Infernal Artist

The Spiritual Way of the Ancient Tree:

"Okay, our deal is completed. If you don't have anything else to do -"

Its voice suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping couldn't help asking.

"Alas," the ancient tree spirit said in a sad tone: "The shelter closest to us has been discovered, and everything there will be completely destroyed."

The leafy branches gently fluttered.

The void showed a series of flickering lights and shadows.

"Look, Purgatory has deployed troops in these places, as if they are encircling and suppressing some life-or-death enemy - I haven't seen this kind of battle in many years."

Liu Ping looked towards those lights and shadows.

He saw the devil's city that was submerged by the water, and the water was still covered with countless skeletons.

In other places--

Demonic ants and skeletons appear everywhere in dense forests, hills, rivers, plains, etc.

All roads are blocked!

Lilith whispered: "Liu Ping, it seems it will be difficult for us to get through."

"Even if it's difficult, we have to go." Liu Ping said.

"Well, I will help you." Lilith said.

The spirit of the ancient tree looked at the two of them and said, "Young man, even though my body is not here, I am still very eager to help you."

Liu Ping didn't know why, but the other party didn't say anything else.

Liu Ping quickly came to his senses.

"Dear Sir, I don't have much money. What do you think we can do to help us?" he asked.

——Very sensible!

The spirit of the ancient tree said approvingly: "Give me your last 10% of your wealth, and I will give you vital information. Maybe it can help you escape the encirclement."

"Thank you for your help." Liu Ping said.

He handed over the last wealth card.

The wealth card disappeared into thin air.

The next moment.

A green leaf appeared in the void.

This green leaf exuded a misty brilliance and gradually shrank in size under Liu Ping's gaze, turning into a emblem.

"You have obtained the map, and you must know the place 'Grey Forest Stone'." The spirit of the ancient tree said.

Liu Ping recalled for a while and said: "It is southeast of us, about seven kilometers away from here. It is a dry stream in the middle of a gray forest, covered with long stones."

"Yes, you should rush there immediately." The spirit of the ancient tree said.

"Why?"

"Some people escaped from the shelter - they were lucky enough to escape the sight of the two sleepers and are about to arrive at the Gray Forest Stone."

The green leaf emblem fell into Liu Ping's hands.

"This emblem can prove your identity. You have to join those people. They will have a way to take you out of the encirclement. Of course, you have to contribute to the entire team." The spirit of the ancient tree said.

Liu Ping held the emblem.

A line of burning small words quickly appeared:

"The emblem of the ancient tree of eternal night."

"Those who can hold this emblem must have been affirmed by the spirit of the eternal night tree and are worthy of the trust of all living beings."

——It is equivalent to a proof of identity.

This ancient tree spirit is really good at doing business. He will charge 10% of my wealth for issuing an identity certificate.

But at this moment, the emblem came at just the right time, just when I needed it.

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency, for providing help in times of need." Liu Ping greeted.

"Well, I wish you can leave safely - by the way, within two hours, it will be safe within a radius of 20 kilometers. You must act quickly." The spirit of the ancient tree said.

"Thank you."

"Goodbye."

In an instant, all light and shadow disappeared.

Liu Ping felt his eyes flicker, and he was back in the empty tree hole.

It's like a dream.

But after waking up from the dream, I had a thick black-covered card book in my hand.

Lilith stood happily on the card book, tilted her head and said: "Liu Ping, I made you a pauper."

"I'm familiar with spending money and making money, so there's no need to worry," Liu Ping said.

Lilith watched him carefully and found that he was really confident. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Shall we leave now?"

"Let's go!" Liu Ping said.

The two came out of the tree hole.

Liu Ping glanced at Lilith.

Lilith said: "I haven't stayed in a card book for a long time, and now I am more used to staying outside."

"Okay, where do you want to stay?" Liu Ping said.

Lilith jumped slightly, grabbed his earlobe, climbed up little by little, then jumped again and landed on Liu Ping's head.

She looked around -

Nice view!

"I'll stay here." Lilith declared.

"Okay." Liu Ping said.

Since the spirit of the ancient tree said there was no danger at the moment, he had to hurry up as quickly as possible.

Liu Ping stretched out his hand and gently held it, and a newly opened card book immediately appeared in the void and fell into his hand.

——Card Book: The Couple of Death.

"No more stuffing all the cards in your pocket."

Liu Ping sighed and took out a card from the opened card book.

Knight mount!

Bang!

A war horse appeared in front of Liu Ping.

He looked around, recalled the map in his mind, and pondered: "It turns out that the location we are in is called Wild Fruit Mountain Forest."

"Why is this place called 'Wild Fruit Forest'?" Lilith asked curiously above his head.

"Because there are wild fruits all over the mountains and plains here, in addition to wild fruits, there are also wild fruits, so generally powerful monsters will not come here - this place is too barren for them."

Liu Ping explained.

