Purgatory Artist
Chapter 613: The City God

Chapter 613: The City God

In the small alley.

All the commotion had subsided.

Except for the corpses on the ground, only Yun Xi was still standing there.

The yellow dog was hiding in the darkness, quietly watching her cry.

Suddenly ...

Its paws moved.

All the blood on Yun Xi’s body was washed away.

An unprecedented force fell from the sky and landed on her, making her feel refreshed.

Lines of small burning words appeared:

[You have completed the task: First Blood]

[Completion evaluation: Perfect]

[You have received a new reward: Bloodheart Sect – Demon Slayer Hand Knife]

[This is an advanced fighting technique tailor-made for you by gathering your own martial arts knowledge. With the help of the ’Five Elements Blessing,’ it will increase your combat effectiveness by a great margin]

[In addition, you have received a joint reward from the Six Paths of Reincarnation]

[Your strength has increased by a level]

[Strength measurement: None]

[In short, your strength has increased, but because there is no strength system designed by predecessors as a reference, in many battles, you need to fight to know whether you can win or not."

Yun Xi was a little confused.

The dog also knew what she had seen.

But there was no other way. Now Yun Xi was the target of the joint training of the dog and the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

It was indeed unprecedented.

"Woof!"

The dog ran out of the darkness and stopped beside Yun Xi. He stood up and put his paws on her hand.

"Good boy, I didn’t scare you just now, did I?"

Yun Xi squatted down and hugged the yellow dog, feeling the warmth of his body and watching his tail wagging behind his butt.

Dogs wagging their tails meant that they were happy.

In the beginning, it was the dog who had barked that he had discovered a person hiding in a dark corner of the alley.

Now, seeing that I defeated the bad guy, he felt happy.

What a good dog.

Yun Xi touched the dog’s head and put away the sadness in her heart. She stood up and said, "We have to continue. The Temple is guarded by the gods, so it must be safe."

A gust of cold wind blew.

Yun Xi couldn’t help but look up. She saw a long tentacle emerging from the depths of the gray sky.

The tentacle was like a skyscraper, but it floated in the air with great agility a few times, then retracted.

She had no idea how huge its body was.

"What ... is that?"

Yun Xi’s heart tightened. She picked up the dog and ran directly in the direction of the Temple.

...

The sky darkened.

Yun Xi arrived at the City God’s Temple with the yellow dog in her arms.

Compared to the chaos in other places, this place was rather orderly.

Many people took refuge here, and there were even people who spontaneously formed patrols to maintain order.

The Yellow Dog released its divine sense and scanned the entire Temple.

— — There doesn’t seem to be anything special.

Wait a minute!

The yellow dog looked at the statue of the City God in the temple.

Strange ... the statue seemed to be emitting strands of light.

This was the divine light of virtue.

Could there really be gods?

The Yellow Dog thought silently. Suddenly, two lines of words appeared above the statue:

[City God God (serial number: 0024354365721)]

[You can summon the City God’s God Lord to protect an area with your merits]

Now that he thought about it, he also had a side quest that required him to save an animal. It was a pity that he didn’t have a chance to do it when the Apocalypse arrived.

Merit ...

The Yellow Dog stared at the statue and savored it carefully. He felt that something was wrong.

Suddenly.

The divine light on the statue gradually dimmed and eventually vanished into nothingness.

His Virtuous Divine Light was gone!

The words that appeared above the statue also changed.

[Divine Position: Void]

[Empty seat]

What does that mean?

Did the gods leave?

The Yellow Dog couldn’t come up with an answer.

It turned around to look at the darkness outside the Temple, only to see a few strange shadows peeping from the darkness.

Ring ring ring — —

Yun Xi answered the call and spoke: "Sir."

"I’m at the City God Temple ... what? Waiting for orders? "

The voice on the phone replied: "Every part of the city has fallen, only the City God Temple is protected by the gods, so it’s safe for now. The army is about to arrive at the City God Temple — — everyone will be heading to your side, so you need to maintain order first."

"Roger!" Yun Xi replied.

The call ended.

A commotion suddenly resounded outside.

The patrols hurriedly retreated. Someone shouted: "It’s a monster! A monster is eating people outside the temple! "

Yun Xi’s expression became serious.

She crouched down, stroked the Yellow Dog’s head, and told him: "Young Master, stay here and don’t run around, I’ll be back in a bit."

"Woof!" the dog also barked in cooperation.

Yun Xi nodded.

This dog was quite intelligent, otherwise, why would he have saved her?

She took large strides and rushed out of the temple.

The dog crouched down in a corner, silently thinking.

The monster that appeared just now was a test.

If no gods appeared to protect the living beings here — — even this place would fall into chaos right away.

In fact, this was something that would definitely happen.

Because the Divine Thrones were all empty, the gods were no longer here.

A soft voice suddenly called out:

"Dog, your chance is here."

The dog’s ears perked up, then slowly retracted.

At some unknown point, Rita had silently appeared, landed on his head again, and rolled around comfortably.

"Weren’t you locked up in a dark room?" the Yellow Dog sent his voice to ask.

"Hah, I’m the strongest among the fairies, the champion of hide-and-seek, but I found an opportunity to sneak back here." Rita triumphantly said.

