Purgatory Artist-Chapter 233: Everything That Was Interrupted

Liu Ping hovered in the darkness, looking at the Divine Pillar of Eternal Night.

A grand and majestic statue had appeared on top of the Divine Pillar of Eternal Night.

It had four faces, one facing each of the four directions of the darkness.

— — -But the gloomy fog continued to surge in the darkness, making it impossible to see the statue's appearance and body.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.

[You've formed a Mystic-type contract with this ancient entity and obtained the Halo: Forty Meter Summon]

[You've reached LV10]

[Now, you must communicate with it and express your wish]

[— – This is your chance to choose the direction of your development]

Liu Ping carefully sensed it.

Suddenly.

An unparalleled consciousness appeared in his mind.

This consciousness did not make any sound, nor did it speak any language. However, the moment it appeared, Liu Ping naturally knew that it was telling him something.

「Divine and Warden, although they seem a bit strange, they are two different paths ...」

「You must choose one path ...」

Everything faded away.

A fork appeared in the darkness.

On the left side of the path, there were countless statues lined up. Their expressions were solemn and dignified, their bodies glowing with a holy light.

On the right side of the path, there were cages and chains, countless Combatants were trapped inside, moaning in pain.

「Divine or Warden ... you must choose.」

Liu Ping glanced at it, then shook his head: "This is their path, not mine. From now on, I will think of a way to combine them and create a brand new path."

In the middle of the fork, another path appeared.

The fog had completely covered this path, making it impossible for anyone to see what was on the path.

「You can create a new path, but what is your wish?」

「Light, or darkness.」

「You must choose.」

Liu Ping couldn't help but ask: "Even paths have such differences?"

The grand consciousness didn't answer him.

But on the brand new path, a blinding holy light appeared, almost like the sun.

Under the path, the black fog continued to surge, countless screams and cries of agony could be heard from it, causing one's hair to stand on end.

It was obvious that he had already answered the question.

Then.

Light.

Or darkness?

Liu Ping couldn't help but sigh, opened his mouth to speak, but swallowed his words.

...

In the past.

In a bustling city.

An old man and a young man were squatting on a flowerbed by the roadside, each holding a big bowl of noodles and eating happily.

"Disciple, your cultivation has reached great success. There is only one thing left." The old man said.

"What?" The youth asked.

"Will you walk the righteous path in the future or walk the demonic path?" The old man asked.

"That's an old-fashioned question. Master, you've been in the cultivation world your whole life. Can't you come up with something new?" the young man said impatiently.

The old man drank a mouthful of broth and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Brat, this is a fundamental problem for any cultivator. How could there be any changes?"

"Previously, we divined that the Qian family in this city had done good deeds for their entire life. Today, they met with a calamity. Master, have you divined what happened next?" The youth asked.

"Of course, don't underestimate me." The old man said, "Philanthropist Qian accidentally obtained a Demonic Path cultivation method and even cultivated it. And the various righteous sects will send people to kill him to prevent him from refining into a Demonic Body."

"That's it?" The young man said disdainfully.

"What else?" the old man asked.

"That scripture was secretly placed in the Qian family's study room by a disciple of a nearby righteous sect."

The young man finished the last mouthful of noodles and continued: "I only managed to find it after the 5th divination. Just look at how secretive they were."

"Then — — have you thought of what to do?" the old man asked.

"I've seen a bit of that Demonic Path scripture. Later, I'll borrow it and help him deduce a path to the Ethereal Realm.

Saying so, the young man put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and laughed:

"What Supreme and Nine Serenities, what righteous path and demonic path, they're all just a pretense for this world — — -"

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"You're weak, you're defenseless. You have something good on you, so you're the prey of others."

"I'm going to slaughter those righteous sects in a bit."

The young man waved his sleeves and turned around to leave.

The old man quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, jumped forward and pulled his clothes:

"Wait! Slaughtering them is too much, too much! "

"Old man, are you trying to teach me how to do things?" the young man scoffed.

"There must be some who are innocent." the old man said.

"The mass grave behind the mountain, two hundred years, tens of thousands of vengeful souls and skeletons, not innocent, HAHAHAHA!"

The young man laughed maniacally, soared into the sky, and disappeared in an instant.

The old man stood there silently, sighed, walked back to the flower bed, and said loudly, "Boss, give me another bowl, add more chili and an egg!"

"Immortal ... Can you write a word for our shop?"

"If the food is free of charge, I'll write a word."

"Sure, sure, please."

"Okay!"

...

Liu Ping shook his head, suppressed his memories, and said thoughtfully:

"I don't think it's a big deal to walk two paths at the same time ... I think darkness and light can coexist."

「How so?」 the huge consciousness asked.

"Because no one said it can't, has anyone?" Liu Ping asked.

The huge consciousness fell silent.

Liu Ping said, "Of course — — if it really makes things difficult for you, then I'll walk another path. In short, I won't restrict myself to death."

Suddenly.

He sensed something.

— — Countless bricks and stones quickly piled up into a flight of stairs at the fork in the road in front of him, forming a path leading upwards.

