Purgatory Artist
Chapter 660: Choice

Chapter 660: Choice

Using historical records as a standard, using Liu Ping’s movements as a reference.

Let’s rewind time a few minutes.

The bar.

After Liu Ping left.

The man behind the bar put the coins away, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and took out a new glass.

He poured a full glass of golden liquor and put it on the bar.

"I remember you like to drink this" the man said to the empty seat outside the bar.

"Thanks"

An old man with white hair and beard silently appeared, holding the golden liquor and took a sip.

"Are you confident this time?" the man asked.

"We can’t find out the result of the battle with the Evil Spirit, any prying will only cause instability." the old man sighed tiredly.

The man went silent for a bit, then said: "I remember we’ve already used up several thousand parallel worlds."

"To be precise, it’s 7961 parallel worlds." the old man said.

A female voice resounded: "Then it would be 7,961 times."

A long-haired woman appeared from the void of space, casually poured herself a glass of liquor and said: "No matter who we found to save the living beings, they all failed without exception."

"We’ve tried those heroes with special luck, as well as those incredibly powerful spirits, even the Night King of Eternal Night, the Divine Lord of the Purgatory Divine Pillar, even the spirits of the Saint Realm couldn’t do anything, none of them were a match for that evil spirit" the man added with a cigarette in his mouth.

"That evil spirit is actually only a flag bearer." the old man said.

"You mean, that evil spirit isn’t the strongest among them?" the woman asked.

"Of course not, it was only the first to appear, only when it started to gain a foothold and waved the flag of the changing of the era would the truly powerful evil spirits descend." the old man said.

"But we’ve already tried 7961 times, yet we couldn’t even win against this flag bearer."

The bar went silent.

"So he’s also a spirit of the Saint Realm ... how strong is he compared to Andrea?" the woman probed.

"No, he’s not a spirit of the Saint Realm." the old man said without hesitation.

"He’s not?"

The man and woman both appeared surprised.

The old man went silent for a bit, then suddenly laughed and said: "When we tried to help Andrea with everything we had, she also failed, but this guy managed to go even further than the spirit of the Saint Realm, how unexpected!"

The woman asked in astonishment, "His true identity?"

The old man replied, "He lied to all existences, and in order to prevent himself from remembering who he was, he even made up a part of his memories, deceiving himself that he was the spirit of the Saint World. Actually, he wasn’t. Since he’s so cautious, I can’t say anything either."

"Why do you have to go to this extent?" The man spread out his hands to show that he didn’t understand.

"In order to get into character, haven’t you noticed that he has been winning all this time?" The old man laughed.

The woman continued: "In other parallel worlds, the other Heroes that we’ve chosen have also made great strides forward."

The old man interrupted her and said, "But he is in a situation where he can’t win at all. He has been gaining the upper hand all this time."

"He can’t defeat the King of Nightmares, nor can he deal with the banner-bearers of the Evil Spirits. However, he has taken in Gaia, the Ancient Gods, and the Pixie Princess. Together with my help, he has created the extremely rare Four Saint Pillars. Up until now, he has been constantly gaining the upper hand and is even about to learn the evil demons’ armor-forging technique. However, in a real fight, he can only lose. Yet, he is winning. This is too strange and indescribable."

As the old man spoke, his eyes revealed some liveliness, and a layer of radiance enveloped his back.

The man and woman exchanged glances, their expressions becoming solemn.

"You didn’t show up during the 7961 attempts. Could it be that you intend to personally appear this time and lend him a hand?" the woman asked.

"None of the other 7961 combatants managed to reach his level." the old man replied.

"Although he is the one who has made it the furthest, he has already reached the Evil Spirits. If he fails, this timeline will also be finished." the man said.

"Once you show up, the Evil Spirits will know of your existence, which will put you in danger." the woman also advised.

"Sacrifice is one of my teachings. After all, living beings, even the Divinities and Saint Spirits have sacrificed everything, but we Laws of Reality do not take any risks? No, this is not the way to win against the Evil Spirits."

The old man finished his drink, stood up, and left the bar.

