Purgatory Artist
Chapter 690: The Dramatist and the Statue

Chapter 690: The Dramatist and the Statue

Liu Ping had a premonition.

This premonition was not based on the power of any spell, but based on his experience.

As soon as he entered the forest, he saw the skeletons of prisoners all over the ground.

That woman’s casual attack could kill him once through the cage, but she was imprisoned here.

The first world life form he saw after entering the bronze cage, despite having the world line, cards, and the power of immortality, couldn’t escape.

Everything pointed to one thing.

This was an extremely dangerous place.

Based on this premonition, as well as the loose group that wasn’t very stable to begin with, Liu Ping had made all the preparations before leaving the corridor.

"Run!"

Someone shouted loudly.

A few world life forms fled in all directions, trying to find a way out of the hall.

Liu Ping’s gaze fell on the monster in the middle of the hall.

It was an existence made up of countless twisted Void Thorns. It was crawling on the ground like a wild dog, constantly tearing at the centaur.

"Ahhhhhhhh, save me!"

The centaur let out a shrill shriek, its body bursting with countless strands of divine light.

Each ray of light represented a deity that assisted him.

In its world, thousands of Gods were falling, contributing their power in an attempt to delay the death of the World Lord.

Liu Ping held the Blade of Illusion, his gaze sweeping across the walls of the hall.

There was no way out.

The others also noticed, but they were unwilling to give up, they all tried to open a way out.

They would rather do that than fight the Void Thorn Mother below.

The situation was clear.

As long as there was a little hope, they would save the Centaur.

But there was no hope.

Liu Ping loosened his grip on the hilt.

This situation couldn’t be solved by fighting.

Then there was only one way.

He walked step by step towards the Void Thorn Mother, saying:

"All the Void Thorns outside are your tentacles, aren’t they?"

"That’s amazing, my attacks are completely useless."

"In the long passage of time, there are too many existences that I don’t know about, you are all so powerful, this makes me feel ..."

Before he could finish, sharp tentacles shot out from the Void Thorn Mother’s body and surrounded Liu Ping from all directions. Then, it stabbed down with all its might!

The others couldn’t help but look over.

However, Liu Ping continued to walk forward and spat out a word.

"EXCITED!"

In an instant, all the tentacles turned into shadows and pierced through Liu Ping’s body.

The Void Thorn Mother seemed to have sensed something. It spat out the Centaur Horse from its mouth and charged at Liu Ping with all its might.

Liu Ping remained motionless.

The Void Thorn Mother let out a soundless roar and bit at him with all its might.

However, before it could bite Liu Ping, its body turned into nothingness and disappeared before everyone’s eyes.

Two lines of burning words appeared before Liu Ping’s eyes:

[You activated Dramatist]

[You turned the real Void Thorn Mother into an illusion, into something that doesn’t exist]

The centaur rolled in front of him and struggled to get up. It gasped and said, "What happened? Where’s that guy? "

Liu Ping shrugged and said, "My ability is to teleport the other party away. I don’t think it will be back anytime soon."

The centaur breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the ground again. It muttered, "I managed to keep my life."

The others flew back with a look of relief on their faces.

"You’re really lucky. You just happen to have an ability that can deal with this situation."

"That’s right."

"Next, it’s up to us."

They said while trying to hide their awkwardness.

Liu Ping smiled and said, "That attack just now, is it worth a blade?"

"That won’t do. This blade is very rare. Who knows what will happen next. Maybe you’ll have to rely on us." The two-headed man immediately said.

"Alright, it doesn’t matter." Liu Ping sighed and said.

"Sell it to you at a cheaper price?" The two-headed man probed.

Liu Ping thought about it and didn’t answer.

Because he had no money.

He left all his money in his dream.

Now, he couldn’t even buy a blade. Tsk, this really made him feel helpless.

He stopped thinking about this matter and turned to look at the people around him.

These guys looked quite strong, but in a truly dangerous situation, their performance was so terrible. They didn’t have any ability to rely on.

They dared to come to Eternal Night’s prison?

It seems that having too many Divinities in the world wasn’t a good thing. Everything was done by the Divinities, but the world itself didn’t have the will to advance.

More importantly.

They didn’t experience the despair of the Era of Eradication.

"Liu Ping, you only have one use of Dramatist left." Lady Mystery’s tired voice sounded.

"Is that why you didn’t join the battle? To help me use Dramatist? "Liu Ping asked.

"This ability is too powerful. It’s our hope to survive." Lady Mystery said.

Liu Ping nodded silently.

He didn’t care about the others’ gazes and slowly looked for clues in the bronze hall.

Seeing this, the others also began to look for a way out.

"Hey, now that I’m in here, tell me where you are. I’ll take you out." He muttered.

A moment later.

The faint female voice sounded in his ears.

