Purgatory Artist
Chapter 537: The Ghost of Sin

Chapter 537: The Ghost of Sin

In the gloomy canyon.

A few figures were flying between the jagged cliffs of grotesque rocks.

"We’ve already traveled for two hours. How long will it take to reach the place?" Delia asked.

"Soon!" Aland said.

He made a gesture to be on guard.

Everyone became nervous and took out their weapons.

Eagle landed on the top of the cliff in front and said, "Found a cave."

"What kind of cave is it?" Aland asked.

"There seem to be dusty steps inside, extending all the way to the depths of the mountain," the eagle said.

"It’s there! By the way, are there any enemies? "

"I didn’t find any."

"Let’s go!"

They sped up and quickly passed through the stone forest that had been eroded by the wind and landed in front of a hidden cave on the mountainside.

If one listened carefully, one could hear the sound of the wind moving back and forth in the cave at an extremely fast speed.

Aland looked at Liu Ping and said, "I remember that cultivators have spiritual senses that can explore the surroundings."

"It’s very empty inside. Other than the continuous steps that extend downwards, there’s nothing else," Liu Ping said.

The assassin and the cultivator said the same thing, and Aland was relieved.

"Let’s go in and find out." Aland declared.

They entered the cave and immediately saw a long stone staircase covered in dust. They didn’t know where it led.

One side of the stone staircase was against the rock wall, and the other side was a bottomless cliff. From time to time, there would be gusts of cold wind whistling from the dark void below, making people feel cold.

"Fire Awn," Aland chanted.

A ball of flame emerged from his hand and floated in the air, illuminating the road ahead.

"Assassins in front. Cultivator and sniper, slow down and follow behind. Delia and I will take care of the front and back." He quickly arranged the manpower.

Liu Ping took a few steps back and raised his saber to protect Xie Liuming.

Xie Liuming glanced at Liu Ping with admiration.

He was a sniper. Once he was closed in, he wouldn’t be able to use his strength.

This cultivator knew how to protect himself. Not bad.

The team walked along the stairs towards the depths of the cave.

After a while.

Liu Ping saw a line of small words appear on the expeditionary army’s interface in the void.

|"It feels like something invisible is hiding in the dark, observing us. I can feel it, but I can’t see it."| Eagle said.

This was the assassin. He issued a warning to the entire team through the interface!

Everyone’s expression froze.

Aland calmly took out a pair of glasses and put them on.

Delia also took out a purple pendant and hung it on her chest.

Two lines of small text immediately appeared on the expeditionary army’s sequence interface.

|"I didn’t find anything. My glasses can only see invisible units. The other party’s concealment spell may be stronger than ordinary invisibility,"| Aland said.

|"It’s the same for me. My pendant can detect targets with killing intent, but I didn’t find anything out of the ordinary."| Delia said.

When Liu Ping saw this, he could not help but turn to look at the sniper beside him, Xie Liuming.

An awkward expression appeared on Xie Liuming’s face as he whispered, "They’re rich and have a lot of contribution points. That’s why they can buy such high-grade equipment. I don’t have that kind of spare money."

Liu Ping understood and said in a low voice, "They are big shots. We can’t compare with them."

"That’s right." Xie Liuming nodded repeatedly.

Liu Ping looked around and saw that Aland’s flame had illuminated a large area. However, it was obvious that no one had been here for a long time. He could only see the walls and steps that were piled up with thick dust.

There was nothing beyond the cliff.

However, he understood the feeling that Eagle was talking about.

Indeed, there seemed to be something spying on them in the dark.

Liu Ping’s eyes suddenly focused.

He saw two lines of small text appear in the void a few hundred meters away from the steps.

[Evil Vanquishing Dragon Spirit]

[Heroic Spirit Dragon Race. It can directly trigger the evil karma on the target and attack the target]

This guy was spying on them in the dark!

Liu Ping lowered his head and pretended that he did not see anything. He continued to follow the team forward.

After a while.

The two lines of text began to move in the void and gradually approached the team.

Eagle, who was standing at the front of the team, suddenly said, "Everyone, be careful. I feel that something is about to attack."

Before he finished his sentence, the two lines of text suddenly appeared above his head.

