Infernal Artist

Souls emitting a faint golden light appeared from the void one after another, landed on the back of the old man, and then disappeared.

They didn't hear the old man's words at the last moment.

There was nothing wrong with the old man's speech.

Although frivolous and boring, this little trick surprisingly allows the soul to survive the impending fall.

At this time, the young man finally realized that the old man in front of him did not seem to be that simple——

He is not a sorcerer.

"What do you want to entrust me to do?" the young man asked warily.

The old man smiled and said, "I see many contaminated souls in the future trying to eat my flesh and blood in order to understand and inherit my power, but they all failed."

Without waiting for the young man to say anything, he continued: "After you leave this life, in your last life in the extremely long future, you will have the opportunity to deceive those monsters, come to their lair with an unpolluted soul, and see my flesh and blood. ..."

It took the young man a few breaths to understand what the old man meant.

"Can you see the future?" he asked in disbelief.

"The future is uncertain, I can only believe that you have made it that far." The old man said.

"Then what is your commission?" the young man asked with interest.

"Let my Holy Kingdom stand behind you, all souls live in peace, and you can fight against those monsters together - I will give you a completely appropriate reward." The old man said.

The young man laughed, shook his head and said, "I only know a few tricks and can barely make a living. Now you want to entrust me with things from myths and legends. This is beyond the upper limit of my ability."

"What if you are capable?"

"That depends on whether the remuneration is appropriate or not."

“What if the pay was right?”

"...Of course it's a deal, wait a minute," the young man suddenly realized and asked, "This is your Holy Kingdom. I'm here to help you, but where are you?"

The old man solemnly said: "I am the all-knowing and all-powerful Lord. Since I can live, I can also die - I will die for a while, and when you are confident of resisting those monsters, it will not be too late for me to come back to life."

The young man was stunned.

This old guy... He's planning to hide, isn't he?

"Don't look at me like that. I have my reasons for doing this. After all, as long as those monsters know your abilities and moves, they can enter an 'invincible' state. Almost no one can restrain them. It only depends on whether you can think of it in the future." Find a way." The old man said.

The young man digested these words silently.

"Do you know who I am?" he asked, tilting his head.

"I do know," the old man looked at him deeply and said, "but if you wander between life and death for too long, sooner or later you will forget who you are."

His eyes moved away from the young man and slowly fell into the void.

——That’s where Liu Ping’s perspective lies.

"Remember, before eating my flesh and blood, you must say: 'Thank God for the food.' In this case, my flesh and blood will sense that your soul is pure, and it will turn into your strength."

"Also, the melee mage has appeared, and its power has been passed into your hands."

"Don't give it up."

The words fell.

All the scenes suddenly disappeared.

In the final analysis, this is just an idea that emerged from the depths of Liu Ping's mind.

It's broken.

And the outside world has just passed for a second.

Liu Ping looked as if he was stunned, but also seemed to only pause slightly.

Lines of burning small characters appeared in the void:

"This is a memory from a past life that is only activated in the current situation."

"You accepted payment from the other party."

"Remuneration unknown."

"The commission has been established."

"You will continue to be rewarded for saving God's Kingdom from the enemies of mankind."

Liu Ping was speechless.

The commission was established before I knew what the reward would be.

Is this how the boss of the Holy Camp does things?

He looked at the piece of flesh and blood in front of him, and suddenly remembered what the other party said, so he had to sigh and read:

“Thank God for food.”

There was no movement in that piece of meat.

But Liu Ping found that a golden light flew out of his flesh and entered his body.

Golden light enters the body.

Immediately afterwards, the piece of meat looked unchanged, but a line of small words appeared next to it:

"The current flesh and blood is a strange thing that has been prepared for a long time. When the real power contained in it is absorbed by you, it will become a fine steak."

"You have obtained the original seed of divine power."

"This seed will manifest divine attributes and perfectly fit your fighting style."

"That's part of the reward."

All the small words disappeared in a flash.

Liu Ping cut the steak into pieces and ate it slowly.

Soon.

He finished the entire steak while his parents watched.

They were indifferent to the golden light, as if they hadn't seen it at all.

"tasty."

Liu Ping smiled.

When his parents saw that he had finished eating, they nodded slightly to each other as if they were relieved.

"Then...it depends on your 'manifestation' tomorrow morning." Father said.

"Yes, I can't wait. I hope that after you get the nutrients, you can manifest it successfully at once." Mother also said with anticipation.

The meal is over.

The three of them stood up, walked out of the church, and returned to the door of a certain villa.

The door opens automatically.

"Go upstairs and have a rest." Mother warned.

