Purgatory Artist
Chapter 648: Dead Me?

Chapter 648: Dead Me?

The torrent of water filled the sky, pouring down like a curtain from the sky.

A single piece of wood was moving back and forth in the water.

A total of 30 living beings were crouching on top of the wood.

Although the wood was large, it couldn’t handle the weight and slowly sank into the water.

The water was completely murky and dark.

At this point, the world life forms finally experienced what it was like to be a living being.

Suffocation.

From suffocation to near death, this excruciating pain was eating away at every World Lord.

No wonder this event was called [Experiencing the Pain of Living Beings]!

The bearman held on tightly to the wood, pressing his body against it and holding his breath.

The feeling of suffocation ...

I’ve already experienced it countless times.

The most important thing right now is to not leave this wood.

Because ...

He narrowed its eyes and looked around.

Quite a few living beings couldn’t handle the suffocation and let go of their hands, trying their best to float to the surface.

The water continued to surge.

As soon as they let go, they were enveloped by the undercurrent and carried away to an unknown location.

Being unable to control themselves while being suffocated, there was only a single outcome.

Death!

The wood’s weight was instantly reduced.

Borrowing the powerful force of the undercurrent, the wood abruptly floated to the surface.

It was only at this point that the living beings who chose to hold on to the wood were finally able to catch their breath.

"I’m alive!"

"Damn it, this feels so bad!"

"Air, I want air!"

The living beings shouted and roared, venting their unwillingness to be the World Lords.

All of a sudden.

Lines of glowing text appeared in front of everyone’s eyes:

[The wood is the only tool in the current environment]

[It has a unique property: Relatively safe]

[Note: The fewer living beings on top of the wood, the safer it will be]

Safer with fewer living beings!

The living beings regained their senses.

"Let go! The wood is about to sink! "

"You’re the one who is, scram!"

"I’m going to kill you!"

"Die!"

While the wood was still floating, the living beings hugged it tightly while attacking the other entities around them.

It couldn’t be helped!

It wasn’t like they’d just happen to run into the water flowing upwards every time.

That description was completely correct.

If there were so many living beings on top of the wood, it would definitely sink.

The battle immediately broke out!

Amidst the surging torrent, the living beings were fighting on the giant tree.

At this time, the ones who suffered the most was the Bearman.

With cold sweat on his forehead, he curled up into a ball, its face twitching uncontrollably.

It was obvious that it wouldn’t work.

This Bearman’s condition was not good, so he could be bullied!

Any living being who saw him could not help but have such thoughts.

"Damned bear man, get off, you’re the heaviest!"

The two mantis-like creatures slashed at the bearman with all their might.

The Bearman’s skin was thick and he had a healing ring in his stomach. He hid at one end of the giant tree and pressed his body tightly against the surface of the giant tree, allowing the two mantises to attack his back and butt.

Praying Mantis slashed for a while and panted, "You’re still not letting go? Hurry up and let go, the giant tree can’t carry so many people, go die! "

The second mantis slapped the bearman’s head hard.

Boom

A huge stream of water collided with the giant tree.

The world was spinning.

Many living beings were sent flying.

Phantoms emerged from the bodies of the living beings and flew into the sky unwillingly, disappearing without a trace.

Eliminated!

As World-class living beings, they were not familiar with the bodies of living beings, so surviving in this kind of flood was several times more difficult.

Wave after wave of water washed over them.

Whirlpools of various sizes appeared on the surface of the water, becoming more and more dangerous.

The giant tree continued to float, spin, and roll.

When had World-class living beings ever suffered like this?

They slowly regained their senses.

The current situation wasn’t suitable for battle.

Not to mention, some of them had already been flung away, perhaps the giant tree could float again?

Everyone stopped and hugged the giant tree tightly, trying their best to hold on to it to ensure that they wouldn’t let go.

The Bearman suddenly popped his head out.

At this point, he had already gotten used to the impact of the water, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was clenching their teeth against the flood, he kicked a mantis on the left away.

"That’s what you get for hitting my head!"

The Bearman shouted.

That mantis left the giant tree and was swept away by the water, disappearing without a trace.

