Purgatory Artist
Chapter 644: Big Business

Chapter 644: Big Business

The storm was raging.

The sound of explosions under the night sky had never stopped.

The entire world had fallen into chaos, countless flames of life were extinguished, countless souls were being harvested.

The end of everything was approaching.

But at this crucial moment, something out of the ordinary seemed to have happened.

The gate of the divine temple was once again blown open by the storm.

A figure silently appeared.

This was a two-horned skeleton whose entire body was covered in flames, wearing a full set of purple armor, carrying a large shield on its back and a battle axe in its hand.¹

It opened its black eye sockets and looked into the divine temple.

As soon as it did, it sighed in relief and muttered: " What are you doing, to think I thought there was something going on here and specifically came here to take a look "

Inside the divine temple’s grand hall, the little girl was hanging in mid-air.

The lizardman’s body was giving off a divine glow as he pointed his spear at the little girl: "Kill her and everything will be over. "

"That’s right, do it. " the two-horned skeleton replied.

"Who should the Merit of killing a world Lord go to? "the lizardman asked.

" That spear of yours is very powerful, killing her isn’t an issue, so the Merit of this matter will naturally go to you. " the two-horned skeleton spoke impatiently.

" Actually, what I want isn’t this Merit, but something else that I need. " the lizardman replied.

A bit of fire appeared in the two-horned skeleton’s black eye sockets.

Seems like he wants to talk business.

It slowly walked into the divine temple and asked: "What do you want to exchange this Merit for? ."

" What do you have?." the lizardman asked.

" Last time, when I capture"d the female world Lord of that world, I obtained a piece of Radiance Source Rock .」 the two-horned skeleton replied.

" How is its quality? Let me take a look." the lizardman asked.

The two-horned skeleton hesitated a bit before taking out a gem from the void of space.

This gem was giving off visible light that resembled flower petals, almost like a blooming flower.

As soon as the gem was taken out, the void of space seemed to be whispering.

"Good stuff." the lizardman couldn’t help but exclaim.

" I trust that you’ve seen quite a few Radiance Source Rocks, but this one is different from the others. It contains the female world Lord’s final cry for help, it’s extremely valuable and rare." the two-horned skeleton boasted.

"Deal. Give me the gemstone and I’ll let you kill the master of this world." the lizard said.

As it spoke, it had already put away its spear. Step by step, it left the little girl hanging in mid-air and walked towards the double-horned skeleton.

"Alright!"

The double-horned skeleton tossed the gem to the lizardman and flew towards the little girl impatiently.

It swung its axe with all its might and chopped down on the little girl’s head.

Who would have thought that the axe would hit nothing but air?

The little girl turned into an illusion and vanished into thin air.

However, ethereal and beautiful sounds could be heard in the surrounding void, as if they were coming from the heavens.

The double-horned skeleton landed on the ground and turned to look at the lizardman. "You tricked me?"

"That’s right, I’m messing with you. So what?" the lizard said.

The double-horned skeleton was about to attack right away, but who knew that as soon as it took a step forward, its entire body fell apart, turning into broken bone fragments that fell all over the ground.

Clang!

It rolled its head in front of the lizardman and stared at him. "Master will not forgive you."

The lizardman squatted down and smiled. "Don’t worry, I’ll kill Master too."

He snapped his fingers.

Bam!

The double-horned skeleton’s head was instantly shattered.

Lines of burning text then appeared in the void of space:

[You disguised yourself with ’ Special Effects Artist ’]

[Under the cover of the void of space, you performed your secondary Occultism Blade Technique:]

[Anyone who hears of this will be beheaded and have their souls severed]

[The God of Victory (current world), the Envoy of Slaughter (servant of the Lord of Nightmares) has died]

All the text faded away.

The little girl’s anxious voice resounded from the void of space:

"Liu Ping, hurry, more Deities have come to check the situation, this time there are five of them!"

"Five is a bit too many." the lizardman replied.

"Then what do we do? I won’t be able to escape, they must have sensed that I was here just now. "the little girl panicked.

"Don’t panic ... you need to remain calm when something happens." the lizardman slowly told her.

He recalled the presence and power that the double-horned skeleton gave off just now and swung his arm, once again unleashing the power of ’Special Effects Artist’.

Instantly, the mess on the ground disappeared without a trace.

The little girl once again appeared in mid-air, her hands were now tied up, unable to move.

The double-horned skeleton reappeared.

It carried a large shield on its back and a battle axe in its hand, standing in front of the lizardman.

"How much is the price?" the double-horned skeleton asked.

"If you want to take the merit for killing her, you can’t give too little." The lizardman crossed his arms and replied.

"She’s only a world Lord, isn’t what I gave enough?" the double-horned skeleton asked.

"I think it’s still a bit lacking." the lizardman replied.

Boom

The door of the Divine Temple was sent flying by a huge force.

Five figures rushed in.

"What the hell, you’re clearly here to discuss business, why do I feel like you’re dead?" a one-eyed demon hovering in mid-air spoke up.

"Because this guy took out something incredible."

The lizardman smiled and flipped his hand to summon a rock.

The five Deities all looked at it.

"That’s clearly just a normal rock." The one-eyed demon didn’t hide its disdain at all.

The lizardman tossed the rock out.

The one-eyed demon caught the rock.

All of a sudden.

All of its aura disappeared.

Everything about it no longer existed, as if it had already died.