"Okay, I'm really tired. See you tomorrow." Liu Ping yawned.

"Go to bed early. We have to get up early to go to school tomorrow and have a 'manifestation'." My father also said seriously.

Liu Ping waved to the two of them, went up to the second floor, opened his room and got in.

——This is indeed a room for ordinary people.

After he glanced around and found nothing unusual, he lay on the bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Time passes slowly.

The entire room remained extremely quiet.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

half an hour.

Liu Ping sat up from the bed and glanced at the door.

In the void, a prompt appeared.

——Those monsters were so considerate. They were afraid that they would be disturbed, so they arranged dozens of silent spells outside the room.

"Liu Ping." Andrea's voice suddenly sounded.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping asked.

"I seem to have received a good supplement of power... It's from the sacred side, but it's stronger than the normal sacred side. What's going on?" Andrea said.

A line of small burning words appeared in the void:

"——Entrusted reward from the all-knowing and all-powerful Lord."

Liu Ping became somewhat interested.

Yes, everything just happened in my mind, it was just a thought.

Andrea naturally didn't know this.

He still doesn’t know what this kind of reward is, but he wants to save the entire Kingdom of God for him.

Liu Ping asked: "This is the seed of sacred power. It should fit my fighting style - I didn't expect it to come to you. How about this power? Can I help you?"

"Of course it's useful, don't you remember, I can summon various weapons for you to fight." Andrea said.

"Yes." Liu Ping said.

"Now the weapons I summon have the original bonus of the sacred system, and their power has been increased countless times." Andrea said.

In the void, weapons of different shapes flashed from time to time, exuding an ancient and vicissitudes of atmosphere.

The difference from before is——

Now their surfaces are covered with a thin layer of holy light.

Liu Ping casually picked up a dagger and stabbed it lightly into the void.

The dagger suddenly turned into hundreds of howling and shrill shadows, stabbing thousands of times in the void.

"Ah...is this an ability that comes with the dagger?" Liu Ping asked.

"Continuous stabbing is an inherent ability." Andrea said.

"What abilities have been added with the blessing of the sacred side?" Liu Ping asked.

"Look!" Andrea said.

I saw that in the void, dagger shadows suddenly appeared one after another, stabbing back and forth non-stop.

The difference from before is that these dagger shadows have turned dark green.

"The attack is obviously over, but it can appear suddenly and stab thousands of times in succession." Andrea said.

"It's like an ambush...but it's just a little stronger?" Liu Ping asked.

"Each stab contains a kind of sacred poison, each of which is different. There are thousands of them. When superimposed on each other, the power of a single poison is even greater," Andrea said.

"The sacred side still uses poison? Why don't I remember such a thing?" Liu Ping asked curiously.

"This is the original power of the sacred side. It manifests according to the user's temperament - that is to say, whoever uses it will manifest what it will look like." Andrea said, holding back a smile.

——The one who uses this power is Liu Ping.

Liu Ping immediately said: "Sure enough, our sacred side will also be poisonous and can be used in the future, but what is the effect of this poison?"

"If an evil enemy is stabbed, he will immediately be injured by deadly poison." Andrea said.

"It's just a toxin. How to judge whether the other party is an evil enemy?" Liu Ping asked curiously.

"When someone opposes you, he is an evil enemy."

"...Good, that's smart."

Liu Ping let go of the dagger, grabbed it casually, and then grabbed a long sword.

He pressed the long sword, and the entire blade flew out, almost piercing the door.

Liu Ping was startled and quickly put away the weapon with a wave of his hand.

"It's so...unexpected."

he murmured.

"Yes, the sword that flew out just now will turn into a sacred bomb." Andrea said.

"Effect?" Liu Ping asked.

"It's a bit like a nuclear bomb." Andrea said.

"Wouldn't that also blow me up?"

"It only explodes evil beings... because you use it, it has the ability to suit your personal nature."

Liu Ping fell into silence.

"Look at this, I'm curious about what divine characteristics it will release in your hand." Andrea released another technological weapon.

——It is an old-fashioned shoulder-mounted single-shot rocket launcher.

Liu Ping carried the rocket launcher on his shoulders.

"How?" he asked.

"Well... it embodies a kind of sacred power. When you press the launch button, you can immediately return to the last safe place - this becomes an escape tool."

Andrea seemed to be interested, and kept pulling out various weapons from the void, trying to choose the strangest weapon for Liu Ping to use.

Liu Ping stared at the various weapons that kept appearing around him for a while, and finally said:

"That guy asked me not to give up the melee mage profession...I kind of understand what he means now."