Another mantis shouted: "Don’t mess with me, or I’ll beat the shit out of you!"

Originally, it was fine if it didn’t say anything, after all, it was a bit far from the Bearman.

But after it said ’beat the shit out of you’ ...

The Bearman’s expression changed.

He almost gave up holding on to the giant tree with his claws and desperately rushed towards the mantis.

The mantis saw that something was wrong and immediately turned its forelimb into a sharp spike, stabbing straight at the Bearman.

"Come! Worst comes to worst, we’ll all die together! "the mantis shouted.

But the Bearman didn’t seem to notice the spike and simply rushed forward, allowing the spike to pierce through its shoulder.

"Damn you, get out of the dream!"

The Bearman angrily roared.

He swung his paw with all his might, sending the mantis flying from the giant tree.

After that attack, it immediately crouched down and stuck close to the giant tree, one of its claws dug deep into the tree while the other grabbed the spike, pulled it out from its shoulder and threw it away.

Boom

Another torrent hit the giant tree.

The giant tree was broken.

Almost a dozen living beings were scattered in the flood, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The Bearman hugged the broken piece of wood as it bobbed up and down in the torrent, looking around.

Now he couldn’t see any other living beings, only a human-faced scorpion with six pairs of claws was holding on to the other end of the broken piece of wood.

Right now.

Only the Bearman and it were left on this piece of wood.

Perhaps the Bearman’s ferocious expression scared it, or perhaps it saw the Bearman’s fierce fighting style just now.

"Don’t fight, we can cooperate." the human-faced scorpion said.

"The fewer people there are, the safer it is on the giant tree." the Bearman stared at it and said.

"There’s only the two of us now, that’s safe enough." the human-faced scorpion said.

"But it can be safer, can’t it?" the Bearman said.

"The cooperation I’m talking about is good for both of us." the human-faced scorpion said.

Its upper body was a human, its lower body was a scorpion, and its long tail hook was extremely sharp.

It seemed to be a ruthless character.

Taking advantage of the weakened water, the Bearman spat out a mouthful of water, kept kicking the water with his feet, and asked: "How do you want to cooperate?"

"The reward I chose before was to investigate the follow-up mission, I know what to face next!" the human-faced scorpion said.

"Why did you tell me?" The Bearman asked.

"I can’t handle it alone. I’ll need a helper at the very least. Unfortunately, my team members have all been left behind." the Human-Faced Scorpion said.

"I can be your helper, but only if you tell me what happened next." the bear said.

His expression was extremely ugly, even a bit ferocious and pained.

It was as if there was a stick stirring inside his body.

Can this bear really do it!?

The human-faced scorpion was a bit hesitant.

But this wretched bear man had been showing this expression since the very beginning.

He managed to kill two praying mantises with this expression, and even ensured that he wouldn’t be thrown away by the raging waves!

Not to mention, he had no other choice.

"Listen well, this dam break will cause a great flood, waking up a certain vicious beast that’s been slumbering under the water."

"Us world lords are trapped in living beings’ bodies, we’re no match for it" the human-faced scorpion said.

"Then what do we do?"

The bear man was also worried.

His stomach was hurting, but he could still hold back his urge to poop.

The flood might be strong, but he was a good swimmer, the bear man could also doggy paddle, and he had the driftwood in his arms, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

But if another beast came, no one would be able to handle it.

"I’ve prepared a type of incense, extracted from this scorpion’s poison." the human-faced scorpion said.

"What effect does it have?" the bear man asked.

"It can envelop us with an aura of death, any living being that sees us will only think that we’re two corpses." the human-faced scorpion answered.

"Then does the beast eat corpses?"

"It doesn’t, it only eats living, clean things."

This was the truth.

"You’ve prepared well, what do you need me to do?"

"This incense needs to come into contact with the blood of two living beings in order to be effective, do you understand now?"

"So that’s how it is."

At this point, the driftwood rushed forward and finally reached a place where the water was a bit calmer.

The bear man sighed in relief.

The human-faced scorpion hurriedly said: "Quickly! We need to light the incense right away, when the water slows down, it’ll appear! "

"Got it!" the bear man answered.

He held the driftwood with one hand while holding his stomach with the other, trying to swim forward.

