Purgatory Artist
Chapter 589: The King of Sin

Chapter 589: The King of Sin

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Lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a flash of lightning.

The pitter-patter of rain fell.

John and Jenny had already disappeared.

Within the muddy rain, a man slowly approached from afar.

He wielded a Blade in each hand, his gaze completely calm. The Blades left two long trails of sparks on the ground, mixed with the sound of rain and wind, giving off an indescribable feeling.

The monster’s entire body was covered in long tendrils of flesh with vertical irises at the top, all of which stared at the man until he arrived in front of it.

「 No ... I ... why did I enter a blank period of history, who was it that secretly swapped everything? 」 the monster roared with a frenzied tone ...

The man stood in front of the monster’s head, his figure reflected in the monster’s vertical irises as he asked in a low voice:

" Do you have any unfulfilled wishes? "

「 Die! 」

The monster roared.

All of the vertical irises around its body began to glow, forming countless bars of light to trap the man in place.

The man casually walked out from the bars: " See, your power has been exhausted, you have no way to harm me "

「 Impossible! You must have used some sort of trick to deceive me, this attack definitely isn’t something that can be easily received 」 the monster opened its vertical irises wide.

The man clapped his hands: " Indeed, as expected of the Lord of Nightmares, to be able to see through even this, how regretful."

「 You cannot kill me! 」 the Lord of Nightmares declared in a low voice: 「 All Occultism and Mysteries submit to me, living beings do not have the power to kill me! 」

" Living beings might not be able to, but I am not a living being," the man replied.

「 What are you? 」 the Lord of Nightmares asked.

" Neither human nor ghost, a Divinity nor demon, our lives have already changed us beyond recognition, especially during the era of nightmares."¹

He suddenly vanished without a trace.

Between heaven and earth, the rain became even more torrential, falling on the monster’s huge body like a torrential downpour, causing its injuries to gradually become more serious.

「 World Blade Technique? Advanced Occultism Blade Technique? Not enough! It can’t kill me! Ahahaha 」

The monster laughed in a frenzy.

Following its scoffing laughter, the rain gradually turned into dark sprites of light that filled the entire world.

All sounds disappeared.

Two lines of burning text appeared:

[You’ve given up on using advanced Occultism Blade Technique: Rain Slash]

[You’ve begun to attempt to exert even more power]

The text faded away.

The entire world gradually fell into deep darkness.

A black figure stood in the desolate wilderness with two blades in his hands. A twin-headed snake of light and darkness coiled around his body.

"This is the power of slumber and silence, I’ve given it all to you" the Goddess of Death shouted.

"Below is my power," Mother Earth said.

"And me," God said.

The Twin Serpents of Light and Darkness coiled around Liu Ping’s feet and formed a snake-shaped crown above his head, emitting a boundless golden glow. Finally, it was ignited by a ray of white holy light and turned into a burning sun, completely appearing behind Liu Ping.

All of the vertical pupils on the monster’s body let out a series of noises:

「Just a few fallen gods ... It’s useless! Even if I lay here and let you kill me, you won’t be able to kill me! This is an insurmountable gap of power between you and me! 」

Liu Ping finally raised his blades.

All the light fell and turned into endless darkness on his blade.

"They merely gave me a push. That’s because even I have only just learned this move. I am truly lacking in mastery."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Liu Ping suddenly disappeared from the spot.

The entire world turned into a gigantic snake of darkness, looking down at the monster lying on the ground below.

Its eyes emitted an endless suction force. Just by looking at everything, one black hole after another appeared in the void.

King-level Occult Blade Technique

Kiss of the Serpent!

This was the Blade Technique that Liu Ping obtained from Hidden Camp 3011 two thousand years in the future!

If the high-level Occult Blade Technique that he randomly obtained was unable to kill it ...

Then this move that gathered all of the power of the Twin Death, Death, Mother Earth, the All-Knowing and Omnipotent Lord, and Liu Ping, was the last hope!

"Under the combined efforts of the fallen gods, they actually managed to seize this opportunity to give birth to me. How interesting ..."

The giant snake of darkness let out a buzzing sound, circled around the Lord of Nightmares once, and slowly opened its mouth.

「No」 the Lord of Nightmares hurriedly said, 「Seeing that we’re both Occultists, don’t eat me. Wait until I recover from my injuries, there will be more」

"Starting from me, Occultism no longer belongs to nightmares alone," the giant snake of darkness said.

Its voice disappeared.

The entire world lost all sound. Even if the Lord of Nightmares continued to speak, it could no longer make any sound.

Silence.

