Infernal Artist

In the dark wilderness.

The entire human world has left, leaving only a deep pit.

A man wearing gorgeous armor lay at the bottom of the pit, his eyes closed and motionless, as if he had fallen into an eternal sleep.

Suddenly, a thin voice sounded in his ear:

"Aldrich."

The man suddenly opened his eyes.

He sat up from the ground, gasped for air for a moment, and gradually recalled everything.

"I am dead?"

There was a look of disbelief on his face.

That red-haired woman died after just saying a word?

ear.

The voice sounded again: "Aldrich, you're awake."

The man hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Mother, I have woken up, but I didn't expect to meet such a powerful being. A single word can make me fall into the eternal night."

The female voice said: "Yes... but the battle between you and Yana to ascend to the gods is still going on."

The man regained his energy, quickly climbed out of the pit, and looked towards the sacred platform.

All he saw was a dark plain stretching as far as the eye could see.

The shrine is long gone.

The female voice sounded again:

"Aldrich, the other party is hiding, hiding in the depths of the eternal night. That is an area that we cannot touch yet... But I have a way here, it depends on whether you are willing."

Aldrich said: "Mother, please say, I must obey."

"Well, very good, I have put a black card with gold patterns in your deck, you use it." The female voice said.

"Yes." Aldrich said.

He reached out to draw a card from the void, and quickly pulled out the black card with gold patterns.

I saw a huge pocket watch painted on this card. Between the hour and minute hands of the pocket watch, a group of people stood densely packed.

These people were tied up and unable to move, with a look of despair on their faces.

"The death knell of soul sacrifice." Aldrich said with emotion.

"Yes, this card is very precious. Let's start. Kill Yana, and kill that kid as well, to satisfy the hatred in my heart." The female voice said.

Aldrich laughed and whispered: "Use!"

On the card, a watch cover covered with spikes suddenly appeared above the pocket watch.

It fell with a crash and closed the entire pocket watch tightly.

Countless screams mixed with bright red blood continued to flow out from the gaps in the pocket watch.

Bang!

The entire card is missing.

…

five years ago.

Deep in the eternal night.

Somewhere on the frontier of the human dead.

Liu Ping and Libertas stood on the mountainside, looking at the boxes in front of them.

"So, these are rewards for outstanding students?"

Libertas smiled.

Wearing a complete set of dark leather armor, he took out a long, gleaming dagger from the box and waved it twice casually, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

There is also a sharp dagger in the box.

The old man said: "Having confirmed that you have combat effectiveness and training value, we must let you grow up as soon as possible. If you can be alone in the future, that will be the best result."

Liu Ping looked towards his box.

I saw a complete set of knight armor, a large metal shield, and a short spear placed in the box.

He put the knight's armor on and moved around a bit, feeling that it fit him very well.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"Imperial Cavalry Standard Armor."

"This is a set of armor worn by ordinary soldiers. It has strong and durable properties and can prevent cold weapon attacks to a certain extent."

Liu Ping also felt somewhat satisfied.

——Although it is for ordinary people, it is much better than the wooden stick and wooden shield at the beginning.

"Are you used to using the spear?" the old man asked.

If it had been any other time, Liu Ping would have thought it didn't matter.

but now--

For some reason, he always felt that the sequence was a little too intense.

"Sorry, are there any sharper cold weapons?" Liu Ping asked.

The old man smiled and said: "If you can answer a question and satisfy me, then I will make the decision to equip you with a higher-level cold weapon."

"Please speak," Liu Ping said.

"I observed your battle. You are very talented in blocking and defense. Why did you learn the 'Holy Song Technique' as your first skill?" the old man asked.

Liu Ping said something on his lips and swallowed it back.

——That’s right, I don’t know anything about the situation now, so do I have to show how powerful I am?

Have you forgotten the dark drama?

"Blocking and defense are to take care of the comrades behind you, and the same is true for treatment. In my opinion, they have the same nature." Liu Ping said.

The old man thought for a moment and smiled: "Very good, you are very talented, and you have a bit of a paladin feel, which is very good."

He waved his hand and the short spear in the box disappeared immediately.

Instead, there was a dark blue spear.

"Try it. It is a personal reward from me. I hope you can make good use of it." The old man said.