"You saved their lives, but that two-headed man can’t even bear to part with a blade. How about letting me eat him?"

Liu Ping was stunned, then suddenly realized.

Before this, the prisoner said, "They are my shackles. They have been sucking my blood, not giving me a chance to revive."

The shackles were referring to the Void Thorns.

Now, the Void Thorn Queen has turned into nothingness. Does this mean that the prisoner’s shackles have been unlocked by me?

Liu Ping thought as he replied: "It’s just a blade. Don’t mess around. Tell me where you are."

"Me? I’m on that two-headed man. "The female voice replied.

Liu Ping immediately turned his head to look.

He saw a woman floating on the two-headed man’s shoulder.

The woman’s long hair was like a waterfall, almost covering her pale face. She pressed a few finger bones lightly on the two-headed man’s neck.

Liu Ping couldn’t help but ask: "You."

"I’ll eat this stingy bastard for you." The woman’s voice sounded in his ears.

Bam!

The two-headed man turned into a black fruit and was held in the woman’s hand.

She smiled at Liu Ping, then disappeared into the ground in a flash.

Only her voice still sounded in Liu Ping’s ears: "The shackles have been unlocked. The Cage Guardian will wake up. Only by defeating the Cage Guardian can you survive."

"Once you survive, I’ll naturally tell you where I was imprisoned."

All sound disappeared.

All of a sudden, the others stopped in their tracks.

"Where’s the two-headed man?" The woman in the long dress asked.

"He was still here just now. Did he find some secret passage and leave first?" The black-robed man asked.

"Hmph, that must be the case. To get the treasures first." The centaur hurriedly ran around the hall, trying to find any trace of the two-headed man’s departure.

Liu Ping coldly watched from the side, carefully observing the entire hall. He wanted to see what the Cage Guardian was.

The hall suddenly shook.

All the light dimmed.

Everything turned to darkness.

"There are four of us left. It’s best if we gather together and guard a direction each." The woman in the long dress loudly suggested.

"Good idea." The centaur said.

"At least we won’t have to worry about being attacked from the front and back." The black-robed man said.

Liu Ping also felt that it was a good idea, so he stood together with the other three, each guarding a direction.

The four of them silently waited for a few moments.

A statue slowly rose from the ground, standing where the Void Thorn Mother was.

Rather than calling it a statue, it was more like a humanoid being draped in a stone coat.

Through the gaps of the stone armor, they could clearly see human skin underneath.

It held a spear and a shield in its hands, assuming a fighting stance.

A large stone cloak covered its face and body, making it impossible for anyone to see its face or know who it was.¹

A voice came from the statue:

"Do not advance any further. This place is the eternal imprisonment of the most evil prisoner of the Eras."

Everyone exchanged glances.

"What the hell, so this place was actually a cage?" the black-robed man asked.

"Maybe it was lying to us?" the centaur was unwilling to give up.

"But that terrifying Void Thorn Mother had already been transported away, could there be something more powerful than it? At least, I’ve never heard of it before."the centaur said.

"That’s true." the black-robed man suddenly realized, "the two-headed man suddenly disappeared, this statue might have been used by him to deceive us."

"I know a few tricks that are specifically used to deceive others. At the final moment of the ruin’s exploration, someone would use such a trick to deceive everyone else and enjoy the fruits for themselves." the woman in the long dress said.

Everyone exchanged glances.

Liu Ping thought to himself that the two-headed man wouldn’t have a chance to enjoy any fruits.

Because he himself had already become a fruit.

"You should leave, this place is too dangerous, it’s not worth staying here." Liu Ping said.

"No ... to be honest, I don’t really believe it. Not to mention, it’s only a battle." the woman in the long dress said.

She drew a rapier and tried to attack the statue with it.

The rapier was sent flying and crashed into the statue, giving off a dull sound of impact.

The statue slowly looked at her and spoke:

「I am the ruler of all Laws, here to protect this cage, I can triumph against all enemies and not allow the most evil prisoner to escape.」

「 This battle is about to begin.」

「You may state a condition for this battle, this is my creator’s mercy towards all living beings. 」

The woman in the long dress coldly smirked: "What a hypocrite, if it’s real, I request that you not use any weapons."

The statue let go of the spear and shield in its hand and spoke: 「Your condition has been met.」

Something unexpected happened.

A world quickly approached them from a faraway location, enveloping the statue and the woman in the long dress.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The statue slowly walked out from the void of space and stood on the statue platform again.

Its stone gauntlets were dripping with blood.

It tossed a head in front of Liu Ping’s group.

It was the woman in the long dress’ head!

Although she was already dead, her expression was still frozen with fear and despair, completely motionless.

The statue stared straight at Liu Ping’s group and coldly spoke:

「I can triumph against all enemies and not allow the most evil prisoner to escape.」

「Next.」