purgatory artist

Chapter 5 Monsters
Liu Ping frowned.

Wang Cheng can't remember how he himself died...

Thinking of this, Liu Ping showed a harmless smile, clasped his fists and said: "I have seen fellow Taoists, and I just got up from the ground, I don't know who killed me."

Wang Cheng stared at him and said, "No...I can feel that you killed Wang Cheng."

Liu Ping withdrew his smile and sighed: "It's just for self-defense, fellow daoists, please don't blame me. By the way, do you dare to ask me where you come from? Do you need to ask for help? As long as you are willing to turn hostility into friendship with me, I can help you a little bit."

Wang Cheng's eyes changed, and his whole body showed a bit of fierceness.

"It's a strange thing that the Qi refining period killed the foundation building period. It's worth my time to find out why." He said.

Liu Ping took a deep breath, and was thinking about what to say, when suddenly something happened——

The ferocious smile on Wang Cheng's face stopped, everything around him turned into dead silence, and Liu Ping also fell into a state of being unable to move.

In the blink of an eye, everything seemed to be at a standstill.

Time stood still at this moment.

what happened?
Liu Ping was secretly amazed, but he saw that flickering text suddenly unfolded in the void, turning into countless flickering mysterious runes, flying non-stop like a waterfall.

Lines of small characters burning like flames quickly appeared:

"Time: Unknown."

"The first confirmation was successful, the second confirmation was successful, and the third confirmation was successful."

"Confirmation: This sequence cannot judge the current situation."

"This situation is extremely rare."

"caution!"

"This sequence will begin the first exploration."

"You have to touch a corpse that has risen from the dead in order for this sequence to analyze it."

Liu Ping looked at the lines of small characters in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Then can you open it?"

A few lines of small burning characters appeared:
"This sequence must be hidden and will not be activated."

"But if you can let this sequence analyze a corpse that has been resurrected from the dead, this sequence will give you some help without exposing yourself."

Liu Ping's thoughts flashed, and he was about to open the piggy bank immediately.

Unexpectedly, with a thought in his mind, a new line of small characters appeared in the void:
"Please pay special attention."

"The existence opposite you is no longer Wang Cheng."

"It is temporarily limited to Wang Cheng's level of strength."

"Showing a piggy bank in front of it may expose the existence of this sequence, and then put you in a place of death."

"For the sake of caution, from now on, this sequence will seal all power and remain silent."

"You will not be able to use the piggy bank feature."

"Of course, this sequence has no power to force you to do anything. If you feel that you can't deal with the current situation, you can also flee here immediately."

"Fight or flight, you must decide for yourself."

All fine print flashed away.

next moment.

Everything is back to normal.

Time that stood still began to move forward again.

Liu Ping looked at Wang Cheng.

Those prompts call Wang "it."

——In other words, Wang Cheng is no longer a human being.

I am an ant in the Qi refining period, do I want to fight this completely unknown monster?

Not enough information.

Really fight, don't know what will happen.

Even if you want to fight, you have to wait for your body to fully recover, and after you have advanced to the foundation building stage, it is the right choice to take it slowly.

Liu Ping made a quick decision.

"Fellow Daoist, let's leave it at that, take care of it, and please don't miss me."

As he spoke, he retreated towards the teleportation circle without hesitation.

At this time, he was only a few steps away from the teleportation circle, and Wang Chengshang was tens of feet away, so it was too late to stop him.

Wang Cheng obviously also understood the current situation, and said:
"Young man, if I were you, I wouldn't be in a hurry to run away."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Cheng suddenly accelerated his speed and rushed towards Liu Ping.

Knowing that he was in danger, Liu Ping ignored Wang Cheng at all, stepped into the magic circle, and spread the token in his hand without hesitation.

The token suddenly floated——

The teleportation circle released a series of auras, and began to connect with the token.

It only takes two breaths of effort, and the magic circle will be activated.

At this time, Wang Chengshang was more than ten feet away.

From a distance, Wang Chengda shouted: "Fellow Taoist, you must have teachers, brothers and companions, don't you want to know about their resurrection? I can tell you!"

Resurrection...

Dead people will be resurrected as monsters!

In an instant, all the aura on the teleportation circle dimmed.

The token was held firmly by one hand, cutting off its connection with the teleportation circle.

—The transmission was interrupted.

Liu Ping stood in the center of the circle, lowered his head, and quietly looked at the token in his hand.

Forcibly interrupting the transmission made this one-time token completely useless.

"Master..."

He said harshly.

Rumbling--

Above the pitch-black sky, dull thunder sounds from far and near.

Rain falls.

Between heaven and earth, the rain gradually became torrential.

Wang Cheng stared at Liu Ping with mocking eyes.

"Sad mortals, you have too many fetters in your heart. These fetters are your weakness, and it will make you taste all the bitterness of fate." He said.

Liu Ping slowly raised his head, looking at the churning black clouds in the sky.

The rain kept beating down his face.

He said softly:
"You're right. I tried countless means to undo that man's death, but in the end, he died to save me... This is my failure."

Wang Cheng jokingly said: "It's okay, I will accept your body and soul right away, and let you taste the last failure in your destiny."

Liu Ping said coldly: "No, I will change it this time."

Wang Cheng let out a disdainful chuckle, shook his head and said:

"Stop wishful thinking, the fate of all practitioners is doomed!"

Liu Ping lowered his head and didn't make another sound.

The night became more gloomy.

Between heaven and earth, the sound of wind and rain became noisy.

Wang Cheng's body was submerged into the darkness, and he began to run faster.

He was getting faster and faster, slapped the storage bag while running, and put a pair of gloves on his hands.

The distance between the two sides has shortened sharply.

