Infernal Artist

North of Frostwind City.

In that forest guarded by countless magic soldiers.

Suddenly a voice sounded:

"Sir, this is the latest order, issued by the Demon King himself."

"Hmm - what? Transferring command?"

"They're coming!"

Before he finished speaking, twelve humanoid devils wearing black cloaks flew down from the sky and stood solemnly on both sides.

Immediately afterwards, a man in military uniform appeared in the middle of the road.

He looked like a real human being.

——The ability to completely shrink one's body shape and turn into a human form, which is the symbol of a high-level devil.

"From now on, I will be in charge of the battle in Frostwind City," the man said.

"Hmph, the city is about to be destroyed, but I want to hand over the command to you. I really don't understand why."

"Because our real mission is much more important than massacring the city. Once we succeed, the human empire will suffer heavy losses!"

"What?"

"All demonic armies listen to the order, stop the massacre, and accept new tasks!"

…

Liu Ping stood in nothingness.

Dozens of metal pipes surrounded him, creating runes full of light in the void.

Not far across from him, Xiao Mengluo did the same.

Those radiant runes seemed to be alive, flying around the two people.

"What is this for?" Liu Ping didn't know why.

The cold metal sound sounded:

"This is the spiritual calling rune array, you will see its effect soon."

As he spoke, all the metal pipes were retracted, leaving only the last pipe.

It printed the last radiant rune.

As soon as this rune appeared, all the runes suddenly came to a standstill.

The floating runes fell down like a piece of clothing, draped over Liu Ping's body.

A line of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"Notice:"

"The spiritual calling rune array has been activated."

"Your soul is about to go to the Pillar of Eternal Night."

"five,"

"Four,"

"three,"

"two,"

"one!"

"start!"

Liu Ping felt dazed for a while.

The surrounding scene disappeared, and then——

In the boundless darkness, a majestic pillar connected to the sky and the earth appeared.

Countless statues were displayed on the giant pillars - the races of these statues were endless, and most of them were unknown to Liu Ping.

All existences have their eyes closed, as if they have fallen into an eternal sleep.

Behind Liu Ping, the cold metallic sound sounded again:

"This is the Eternal Night Divine Pillar. The mysterious power it exudes has created the entire Eternal Night World."

"Any existence in the eternal night must use its power to improve itself."

Liu Ping asked: "What should I do?"

“Find your ‘true self’.”

"Real me?"

"It refers to the characteristics in your soul. When a certain characteristic of yours resonates with an ancient being on the Divine Pillar, the Eternal Night Divine Pillar will mysteriously transform the power of that ancient existence and then bestow it on you. "The cold metal voice said.

After Liu Ping listened, he thought for a few breaths silently.

The transformation of the mysterious side——

Why does it sound a bit like the "Heroic Spirit Asylum" on the Heroic Spirit Sequence interface?

The difference is that the Heroic Spirit Sanctuary is temporarily borrowed, while the Eternal Night Divine Pillar is obtained directly by oneself.

The two are so similar that they even complement each other.

Liu Ping silently shouted in his heart: "Sequence, 'true self' refers to the characteristics of the soul? So what are the characteristics of the soul?"

A line of burning small words quickly appeared:

"Think about the time when you became a clown, and the exclusive cards you obtained through 'pleasing', their power becomes incomparable."

Liu Ping was slightly startled.

Suddenly, he felt as if he had been enlightened and understood completely.

"I know, the rules of the Eternal Night Divine Pillar are like this -"

"For example, 'Please' is a professional card: the clown's characteristics are also its mystification conditions. It can transform ordinary cards into cards suitable for the clown's use..."

"As a card now, if I want to improve, I must also use my 'traits'."

"Is it my quality to please?"

"...No, that is the professional card: the characteristics of the clown, and now in order not to be found by the gods and demons in purgatory, I can no longer expose the power of the clown."

"What other qualities do I have?"

Just as Liu Ping was thinking, he saw lines of burning small characters appearing quickly:

"There are many qualities of the soul."

"For this advancement, you only need to gain insight into a certain trait of your own, or think about what kind of unknown existence you have attracted in the eternal night to help you fight."

What kind of unknown existence has it attracted?

If I must say it, it would be——

rabbit!

Kaling: A forty-meter sword!

What was the reason?

Liu Ping fell into memories.

Yana's voice seemed to ring again, with a rare smile:

"Some cards are very rare, they are hidden deep in the endless mysterious laws..."

"You said this rabbit——"

Yana said: "Yes, it has probably never seen the knife you created, so come and take a look..."

Because of the sword.

The rabbit came to help him because he was interested in the sword.

Yes, I still have a special quality.

--create.

Create weapons that have never been seen before!

Even creating magical skills that belong to the six paths of reincarnation!

Liu Ping was thinking about it when he felt a strong gravitational force coming from the Eternal Night Pillar and acting directly on him.

This gravitational force grabbed hold of him fiercely, pulling him forcefully towards the dark abyss below.

The wind howled in my ears.

Liu Ping kept falling along the Eternal Night Divine Pillar.

Falling.

Falling.

Time seems to have disappeared.

The time of falling was so long that Liu Ping felt that he had exhausted all the time in his life.

——And the Eternal Night Divine Pillar still cannot see the bottom.

I don’t know how much time passed.

The statues standing on the Pillar of Eternal Night gradually became rare.

Liu Ping would have to fall for a long time before he would occasionally see an ancient statue——

Although he couldn't recognize what the statues were, he could still sense that the power fluctuations emanating from these statues were getting stronger and stronger.

Pain.

Just by flying past those statues, Liu Ping would feel an instinctive fear and fleeting pain just because he was close to them.

He can totally believe it——

If the attraction from the Eternal Night Pillar hadn't grasped him tightly, I'm afraid that the power fluctuations on those statues could have completely wiped out his soul.

finally.

The attraction of falling gradually wore off.

Lines of burning small characters quickly emerged in the endless darkness:

"The Pillar of Eternal Night recognizes your trait: creation."

"You resonated with an ancient being on the Eternal Night Divine Pillar, and the power of the Divine Pillar brought you to it."

Liu Ping looked towards the darkness ahead.

I saw a huge statue appearing on the Eternal Night Pillar.

Liu Ping made a visual inspection.

This statue occupies a length of about forty meters on the Eternal Night Pillar.

Within forty meters, there is only one statue of it. It is so majestic and magnificent that its body is even the body of this section of the divine pillar.

The statue has four faces, facing the four directions of darkness.

——But there is a gray fog that never dissipates around it, making it difficult to see its appearance and body.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"You have concluded a mysterious power contract with this ancient existence."

"The Pillar of Eternal Night has transformed its power and given you the most basic one."

"Congratulations."

"You have completed the advancement."

"You have become an official knight and gained the exclusive power of a knight:"

"Forty-meter summoning halo (primary level)."