Purgatory Artist
Chapter 320: Companions

Chapter 320 - Companions

A small island.

A handsome man was sitting on the beach, holding a black sword in his hand.

Behind him was the corpse of a monster.

Before the monster died, it was unknown what it had suffered. Its body was covered in wounds, and its face was filled with fear and despair.

The man was staring at the sea.

As the sea breeze blew, he squinted his eyes with a satisfied expression.

"A fake world ... but the sea is beautiful ..."

He casually pulled out 6 Cards from the sea.

Each Card depicted a different mask, there was a rabbit, a white wolf, a greyhound, a star, a fox, and a tiger.

The man stuck the Card with the tiger mask into the white sand in front of him and said:

"Playing a video game ... it's clearly the worst, and the most addicted ..."

Following that, the Card with the fox mask was also stuck into the sand.

"The fox has a lot of tricks up his sleeves, but he was unlucky enough to be blown away by the monster as soon as he entered, what a shame"

Then there was the greyhound mask.

"The greyhound's spells are the strongest, he's the main fighting force, but unfortunately, there was no one to protect him, and no one to stop the power of Occultism, so he was hit. Fortunately, he safely returned to Evernight"

Out of the 6 Cards, 3 had been used.

Only 3 remained.

"Star and the rabbit are acting like celebrities"

"I wonder if the white wolf discovered anything, after all, he's the one who knows how to collect information and search for treasures the best among us ..."

While the handsome man was talking to himself, the Card with the grey wolf mask suddenly vibrated, flew out from his hand, and hovered in the air.

The white wolf's voice came from the Card:

"Captain, a technique that surpassed the Laws appeared just now, it broke through this world and disappeared without a trace"

The handsome man asked: "Could it be the work of those monsters?"

"It wasn't"

"Then what was it?"

"When that technique appeared, I immediately used an observation technique, but was discovered by that technique"

"You mean ... that technique is alive?"

"It might be some sort of weapon that surpassed the Laws, after it noticed my observation, it left a technique mark on me"

"A technique mark!" the handsome man immediately became serious and asked seriously: "What kind of technique mark? Preservation of information? Demonstration? Warning? Or an unfinished technique? "

"The Unfinished Art. It left behind some of the power of that spell, as if it was inviting me, and ..."

White Wolf took a deep breath and continued, "I've calculated that the power the technique left behind can accommodate a total of three people."

There were three of them.

Why three people?

The handsome man and the white wolf on the card both fell into deep thought.

Suddenly

The card with the Star Mask on it trembled slightly and flew up, floating in front of the handsome man.

Luo Xingchen's voice sounded from the card.

"Leader, Rabbit is gone."

The handsome man's brows relaxed and he nodded. "I have a guess ... Xingchen, use that technique immediately and pull me and the white wolf to your side."

"I can only use that technique once every three months. Do you really want to use it?" Luo Xingchen asked.

"We need to confirm the situation immediately. We don't have to wait for the marks to disappear" the handsome man said.

"Alright" Luo Xingchen replied.

The next moment.

The Star Mask on the Card disappeared.

The entire card suddenly turned into sparkles of light that circled around the handsome man.

Suddenly, he disappeared from where he stood.

On the other side.

Capital University.

Luo Xingchen's dorm.

A handsome man holding a black sword and a mature man with a white beard appeared at the same time.

"Where's Rabbit?" the handsome man asked.

"He chased away a monster, then disappeared" Luo Xingchen replied.

"White Wolf, check the exact location of the Scar the technique left behind" the handsome man said.

The mature man closed his eyes.

After a while, his expression changed: "The Scar of the technique is nearby"

The handsome man asked Luo Xingchen: "Is it safe nearby?"

"It's safe, there aren't any monsters around"

"Good, White Wolf, create a passage to the Scar of the Technique" the handsome man said.

"But that technique is too mysterious and powerful. Even if I create a passage, I still can't capture its power" White Wolf said.

"It's fine, you create the passage and I'll capture its power" the handsome man said.

"Leader, you suspect that it's Rabbit's technique?" White Wolf asked.

The handsome man smiled: "Who else could it be other than him? What a pleasant surprise ... I'm guessing that he's already discovered the secret behind this fake world. "

Luo Xingchen originally took out a set of Cards and was about to perform a divination, but after hearing the Leader's words, she silently put them away.

"Whenever the Leader guesses something, it's always the truth. I'm going to lose my job as a Fortune Teller"

She lazily sighed.

"Let's begin, let's go take a look and see what Rabbit discovered" the handsome man said.