Suddenly, lines of burning small characters quickly appeared in front of him:

"You are a scholar."

"You gain an experience bonus in exploration and discovery."

"Since you are temporarily out of danger, start calculating your experience gains."

On the Heroic Spirit operation interface, the "three-point upgrade method" lit up.

This function allows Liu Ping to level up in three ways: exploration, combat, and card collection.

"You and your dog discovered the Devil City together, and your experience points will increase by 7%;"

"Your dog has improved by two levels, so your experience value has also increased by 10%;"

"You discovered Lilith, the book spirit, and your experience value increases by 20%;"

"You know the functions of the card books held by the two sleepers and understand the conspiracy of the two sleepers. Your experience value increases by 50%;"

"You have met the guardian of all living beings, the spirit of the ancient tree, and your experience value has increased by 9%;"

"You have discovered a new location: Wild Fruit Mountain Forest, and your experience value has increased by 3%;"

"Current experience value: 99%."

"Please continue to explore the world of Evernight, you will level up soon."

"Note: After leaving the 'Fool' sequence, you have truly entered the eternal night. Each level upgrade will become more difficult, but each upgrade will bring you rewards."

Liu Ping sighed slightly after reading all the prompts.

In the Fool Sequence, you can only obtain a skill by leveling up to ten levels - and it is weakened.

Everything in that sequence world is set and has almost nothing to do with Yongye.

now.

I finally came to the real eternal night!

"Is there still 1% left? It seems that as long as I reach the 'Grey Forest Stone', I can increase my experience through exploration and upgrade it to level 8."

Liu Ping said to himself.

He got on his horse, figured out the direction, and shouted: "Drive!"

The war horse neighed and galloped quickly in the direction of the Gray Forest Stone.

Time passes slowly.

When the war horse arrived at the Gray Forest Stone, Liu Ping jumped off the horse and put the mount away.

He looked around.

This is probably where a stream passes, but due to the season or other reasons, the stream has completely dried up, revealing the long strips of stones that were originally underwater.

"This is the 'Grey Forest Stone'."

Liu Ping said.

Lilith grabbed his hair, stood up and looked around.

"There is no one." She said strangely.

"——Maybe we arrived earlier and those people haven't come yet." Liu Ping said.

He looked into space.

A line of burning small words arrived as expected:

"You discovered the 'Grey Forest Stone'."

"Your experience value has reached 100%."

"Congratulations."

"Your level has been raised to 8."

"Your attributes have increased by 1 point."

"You have obtained the level 8 knight skill: Cross Slash."

"Cross Cut: Drive the soul power and swing forward a 'cross' shaped edge to kill the enemy."

——This is the most common attack technique for knights and can be used with various cold weapons. "

A piece of fighting technique appeared in Liu Ping's mind.

He closed his eyes for a moment and suddenly frowned.

"Such a crude technique..."

Liu Ping whispered.

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?"

Liu Ping was interrupted from his thoughts.

He suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since he had triggered the Ascension War——

During this period of time, I was only focused on dealing with the 'Fool' sequence, and almost forgot about this matter.

"Confirm!" Liu Ping said.

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

…

In an empty arena.

suddenly.

Two rays of light fell.

Together they turned into Liu Ping.

The other one turned into a monkey with two heads covered in flames.

As soon as the monkey landed, he looked towards Liu Ping.

"A level 8 knight? Strange... I've never seen one in the manor before. Are you an intruder? When I catch you, go to Aldrich to claim credit!"

The monkey jumped back and forth dexterously, jumping towards Liu Ping with laughter.

Liu Ping drew out his long sword without hesitation and slashed forward with all his strength!

"Cross cut? What a miserable, inferior technique."

The four eyes on both heads of the monkey showed sarcasm.

It spun in the air and avoided——

etc!

What flew out from Liu Ping's long sword was not the soul power sword light in the shape of a "ten".

This style of sword light has a more rigorous shape, so that there is also a hidden sword light in the gap between the "ten" characters.

The monkey was caught off guard and was struck by a knife. A burst of screams broke out from his mouth and he retreated continuously.

It cautiously distanced itself and stared at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping waved his knife and did not pursue him, as if he was thinking about something.

"Did you just say - cross cut?"

The monkey couldn't help but ask as he covered his wound.

Liu Ping came to his senses and answered: "It's not a cross cut, it's a 'rice' cut."

"Mi Zi Zhan?" Monkey was stunned.

I’ve always only had the cross cut, I’ve never heard of the rice-shaped cut!

But then again——

"Mi" is indeed more strict than "Ten", and it is also harder to dodge.

Just now, I was hiding in the gap between the "ten" characters. I thought I could rush up and tear this kid apart, but I didn't know that there was an arc-shaped sword light in the gap.

"Yes, just as you think, Cross Slash is too easy to dodge - don't talk for now, let me think about how this move can be modified."

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he stopped talking to the monkey.

As he paced, he thought about how to continue to improve this knight-slaying technique.