Purgatory Artist
Chapter 634: Solitary Life

Chapter 634: Solitary Life

In the main hall.

Liu Ping crossed his arms and stood at the side, quietly watching the situation unfold.

Two lines of small burning words appeared before his eyes:

[You used the power of a ’Special Effects Artist’]

[You created a fake version of yourself lying there, vomiting blood, and looking like you’re unconscious]

The tense situation had disappeared.

Yun Xi treated Liu Ping while shouting at the people at the door, "I don’t care what you want to do. He’s going through the tribulation now, and he’ll die if he’s not careful!"

"Is there anything we can help with?"

Yana’s hands emitted a blazing holy light. She was ready to go forward and treat Liu Ping as soon as the other party said something.

"Don’t interfere. This is a heavenly tribulation. If you help him, the heavenly tribulation will only acknowledge that the number of people going through the tribulation will increase, and it’ll be more difficult." Yun Xi said hurriedly in fear.

Yana didn’t really believe her.

"If it’s a heavenly tribulation, that’s indeed the case." Zhao Chanyi said.

"She’s right. We can’t interfere." Li Zhangxue said.

The two of them came from the cultivation world, so they were naturally more experienced in such matters. Plus, this tribulation wasn’t fake, so they immediately stood out to speak.

"You guys can leave first. Come back after he’s done with this tribulation." Yun Xi said.

"Everyone, please leave for now. Even if it’s to let him live, please don’t stay here for now." Mother Earth said.

"Please!" Master Pao said firmly.

Everyone looked at each other.

"His life is important. Let’s go first!" Yana said.

Li Zhangxue and Zhao Chanyi followed, and then everyone left the main hall.

The door closed.

"... I’m alive."

Liu Ping stood in the void and heaved a sigh of relief.

God’s voice suddenly sounded, "Is this what you’re really afraid of?"

Liu Ping raised his eyebrows and said helplessly, "I know you’re omniscient and omnipotent, but can you not suddenly say something? It’s very scary."

"It can’t be helped," God said.

"What can’t be helped?" Liu Ping asked.

"Reality is often filled with falsehoods, but dreams often reflect the true heart. So your test will actually be deeper than usual." God said.

"Deeper? How deep? "Liu Ping asked.

He looked around and saw that things had calmed down, but he had not returned to the Dream World yet.

"Seriously, three." God said.

"Three what? I have to experience a total of three things that I fear? "Liu Ping asked.

"Two." God said.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of Liu Ping’s eyes.

[The dream world determined that what happened here did not come from your true fear]

[You’re subconsciously using the current situation to try and hide something]

[But it was useless]

[This is a dream that belongs to you. You must see your true fear]

[Begin!]

All the small characters were retracted.

God chanted, "One!"

A huge pulling force appeared from the void and dragged Liu Ping out of the hall. In an instant, they disappeared without a trace.

...

The wind howled in the darkness.

Countless World Pillars stood in the endless dark void.

Liu Ping was pulled by a huge force, passing through all the ancient divine pillars and flying towards an unknown end.

His speed suddenly slowed down.

Because at the end of his vision, a towering and majestic divine pillar appeared.

The top part of it broke through the darkness and went deep into a swirling white light, while the bottom part was buried deep in endless fog.

On this divine pillar, a huge full-body armor was nailed tightly to the ground by several nails, not moving at all.

This was a battle armor that was completely covered in black scales. The helmet, faceplate, breastplate, pauldrons, arm guards, wrist guards, gauntlets, belt, greaves, and boots were all made of black scales, and each scale was engraved with fine and complicated patterns.

If one were to take a closer look, the patterns on each of the black scales were different, as if they represented different powers and meanings.

Liu Ping silently looked at this armor.

There was an inextricable connection between him and it.

But it had done so many terrifying things.

Even the entire Purgatory Divine Pillar could not withstand its power. It could destroy four Purgatory Ancient Gods with a single finger.

Strangely, the Nightmare Lords did not seem to have much opinion about this armor.

