resurrect all dead souls to serve as dolls.

How long has the devil been gone before the sleeper really came.

"We hide aside and wait and see."

Liu Ping said.

As soon as the words fell, Huo Ya quickly hid behind a big rock.

Time passed slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a roar in the river.

I saw big fish tens of meters long sticking out of the water, looking at the devils and humans on the shore with their empty eye sockets.

Those devils and humans jumped onto the backs of big fishes one after another.

As soon as the big fish moved, it swam towards the depths of the river.

Liu Ping watched this scene calmly, and suddenly said: "Huo Ya, let's go, find a way to get on the back of a fish."

"Oh?" Huo Ya made a suspicious voice.

"Anyway, they ignore your existence—there is something in this river that you can't swim through alone. Even I dare not go into the water easily. Why don't you take this opportunity to gamble and see if you can get through it." Liu Ping said.

—Perhaps this is the only chance.

The river is full of all kinds of criss-crossing terrifying auras, and it is not known what monsters are hiding.

If you miss this opportunity, how can you cross this great river?

Huo Ya gritted his teeth, poked his head out from behind the stone, and ran quickly towards the river.

As in the beginning, those demons and humans ignored it.

It followed a group of humans and jumped onto the fish's back, carefully hiding under the feet of a burly man.

Waited for a few breaths.

The fish started to swim.

It carried a group of devils and humans on its back and swam towards the opposite bank.

At this time, the burly man suddenly lowered his head and took a look at Huo Ya.

He squatted down slowly, tore off a fish scale from the back of the fish, cut his fingers and quickly wrote a sentence:

"Dogs are not afraid, as long as you help me, I will help you too."

(End of this chapter)