Purgatory Artist-Chapter 242: The Church Gate

A few Professionists hurried over, panting heavily.

"That's impossible ..."

The warrior was stunned as he stared at the grand structure in front of him, as well as the endless graveyard.

"I don't see anyone else, where exactly did they go?" the female wizard wondered.

A Cursemancer spoke: "Everyone, look behind us"

Everyone turned back.

Only to see that the path behind them had been obscured by the fog, making it impossible to see the path they came from.

Inside the layers of fog, a rustling sound could be heard, as if some unknown thing was hiding.

"That's not right, it was still fine when we came here" the warrior said.

He carried the heavy flail and quickly walked back into the fog.

Everyone waited for a few moments.

Inside the fog, the rustling sound disappeared.

Very quickly.

The warrior poked his head out from the fog and smiled: "I found another path that can avoid the graveyard below, follow me"

"Is that so?" the female wizard happily asked.

"— — wait!"

The Cursemancer was a pale man, he pulled the female wizard back and asked the warrior: "Tell us, where's your weapon?"

"Weapon?" the warrior appeared confused.

He seemed to have thought of something and happily said: "Wait a moment"

The warrior disappeared into the fog.

The female wizard looked at the Cursemancer in confusion.

"I'm more sensitive to language, what he said just now sounded like a lie" the Cursemancer said.

"He has no reason to lie to us, unless — —"

The female wizard seemed to have thought of something as her expression changed.

After a while, the warrior poked his head out again and looked at everyone: "Look, my flail!"

Everyone looked at his hand — — -

He reached out a bloodied skeletal claw, grabbed the flail and casually swung it a few times.

"Come, everyone, I'll take the lead, we'll definitely be able to find a safe place"

The warrior excitedly said.

The fog silently wrapped around him and slowly spread towards the group.

Everyone couldn't help but back away.

"Don't provoke it, we'll slowly walk down the hill" Liu Ping lowered his voice.

The female wizard's expression slowly became cold and cursed: "Damn it, what the hell was that, to kill old Fick like that, I won't forgive it!"

She stabbed her scepter into the ground and shouted: "Flame Burst — —"

The whole hillside was illuminated by the fire.

The surging flames surged towards the fog like a gust of wind. In an instant, a roar erupted and blew away the surrounding fog.

The existence hiding in the fog could no longer hide.

— — it was a gigantic shelled monster covered in countless black insects.

It extended a long claw and controlled the warrior who only had his head left. It was trying to make the warrior smile.

The warrior's entire body had turned into white bones.

When the flames appeared, the monster was startled.

The smile on the warrior's face disappeared.

He said with a pained expression, "Quick, I beg you, kill me!"

An arrow pierced through the air and pierced his eye socket.

The warrior's entire head shook. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he said softly, "Thanks."

He no longer made any sound.

He was finally dead.

Liu Ping put down his bow and shouted, "Run!"

The monster let out a sharp shriek, threw down the white bones, and was about to pounce on them.

"Ah! Die!"

The female mage screamed and waved her staff.

The monster's feet and surroundings instantly turned into magma.

Just as it was about to lift its leg, the Cursemancer clasped her hands and chanted: "Bind."

The monster couldn't move anymore. Its body was slowly submerged into the magma, giving off a sizzling sound.

Liu Ping felt helpless.

Why didn't these two listen to my advice?

His expression suddenly changed and shouted: "Retreat!"

Without waiting for the others to react, he leapt down the hillside.

The Cursemancer hesitated for a split second before jumping down as well.

The female mage took two steps forward, clenched her teeth and swung her scepter, shouting: "It's not over yet!"

In an instant.

Boundless fog surged in from all directions and instantly enveloped her.

As soon as the flames around her body erupted, the fog swallowed them up and disappeared.

A short scream resounded.

Her figure was completely erased by the fog.

At the same time.

Liu Ping was flying downwards as he shouted, "Follow me!"

"Got it!"

The Cursemancer replied.

Dong — —

Liu Ping landed, drew his daggers with both hands and quickly moved forward.

While running, he bent his back and kept stabbing the daggers into the ground.

Screams of agony could be heard one after another.

After running for a while, the Cursemancer suddenly reacted and chanted: "By my command, seal!"

An invisible wave spread out from his mouth.

Beneath the ground, the wriggling movements began to slow down.

The two of them continued forward.

The Cursemancer suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and cried out: "Save me!"

One of his legs was grabbed by a dozen hands, sinking into the ground.

Liu Ping turned around to grab him.

In an instant, a large mouth full of fangs appeared from the ground and bit down on Liu Ping's back.

