Purgatory Artist
Chapter 685: Two Choices

Chapter 685: Two Choices

The broken bridge outside the relay station.

As the wind blew, flowers fell.

A woman stood next to the broken bridge, raising a large black flag that fluttered in the wind.

Ripples appeared on the surface of the flag, as if some sort of power had been activated.

A few moments later.

The ripples faded.

The flag was also folded up, no longer fluttering despite the wind.

The woman’s expression was full of regret as she muttered: "The power of race change is so strong, but there’s no way to change it back."

Petals of flowers fell to the ground one by one.

The woman shook her head and returned to the relay station.

— — -This was a place that only officials used, among the people who came and went, only officials would dare to rest here.

The woman walked straight into the relay station, casually found a place to sit down, and spoke:

"Wine."

The relay station officials glanced at her and didn’t dare to say anything, some of them even smiled flatteringly.

"Please wait a moment."

"We have a few good dishes here, would you like to try them?"

"Fairy, please have a cup of hot tea first."

They welcomed her and spoke with great enthusiasm.

— — -She’s obviously a cultivator, so if they don’t want to die, they should try their best to please her.

The woman took a sip of the tea and felt pleased.

"Serve the wine and food, there’s no need to wait."

She put a piece of gold on the table.

The relay station officials’ eyes lit up, took the gold, and bowed as they left.

The woman sat there with her eyes closed, carefully thinking about the path ahead.

The only thing I can do now is cultivate.

I know all kinds of knowledge, as long as I continue to cultivate, I’ll reach the peak of cultivation sooner or later.

At that time, I’ll have to start fusing with the world and transform into a world-class life form.

Once I’m strong enough, I’ll try transforming into a nightmare.

Nightmares are the seeds of corruption that I sowed in the past, so they more or less contain a bit of primordial power. Once they return to me, I’ll be able to reactivate the flag and change my race again.

While she was slowly thinking, a commotion suddenly resounded outside.

The woman kept her eyes closed and released her inner sight.

A group of galloping horses had arrived from outside, chasing after the merchants on the way, some of them were even heading straight for the relay station.

A loud noise.

The gate of the relay station was smashed open. The bandits shouted and rushed in, cutting down anyone they saw.

The woman slowly sipped her tea.

A messenger ran in front of her in a panic and knelt down, shouting, "Fairy, save me!"

Another relay officer ran over and knelt down, kowtowing repeatedly, "Save me! Fairy, please save our lives! "

The woman’s expression was indifferent. Without even opening her eyes, she said slowly, "The end of a civilization is always the end. What’s there to save the lives of ants?"

Shua —

The head of the courier was chopped off by a burly man.

The burly man waved his long saber again and killed the second relay officer. Only then did he raise his head slightly. His bell-like eyes turned and landed on the woman.

"There’s actually such a beauty."

The big man’s expression changed as he suddenly sensed the aura of the other party. His expression changed as he quickly knelt down and said, "Greetings, Immortal."

The woman said indifferently, "Scram."

"Yes." The big man stepped back and gestured desperately to the others.

The group of bandits looked over and were immediately stunned by the woman’s appearance. Then, they sensed the faint fluctuations coming from her body.

Everyone calmed down and carefully left the relay station.

On the road outside, their accomplices were still killing and robbing.

Suddenly.

A woman hurriedly ran over while carrying a child, shouting towards the relay station from afar: "Save me!"

— — -She still didn’t know that all the soldiers here had already been killed.

Behind her, a burly man riding a horse laughed: "Catch this woman and go back to have fun!"

A few bare-chested bandits shouted excitedly and urged their horses to rush towards the woman.

The woman ignored them and staggered towards the relay station. Her face was full of tears as she screamed: "Who can save my child!"

Behind her, a horse whistled as it approached. The man on the horse drew his saber and thrust it towards the woman’s chest, wanting to skewer the baby on the saber.

Inside the relay station.

The woman’s eyes were still closed, her face expressionless and motionless.

The teacup in her hand suddenly broke. The warm and fragrant tea flowed down her jade-like hand and dripped onto the table.

An invisible sword aura rippled out from her body, passed through the mud wall of the relay station, and silently circled around outside.

Dozens of screams could be heard.

Followed by the sound of corpses falling from the horses.

The woman was already in despair, only to find that her pursuers were all dead.

Following that, a fairy that seemed to have walked out of a painting appeared in front of her.

The woman quickly reacted and knelt on the ground, kowtowing: "Thank you, fairy, for saving me and my son’s lives."

She kowtowed for a while, but the other party didn’t react at all.

The woman felt strange and couldn’t help but look up.

Only to see the fairy looking at the baby in her arms with a strange expression.

"You ... why are you protecting him more than yourself?" the woman asked.

The woman was a bit confused as she hugged the baby tightly: "He is my son."

The woman went silent.

At this point, the survivors all around had gathered and knelt on the ground, kowtowing non-stop.

The woman shook her head, then suddenly shook her body and flew into the sky like a streak of light, disappearing without a trace.

In front of the relay station, everyone called out in unison:

"Thank you, fairy, for saving our lives."

"I will never forget this great favor."