"Then I'll start creating the passage" White Wolf said.

He took out a few dozen Cards, calmed himself down, then quickly pieced the entire set of Cards together.

All the Cards flipped over to reveal a pattern.

The pattern was filled with endless fog. Occasionally, the fog would scatter, revealing an exit at the end of the fog.

"That's another world, how interesting, we have to take a look"

Saying so, the handsome man drew his black sword, pointed at the fog, and chanted:

"Sacrifice!"

Strands of black light appeared from the sword, condensed into three black ropes with hooks attached to them, then flew into the pattern, headed straight for the exit, and tightly hooked onto it.

"Let's go" the handsome man grabbed one of the black ropes and said.

"Wait, we don't know what kind of world is on the other side, let's put on our masks first to avoid unnecessary trouble" White Wolf said.

"That's true"

The other two nodded, then took out their masks and put them on.

They grabbed the ropes tightly, stepped into the pattern one by one, and climbed towards the fog-covered exit.

...

The real world.

In the sky.

Deep inside.

The giant moth covered in flames was killed by the endless Blade phantoms, even the rain of flames it unleashed was cut down by the Blade phantoms.

All of these supernatural phenomena only lasted for a brief moment.

No one noticed.

On the ground.

Liu Ping pulled his hand back and stood up to greet everyone: "Thank you for your concern, uncles and aunties, I'm really fine, I'll be heading home now"

Seeing his smiling face, everyone finally confirmed that he was fine.

It's over.

"Do you need me to send you home?" the police asked.

"No need, my house isn't far, I'll be there in a few steps" Liu Ping replied.

"Very well, I've given you my number, feel free to contact us if you need anything, understood?"

"Understood, thank you"

The police finally relaxed and waved his hand to let him leave.

Liu Ping walked along the road in the direction of his apartment, thinking about his next move.

"One year ... I have to hurry, the sooner the Dimensional Card appears, the more time humans have to grow"

"What should I do next?"

Just as he was thinking, the voice of the Warden Blade suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Those guys hiding in the Divine Pillar of Fire aren't reliable, they don't even have the strength to fight anymore, so I found you a few companions"

"Companions? Are they reliable? "Liu Ping asked.

"I've checked, you've checked too, they should be trustworthy" the Warden Blade said.

"There are such people? Who are they? "Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"When I brought you back to the real world, I left some of the dissipated power of 'Witness Oblivion' in that parallel world, deliberately showing it in front of them, if they're not too stupid, they'll definitely come" the Warden Blade said.

Liu Ping's expression changed: "You mean ..."

Before he finished speaking.

All of a sudden, an invisible sharp light erupted from the long saber, and it gently slashed into the void.

Three people instantly appeared in front of Liu Ping.

They were all wearing masks.

Darkness, White Wolf, and Star.

"Rabbit" the man wearing the mask of darkness greeted them.

"We followed your trail here" White Wolf said.

"You ran away too fast. You didn't even tell me. I had to count my cards a few times" Star said hatefully.

Liu Ping stood still for a few moments, then suddenly laughed.

"I still don't know what our group's name is" he asked.

At this point, a few people nearby were already giving them strange looks.

"It's safe, you can take off your masks" White Wolf said.

The three of them took off their masks.

"A group is a group, why do we need a name?" the leader asked.

"We didn't want anyone to know about our existence anyway, let alone the name of our group" Xing Chen said.

"So where exactly is this place?" White Wolf asked.

Liu Ping smiled, then suddenly said: "You haven't eaten yet, right?"

The three of them nodded.

"I remember that our group has a secret concealment technique, let's find a place to eat, then I'll tell you about it"

Liu Ping looked at the three of them, noticing that they were still a bit nervous.

The leader looked deep into the sky, as if sensing the aftermath of the battle just now.

White Wolf looked at the busy traffic all around, as well as the streamlined shuttles that flew past.

Star took out a deck of cards and quickly shuffled them.

"No need to worry, this place still hasn't given birth to any Mystic-type powers, it's still an extremely primitive world of multi-dimensional powers"

Liu Ping said.

The three of them stopped looking.

Liu Ping's words were almost exactly the same as theirs.

Their expressions slowly calmed down.

"Let's go, I can already smell the smell of barbecue" White Wolf's nose twitched a bit, then said.

"We can drink a bit" the leader declared, but he seemed to be trying to convince himself.

Star also seemed to sigh in relief, then carefully said:

"No need to sign autographs, that's great Liu Ping, please don't debut this time"