Purgatory Artist
Chapter 512: Creation

Chapter 512: Creation

The wind in the sky carried a chilling aura.

On the ground, crimson lava leaked out from the cracks. If the crimson areas weren’t lava rivers, then they were burning underground fires.

The forest was filled with black trees, each of them as tall as steel.

— — -This was the scene of Purgatory world.

"There’s a town there."

Liu Ping pointed at a certain spot on the ground and said.

"Let’s take a rest?" Li Zhangxue asked.

"We need to have a drink and wait for the results." Liu Ping said.

Li Zhangxue understood.

Between Demetrius and the Hellfire Devil King, only one of them can return.

No matter who it is, once they return, they will definitely look for Liu Ping.

With their strength and influence, it wasn’t hard to find someone who wasn’t hiding on the Purgatory Divine Pillar.

Liu Ping and Li Zhangxue landed in the town.

The streets were filled with bones of humans, evil creatures, and other races, countless of them.

The people on the streets seemed to be used to it.

In Purgatory, conflict is the eternal theme — —

For living beings, death follows them like a shadow, bones and bodies are like dust on the battlefield, everywhere.

The two of them walked into a bar.

"Excuse me, I want to book the entire place."

Liu Ping slammed a bag of gold coins on the table and told the bartender behind the bar.

"You have enough money, but your strength — — it’s not enough, brother."

The bartender smiled faintly.

Liu Ping was surprised.

After he came back, he hid his presence and didn’t use a ’special effects artist’.

In Purgatory, the strong are respected, money alone isn’t enough.

Li Zhangxue stood behind Liu Ping without moving, the sword in her hand flew out with a ’whoosh’, went through the window and landed in front of the bar.

Sword qi radiated from the sword and shot up into the sky, visible for thousands of miles.

Feeling the killing intent from the sword, quite a few powerful beings knew to stay away from the town.

The bartender glanced at Li Zhangxue, then at Liu Ping.

"Together" Liu Ping puffed out his chest and said.

The bartender slammed the table and shouted: "Please excuse me, this Devil King and her concubine want to book the entire place!"

The drunkards didn’t dare to say anything, stood up and left.

After a while, the bar was empty.

"He’s not my concubine" Li Zhangxue said.

"Really? he’s fair and tender, and his looks aren’t bad, but he’s not qualified to serve you? "The bartender revealed a flattering smile.

A thin layer of red appeared on Li Zhangxue’s cold face.

"Get lost. We’ll drink on our own." She scolded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The bartender bowed and left the bar counter, walking out of the bar through the back door.

"Don’t take his words to heart." Li Zhangxue looked at Liu Ping carefully.

"Of course not." Liu Ping laughed.

With a wave of his hand, seven to eight bottles of wine flew out from the wine cabinet and lined up neatly in front of the two of them.

Liu Ping picked a bottle and filled it for Li Zhangxue. He asked, "Why are you back?"

Li Zhangxue took the wine cup, raised his neck and drank the wine. He said seriously, "Because you saved my life. I am a Sword Immortal. I am happy to repay kindness and revenge. I never owe anyone a favor."

"I see. As expected of a sword cultivator." Liu Ping raised his cup and drank all the wine.

"Unfortunately, the monster we met just now was too strong and too strange. I couldn’t kill it no matter how hard I tried." Li Zhangxue sighed.

Following her sigh, the sword stuck in the door of the bar started to disappear and reappear again.

"Nightmare creatures are like this — — - I need to find a Sacred Spirit before we can defeat them." Liu Ping said.

"Then let’s go. We’ll go find a Sacred Spirit." Li Zhangxue said.

"No hurry. I took a gold card just now. Someone should be catching up to us soon. We’ll deal with everything and leave right away." Liu Ping said.

A woman suddenly appeared in front of the bar counter.

Yana.

She looked at Li Zhangxue and said, "So you’re here to repay him for saving your life?"

Liu Ping quickly filled her cup.

"We Samsara people value karma the most. I have to come." Li Zhangxue said.

"As expected of a swordsman of the cultivation world. Here’s a toast to you." Yana raised her cup and greeted Li Zhangxue.

Liu Ping filled Li Zhangxue’s cup again.

The two women exchanged glances, their gazes were silent and they both laughed.

The moment before the atmosphere changed — — -

Liu Ping suddenly asked: "That’s right, how’s Fire Fang?"

Yana wasn’t moved, she still observed Li Zhangxue and casually answered: "He’s already revived, but he’s still a bit weak. I’m training him right now. Later, I’ll transfer the memories of the past to him."

She put a black whip on the table.

Li Zhangxue looked down at her cup without saying a word. The sword outside the bar also flew back and landed on the bar counter.

Liu Ping immediately decided, slammed the table and shouted: "That can’t be right. Whether it’s Demetrius or that silver-haired old man, one of them should have returned by now!"

The two women were both stunned.

Yana recalled the past and couldn’t help but exude killing intent.

"Sister" she muttered.

"I’m here." Maria silently appeared.

Liu Ping quickly poured her a cup of wine and handed it to her with both hands.

"If the one who returns is Demetrius, we’ll have to settle the score with her." Yana said.

"I have the same thoughts as you."

Maria took the glass, gnashed her teeth, and finished the wine in one gulp.