"Thank you, fairy, for saving my entire family!"

"Heavenly being ..."

"... You are my second parent."

"..."

Soon, these voices could no longer be heard.

The woman flew as fast as she could and soon arrived at a tall and steep mountain peak.

She landed on the top of the mountain, found a hundred fruit tree and sat down cross-legged to meditate.

A storm was approaching.

The woman didn’t use any spirit energy to protect her body.

The rain became heavier and heavier.

The woman sat cross-legged in the rain, silently listening to the sound of thunder, her expression slowly became uncontrollable.

On top of the mountain peak.

Cold wind and cold rain.

Suddenly, a painful voice sounded intermittently in the pitter-patter of the night rain.

"I AM ..."

"THE ONE WHO ENDS ALL THINGS AND ALL LIVING BEINGS..."

"WHY ... DID YOUu ..."

"WHY! WHY! "

An uncontrollable cry resounded through the sky, echoing for a long time in the boundless sky.

...

On the other side.

A Card flew out from the prisoner’s corpse and returned to the Card Tome.

Lady Mystery.

"It recovered a bit of its power ... now you can borrow my power to revive it." she smiled at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping was still thinking.

"What are you thinking?" Lady Mystery asked.

"It was clearly taken into my Card Tome before, why was it still able to resist?" Liu Ping was confused.

"Because it’s a prisoner, it has its own means to temporarily not be controlled by a Card Master." Lady Mystery answered.

"I see." Liu Ping pondered.

"I want to remind you, anyone who can be imprisoned in the Purgatory and the Divine Pillar of Eternal Night is not simple, you must not underestimate them!" Lady Mystery warned him.

"That’s why I’m hesitating." Liu Ping said.

"Hesitating?bWhat are you hesitating for? "Lady Mystery asked.

Liu Ping waved at Andrea.

"Have you calmed down?" he asked.

"It’s long gone, if you want to revive it, then go ahead." Andrea smiled sweetly.

She casually tossed the prisoner’s soul into the air and back into Liu Ping’s hand.

"Lady Mystery, according to the ’Trio of the Death of the World’, I’ve already obtained its entire body and soul, as long as I revive it, it will pledge its loyalty to me, is that right?" Liu Ping asked.

"Indeed, this was left behind by the terrifying existence who had imprisoned us all those years ago." Lady Mystery replied.

Liu Ping looked at the prisoner’s soul in his hand.

「Spare me this once, revive me, I’ll definitely serve you. 」 the soul said, trembling.

"I’ve already spared you a few times, but your performance has disappointed me." Liu Ping shook his head, "Furthermore — — do I really need your service?"

He glanced at Lady Mystery.

Lady Mystery understood and nodded: "I’ve already absorbed all of its power of Law."

"Very well, then it only has one last use left." Liu Ping said.

He held the soul in his hand and lightly blew.

— — -Nine Serenities: Soul Extinguishing Wind!

「NOOO!」

The prisoner’s soul screamed, then turned into nothingness in the wind.

At the same time, the blood-red Card Book suddenly trembled, giving off an immense presence.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind:

[As an Evil Spirit, you’ve killed a powerful prisoner, your strength will increase]

[After an hour, the increase in strength will end]

[Furthermore]

[You’ve collected the soul of a prisoner for the Blood Sea]

Liu Ping silently nodded.

From the Blood Sea’s perspective, ’kill’ means’ collect ’.

Perhaps these scattered souls are the Blood Sea’s nourishment and energy.

More lines of burning text quickly appeared:

[Prisoners are the most powerful group of monsters, you shouldn’t have been able to win against them, unfortunately, they chose the wrong method of combat]

[This time’s count has been greatly increased]

[Current number of monsters collected:]

[300]

[— — You can now summon even more powerful Blood Sea Heroic Spirits]

All the text disappeared.

The cards condensed by the prisoners were shattered into pieces and scattered all over the ground.

"You’ve killed a prisoner, I thought you’d take it as your mount — — it was very fast." Lady Mystery exclaimed.

Liu Ping shook his head: "I don’t trust people easily ... I gave it a chance just now, but it missed it."

Andrea cut in: "Was it worth it to kill it?"

"Lady Mystery has recovered her power, and I can now summon even more powerful heroic spirits from the Blood Sea, so it was definitely worth it." Liu Ping replied.

"What about other prisoners in the future? Do we have to kill them as well? "Andrea hesitated.

"We’ll kill all the untrustworthy ones — — we can’t leave our backs to these wicked bastards." Liu Ping gently replied.

He clasped his hands behind his back as he walked to a rock and sat down to rest.

"Aren’t we in a hurry?" Lady Mystery asked.

"No, I need to wait for a bit — — - once I’ve recovered a bit more, we’ll leave."

Liu Ping replied.

Lines of burning text quickly appeared in the void of space in front of his eyes:

[This Sequence has connected with the Four Saint Pillars]

[Current Rotation Technique: Earth]

[Earth-type World Technique: Earthbind has been fully unleashed]

[After an hour, the Four Saint Pillars will once again rotate, you’ll obtain a new power of the Four Saint Pillars]

After reading through it, Liu Ping closed his eyes to rest.

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