Purgatory Artist-Chapter 435: The Unfinished Secrets of the Past Life

The finger went into the clouds and quickly disappeared.

A few moments later.

Liu Ping slowly stood up from the ground and sighed: "What was that?"

The bloody skeleton's voice resounded in his mind:

"There's no need to investigate that thing, it is an extremely ominous existence, even if you only think about it, your mind might be corrupted"

Liu Ping looked at his hand.

He only saw a long, crimson bone finger without any flesh, hair, or skin.

"Thank you for just now, but what exactly are you?"

Liu Ping asked.

"I'm a Nightmare's Embrace, an armor unique to the human race," the bloody skeleton said.

"You are an armor?" Liu Ping asked.

"Of course, don't I look like one?"

Saying so, the bloody skeleton detached itself from Liu Ping's body and turned back into a crimson skeleton. It swung its pelvis back and forth, displaying its body in front of Liu Ping.

"If that's the case, your defense must be very impressive" Liu Ping commented.

"Ahaha, you flatter me, my ability isn't actually in defense, but in something else even more mysterious"

"May I ask, what kind of ability is that?"

"Here, watch carefully, I'll only perform it once, don't spread it around"

"Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped"

"That's good"

The bloody skeleton casually took out a cigarette, lit it up, and took a deep puff.

Hoh — — -

It pretended to spit out smoke.

The smoke came out from its rib cage and turned into a large smoke ring.

"Super secret, Chest Smoke Exhalation — — humans can't learn it, because you have flesh and blood"

"But is that the only ability you have? Don't you have any other practical abilities? "Liu Ping asked.

"Of course I do"

As soon as the bloody skeleton said so, its body collapsed.

It turned into a spine, ribs, pelvis, skull, leg bones, and toe bones of various sizes that fell to the ground and scattered.

"I can scatter into many parts, how about that?"

The bloody skeleton boasted.

"... That's impressive" Liu Ping commented.

To be able to come up with such a stupid smoke exhalation and bone scattering technique, and even helped me just now, it should be one of us now — — -

It's not like I'll lose anything by praising it, so it should be happy.

"Ahaha, right?"

The bloody skeleton was overjoyed when it heard that. It instantly assembled itself into a complete skeleton and patted Liu Ping's shoulder.

"In the past, everyone used to call me 'Sir Hong', but as the number of humans who could come here decreased, the number of times I could be of use also decreased. Ever since I came to this desolate wilderness, I've long been prepared to conceal my identity. You can just call me Sir Hong."

"Why are you here?" Liu Ping asked.

"I was waiting for you," Blood Skull Hong said.

"Me?" Liu Ping was curious.

"Back then, you promised to take me to the world outside the Nightmare Stratum, and I gladly went." The Blood Skull took out a black scale and said, "Unfortunately, you discovered a certain secret. That secret caused you to fall into an inescapable state of despair. In the end, you could only reincarnate, saying that you wanted to find a way to safely explore the secret, and then come back to investigate."

Liu Ping took a look at the scale and saw that there was indeed a sentence written on it. It was exactly the same as what Blood Skull Hong had said.

The scales trembled slightly in his hand, rising and falling with his breathing, as if they were a part of his body.

That's right.

This was the scale of the armor.

It seemed that he had really been here before.

As for the way to safely explore the secret —

In this life, he indeed had the Warden Saber and could hear all the secrets.

But how many lives had passed in between?

Could it be that the skeleton had been waiting here all this time?

"How long have you been waiting here?" Liu Ping asked.

"About two eras. Anyway, I had nothing to do, so I just waited," Blood Skull Hong said.

"So honest?" Liu Ping said.

"Yes, I'm a skeleton that keeps my word. I've never sought death," Blood Skull Hong stated in a matter of factly.

"Sought death?"

"After all, it's too boring. Oh right, have you found the way to safely explore the secret?"

"I found it." Liu Ping nodded.

Blood Skull Blood Skull Hong said happily, "I'll bring you to the place where you died in your previous life. The secret of that place is very valuable, and I've been curious about it for a long time."

Liu Ping was slightly stunned.

— Go to the place where he died in his previous life?

It sounded a little strange, but he really wanted to find out.

"Then, let's go," Liu Ping said.