The one-eyed demon was shocked and gave the rock to the second Deity.

The one-eyed demon’s presence was instantly restored.

As the second Deity received the rock, the energy waves and presence on his body completely disappeared.

"Ah? So you have such a treasure, no wonder we thought you were dead. "the one-eyed demon clicked its tongue in surprise.

The five Deities exchanged glances with each other.

The rock’s own ’effects’ were also continuously affecting them.

"Isn’t that so? This is a great treasure, specifically used to help you fake your death and escape at a critical moment." the double-horned skeleton boasted.

The lizardman didn’t say anything else, only crossed his arms and glanced at the void of space.

Lines of burning text hovered in the void of space:

[You’re continuously releasing the power of a ’Special Effects Artist’ to conceal the presence of every Deity holding a rock (normal), causing them to appear as if they had ’disappeared’]

He only glanced at it briefly before speaking with an annoyed tone:

"Very well, you may leave, we’re discussing business, there’s no need for you to interfere."

The five Deities exchanged glances with one another.

If there’s nothing else here, and this is only a private profit distribution, it’s not good for me to stay here.

It wouldn’t be good if the skeleton and lizardman misunderstood.

"Very well, then I’ll be leaving first."

Saying so, one of the Deities instantly disappeared.

The lizardman pointed at the one-eyed demon and said: "Wait a moment, I have something to say to you."

"Very well." The one-eyed demon remained where he was and waited.

The other Deities left one after another.

Soon.

Only the lizardman, the double-horned skeleton, and the one-eyed demon remained in the divine temple.

"Speak, what is it?" the one-eyed demon asked.

"Let’s not talk about it in a hurry, take a look at this reward first." the lizardman said.

He reached his hand out and tossed out another item.

It was the Radiant Source Rock from before.

While it was hovering in the air, it gave off boundless light that manifested into the shape of flower petals, as well as the sound of music.

The one-eyed demon knew what it was and immediately called out: "Good stuff! This is the Radiant Source Rock! "

It reached out a few of its tentacles to grab the Radiant Source Rock and carefully examined it.

A while later.

It finally spoke: "Speak, what do you want me to do?"

The lizardman stood still without moving.

"I want something from you." the double-horned skeleton spoke.

"What is it?" the one-eyed demon asked.

"Your life." the double-horned skeleton answered.

Oong.

With the sound of a blade ringing through the air, a bright blade pierced through the one-eyed demon, then suddenly trembled and gave off countless overlapping slashes.

The one-eyed demon’s body was instantly slashed into a mist of blood that drifted away with the wind.

"Liu Ping!" the little girl screamed.

She didn’t know why she screamed either.

But she had never seen such a way of killing two Deities in a row.

There was probably no other creature in this world that could kill in such a way.

This was even more exciting than when she pretended to be a human and went to a concert!

Oong ...

The ringing of the blade stopped.

It wasn’t until the blade slowly returned to the void of space that a voice came: "Don’t make a sound, we need to first cover the smell of blood, erase the killing intent, clean up the corpses and come up with a good plot to convince these guys."

"Two of the four Deities that left just now have returned, they’re back!" the little girl screamed again.

Unlike before, this time it was fear.

"Calm down, they’re here to help us increase our efficiency." Liu Ping said.

At the very next moment.

All traces of battle disappeared.

The one-eyed demon reappeared inside the shrine, holding two treasures on its long tentacles.

One was the Radiant Source Rock.

The other item was an ordinary stone that didn’t catch anyone’s attention.

On the other side, the double-horned skeleton and the lizardman both stood still, giving off powerful energy waves unique to Deities.

But the one-eyed demon didn’t give off any presence, as if it was already dead.

As soon as these illusions were set up, the void of space opened up again and the two Deities from before came out.

One was a golem covered in runes carved all over its body.

Next to it was a human male.

They looked at the rock on the one-eyed demon’s tentacle.

"What is it?" the double-horned skeleton asked impatiently.

The human patted the golem and chuckled: "Ah, I told you you were an idiot, but you didn’t believe me, take a look at that rock that’s hiding its presence."

"You’re here to cause trouble, aren’t you?" the lizardman also spoke with an unfriendly tone.

The golem looked at its three companions.

They’re all here, there’s no problem at all.

That rock has already been tested.

There’s no problem at all.

"My apologies, I didn’t think it through." the golem spoke in a low, muffled voice.

"We’re leaving." the human male said.

The one-eyed demon suddenly pointed at the human male and said: "Wait a minute, you stay here, we still need a helper for our plan, don’t worry, we’ll give you enough benefits."

"Ah? A business deal? "the human male asked with interest.

"That’s right, now that we have enough people, I want him to join this business deal, do you have any objections?" the one-eyed demon asked.

The double-horned skeleton observed the human male without saying anything.

This was silent agreement.

"Alright, with him staying, we have enough people." the lizardman agreed.

"That’s right, we have enough people, you can go." the one-eyed demon told the golem standing on one side.

"Ah, alright, I’m sorry about that, I shouldn’t have bothered you."

The golem said that and hurriedly left.

The shrine returned to silence.

At this point.

There were a total of four Deities here.

The lizardman, the double-horned skeleton, the one-eyed demon, and the human male.

"Everyone, tell me, what kind of good thing is it?"

The human male excitedly rubbed his hands.

The two treasures in the one-eyed demon’s hand were quite valuable.

They must be discussing a big business deal here.