Under the silence of all Laws, the giant snake of darkness slowly but surely swallowed the monster whole, crawling towards the depths of the darkness.

Nothing was left behind.

Even the void of space itself had turned into nothingness, as if it had been swallowed up along with the monster.

A flash.

All the illusions disappeared.

The world returned to normal.

Within the ruins, the stunned John and Jenny slowly regained their senses.

"What happened just now?" John couldn’t help but ask.

"I’m not sure, we seem to have been controlled by the monster," Jenny replied.

The two of them were terrified, jumped up from the ground and turned around to run.

Nothing happened behind them.

After running for a distance, they finally reacted and hurriedly turned their heads back to look.

A figure was standing in front of the giant monster, holding a Blade in both hands, completely motionless.

The monster wasn’t moving at all.

Silence.

"What’s going on?" Jenny covered her mouth and asked.

John frowned: "We were clearly being controlled, but we managed to escape, it must be because of this person."

He lifted his foot and walked towards the figure.

Jenny hurriedly followed him.

The two of them cautiously approached the figure.

It was a young man with a tired expression, holding a Blade in both hands as he stood still.

Suddenly, a voice came from the void of space:

"John, Jenny"

The two of them were surprised, then joyfully called out: "Aunt Meng!"

"It’s me," the Goddess of Death spoke with a weak voice: "Grab this young man, then jump."

"Jump?" the two of them asked at once.

"Hurry, don’t waste any time," the Goddess of Death urged them.

"Ah, alright."

John and Jenny both stepped forward, grabbed Liu Ping on both sides, then jumped into the air.

As their feet left the ground.

The entire world quickly left their feet. Countless scenes turned into blurred lines that quickly flew away from them.

Splash!

When they landed, they created a series of splashes.

They were no longer surrounded by the destroyed city.

They were now in an underground cave, the three of them were standing inside a pool of clear and warm spring water.

Another female voice resounded:

"This is the last underground Spring of Life in this world. I’ve squeezed out the last few drops of essence from it to help Liu Ping recover."

Another old and solemn voice came: "Children, come out of the spring water, otherwise it won’t be enough for him."

Followed by the Goddess of Death’s voice: "John, Jenny, come out of the spring water first."

The two of them hurriedly left the spring water.

They looked at the spring water, only to see all the spring water flowing into the young man’s body and slowly entering his body.

The entire pool was rapidly drying up at a visible speed.

Finally.

The young man’s body moved a bit, then suddenly sighed: "That was close."

He sheathed his Blades, limped out of the pool, and slowly sat down while leaning against the wall of the cave.

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

[You’ve killed a Lord of Nightmares with a mortal body]

[In the countless timelines of countless worlds, this is something that has never happened before]

[Due to the fact that you already have ’Twilight’s Embrace’ and have evolved into the ’Saint of the Tides’ title, you’ve obtained a new title:]

[Sovereign of Sin]

[This is a title that has never existed before, a rare title, a hidden Title across countless timelines, a coincidence among all Occultism Laws, a unique title that stands above all living beings]

[Title effect 1: All sentient living beings and Deities will sense your great power and contribute to you in order to obtain their own Merit and evolution, otherwise, they will suffer the sin of Karma]

[Title effect 2: With this title, once you escape from the gaze of the nightmares, they will no longer be able to detect your whereabouts]

[For the nightmares, resisting their will is the greatest sin of all living beings, and you’ve done it to the extreme]

[The Laws of Occultism have gathered on your body for this never-before-seen great feat, even the nightmares would not be able to stop it. This is the beginning of Occultism’s restlessness and eruption towards a new era]

The lines of text flashed and disappeared.

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

[You’ve slain a Lord of Nightmares]

[The Merit you’ve obtained is enough to upgrade the advanced Occultism Blade Technique: Rain Slash by one level]

[This is the only moment where the Blade Technique can be completed, please cherish it and use it immediately]

[Otherwise, the deviation in time and world will cause the Four Great Laws to become unstable and attract the attention of unknown entities]

Liu Ping immediately understood and said in a low voice,

"So that’s what it was all about ... use it immediately!"

Following his voice, new lines of text appeared:

[You’ve used all your Merit]

[You’ve used the four Laws of ’Creation’, ’Divine’, ’Earth’, and ’Death’ to further upgrade the original advanced Occultism Blade Technique]

[A new Occultism Blade Technique has been created]

[Congratulations!]

[You’ve created the King-class Occultism Blade Technique: Kiss of the Serpent]

[Please pass it on until the moment you return two thousand years later. Let everything be hidden within the closed loop of time, let all nightmares not be able to detect the moment where Occultism has begun to turn towards living beings]