Purgatory Artist
Chapter 524: Awaken!

Chapter 524: Awaken!

Rumble rumble rumble.

The ground cracked and split.

In the passageway, all the lights were extinguished. Everything was in a state of complete collapse.

The monster cracked its neck a bit and spoke:

「 Since just now, I’ve felt that something was off. Your Blade technique has already reached the peak, you’ve even comprehended high-level techniques such as Thought Blade and Void Slash, you’ve already reached the upper limit 」

「 You should’ve been taken down and eaten. 」

「 But you’re still aliv.e 」

Liu Ping didn’t say a word, only raised his fist and signaled for the monster to come forward.

But the monster didn’t attack right away.

It looked at Liu Ping with a judgmental gaze and spoke: 「 Fine, you’re already about to die, I can read your soul, so of course I’ll know about your past. 」

As soon as it finished.

The male and female faces behind it opened their eyes at the same time and chanted in unison: 「 Insignificant mortal, offer up your soul, this is the gift of your Sower, come. 」

Liu Ping’s expression changed.

As soon as the monster started to chant, he already felt something was wrong.

He instantly disappeared and appeared in front of the monster, throwing a punch at its chest.

The monster stopped his fist.

Both of their hands were instantly sealed in ice.

「 This again! 」

The monster roared and swung its other hand at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping was already prepared, he retaliated with his fists and legs, exchanged a few blows with the monster, then spun around, jumped up and kicked the monster’s face.

Dong!

A dull sound of impact.

The monster was sent flying, crashing into countless bricks and stones along the way.

But the chanting didn’t stop, it still maintained its loud and high-pitched voice.

Liu Ping silently listened, and the sense of danger in his heart slowly disappeared.

Strange.

Normally, this sound type technique is almost unbreakable, it’s extremely harmful to the soul, so why ...

I don’t seem to be afraid?

Thoughts appeared in his mind one after another.

The knowledge and experience of his past lives appeared in his mind one by one, finally allowing him to discover the reason.

" So that’s how it is. "

The monster pushed aside the broken bricks and stones, then stood in front of Liu Ping again.

「 There’s no need to try to absorb his soul, you won’t be able to do that 」 the monster said.

The male and female voices behind its head stopped abruptly.

「 Master, from the ancient memories, I know that this technique is invincible against living beings 」 the male voice spoke in confusion.

「Why can’t I absorb his soul?」 the female voice asked in confusion.

The monster looked at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping sized up the monster for a moment, then suddenly turned around and ran toward the deep cave not far away with all his might.

He jumped straight into the cave that led to the Eternal Night and disappeared from the monster’s sight.

Rumble

The dark void outside the world began to appear all around, which meant that the entire world had fallen into complete disintegration.

If Liu Ping didn’t leave, he would really have to stay here and not be able to enter Evernight.

The monster silently stood in the void of space and waved its hand, summoning a flash of light.

The light seemed to be a scene of human life, but because it was flashing too quickly, it was impossible to see the specific content.

The monster watched with great interest.

After a while.

A female voice quietly said, 「Master, he has already escaped.」

「 Indeed, what a smart guy 」 the monster praised, 「 Although he managed to hit me, he immediately noticed that the fist technique was too weak and couldn’t hurt me at all, so he immediately ran away. 」

It stared closely at the light and spoke with a teaching tone: 「 You couldn’t absorb his soul because it was too weak, to the point that it couldn’t even be called a soul, at most, it could only be considered a speck of dust. 」

「 Your techniques were like a flood, capable of destroying mountains and rivers, capable of dealing with all powerful living beings, but unable to destroy a single leaf that was too weak. That was his broken soul. 」

The male voice asked: 「 Master, such a soul isn’t worth eating at all, he should be as weak as an ant or a bug, so why did he still have such power that he was able to hit you? 」

The monster raised its hand and lightly wiped the corner of its mouth.

It saw a bit of blood on its finger.

The light suddenly froze.

Perhaps the monster’s will had taken effect, or it was being obstructed by something.

Either way.

The scene had turned pitch black.

At this point, the male and female voices tactfully remained silent.