20 meters!
Not far from him—

A knife suddenly appeared in Liu Ping's hand.

This is a very ordinary long knife, but the blade outlines some rough spiritual patterns that can withstand spells, so it is a little bit stronger than ordinary weapons in the world.

Liu Ping was holding a long knife, hanging by his side, and gently scratched the ground with the tip of the knife.

Click!

The long knife turned into an afterimage, skillfully and quickly picking up stones etched with runes from the teleportation circle.

Wisps of sharp spatial rifts began to appear in the void.

——The teleportation circle became incomplete, and its power began to collapse.

The knife stopped.

Liu Ping raised the knife slowly and began to adjust his breathing.

——From the beginning to the end, he didn't even look at Wang Cheng.

Ten meters! ! !

A ferocious murderous aura rose from Wang Cheng's body, and he seemed to have turned into a ferocious beast.

"Say your last words, or it will be too late." Wang Cheng grinned.

Liu Ping was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's very expensive for me to make a move."

He tore off the sleeve with great speed, tied it to his face, and covered his eyes.

In the darkness, the wind and rain intensified.

The raindrops hit the knife, making a dense and slight sound.

Five meters! ! !

In the pouring rain, Wang Cheng leaped high and rushed towards Liu Ping like a hungry wolf.

——His hands are in a fist position, emitting a faint red light, as if an extremely fierce blow will erupt at any time.

Liu Ping was covered with a cloth and couldn't see anything, but retreated into the teleportation formation and stomped his feet vigorously.

Click!

The magic circle shattered immediately.

Dense spatial cracks rose from the magic circle, and were drawn by Liu Ping with a long knife, all attached to them.

Clusters of fine and sharp chirping sounds suddenly came out from the blade.

"Let's say the last words."

Liu Ping held a long knife and said softly.

It's windy and rainy.

Wang Cheng walked through the rain curtain, changed his moves in the air, and punched Liu Ping fiercely with his fists bursting into flames.

Liu Ping held the saber and headed forward, those swarming space cracks were completely submerged into the long saber, throwing an extremely sharp and thin sound into the depths of the high sky.

In an instant, the two passed by each other.

boom! ! !
Thunder exploded in the sky, and the thunderbolt cut through the darkness, rushing towards the distance.

The torrential rain was illuminated for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, everything returned to calm.

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The rain kept falling on the ground, making a pattering sound.

Liu Ping stood on the edge of the teleportation circle, half of his clothes were scorched, and there were ruptured wounds all over his body.

click-

His knife broke in two, and one fell down, stuck in the muddy ground.

A series of sharp space gaps still emerged from the broken blade, flickering on and off, cutting the falling raindrops into sprays.

A few meters away.

Wang Cheng withdrew his fist, with a prudent look on his face, and said:

"Destroy the magic circle, use the residual power of the gap in the space to fight against the enemy...boy, are you a magician?"

"It is." Liu Ping said.

"No wonder you came up with such a way to deal with me, but... why are you blindfolded?"

Liu Ping didn't answer, but said: "I have something to ask you."

In the rain, he walked towards Wang Cheng step by step.

In the past, he was blind and could not be cured. He was used to not seeing things, but now his life has been changed by the magic pill, and his eyesight has been restored. In a hurry, he is not suitable to use his eyes to look at the enemy and fight.

Blindfolded, just to not be affected by the line of sight, go all out to kill the opponent.

— There is absolutely no need to tell a monster.

Wang Cheng showed a thoughtful look, and said to himself: "Although Wang Cheng is in the foundation building stage, he has not awakened supernatural powers, and you have such formation skills, he must die in your hands."

He clapped his hands and said in conclusion: "Your battles are normal, I am a little too fussy."

Snapped--

As if something had exploded, Wang Cheng's whole body suddenly turned into a cloud of blood mist.

Fragmentary blades of space flew out of his body, hovering like a gust of wind, making a sharp whistling sound, and dissipated after a few breaths.

Wang Cheng couldn't support himself any longer, and immediately fell to the ground.

Liu Ping rushed forward and said in a low voice, "You just said that the dead will come back to life, is that true or not?"

Wang Cheng smiled and said, "Why should I tell you?"

Liu Ping said in a cold tone: "If you don't say anything, I'll crush you to ashes—your body has turned into fly ash, and I'm afraid it's not easy to use the ability of resurrection."

Wang Cheng showed a ferocious look of choosing someone to devour, and roared: "Wang Cheng's body and soul belong to me, you are just a mere Qi Refining cultivator, how dare you touch my things?"

Liu Ping was taken aback.

body and soul...

What the hell is this monster that can take away everything from people!
Wang Cheng raised his bloody hand, pointed at Liu Ping and said, "You offended me. In the near future, I will definitely let you know what regret is."

"You and I have never had any enmity, as long as you tell me the answer, I won't bother you anymore, and we're done." Liu Ping said.

"Two Qing?"

Wang Cheng looked at his nervous expression, and jokingly said: "You are such a small ant, you are not qualified to know any answers, and, remember—"

"In the near future, I will personally descend on you for further examination. At that time, you can only watch and experience real pain and despair. This will happen soon."

The voice fell.

Wang Cheng's eyes lost their luster.

He lay motionless on the ground, as if he was really dead.

The rain is pouring.

Liu Ping stood in the heavy rain, stared down at the corpse, and fell silent.

Time passed quietly.

For a while.

Wang Cheng really did not come back to life.

Liu Ping frowned gradually, stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

A ball of flames jumped at his fingertips.

This is the most basic five-element technique, the spirit fire technique.

"I'm a man of integrity."

"—Since you really didn't tell me about that, I really praised you."

He gestured to throw the flame at the body.

"and many more!"

Wang Cheng suddenly got up and shouted.

(End of this chapter)