"Follow me. If you take a wrong step, you'll be doomed eternally," Blood Skull Hong warned.

"Understood," Liu Ping said.

"You really understand?" Blood Skull Hong sneered.

"If there's anything wrong, please tell me," Liu Ping said.

"I see that your soul has been reincarnated countless times. Only the last bit of your soul has not been contaminated. If you die this time, you won't have another chance," Blood Skull Hong said.

Liu Ping was silent for a while.

These words ... sounded a little familiar ...

When he unsealed his memories, there was a voice that said almost the same thing in his ears.

It was a female voice.

She said that she was buried in the deepest part of the Everlasting Night, or at the highest point of Purgatory.

She asked him to find her!

Liu Ping sighed. He thought that he must find the owner of that voice when he returned from history.

"Thank you for your warning. I'll be careful and follow you." Liu Ping cupped his fists at Blood Skull Hong and said solemnly.

"Very good. I see that you're finally serious," Blood Skull said with satisfaction.

"Yes, I'll be very careful!" Liu Ping said.

"Then let's go."

Blood Skull Hong took a few steps forward.

Liu Ping followed it carefully.

Blood Skull took another step forward and stood in front of the "giant tree" made of human bodies.

It wiped the non-existent cold sweat on its forehead and said with relief, "That's right.

"We're here."

"... We're here?" Liu Ping wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said.

Blood Skull stared at him and said, "Do you think it's easy?

I took a total of seven steps and tapped the ground with my toe bone for each step. A total of three thousand six hundred and seventy-three times. Finally, I found the location of this secret chamber. I think we can enter the hidden place soon — "

Rumble!

A loud sound came from the "giant tree".

Among the many corpses, a corpse moved a few times and broke free from the pile of corpses.

It looked like a human, but it had fangs. Its eyes were hollow and its body was covered with gray barbs.

The corpse looked at the bloody skeleton and then at Liu Ping.

"Why is it you again?" The corpse stared at Liu Ping and said.

"Last time, he couldn't bear the secret and reincarnated," Blood Skull Hong said.

"He only has a trace of untainted soul left. Are you sure you want to come in and try?" The corpse asked.

Blood Skull looked at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping looked at the black scale in his hand. The scale conveyed some unwillingness.

This was ...

His former self.

The secret was right in front of him, but he couldn't really obtain it. He could only reincarnate and leave unwillingly.

Countless years had passed.

Who knew how much time had passed.

Was everything like a nightmare, always making people feel despair?

Liu Ping sighed and said, "Let me try."

Hearing this, the corpse nodded and said, "Looks like you've created a saber that can support the secret you heard."

Liu Ping looked at the Warden Saber at his waist and shook his head. "It wasn't created by me."

"Of course it was created by you. Other than you, who would be so obsessed with the parallel world and the secret?" The corpse said.

After it finished speaking, it looked up at the sky and said, "Danger is coming. Put on your Nightmare's Embrace and come in immediately."

The corpse moved to the side.

Behind it, a small path that led to the inside of the 'giant tree' appeared.

This path was completely paved with human bodies. When the corpse moved aside, all the humans turned around and stared at Liu Ping's face.

For a moment, all the humans on the 'giant tree' turned around and stared at Liu Ping.

This scene was extremely creepy.

"Should we go?" Blood Skull Hong whispered.

"Let's go!" Liu Ping said.

Blood Skull jumped on him from behind and hugged him — — -

Liu Ping instantly turned into a blood-colored skeleton.

"Come in quickly!"

The corpse urged him.

Liu Ping sensed some kind of danger and immediately rushed into the interior of the "giant tree".

As soon as he went in, the corpse quickly moved forward and blocked the path.

The human bodies around it wriggled and gathered it tightly onto the "giant tree".

The 'giant tree' slowly started to move.

— — -the entrance had been moved, no one would be able to find it anymore.

As soon as this was done, the mist in the sky started to boil.

A huge finger pierced through the Wood Mist and silently descended, searching once again.

It found nothing.

But very quickly — — -

An even larger face appeared from the mist, leaned down and stuck to the ground.

There was nothing above this face, nothing but emptiness.

It silently stuck to the ground, sensing everything around it.

But there was no movement around it.

The monster didn't leave either.

It quietly stayed where it was and continued to listen attentively.

— — -it had been waiting.