The human-faced scorpion took out the incense.

The two of them exchanged glances, then cut their palms and let their blood drip onto the incense.

The incense began to give off a faint fragrance.

"I don’t want to give up this driftwood, I’ll just pretend to be dead on it." the bear man said.

"Alright, I’ll lie on this side and you lie on the other side. How about that?" The human-faced scorpion asked.

"No problem." the bear said.

"Wait! Do you know how to play dead? Although there’s incense, you’ll definitely attract its attention if you move around like a living thing. Don’t drag me down with you! "The human-faced scorpion said.

"Who doesn’t know how to play dead? Don’t look down on me. Hurry up," the bear said.

When it fell down, it immediately stopped moving. Coupled with the effect of the incense, it was no different from the corpses floating on the water around it.

"Impressive."

The Human-faced Scorpion praised. He quickly chose a good spot and laid down on the wood.

At this time, the water flow seemed to be even slower.

A huge black shadow gradually appeared under the water.

It quietly floated to the surface of the water, revealing two giant eyes that were as large as houses, scanning everything on the water surface.

At this moment, it was completely silent.

Everything became silent under its gaze, as if it was afraid of disturbing it.

The Bearman was still lying motionless, but lines of small words quietly appeared on his retina.

[Attention!]

[You’ve been affected by the aura of Prey Trap]

[At first, this aura was only Death aura, but it quickly turned into Life aura, allowing others to sense your boundless vitality]

The Human-faced Scorpion tricked me!

It wants to monopolize this piece of driftwood!

After all, according to the Quest rules, the fewer living beings that stay on top of the wood, the safer it would be.

If only the Human-faced Scorpion stayed on top of it, wouldn’t it have already passed this test?

What a sly bastard.

The Bearman was furious. While pretending to be dead, he quickly tried to think of a countermeasure.

On the water surface.

The two eyes that were as large as buildings seemed to have noticed the Bearman.

They floated like stars in the sky, slowly approaching the driftwood.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The giant beast stopped in front of the driftwood, staring at the two entities on top of it.

A corpse, can’t be eaten.

A Bearman pretending to be dead, can be eaten.

The giant beast slowly opened its mouth.

At the very last moment, the Bearman finally came up with a solution.

Suddenly, a voice came from the dead silence.

Hiss.

A strong stench came from the Bearman’s anus, turning into a yellow fog that covered the Bearman’s entire body.

The Human-faced Scorpion’s words just now were true.

This giant beast only eats living, clean things!

The Bearman already couldn’t hold it in any longer, but now that it was lucky, it decided to let nature take its course.

The giant beast’s opened mouth immediately closed, retreated a bit, and let out a low roar.

This roar carried a sense of disgust.

The giant beast looked at the Bearman again.

What’s there to eat?

This Bearman is holding back a stomach full of shit to fart!

Can it be eaten?

Of course not!

The giant beast silently retreated, turned around, and prepared to leave.

While it was turning around, the Bearman’s butt suddenly moved, letting out a gun-like sound.

A shadow flew out from its butt, caught by the Bearman, washed it in the water, and threw it on top of the Human-faced Scorpion.

The giant beast didn’t swim very far before it suddenly stopped.

It felt a healing aura full of vitality.

However, the strange thing was that this aura came from the other corpse just now.

The giant beast slowly turned around, and its eyes fell on the Human-faced Scorpion.

The Bearman’s assistant was also good, the ring was just stuck under the Human-faced Scorpion’s butt, so the giant beast couldn’t see the ring at all, it could only feel the bursts of vitality coming from the Human-faced Scorpion.

The most important thing was

This Human-faced Scorpion was clean!

The giant beast was interested and slowly approached the Human-faced Scorpion.

The Human-faced Scorpion couldn’t pretend anymore, suddenly sat up, pointed at the Bearman and shouted, "Bearman, you dare to trick me!"

The Bearman lay down and pretended to be dead.

Bastard, you tricked me first, okay?

Fortunately, a Master of the Demonic Path like me is experienced, invincible, and can resolve danger with everything in the world.

Otherwise, if it was someone else, I don’t know what would have happened.

Now it’s your turn to die!