Wait a minute!

Why did I come to it?

The Frost Elf had to repair planes, the Bearman had to embroider, and the Snow Demon had to make torches.

The Dream Realm made everyone face something they had been avoiding.

What am I ... avoiding?

Liu Ping’s thoughts kept churning.

God’s tone suddenly became deep, and he lowered his voice: "Finally ... it’s about to begin."

"What do you mean?" Liu Ping asked.

Lines of small words suddenly appeared in the void of space:

[Dream Realm Test:]

[On the mask of this huge battle armor, there is a special black scale armor between the eyebrows, but there is nothing on it]

[When you place your hand on that black scale, you will have completed the Dream Realm’s test for you]

All the small words disappeared.

Liu Ping was stunned, and looked at the huge battle armor.

As expected.

On the faceplate of the giant armor, there was indeed an empty piece of black scale.

Just by placing my hand on it, I will have completed the test?

"This is too absurd." Liu Ping sighed.

"The Dream Realm does not have consciousness, but you have lost all your defenses in the Dream Realm, so it reflected the deepest fear in your heart and created a corresponding test." God said.

"But why would I be afraid of something like that? I’m just placing my hand on a piece of scale. "Liu Ping said.

God remained silent, not answering him.

Liu Ping became alert, fully alert, and slowly flew towards the huge battle armor.

Nothing happened on the way.

He came in front of the huge battle armor’s mask, reached his hand out, and lightly placed it on the smooth and empty scale.

No reaction.

No abnormalities.

No attacks or strange occurrences.

"That’s it?" Liu Ping asked.

Silence reigned.

No sound at all.

Liu Ping was a bit hesitant as he slowly pulled his hand back.

Suddenly.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind:

[You have a total of four powers]

[For safety reasons, your Occultism ability: ’Creation’ will be detached from your body and bound to this Sequence]

[From now on, you can only use this Sequence to activate the power of ’Creation’]

[Correspondingly, you have awakened another power sealed within your body, and your power of ’Deception’ will be used to conceal its existence]

[Your third power has already awakened]

[Occultism Fate-Type Skill: Solitary Life]

[Unparalleled Strength, passive skill, one and only, (currently unavailable)]

[Note: Any entity that is about to kill you will be thoroughly sealed within your defensive equipment]

[After dealing with that enemy, ’Solitary Life’ can be used again]

As Liu Ping looked at these notifications, he gradually understood.

He took a few steps back, looked at the huge battle armor again, and spoke: "This power is currently unavailable ..."

"In other words, it has already been used once"

Silence reigned.

Liu Ping couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Any existence that is about to kill me will be completely sealed within my armor.

Sealed within this battle armor is an enemy of mine.

No wonder this battle armor was able to climb the Pillar by itself.

No wonder it was so close to me, and also seemed to be hiding an indescribable and dangerous power.

That enemy.

It once reached the condition of ’about to kill me’, so it activated ’Solitary Life’.

That’s why I’m afraid of it!

But what is it?

Liu Ping looked at the huge battle armor.

At this moment, the battle armor seemed to have noticed something.

It slowly began to move.

「 Ah ... how long has it been, you finally remembered something ... 」

The huge battle armor buzzed.

「 Don’t speak, once you speak, it will immediately break your ’Solitary Life’ 」 God said nervously.

Liu Ping didn’t say a word.

Suddenly.

Lines of small words appeared in the void of space:

[ You’ve completed the test ]

[ In this test, you’ve gained a new understanding of your own power, and discovered the existence that truly terrified you ]

[ Return to the Dream World ]

The small words hovered in mid-air without moving.

A hole opened in the void of space, and Liu Ping directly entered it, disappearing.

The huge battle armor slowly raised its head, the pair of empty eye sockets on the faceplate stared in the direction where Liu Ping disappeared, and buzzed:

「 Ran away? No matter, I’m about to completely control this battle armor ... when that time comes, that move of yours will naturally no longer have any effect. 」

「 Everything will come to an end! 」