In a flash, many ghosts suddenly appeared around him and circled around him.

"What’s this?" Eagle asked curiously.

Aland waved his hand.

Everyone attacked the ghosts together, but couldn’t hit them at all.

"It’s useless." Delia shook her head, "These are the karma sins on Eagle’s body, they were triggered and manifested into ghosts. Only Eagle can attack them."

"Is it karma sins? This is going to be troublesome. "Aland frowned.

While they were talking, Eagle had already used everything he had, the two daggers in his hands kept stabbing at the ghosts.

But there were more and more ghosts.

The ghosts would occasionally fuse together, flashing images of the past, all of which were scenes of him slaughtering living beings.

All of the images revolved around him, making it hard for the eyes to take in.

In one of the images, a man stared at Eagle with bleeding eyes: "I promoted you back then, but you killed me in the end."

Eagle’s movements slowed down and became a bit confused.

"It’s over." Aland muttered.

The man suddenly turned into a skeleton, passed through the gap between the daggers, and bit the eagle’s head. With a gentle tug, he tore the entire head off.

The other lights and shadows immediately condensed back into ghostly figures.

They swarmed forward.

These densely packed ghostly shadows were like gloomy humanoid existences. In an instant, they completely dismembered the eagle and swallowed him whole, leaving only a dripping blood stain on the stairs.

When the eagle’s body was completely eaten, the ghostly shadows gradually dimmed and soon disappeared into the void.

The surroundings were silent.

"How did such a stupid guy pass the assessment? How could he be sent to be the vanguard? Those people from the headquarters are all useless, "Aland sneered.

"We’ll have to add another person tomorrow," Delia said thoughtfully.

The next moment.

Liu Ping saw the Evil Vanquishing Dragon Spirit fly above Aland’s head again.

Layers of ghostly shadows appeared around Aland.

There were more and more ghostly shadows, and they pressed down on him like an avalanche.

Compared to this, Eagle’s situation paled in comparison.

"Instead of complaining about the headquarters, you should first think about how to deal with this kind of attack. You and I have killed countless living beings. According to karma, your sins are very heavy," Delia said.

"If it’s just these ghostly shadows, I’m not afraid."

Aland said disdainfully. He reached out and grabbed a card from the void.

He crushed the card.

Bang!

A pure white staff appeared in his hand.

"This is the Holy Exorcism Scepter that was exchanged for 50 merit points. Whoever comes will die."

Aland laughed.

However, the next second, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

The void opened.

Another world appeared in front of everyone.

In that world, countless ghostly shadows came at him like they were blotting out the sky and covering the earth.

The lives that he had killed and the aura of sin condensed at the moment of death all turned into sinful ghosts, pouncing on him without caring about the consequences.

"Ah, go to hell!"

Aland roared.

The scepter emitted a holy light that shot into the sky, melting all the ghostly shadows that rushed up.

However, there were too many ghostly shadows.

Not long after, the holy light on the scepter gradually dimmed.

"Boss, be careful!" Sniper Xie Liuming shouted from afar.

"You don’t have to worry. It’s just a mere sin." The expression on Aland’s face gradually distorted.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out another card from the void, and crushed it.

"Come on," he roared. "You wasted 300 merit points. Now, I’ll kill all of you!"

A shiny tear-shaped diamond appeared in his hand, emitting a misty holy light.

The holy light illuminated the surroundings and shone on Aland’s body, reflecting a long and huge dark figure behind him.

In the void, all the ghostly shadows were illuminated by the hazy light and immediately disappeared.

Time passed slowly.

All the ghostly shadows were wiped out.

Only then did Aland put away the diamond and laugh nervously.

"Do you think a mere sin can stop me from killing? Our lives are like this. They don’t understand the cruelty of this world at all, "he said in a proud tone.

"Be careful," Liu Ping suddenly said.

Aland looked at Liu Ping. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly realized that his surroundings were flashing, and the entire world disappeared from his sight.

"What’s going on?" His face darkened, and he took out the diamond again.

The diamond emitted a misty holy glow, illuminating the surroundings.

Aland quickly saw the surroundings and was stunned.

He found himself standing on a giant black hand.