Liu Ping had no choice but to jump up and draw his bow, shooting out dozens of arrows in a single breath.

The monster with a mouth full of fangs was instantly shot back.

But time was already wasted.

Seeing that he was about to be pulled into the ground, the Cursemancer suddenly shouted: "Chains!"

A chain wrapped around his body, the other end flew through the air and tightly wrapped around Liu Ping's waist.

"Save me, or you'll die too!"

The Cursemancer roared in despair.

As far as the eye could see, in this boundless graveyard, the hands that reached out from the ground had already covered the entire world.

Liu Ping glanced at the chains around his waist, but before he could react, the cat on his shoulder stood up.

"Meow!"

It let out a dissatisfied cry at the Cursemancer.

The cat bit down on a shiny blade and swung it — — -

Blade technique, [Void Slash]!

A clear metallic sound could be heard.

The chains broke inch by inch.

The Cursemancer was immediately dragged into the ground by the numerous hands, letting out screams of agony that got louder and louder, then stopped abruptly at a certain point.

"This is the natural reaction of someone drowning, there's no need to blame him." Liu Ping said.

"Leaving such a person behind will only ruin things, he definitely won't be of any help" the white cat squinted its eyes and said.

While saying that, Liu Ping landed on the ground.

He held a dagger in one hand and a shortsword in the other, continuously slashing forward among the countless arms.

Those arms frantically tried to grab him, but not a single arm could touch him. They could only be slashed away by the sharp edges of the sword.

Time slowly passed.

Liu Ping managed to carve out a path just like that, reaching the bottom of the grand cathedral.

In this entire world, only this place didn't have any arms.

Liu Ping took a sip of water from his canteen, then threw the dagger and shortsword in his hand to the ground.

Both weapons were already broken and couldn't be used anymore.

"How surprising, I didn't know the Assassins Guild had such a young man".

A voice came from the cathedral's gate.

An Assassin appeared from the shadows, smiling at Liu Ping.

— — -someone who joined the mission with him!

A line of text appeared above the Assassin's head:

[Shadow Slayer, Titled Assassin, level 25] ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Tch ...

No wonder he was able to carve out a path of blood so easily to reach the cathedral.

Liu Ping sighed in relief: "Brother, did you see anyone else?"

"When I came here, there was no one here, and the gate was closed." The Titled Assassin shook his head.

Liu Ping looked at the cathedral's gate.

The gate was tightly shut, it was completely black as if it was made of some kind of metal, looking extremely heavy. There was a strange symbol drawn on the gate.

"This symbol looks a bit like a devil's, unfortunately, there's no record of it in the books I've read ..."

Liu Ping muttered, then suddenly thought of something and silently looked at the Card Tome.

The Devil Lord had already woken up, with two dark circles under his eyes, his expression a bit haggard.

"Help me take a look, what does that symbol mean?"

Liu Ping asked.

With a flip of his hand, the Devil Lord's Card silently appeared in his hand.

Taking this chance, the Devil Lord glanced at the symbol on the gate.

"That's the Gate of Sacrifice." The Devil Lord confirmed.

"The Gate of Sacrifice?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, it's a very old thing, you need to sacrifice a soul to be qualified to enter — — only a devil can enter."

"Must be a devil?"

"Yes, if the one standing at the gate isn't a devil, and if they stay at the gate for a long time without making any sacrifices, they will trigger a trap — — this is the old-fashioned way of us devils." the Devil Lord explained.

"So that's how it is, hm?"

Liu Ping suddenly noticed that the level 25 Titled Assassin had disappeared.

At the very next moment.

A gust of wind blew past — —

"I didn't want to do this." Liu Ping muttered.

A dazzling holy light erupted from his back and transformed into a beautiful woman. She reached out and grabbed the dagger in the Assassin's hand.

Crack!

The dagger was crushed to pieces by her hand.

"It's been so many years since an assassin dared to kill in front of me." Yana smiled.

The Shadow slayer Assassin's pupils dilated, and his figure flashed disappearing into the void of space.

As Yana was about to attack — — -

The cat on Liu Ping's shoulder disappeared.

At the very next moment.

A young girl appeared next to Liu Ping, drew a snow-white Blade and uttered: "Slash"

The Blade vibrated.

An agonizing scream came from the void of space.

A mist of blood scattered.

The Shadow Slayer Assassin's body was sent flying, crashing into the church's gate.

The Devil Lord silently appeared, caught the body, and quickly chanted: "With the soul of this living being, let all evil flourish like hellfire!"

Rumble rumble rumble — —

The church's gate slowly opened.