Liu Ping picked up the spear and felt a chill in his hand.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"Frost Bird."

"Spear."

"Primary sharpness: It is sharper than an ordinary spear."

"Primary Frost: Can be activated once every minute to attach a little frost power to the spear."

Liu Ping had a look of surprise on his face.

——He really didn’t expect to get such a weapon.

"Thank you, Your Excellency." He said sincerely.

"You're welcome. I just hope that your arrival will allow more human souls to find peace in the eternal night." The old man said.

Liu Ping smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly saw lines of burning small characters appearing quickly:

"warn!"

"Due to a certain law of cause and effect from five years later, the first battle to ascend to the gods was advanced."

"In ten seconds you will directly enter the Ascension Battlefield."

"Please prepare now!"

"Repeat, please prepare for battle immediately!"

Liu Ping looked at the box in front of him and saw a metal shield inside -

Without thinking, he took out the shield and held it in his hand.

The next moment.

The whole world came to a standstill.

A line of small burning words appeared before his eyes:

"You're stuck in this moment."

"The battle to ascend to the gods will take place in this second and determine your life or death."

"For the last confirmation, do you want to use Yana's card to fight for her in this divine battle?"

"Confirm!" Liu Ping said.

A flash of light wrapped around him, taking him into the void and disappearing.

…

In total darkness.

A ray of light fell vertically and stopped in the empty arena.

Liu Ping appeared.

There was no one in the stands of the arena, and there was nothing in the arena except him.

"Where's Aldrich's card?" Liu Ping asked.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"At this moment, he is still a slave."

"In this Ascension Battle, battle cards will be drawn from his deck to decide the outcome with you."

In the dark sky, a ray of light slowly fell.

The light faded away.

A skeleton dog covered in flames appeared opposite Liu Ping.

"Woo..."

The skeleton dog saw Liu Ping at a glance, bared his teeth and roared.

A line of small burning words appeared above the skull dog's head:

"Devil Dog: Flesh Hunting Dog."

"This is a low-level guard dog in purgatory, with the following abilities:"

"Alert call: Through the call, the discovered situation is notified to the watcher, so that the watcher can directly sense the current situation in his heart."

"Iron Bite: Good at biting off all bones and flesh."

"Fire Breath: Spit out a ball of flames to burn the enemy."

After Liu Ping glanced at it, he couldn't help but take a breath.

"Now I know what you are anxious about..."

He murmured quietly.

Just one guard dog has three skills, and each one is extremely practical.

No wonder Sequence has been busy deploying its second ability.

——But it was still too late.

The skeleton dog raised its head and erupted into a burst of high and low barks.

"It launched its 'warning call'."

"Please note that the current arena is a completely closed Ascension Battlefield, and it cannot transmit what happened here back."

Liu Ping moved his body, raised his shield in one hand and his spear in the other, and slowly approached the skeleton dog.

The skeleton dog barked several times in succession, and when he realized something was wrong, he immediately stopped barking.

It rushed straight towards Liu Ping——

"Is it just your attack?"

Liu Ping smiled and raised his shield to greet him.

In the flash of lightning, the skeleton dog was hit by the shield five or six times in a row. Sparks flew from his body, but he was not afraid at all.

It opened its mouth and bit down on the shield continuously.

Click, click, click, click——

Liu Ping passed by and raised his shield to take a look. He saw that a hole had been bitten into the solid metal shield.

The shield can't stop it at all!

"...You are a dog, right?" Liu Ping murmured.

The skeleton dog changed direction and pounced on Liu Ping again.

One person and one dog passed by each other again.

This time Liu Ping didn't let it bite the shield, but when the spear hit the opponent, it deflected directly from the bone.

Its bones are very hard!

"Card? No, I feel it. Although you are a card, you are actually just an extremely ordinary human being... I haven't eaten your flesh and blood for a long time..." The skeleton dog spat out human words. .

Drops of molten lava dripped down its fangs, burning through deep holes on the arena.

"...Quite impressive." Liu Ping's expression became solemn.

This dog has three skills.

There is also a body of copper skin and iron bones with extremely high defense.

For me now, this purgatory creature named "Flesh Hunting Dog" is almost invincible.

Liu Ping held up the shield with one hand and held the frost-cold bird flat with the other, entering a state of concentration.