"Is there really another path to take? I like this kind of unexpected surprise. "

Liu Ping stepped forward and climbed up the stairs one step at a time.

Below him.

The fork in the road slowly disappeared.

— — He was walking on a hidden, never-before-explored path.

The scenery around him slowly disappeared.

On the other side.

Mechanus city.

In front of a rectangular table.

The man in the black robe blew out a ring of smoke, silently sat on his seat and spoke to the others.

"That's what happened, the other party killed Fist Demon I sent out."

One of the men chuckled: "Fist Demon is dead? How interesting, he was one of the few elites of your 'Wraith Shadow' group, and he died just like that. Seems like the people who challenged our three groups this time are quite capable. "

"It's for a Forbidden Zone Pass, right?" the man in the half-skull mask asked.

"Yes," the man answered with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Wraith, I'm quite happy to see your 'Wraith Shadow' suffer such a loss." the man in the half-skull mask chuckled.

"However, something like the Forbidden Zone Pass is something that benefits both of us. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to only be happy?" the wraith asked without changing his expression.

The man in the half-skull mask stood up and chuckled: "It's just a small matter, yet you specifically called us here for a meeting — — bring me the Fist Demon's Death Tablet, I'll deal with it right away."

"Ning Qiang," the wraith smirked and said: "I've always felt that you weren't qualified to be the leader of 'Revelation', but from what I've seen today, I can see that you're quite capable."

He put a Card on the table.

The Card depicted a grey-white figure, which was the dead Fist Demon.

The man wearing the half-skull mask picked up the card and sniffed it, then closed his eyes and said: "Ah, I roughly know the location of the prey. Someone, help me conceal my presence, don't let the Mech Lord notice that I'm doing something bad."

"I'll do it."

Wraith stood up and slowly walked up to the man with a grey-white tome in hand, "Soul Concealment!"

An invisible gust of wind silently blew.

"That's enough. Watch me kill those troublesome brats."

The man called Ning Qiang kicked open the window and looked outside into the deep darkness.

He silently stared into the darkness, as if he was looking for something.

"Deep inside the snowy mountain — — they've already reached the snowy plains, do they want to enter that frozen kingdom? How laughable, that's a place that can't be entered at all."

A sniper rifle was propped up on the windowsill.

The man drew a Card and attached it to the sniper rifle.

Bang!

A black scope appeared on the sniper rifle.

The man narrowed his eyes at the scope and muttered: "I can see them, at the edge of the cliff, that young man is playing the flute for his partner."

"How romantic. Go to hell."

Bang!

A streak of flame shot through the void of space and disappeared without a trace.

"Fugitive lovers, die together."

Bang!

Another shot!

Several ten thousand miles away.

Liu Ping's eyes were still closed, still maintaining his flute playing posture.

All of a sudden.

Lilith abruptly came out from his hair and screeched: "This direction — — I can smell death!"

In that split second, the two insects stopped flapping their wings.

They jumped down and landed on Liu Ping's body.

"Not enough!"

Lilith shouted with all her might: "Come out, big insect!"

Boom — —

A giant insect appeared, blocking Liu Ping's path to the edge of the cliff.

— — -then the bullet came.

In an instant, half of the giant insect's body disappeared.

The first insect raised its shell — —

Bam!

Its entire body exploded.

Following that, the third insect's body also exploded.

A thick book with a black cover continued to block Liu Ping's path — —

Dong!

A dull sound of impact.

Liu Ping was sent flying along with the book, quickly falling down the cliff.

Blocked it!

Lilith sighed in relief.

She grabbed the tome with one hand and pushed Liu Ping's eyelids with the other, shouting: "Liu Ping! Liu Ping! Wake up! "

Liu Ping's eyelids twitched.

A flash of light appeared from below his feet.

This flash of light quickly connected to form a glowing rune halo — — -

The halo circled in the air for a bit before landing on top of Liu Ping's head.

But he still didn't wake up.

So, he didn't see the urgent reminders:

[You've stopped this performance]

[Attention, the prisoner has already left your 'Upstaging'.]

[It's about to wake up]

[I repeat, it's about to wake up!!!]

At the same time.

On the cliff.

Hua Qingkong's expression of listening gradually disappeared.

She slowly raised her head and looked around.

"This is — —"

Suddenly, a flash of lightning pierced through the sky, striking her head from an extremely far distance.

Bam!

Hua Qingkong was hit so hard that she raised her head slightly.

"Who tried to kill me like this when I just woke up?"

"How ... foolish ..."

Streaks of crimson light surged out from her body, turning into a large amount of blood mist that rushed into the sky.

Tens of thousands of miles away.

Mechanus.

In the conference room.

Beside the window, a man with a sniper rifle fired two shots in a row.

"How is it, is it over?"

Wraith asked.

The members of the three major teams all looked at the man.

The man was silent.

Observant people noticed that his hand had begun to tremble.

Through his scope, he could see —

Hua Qingkong's eyes met his at once.

She smiled at him.

The next moment.

She disappeared.

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(TN: mechanus location found lol)