Infernal Artist

"Are you willing to give it a try?" the tree elf asked.

"Yes." Liu Ping said.

"Actually, I have always wanted to help you humans, but I could never find the opportunity, so I agreed to the deal you proposed."

The tree elf said softly, with a trace of deep compassion on his face.

"What to do?" Liu Ping asked.

"Please cut off the chain of seals tied around my neck so that I can communicate spiritually with you." The tree elf said.

Liu Ping picked up the dagger and slashed it all over the tree elf's body.

Ding Ling clang!

All the chains that tightly bound the tree elves were broken and fell off.

The tree elf slowly stood up.

He moved his hands and feet and whispered: "You have untied all the seal chains on my body...Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"A little bit of sincerity." Liu Ping said.

The tree elf smiled and waved casually.

Beside him, a door made entirely of vines appeared.

"I'm leaving." The wood elf said.

"What about our deal?" Liu Ping asked.

The wood elf said: "Once I leave, the battle in the sky will soon end. You must hurry up and leave here."

"Then?" Liu Ping asked.

The wood elf recited an obscure spell and gently held it with his hands.

I saw a black leaf falling on his hand.

The wood elf handed the black leaf to Liu Ping and telepathically said: "Listen, I don't know if I should give it to you - if you fail, your soul will only dissipate; even if You succeeded by luck, but what awaits you will be an extremely dangerous road."

Liu Ping gently stroked the black leaves.

A line of burning small words quickly appeared:

"A leaf from the tree of mystery."

"???????"

"Special note: When you pick up this leaf, this operation interface will sense the fluctuations of the law of fate."

Liu Ping's heart tightened inexplicably.

The wood elf looked at him deeply and said, "Go to the place where your human sequence is, and the corresponding text will appear on this leaf. You have to read it to the sequence."

"I understand." Liu Ping said.

The wood elf nodded and said, "Remember, we have never had any transactions or talked to each other."

After saying that, it turned around and walked into the door that was completely entangled with vines.

The door disappeared.

Only Liu Ping was left in the same place.

He looked up at the sky, and with a slight movement of his body, he jumped onto the garden wall and quietly climbed over.

After walking up a long staircase, he waited in a dark corner for a moment until a guard who was going out passed by, and then he followed him.

Leaving the palace through a small door without any danger, Liu Ping gradually quickened his pace.

The roar in the sky began to become sparse.

It’s time to hurry up!

Liu Ping started running on the road.

A quarter of an hour later.

He came to a big house and rang the doorbell.

The door opens.

Ted looked at Liu Ping in surprise and said, "You came too early. I was talking about getting together in the evening."

"Teacher, I have something to ask you." Liu Ping said.

"What's up?"

"The night I became a scholar, I went to see Sequence and was recognized by Sequence - now I want to go again."

"Oh? Is there anything important?"

"...I have made some secret discoveries, and I need to tell the sequence in person."

"Can you tell me something?"

"Not at the moment."

Ted became serious, thought about it, pulled out a card from his arms and said, "This is a special permission card. It was given to me as a serial reward when I was at the headquarters."

"What's its use?" Liu Ping asked.

"Normally, only naturalists can see the ontology of the sequence when authenticating it, but this card represents the recognition of the sequence. We can use it to see the ontology of the sequence again."

Ted said, throwing the card out.

Bang!

In the void, a metal pipe appeared.

A cold metallic sound sounded:

"Naturalist Ted, naturalist Liu Ping, what do you want?"

"Liu Ping has made some secret discoveries and wants to tell you in person. Please take him there." Ted said.

"Naturalist Liu Ping, are you sure you want to communicate with me in person? If it is not particularly valuable knowledge or information, you can tell me on the spot." The metallic voice said.

"No, I need to communicate with you in person." Liu Ping said.

The metallic sound was silent for a moment and said, "Please follow me."

A long pipe was connected to Liu Ping's back and yanked toward the void.

Liu Ping immediately slipped into the void and disappeared.

Ted stood at the door and sighed: "I don't know what it is. Even I can't tell it - but he is a trustworthy child. Let's ask him again when he comes back."

…

Island in the lake.

Inside the castle.

A huge diamond-shaped cube quietly emerged.

Countless cards appeared from the void, and they were constantly arranged, changed, and combined to form a huge diamond-shaped cube.

Cards flew out of the cube one by one, disappeared into the void.

It seems that this process has been going on since ancient times and will never stop.

Liu Ping landed gently in front of the rhombus cube.

The next second.

The cold metal sound sounded from the diamond cube:

"Liu Ping, I am the war machine of the empire and the caller of all human cards. Please tell me your purpose."

Liu Ping took a deep breath and took out the black leaf.

A ray of light suddenly rose from the leaves and slowly spread towards the surroundings.

A soft female voice sounded from the leaves:

"The existence of the sequence has been sensed."

"This investigation has been completed."

"The corresponding authority has been obtained and appears as follows."

Liu Ping looked down and saw lines of small characters gradually appearing on the leaves.

He remembered the words of the tree elf and read according to the small characters on the leaves:

"The Fool 3-6912 type sequence, I will enter the inspection process here."

The entire huge diamond-shaped cube shook suddenly.

The cold metal voice said:

"Real name verification passed."

"It has been 5971 years since the last inspection."

"Before this inspection, you need to pass through the 'Fool's Sandbox' to further confirm your identity."

"Do you want to start execution?"

Liu Ping looked at the leaves.

The small characters on the leaves completely disappeared, and then, another line of small characters appeared:

"Current response command: start execution."

Liu Ping was silent for a moment.

In the void, the heroic spirit operation interface frantically produced countless unrecognizable runes, and finally turned into a line of burning small words:

"You discovered the true name of the war sequence."

"It responded to your inspection command and began to establish a temporary sandbox."

"This secret is extremely valuable and will provide you with new roles."

"Your role has increased by 3 points."

"Current scene: 5/10."

All the small words disappeared from Liu Ping's eyes as soon as he closed them.

——As if afraid of affecting his subsequent performance, the entire Heroic Spirit operation interface was hidden.

Liu Ping's expression was slightly condensed.

At this moment, he already vaguely felt that a shocking secret was about to emerge in front of him.

Liu Ping couldn't help but composed himself, and read according to the words on the leaves:

"Begin execution!"

Immediately, the cold metal sound sounded again from the war sequence - or the Fool 3-6912 sequence:

"As you command!"

In the void, dense metal pipes gradually emerged.

They connected to Liu Ping's body one after another, completely covering his body.

Buzz——

After a violent roar, Liu Ping suddenly disappeared from the place.

…

In a blank world.

Liu Ping suddenly appeared.

Opposite him, densely packed cards appeared, arranged from the sky to the ground.

On each card, a person appears.

Then the metallic sound sounded:

"Hello Inspector."

"Start drawing professionals of the same level. Please defeat each other within one minute, otherwise you will be imprisoned as a prisoner."

Everyone on those cards looked towards Liu Ping.

With a calm expression, Liu Ping casually pulled out a long knife and put on his armor.

A card moved slightly and landed opposite Liu Ping.

Bang!

The card transformed into a man wearing martial arts uniform.

On his upper left side, a number 7 appeared.

A battle between peers?

Liu Ping was about to take action, but stopped again.

I saw cards flying out one after another among the cards that were all over the sky and fell to the ground.

Mage, warrior, knight, sniper, telepath, assassin, summoner...

A total of twenty cards turned into professionals and stood opposite Liu Ping.

The cold metal sound sounded again:

"The one-minute timer starts!"