Li Zhangxue recalled the dangers just now and was worried about Liu Ping’s safety. She rested her chin on her hand and pondered: "Actually, the silver-haired old man is stronger. I can feel that he’s harder to kill than that Matriarch — — I’m afraid it’ll be a tough battle later."

A woman’s voice sounded:

"I’ll be on guard. If there’s any change in space, I’ll be the first to know."

Luo Xingchen!

Liu Ping quickly poured another cup of wine.

The bottle was empty.

He grabbed another bottle.

"Rabbit, you don’t need to find another cup. I like to drink like this."

The white wolf appeared and took the bottle. It opened the cork with its teeth and began to gulp down the contents.

Liu Ping sighed.

That’s good.

Zhao Chanyi hid inside the tome and didn’t come out.

She’s more obedient and knows that she has to consider the big picture at this time.

As soon as he said that, a light burp came from behind the bar counter.

A woman curiously asked: "What kind of wine is this? Why are there bubbles? "

Liu Ping held his forehead with both hands and closed his eyes.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

"That’s not right! Why aren’t they here yet? "

He said in a low voice.

Dok dok dok — —

A series of knocks came from the door.

Everyone looked over, only to see a group of men in black suits standing at the door.

"They’re all devils." Yana said in a low voice.

A man pushed the door open and bowed: "Excuse me — — who is the heir to our master’s fortune?"

Everyone exchanged glances.

Seeing that, the man bowed: "Who has our master’s gold card?"

"Me," Liu Ping said.

Everyone exchanged glances, silently preparing to attack at any moment.

The man was hit by this murderous aura, couldn’t help but wipe the sweat on his forehead and forced himself to speak: "According to the Hellfire Bank’s divination ball, our master is currently facing a life and death crisis. If he unfortunately dies, the one with the gold card will become one of the heirs to his fortune."

Everyone was stunned.

Liu Ping was surprised: "He can’t be that weak right? Could it be Demetrius who returned?"

The white wolf suddenly spoke in a low voice: "Hellfire Bank is an extremely large organization. If we can obtain it, whether it’s finding Andrea or Captain, we’ll get a lot of help."

"Ah, that’s true,e" Liu Ping nodded.

"Please come with me, we’ll bring you back to the Hellfire family to prepare for the division and inheritance ceremony." the man respectfully said.

Liu Ping looked at Yana.

She’s much more familiar with Purgatory’s matters than he is.

"Let’s go — — it’s worth a trip." Yana nodded.

"But that’s strange," Maria was confused, "Even if it’s Demetrius, she should be here by now, why isn’t she here yet?"

Everyone was a bit confused.

"Alright, no matter what, let’s go take a look at Hellfire Bank first." Liu Ping decided.

...

On the other side.

The Nightmare Layer.

Underground.

A black figure descended from the sky, landing among the tentacles.

When the tentacles saw it, it was as if they saw their master, all of them prostrated themselves on the ground, not daring to move.

"The humans ... have all run away ... as expected, I shouldn’t have gone to Purgatory world out of curiosity, after all ..."

"The tide hasn’t risen yet."

The black figure muttered to himself, then was suddenly attracted by the corpse on the ground.

It was Demetrius’s corpse.

Her head was pierced through by the silver-haired old man’s sword, leaving a headless corpse lying in a pool of cold blood.

The black figure carefully observed for a bit, then suddenly chuckled: "Two souls biting each other, still in the midst of a sacrificial ritual, and already dead — — how interesting!"

It took a few steps back and forth on the ground.

All the blood mixed with brain matter, bones, skin, eyeballs, teeth, tongue, and hair floated up, staying still in the air.

"This situation is very rare, perfect for creating that Nightmare species."

The black figure crouched down, kneaded Demetrius’s head, pieced it back together, then casually put the pieces of flesh back together.

A few moments later.

Everything was done.

The shadow looked at his masterpiece and said in a low voice: "Wake up."

The corpse stood up from the ground, glanced at the black figure, then knelt down in front of it.

"Master, thank you for waking us up from eternal darkness."

A male and female voice came from the corpse’s mouth at the same time.

The black figure nodded: "Because your genders were different when you were alive, I gave half of my face to the male soul, and the other half to the female soul, are you satisfied?"

"We are" the male and female voices spoke at the same time.

"Master, I have something to report" the male voice spoke.

"Speak"

"My soul was struck by a spell, even now, it’s still in effect, inciting me to harbor hatred in my heart and wish to die together with the other soul in this body."

"Let me take a look."

A few moments later.

The black figure suddenly chuckled and muttered: "So it was this Occultic power. Indeed, if it’s here, we can use it to locate the caster of this spell ..."

The corpse suddenly started trembling.

Both the male and female voices were filled with hatred and resentment at the same time. "Master, let me kill him!"

"That was the reason why I created you"

"Go," the black shadow said slowly. "Go, kill that fellow who used ’instigation’ and bring back its soul."

"What about you, master?"

"Before the tide of nightmares manifested, I was like a stranded fish, unable to exert even 10% of my power — — - but you are extremely rare creations that aren’t bound by the tide of nightmares and can do as you please."

"Yes, then we’ll go."

"Go on, have fun."

A gate of light opened.

Demetrius’s corpse stood up from the ground and entered the gate of light.

The darkness returned to silence.

Only the black figure’s muttering could be heard again:

"Before the tide truly descends, I need to have some fun ..."

(TN: seems familiar? The fight for the 7 colorded spear in WAO had a creature with male/female face right? is that the creature?)