purgatory artist

Chapter 160
boom!
The arena shook slightly.

The flame monitor lizard launched a charge and gradually accelerated as it pounced on Liuping——

Then fell hard to the ground.

It struggled to get up from the ground, panting: "Poison? Impossible, I am the king of poisonous lizards, what method did you use..."

Liu Ping didn't bother to look at it again, so he just snapped his fingers.

Three half-human, half-worm monsters quietly appeared, looking at Liu Ping with subtle expressions.

"Do you want to be free?" Liu Ping asked.

"Think." A monster said.

"That's impossible," Liu Ping said slowly, "My only promise is to keep you alive—the premise is to be obedient."

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the flame monitor lizard.

"Go, kill it."

"Yes."

The three monsters shook their bodies, and several translucent wings appeared behind them, flying towards the flame monitor lizard.

The monitor lizard showed vigilance, and a deeper red flame radiated from its body.

"It's up to you?" It snorted disdainfully.

Suddenly, a swift shadow passed by.

Boom!
The monitor lizard was beaten back a few steps.

A half-human, half-worm monster showed its figure, and said with a smile: "It looks very strong, but it can't even dodge my attack..."

The other two monsters vibrated their wings together, making a high-frequency "buzz".

——They are accumulating strength and making final preparations for this hunt.

When Liu Ping saw this, he stopped reading.

He walked to the other end of the arena and reached out to take out the card book.

On the cover of the card book is still written that line:
"The Way of Hypocrisy."

"—A suggestion from a holy knight."

Liu Ping turned the pages of the book, only to see that on the first page, the groove of the card representing the Holy Communion Art had disappeared.

The entire sheet of paper turned blank.

Liu Ping wanted to open the second page, but found that he couldn't open it no matter what.

Lines of burning small characters quickly floated in the void:
"You have already practiced the first ability of a holy knight: Holy Communion."

"When your card level reaches a certain level and your soul power reaches a certain standard, it is possible to turn the next page and obtain a brand new holy knight ability."

After reading it at a glance, Liu Ping couldn't help being a little distressed.

upgrade...

If you want to upgrade, you must give up waking Andrea and Yana.

How to choose?

Having said that, as a prison guard knight, I have used all my skills on others, but there are also benefits——

The battle mode of the prison knight determines that he is safe until all his cards are defeated.

Among his own cards, Andrea is a young dragon, Yana is a god, plus the nine-lived cat demon Zhao Chanyi——

If he wakes up Andrea and Yana, he can basically ensure his own safety in this human empire.

but--

There is always something that disrupts my plan.

He stretched out his hand and drew lightly, pulled out a card, and threw it out.

Bang!
Qian Zhouwu appeared opposite.

"Liu Ping..." Qian Zhouwu stared at him with disbelief on his face.

"Speaking of which, you should thank me." Liu Ping said.

"Why?" Qian Zhouwu asked.

"If you become my card, you don't have to work for that monster anymore, and I'm a very tolerant person, I won't criticize you and your companions too much," Liu Ping said.

Qian Zhouwu looked into the distance.

At the other end of the arena, the three-headed worms were fighting vigorously, but the flame monitor could barely handle it.

Its defeat and death are only a matter of time.

"Don't you resent me?" Qian Zhouwu asked.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in the grievances between you teenagers, I just want to ask you one thing." Liu Ping said.

"what?"

"The existence in the cemetery, who did you plant its soul on?"

"...you want to know this?"

"Of course, that monster must have sneaked into the empire. I must take precautions in advance. It's best to squeeze it to death before its soul is grown, so that I can usher in a stable time and slowly acquire it. All kinds of knowledge, gradually improving the personal level - peaceful times are always wonderful, aren't they?" Liu Ping laughed.

Qian Zhouwu was silent for a while, then said in a low voice: "Since I returned to the imperial capital, I haven't actually come into contact with anyone, and those people are not the targets of that terrifying existence in the cemetery."

"Oh? It still has a target?" Liu Ping asked with interest.

Qian Zhouwu said: "That's right, a guy like it is full of ambitions and desires...how could it be willing to be an ordinary person? Once it enters this empire, it will control everything..."

boom!
A deafening sound sounded.

The two couldn't help but turned their heads to look, only to see the flame monitor lizard lying on the ground, so dead that it couldn't die anymore.

The three worms flew back and landed respectfully in front of Liu Ping.

"Good job, bad, I forgot, in fact, you can take this giant lizard under your command, but it doesn't matter, there is another way—"

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he led them to the monitor lizard's corpse.

He squatted down and groped for a while on the monitor lizard's corpse.

A line of small burning characters quickly appeared:

"You activated the ability from Andrea: Treasure Pickup."

Liu Ping felt a cold metal object in his hand.

He withdrew his hand.

I saw that it was a bell made of gold, with a line of small characters engraved on it:
"The personal mount of the manor steward."

Manor Steward——

Huh?
Aldrich finally got rid of his status as a servant and started working as a steward of the manor?

In other words, he is about to become a star?
Then, in the Ascension to God battle next month, the cards in his hand might become stronger by a few points.

After he gets to know Yana, he will be eligible to use Yana's deck——

That would be dangerous.

Liu Ping was silent for a few breaths.

Finally, it was time to make a decision.

Waking Andrea and Yana has become an unrealistic goal in the short term.

You must become stronger immediately.

——Then face those cards of Aldrich!

Liu Ping squeezed the golden bell into a solid gold nugget, weighed it, and said to himself: "It can be exchanged for a lot of money."

He took the gold nugget, turned his head to look at Qian Zhouwu and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and tell me the identity of that parasite."

Qian Zhouwu showed hesitation, finally sighed, and said, "Okay."

……

Imperial City.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

In the darkness, a thick card book was opened, revealing cards page by page.

Strangely, these cards quickly turned gray and white.

It's just like--

They are all dead.

The pair of hands that flipped the card book seemed to be tireless, and they flipped continuously for 10 minutes before they stopped.

"Let me see... very good, those useless corpse insects have been eliminated, and the power in the soul has returned to me..."

"but--"

A finger stretched out and tapped lightly on a gray card.

I saw Qian Zhouwu was drawn on this card. He was wearing a military uniform with a dull expression, standing motionless in the center of the card.

"What kind of ability is it that can steal my herald?"

"The herald is a potential slave, and the task has been completed very well..."

The voice paused for a few breaths.

"Although it's a pity, forget it, and don't let him reveal anything about me."

One hand took out another card from the darkness, and said softly:

"The death curse is activated."

Bang!
A black light quickly spread out from the card, drilled into the void and disappeared.

"Okay, no matter who he belongs to now, the death curse hidden in his soul can guarantee that he has been completely wiped out."

As the voice said, he slowly closed the card book in his hand.

Soon.

Two rows of neat footsteps came from far to near, staying outside the door, blocked by a diamond curtain inlaid with dense stars.

A respectful voice sounded from outside:
"Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Empire seeks an audience!"

"Let him in!"

said the voice.

(End of this chapter)