The man took out a coin and tossed it onto the table: "I’ll send you back to that moment."

The old man replied without turning around: "Hm, then I’ll have to trouble you."

Bam!

The door to the bar closed.

The man muses: "Wife, what do you say?"

The woman raised her glass: "You take full control of the time, when necessary, I’ll provide support to God."

"Now we’ve also fallen into this trap." the man sighed.

"The power of Primal Chaos has yet to awaken ... we’ll have to give it our all." the woman said.

Saying so, she also vanished without a trace.

The man lit another cigarette, took a deep drag, and muttered: "Damn it, damn it, I still can’t believe it ... we’re about to face the Evil Spirits head-on!"

He put his hand on the coin on the table and showed a bit more fighting spirit on his face.

...

At that moment.

「I’ll now teach you the armor-forging technique.」 the woman said.

Liu Ping knelt down on one knee, imitating the King of Nightmares’ posture and expression, and respectfully replied: 「Understood.」

The woman nodded and lightly tapped his forehead.

Lines of burning text appeared in front of him, flashing in the void of space at a speed that couldn’t be seen clearly:

[You are the first entity in history to be taught the knowledge of the next era]

[This is something that has never happened in the infinite parallel worlds and the Multiverse. It means:]

[Living beings who are destined to be eliminated have obtained the foundational knowledge and information of the next era]

[This is too crazy and violates the iron law of the Turn of the Eras]

[This Heroic Spirit operation interface can only deceive it for five breaths of time even if you use all your ’Deceit’ and ’Special Effects Artist’ powers."

[Please escape immediately within five breaths of time]

[After five breaths of time, ’Special Effects Artist’ won’t be able to take effect in front of it!]

Liu Ping glanced at it and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

After five breaths of time.

He couldn’t use ’Special Effects Artist’ to deceive it anymore.

He wasn’t a match for it at all if he fought it alone.

So if he didn’t want to die, he had to escape within five breaths of time.

But where could he escape to?

After a while, the King of Nightmares would definitely feel that the waiting time was too long.

Once the King of Nightmares tested him, World Sleeve wouldn’t be able to stop it.

It would definitely break through that space and return here.

The King of Nightmares was the most powerful nightmare existence. For 960 million years, it had eaten countless souls, and no one had ever been able to defeat it.

Plus this monster that had turned into a woman in front of him.

When they worked together, they were practically invincible in billions of worlds. Where could he hide?

Eternal Night and the Purgatory Divine Pillar couldn’t stop them.

Nothing could stop them.

Everything was over.

A line of burning text appeared from the void of space:

[One breath of time has passed, four breaths left]

Liu Ping’s mind went blank, then a thought popped up in his mind.

I can’t escape.

Escaping means death.

Staying means death!

He didn’t think any further and immediately sent his inner sight into the world of World Sleeve, using the woman’s voice to send her voice:

「My servant, for the past 900 million years, I don’t know how strong you’ve become. Unleash your full power into the void of space, let me see how strong you’ve become. This is an order!」

Two breaths.

The King of Nightmares silently listened and respectfully replied: 「Yes!」

Counting carefully, it had only been a few dozen seconds since Liu Ping took it in here, not even a minute had passed.

Now that its master had given it an order, it felt that it had to obey.

It was time for its master to see the power it had gained over the past 900 million years!

One breath.

Liu Ping suddenly looked up at the woman.

The woman didn’t suspect anything and continued: 「Once you’ve fully digested the armor-forging technique, I’ll infuse my power into your body, allowing you to forge this armor.」

Liu Ping respectfully replied: 「Master, I have something to offer you.」

Time was up.

Liu Ping raised his hand and lightly shook it.

At this time, the King of Nightmares unleashed a full-power attack into the void of space.

This attack was directly released by Liu Ping using World Sleeve!

Almost at the same time, intense killing intent appeared in his eyes as he muttered:

"Earth: Absolute Prohibition."

Boom!

A world appeared from far away in the blink of an eye, enveloping everyone.

This was Liu Ping’s world.

A desert!