As soon as she finished being triumphant, she immediately complained: "Is there anything to eat? I’m starving to death."

The Yellow Dog released its Divine Sense and found that the ice cream machine in a shop that had closed in a hurry on the street opposite the City God Temple was still running.

It formed a hand seal with its paw, remotely controlling the machine to make a small cup of ice cream.

Sha — —

The ice cream appeared in front of Rita.

"Whoa! Doggy — — no, Liu Ping, you’re the best! "Rita happily ate the ice cream.

"You said that your chance is here, what do you mean?" Liu Ping asked.

Rita replied: "The Samsara had originally prepared a mission for you to save an animal, but the Apocalypse suddenly erupted and messed up everything — — -"

"Why did the Apocalypse suddenly erupt?" Liu Ping cut her off and asked.

"I don’t know, but that’s how the Samsara’s worlds are, there are always countless Apocalypses rampaging around" Rita licked her ice cream and replied.

"So the Samsara used the Apocalypse as a Tribulation for the World-class lifeforms?" Liu Ping asked.

"Something like that, it’s looking for a World-class lifeform that can deal with the Apocalypse."

"The chance you mentioned is — —"

"Look at that Divine Thrones, the gods ran away as soon as they saw the Apocalypse erupt, so wouldn’t that be perfect for you to use?"

"What’s in it for me?"

"Merit, Liu Ping! If I remember correctly, you need Merit."

Liu Ping went silent and looked at the statue again.

[Empty Thrones].

That’s really — —

The Samsara is trying its best to cooperate with me.

— — -perhaps it’s also looking forward to the emergence of an entity that can defeat these Apocalypses.

"How do I inherit that Divine Throne?" Liu Ping asked.

"You’re a World-class lifeform, so you’re at an extremely high level, and you have the tacit approval of the Samsara — — - when someone calls for the City God, you can fulfill their wish, which is the same as accepting the Divine Throne." Rita explained.

Liu Ping looked around.

Quite a few people had already run into the temple and knelt down in front of the statue.

"Lord City God, please bless us."

"Please bless our entire family."

"God, please help us chase away the monsters!"

"Lord City God, please bless us!"

"..."

Rita seemed to have recalled something and continued: "However, being a God also comes with risks. If you can’t protect this temple, you’ll fall from your Divine Throne and lose a lot of Merit."

"That doesn’t matter, if I fail the Tribulation, I’ll probably die here, at that point, I won’t care about Merit," Liu Ping replied.

He suddenly felt something and looked outside the City God temple.

On the street outside the temple — —

Yun Xi stood at the edge of the darkness with her hands in a stance, nervously observing her surroundings.

Something was hiding in the darkness, peeking at the City God temple behind her.

As her strength increased, Yun Xi could now sense the malice and danger within the darkness.

She abruptly took a few steps back.

From the darkness, a giant head that was as large as the entire City God temple appeared.

Instantly, everyone saw it, causing panicked screams and screams to resound from both near and far.

Followed by silence.

— — -this was a deep-seated fear, it had tightly gripped the throats of all living beings, causing them to be unable to utter a single sound due to fear, as if they were suffocating.

The head leaned forward, followed by its gigantic body.

It was like a giant that looked down on Yun Xi, its gaze went past her to stare at the City God temple on the other side of the street, then uttered an incomprehensible whisper.

A line of text appeared above the head:

[Evil Doer]

[This is a monster that mutated from an unforgivable sinner, the power of the Apocalypse had been imbued on his body, allowing him to continuously grow stronger while committing evil, thus giving him this Title]

[Title Ability: Intimidation.]

[When mortals fight against him, both their body and mind would be affected, unable to exert their full strength]

The yellow dog’s gaze twitched.

It was a bit too early for Yun Xi to face that guy ...

"Rita, do you have a way to conceal yourself?" it sent its voice.

"I’m the champion of hide-and-seek, and you’re asking me if I have a way to conceal myself? What, do you want to fight? "Rita excitedly swung her short staff.

Streaks of colorful starlight erupted from the short staff and enveloped the yellow dog’s body.

The yellow dog instantly disappeared from everyone’s sight.

It opened its mouth and lightly bit down, holding the Baina Blade in its mouth, then muttered: "Sit tight, I’m going to slay that monster"

"You want to become the City God?" the pixie asked expectantly.

"That’s right, I want to earn some Merit, but it doesn’t matter if I fail — — failure is the same as death." the yellow dog replied in a low voice.

"Ahaha — — - that’s so fun, I’ve never seen a dog being — — ah!!!" the pixie abruptly screamed.

The yellow dog suddenly turned into a blurred image and flew out of the Shing Wong temple’s window like a gust of wind, rushing through the crowd and the waiting Yun Xi — — -

"Oh yeah! How exciting! "

The pixie grabbed the dog’s ears and cheered in mid-air.

At the very next moment.

The Blade glinted like a waterfall, illuminating the surrounding darkness, then passed through the monster’s body like a torrent.

Lines of burning words immediately popped up:

[You are currently protecting all living beings]

[Current location: City God temple]

[As a world-class life form, you may become a City Temple God]

[You have obtained this Deity position]

All the text faded away.

The monster was sent flying, crashing into a large number of buildings with a deafening explosion.