Looking up along the hand, they saw a ghostly figure that was as large as a mountain sitting upright in the void, looking down at them.

Outside this huge ghostly shadow, there was an even bigger ghostly hand holding this ghostly shadow. Its body was as big as the heavens and the earth, and it was impossible to see its end.

Aland suddenly realized something.

His sins seemed to have exceeded the ordinary category.

There was no way to escape this time.

The only way was ...

He gritted his teeth, took out a card, and shouted, "Substitute of Fate!"

On the other side.

Liu Ping and the others were on the long stairs. They only saw a flash of darkness, and Aland disappeared from their sight.

After waiting for a few seconds.

On the expeditionary army’s sequence interface, a line of small words appeared next to Aland’s portrait:

|"He has been relieved of his position as captain."|

Liu Ping couldn’t help but ask, "What’s going on?"

Delia sighed and said, "He used a very precious card to let someone bear all the sins for him."

"Then what should we do? We don’t have such a card, right, let’s run! "Sniper Xie Liuming couldn’t help but say.

Without waiting for the two to answer, he suddenly turned around and ran back the way he came.

The void flashed.

Hundreds of ghostly shadows appeared and bit him once before dispersing.

Xie Liuming no longer existed.

At this moment, only Liu Ping and Delia were left on the dusty stairs.

"Do you have a way to escape?" Liu Ping asked.

"I only have a few hundred merit points, not enough to exchange," Delia said in boredom.

"Then why aren’t you running?" Liu Ping said.

Delia’s eyes moved, but she didn’t say anything.

Suddenly.

Layers of ghostly shadows appeared around her, showing scenes of the past.

In those scenes, they were all scenes of her killing all living beings, and there were even many humans among them.

Delia crossed her arms and stood in the same place, quietly watching.

Those who were killed by her, as well as other living beings, all appeared in front of her, letting out mournful and resentful roars at her:

"Delia, it’s time for your sinful life to come to an end. It’s time for you to pay your debts."

"Pay with your life!

Pay with your life! "

"Come and die!"

Thousands of curses turned into a gust of wind, flying back and forth in the dark cavern.

Delia closed her eyes and lazily said: "Fine, I’ve already killed for so many years, I’m a bit tired. I also don’t feel like there’s anything to look forward to, maybe it’s better to die like this."

Liu Ping silently looked at her.

The title of [Lost Woman of White Bones] above her head referred to the fact that she had completely fallen into a state of confusion in her life.

At the very next moment.

Liu Ping suddenly reached his hand out and pulled her away.

The Dragon Spirit instantly moved away from Delia.

However, it immediately unleashed some kind of attack at Liu Ping.

Lines of burning text appeared in front of Liu Ping’s eyes:

[Attention!]

[You and Delia have been hit at the same time, your karma of sins will manifest as ghostly shadows]

[Please immediately equip the Saint title: Saint of the Tides]

Liu Ping didn’t hesitate to place the title on top of his head.

Almost at the same time, numerous ghostly shadows appeared from the void of space around them.

They circled around the two of them, but didn’t dare to approach them at all.

This situation seemed to have angered the ghostly shadows.

In a flash.

Everything around them disappeared.

Liu Ping and Delia appeared in an unknown world together.

The entire world was filled with piles of white bones. Even further away, there were skeletons that were as large as mountains.

"I didn’t think you’d have killed so many people." Delia looked around and said to Liu Ping.

"You’ve killed quite a few as well." Liu Ping replied.

"I’ve killed for the survival of humanity, for the sake of humanity’s survival ... but what about you?" Delia asked.

"To be happy." Liu Ping replied.

"Just because of that?" Delia raised her voice.

"Ah ... and not happy." Liu Ping replied.

Delia was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "... You demon, seems like none of us will be able to escape, we’re all going to die here."

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

But the skeletons didn’t move at all, nor did they attack.

Suddenly, two lines of burning text appeared in front of Liu Ping’s eyes:

[You are a Saint recognized by the world, you’ve used your wisdom to teach countless living beings, and will continue to teach countless living beings in the future, all sentient beings will benefit]

[Because of your boundless Merit, the ghostly shadows of sins cannot approach you]

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