The monster stood in the void of space, continuously letting out a ’gurgling gurgling gurgling’ sound.

「 How interesting, he actually managed to hurt me. 」

It looked at the image that had been frozen.

「 To be able to use a high-level Occultism to preserve your memories and even turn into a nightmare, you must have a great secret, continue! 」

The monster spoke.

The scene continued to change, displaying an even more distant image.

It was Liu Ping’s previous life.

「 So that’s how it was, after dying so many times, your soul has been weakened again and again ... I’d like to see what exactly happened to you in the beginning! 」

The monster turned into a bolt of lightning and flew through the void of space, heading straight for the collapsing cave.

A warp gate silently appeared in front of it.

It went straight in!

...

Inside the giant cave.

Liu Ping was descending at an extremely fast speed.

Lines of burning text quickly appeared in front of his eyes:

[Attention!]

[The enemy is using an unknown technique to check your past]

[Current progress:]

[Bloodheart Martial Dojo, killing the nightmare creature’s clone]

No wonder it didn’t chase after me!

So it was checking my past.

Liu Ping understood.

The other party had already seen that moment, which was when he used the emerging power to defeat the monster that came from the fake Tide of Nightmares.

What would the other party think?

Since the other party could see all these, perhaps it could see everything that had happened in his past.

The other party could even travel through space and appear in front of him through all of his traces.

Suddenly.

Several more lines of burning text appeared:

[The other party has triggered some sort of taboo.]

[Your past contains secrets, it is not allowed to be touched.]

[The spell has ended.]

[The other party has once again used a probing technique to continue investigating your past.]

[This is a secret that no one is allowed to touch.]

[This investigation will cause unknown changes, this Sequence has no way of knowing what exactly it is]

Liu Ping was surprised.

What’s going on?

But he didn’t have time to think about it.

Because there was something more important that he had to do.

"Even if the Nightmare Tide didn’t come, it wouldn’t be able to use its full strength, just relying on a fist technique I created in the past isn’t enough ..."

Liu Ping muttered, closed his eyes and began to think of a solution.

An indescribable fluctuation gradually appeared on his body, this fluctuation surpassed any other power, completely surrounding him as if it was helping him do something invisible.

"I need more power, more power than what they’ve set!"

As soon as this thought appeared, the two Blades at his waist vibrated at the same time.

A surging Blade Qi emerged from the Blades, combining with Liu Ping’s consciousness and causing the void of space to tremble continuously.

As if something was about to be born.

Suddenly, all the supernatural phenomena disappeared.

Liu Ping sensed something and couldn’t help but stop his [Creation], abruptly opened his eyes and looked at a certain spot in the void of space.

Deep in the void of space below, a warp gate suddenly opened.

The eerie monster rushed out and roared: "「Damned mortal, even if your soul is tasteless and can’t bring me any power, I’ll still eat it!」

The monster rushed towards Liu Ping.

"How unfortunate, if only I had a bit more time." Liu Ping said regretfully.

He dodged the monster’s attack, but the frost in his hand flew out and froze him together with the monster.

Their hands were connected again.

Both of them rolled in mid-air and fell down together, occasionally throwing punches and kicks in an attempt to kill the other.

On the walls of the cave, the bricks and stones kept falling down, revealing the dark void of space outside the cave.

In this cave that connected Purgatory and Eternal Night, as everything was destroyed, a man and a monster kept falling down.

Liu Ping was hit 7-8 times.

Fortunately, he had the Warden Blade, so even when the void around him was destroyed and black holes appeared one after another, he was completely fine.

He looked at the projection behind the monster.

Scenes from his past life flashed across his mind.

At the same time, lines of burning text appeared in front of his eyes:

[The other party is investigating your past]

[This is a secret that no one is allowed to touch]

[Warning!]

[This investigation will cause unknown changes. This sequence has no way of knowing what exactly it is.]

Liu Ping didn’t have time to take a closer look. He clenched his fist and punched the other party.

Dong!

Fist and palm met.

Taking advantage of this exchange, they finally separated. Each of them crashed into a wall that had yet to collapse, dragging a long gray line as they fell into the depths of the darkness below.

「Huff! Huff! Damned humans!」

The monster’s gaze wandered around and finally landed on the Warden Blade at Liu Ping’s waist.

What was the origin of this saber?

Why was it taking the damage for him?

No, its power was not limited to that.

It then looked at the other saber at Liu Ping’s waist.

The Saber was covered with flesh and blood.

It had the power of nightmares!

How did he do it?

The monster couldn’t help but look at the floating figure of light.

In the light and shadow, Liu Ping’s second life ended.

Time flowed backwards again, going against the flow, heading towards an even more distant era.

The monster saw Liu Ping from an earlier life.

In that life, he was still growing up in the human world, trying his best to fight against the nightmares.

The monster’s expression became solemn and spoke seriously:

「I didn’t think you’d be so brave. After living for so many lives, you’ve always been resisting us. Very well, I’ll give you a bit of respect」

It clasped its hands together and muttered: 「This time, I’m going all out, so everything you have will be taken away from you. You won’t be able to resist and can only wait for death. Because I’ve used too much power, I’ll have no choice but to return to the depths of the nightmares to rest until the nightmare tide comes again」

A strange wave spread out from its hands.

In a flash.

A short scream came from Liu Ping’s body.

Lilith!

The Tome’s’ Revenant Puppet ’was sent flying into the void of space, disappearing without a trace.

The flesh and blood on the Baina Blade began to crack.

Cracks also appeared on the Warden Blade.

Liu Ping instantly understood.

This attack was meant to deal with all the weapons he carried with him!

"Go!"

He shouted and threw the twin sabers away.

Sure enough.

As soon as the twin sabers flew into the void of space, they were no longer damaged and quickly disappeared into the void of space.

While falling down from the void of space, he spoke with a calm expression: "What a powerful Occultism technique, I’ve never seen anything like it before."

「Of course, this is’ Deprivation ’, even within Occultism, it’s a top-level ability.」 Saying so, the monster drew a long black trident from the void of space.

"So that’s how it was, you knew that the saber had been blocking the damage for me" Liu Ping said.

「That’s right ... now that there’s nothing to block the damage for you, as long as I hit you, your soul and everything else will be destroyed」

The monster triumphantly declared.

Liu Ping went silent.

From the looks of it, everything is about to come to an end.

"I’ll try my best to not get hit by you"

He got into a fist stance, and with a shake of his body, he flew towards his opponent.

Suddenly.

He stopped in mid-air, his gaze focused on the screen of light.

The screen of light had arrived at a past life that even he didn’t know about.

It was a white screen of light.

Other than the white screen of light, there was nothing else.

The monster followed his gaze and asked in surprise: 「What is this?」

"You’re the one who activated this technique" Liu Ping replied.

「I already know that you’ve been resisting us in every life, and now that you’re about to die, I don’t need to watch any longer」

The monster waved its hand.

But the screen of light didn’t disappear.

「Ah? What’s going on? 」the monster waved its hand again in surprise, wanting to dispel the technique.

The screen of light still didn’t disappear.

The monster abruptly turned to Liu Ping and shouted: 「You’re up to something, alright, I’ll kill you first!」

It raised its trident and stabbed towards Liu Ping’s chest.

But Liu Ping didn’t seem to notice and continued to stare at the white screen of light with a blank expression.

As if there was something hidden in his distant memories.

That something was ...

Something was ...

A voice from the past.

That voice spoke into his ears:

"I have too many things that I miss."

Liu Ping was stunned.

Who was it?

Who was the one who said that?

「It’s over!」 the monster roared.

The trident in its hand was about to pierce Liu Ping’s chest.

The tip of the trident erupted with endless power, about to tear this person to pieces.

At the very next moment.

Thousands of cracks suddenly appeared in the void of space.

Countless pieces of black scales flew towards him, circled around Liu Ping’s body, and quickly stuck to his body.

Almost instantly.

The gigantic armor completely enveloped him.

The armor came to life.

It reached its black hand out to grab the monster and asked with a resounding voice:

「 What are you spying on? 」